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To which flavour of Normative Ethics do you adhere?
Virtue Ethics 7%  7%  [ 2 ]
Stoicism 7%  7%  [ 2 ]
Epicurianism 11%  11%  [ 3 ]
Hedonism 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Consequentialism 11%  11%  [ 3 ]
Utilitarianism 14%  14%  [ 4 ]
State Consequentialism 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Deontology 11%  11%  [ 3 ]
Pragmatic Ethics 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Post-Modern Ethics 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Whatever the Laws and/or Rules are 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Whatever my Religion says 7%  7%  [ 2 ]
Other (specify) 7%  7%  [ 2 ]
Nonethical 4%  4%  [ 1 ]
Unethical 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Just Display the Results 21%  21%  [ 6 ]
Total votes : 28

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24 Oct 2012, 7:27 pm

nominalist wrote:
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It depends. Some people follow their religious ethics because they truly believe they are the right thing to do, and that could be one form of deontology, true. But there is people who follow
religion's ethics out of fear of hell; in that case they wouldn't really be following a deontologic ethic,


Okay, I guess it depends on how you define the term. I would still consider adhering to a set of ethics, for any religious reason, to be deontology.


It has to be rule-based to be deontology.
Some forms of Utilitarianism, for instance, don't use rules at all.


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24 Oct 2012, 11:18 pm

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Epicureanism: because it addresses how to maintain happiness. I've tried different approaches from indulging to abstaining, moderation is the best way to maintain psychological well-being.

Utilitarianism: because you have to be useful to other people if you want to thrive in life / have a place in the group.



There wouldn't be any utility in thriving in the group if it didn't contribute to epicurean enjoyment.


Lol, can't argue with that.

ValentineWiggin wrote:
I'm a Utilitarian. It has nothing to do with people being "useful"-
laymen refusing to use dictionaries is what gave birth to the priceless gem "only a theory", as well.
O_o


Doing the greatest amount of good for the most amount of people meets my definition of useful. For instance, I left my stopwatch at the lab so the rest of the students could use it. They have an easier time making measurments, decide I'm worth putting up with, and all I had to do was not bring my watch home with me.