Deontological Ethics: Finnis and Proportionalism

What Deontological Ethics: Finnis and Proportionalism covers

Deontological Ethics: Finnis and Proportionalism is examined in A2 Unit 4, Religion and Ethics. It covers Finnis' basic goods and the requirements of practical reasonableness, Hoose and the Proportionalist debate, Finnis and Proportionalism applied to immigration and capital punishment and Evaluating Finnis' Natural Law and Proportionalism.

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• Finnis' basic goods and the requirements of practical reasonablenessRecall questions on whose theory he develops, why the goods are self-evident, avoiding the is-ought move, theoretical against practical reason, arbitrary preference, efficiency, community, conscience and authority.Open →
• Hoose and the Proportionalist debateProportionalist maxim, ontic evil and moral evil in Proportionalist terms.Open →
• Finnis and Proportionalism applied to immigration and capital punishmentRecall questions on the goods engaged by migration, the common good and limits, exclusion by race or religion, admitting refugees, deterrence, and extreme circumstances.Open →
• Evaluating Finnis' Natural Law and ProportionalismRecall questions on acceptability in contemporary society, whether one theory promotes immoral behaviour, a basis for non-believers, the strengths and weaknesses of each, and which is the better ethic.Open →

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1. 1

   Whose ethical theory does John Finnis set out to develop?

   Model answer

   He develops Aquinas' Natural Law, restating it so that its starting points do not depend on first proving an account of human nature.

2. 2

   Name the seven basic human goods identified by Finnis.

   Model answer

   They are life, knowledge, friendship, play, aesthetic experience, practical reasonableness and religion.

3. 3

   What does Finnis mean by calling these goods basic?

   Model answer

   Each is worth pursuing for its own sake, none can be reduced to any other, and no permanent ranking places one above the rest.

4. 4

   Why does Finnis hold that the basic goods are self-evident?

   Model answer

   The basic goods are grasped directly by practical reason as obviously worth having, rather than being deduced from facts about the world.

5. 5

   How does Finnis' account of the goods avoid deriving an ought from an is?

   Model answer

   The goods are first principles of practical reason, already evaluative, so no move is made from a factual premise to a moral conclusion.

6. 6

   Distinguish theoretical reason from practical reason.

   Model answer

   Theoretical reason works out what is the case, while practical reason works out what is to be done.

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What does Deontological Ethics: Finnis and Proportionalism cover in WJEC A-Level Religious Studies?

4 subtopics: finnis' basic goods and the requirements of practical reasonableness, hoose and the proportionalist debate, finnis and proportionalism applied to immigration and capital punishment and evaluating finnis' natural law and proportionalism. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Deontological Ethics: Finnis and Proportionalism organised?

By the WJEC 603-0277-X specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.