KEY TERMS:

1. Utilitarianism
2. Nihilism
3. Objectivism
4. Subjectivism
5. Libertarianism
6. Altruism
7. Pluralism
8. Social contract
9. State of nature
10. Humanism

KEY CONCEPTS

Seven threats to Ethics:

The death of God

Relativism

Egoism

Evolutionary Theory

Determinism and Futility

Unreasonable demands

False consciousness

SOME ETHICAL IDEAS

Freedom and Paternalism

Natural Rights

[Reference: Ethics: A Very Short Introduction by Simon Blackburn; PART I&II]

Practical Issues concerning Ethics

Moral Policing

Censorship

Ethics in Media

Whistle-blowing

Legal enforcement of morality

Purpose and effect of punishment

Affirmative Action

Freedom of Speech

Ethical Singularity

Plagiarism and Intellectual property theft

KEY THINKERS:

Aristotle-Justice

Immanuel Kant- Freedom

Jeremy Bentham- Utilitarianism

John Rawls- Theory of Justice

Kohlbergs Six stages of moral development