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AN INTRODUCTION OF ETHICAL THEORIES

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Ethical Theories

       Inspired by Sol Lewitt and Eadweard Muybridge, this project explores simple elements, lines and shapes, and movement and aim to provide a simplified concept of ethics. It is also a combination of complicated -philosophical thoies, aesthetics and minimalism. Each Gif's animation has its sequence, which illustrates the knowledge, and macroscopical layout create another sequence about the evolution of political science or ethics.
       The main ethical theories are based on the book "Ethics: theory and practice" written by Jacques P. Thiroux.
       Can art stand up to power in a meaningful way? ; Could art reflects Philosophy or Political science's theories?; Those questions will also be metaphorically considered in this project.

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Universal
Ethical Egoism

"Universal Ethical Egoism claims to apply to all human beings. This theory does not state only what the individual should do; rather, it concerns itself with what all human beings should do if they want to be moral: They should always act in their own self-interest. "

Rule
Utilitarianism

In the Rule Utilitarianism form, the basic utilitarian principle is not that “everyone should always act to bring about the greatest good for all concerned,” but rather that “everyone should always establish and follow that rule or those rules that will bring about the greatest good for all concerned.

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Fatalism

Fatalism is the view that all events are irrevocably fixed and predetermined, that they cannot be altered in any way by human beings, and that the future is always beyond our control.

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Absolutism

Moral absolutism is the position that there are universal ethical standards that apply to actions regardless of context

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Relativism

Relativism maintains that there are no absolutes of any kind, but that everything, especially morality, is “relative” to specific
cultures, groups, or even individuals. ­

Eclecticism

eclecticism in philosophy and theology, the practice of selecting doctrines from different systems of thought without adopting the whole parent system for each doctrine.

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Libertarianism

Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state; emphasizing free association, freedom of choice, individualism and voluntary association.

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Kantianism

Kant theory attempts to universalize the maxim and then see if the maxim and its associated action would still be conceivable in such a world. For instance, holding the maxim "kill anyone who annoys you" and applying it universally would result in self termination. Thus holding this maxim is irrational as it ends up being impossible to hold it.

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Confucianism

Confucianism emphasis on the importance of the family and social harmony, rather than on an otherworldly source of spiritual values, the core of Confucianism is humanistic

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Terrorism

Terrorism in general terms, may be defined as warfare or violence waged deliberately against innocent parties, typically civilians and other non-combatants in order to further or achieve a political, religious or ideological goal.

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Plagiarism

To cheat is “to deceive by trickery; swindle; to mislead; to act dishonestly or practice fraud.” As you can see by this definition, cheating and lying both fall un-
der the general heading of deception.

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"For what is just and good is on my side."

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- Marcus Aurelius

Work Cited

Thiroux, J, P. Krasemann, K, W. Ethics: Theory and Practice 11th. Pearson, 2015.

Aurlius, M. Meditations: A New Translation. Trans, Gregory Hays. Modern Library, 2003.

Some Term of explanation referenced Wikipedia.


 

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