Ethical subjectivism is the view that right and wrong are relative. ... Two consequentialist theories are important and they are ethical egoism and utilitarianism. ... Psychological egoism is a theory of human nature concerned with how people behave. Psychological egoism defines the possibility of nonselfish behavior. Ethical egoism is a theory of self-interest. ...
Ethical subjectivism is the view that right and wrong are relative. ... Two consequentialist theories are important and they are ethical egoism and utilitarianism. ... Psychological egoism is a theory of human nature concerned with how people behave. Psychological egoism defines the possibility of nonselfish behavior. Ethical egoism is a theory of self-interest. ...
In comprehensive terms, relativism appeals to the idea that there is no absolute ethical standard independent of cultural context to act as a criterion of right and wrong, by which we may judge moral action. ... "Ethical Relativity may mean, in the first place, that moral value is relative to the subject asserting it or to the type of society in which it is commonly asserted But sometimes ethical relativity is used in another and very different sense to imply that what is right in one set of conditions may be wrong in another set of conditions, or to put it in another way, that in estimat...
Utilitarianism John Stuart Mill is an act-utilitarian and is most likely to support an act as right if it is likely to produce the most good for the most people. On "don't kill", it would depend on the situation. If a lot of people would be happy from the killing of one person then this rule can...
