Please match the concept phrase on the left with the description on the right. ACBS.
- Normative ethics
- Moral community
- Sentience or consciousness
- Consequentialist moral theories
- Utilitarianism
- Deontological moral theories
- Right to life
- Personhood
= Right to flourish
= Virtue ethics moral theories

A. A legal category that depends on self-awareness and bestows the right to live a free life, and not be treated like property
B. A category of things or beings that are given moral consideration
C. A deontological moral position that advocates for a sentient being’s right to express its natural abilities and inclinations, championed by social justice advocate Martha Nussbaum
D. A branch of philosophy that provides frameworks for reasoning about our moral responsibility to other living beings; rules and reasons that dictate what one ought to do
E. Moral theories that define the right action as the one that has the best consequences for all affected by the action.
F. To be aware of, or to feel, something; often used as a criterion for inclusion in a Moral Community
G. A deontological moral position where a primary duty is to not interfere with an entity’s desire to live; a recent advocate of this position is Tom Regan.
H. A moral position that argues that the right action is one that would be taken by a virtuous person; championed by modern day philosopher Philippa Foot
I. Moral principles that are based on a person’s moral duties to others; originated with Immanuel Kant
J. A type of consequentialism that weighs the overall pleasure vs. suffering outcomes when deciding what is the morally right action; originated with Jeremy Bentham who pushed for the first animal anti-cruelty laws; currently championed by Peter Singer who advocates for reducing animal suffering.