Question

Most ethical theories agree on a large number of moral guidelines. For example, it is nearly universally held that it is wrong to steal. What difference, then, does it make whether someone subscribes to the divine command theory, Kantianism, utilitarianism, or one of the other ethical theories?

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This is a philosophical approach, it must be taken into account that in ethical theory there is a large number of moral coincidences, such as: it is wrong to steal and its universality, in ethical theories. But there are also many differences between ethical theories, one very important and which divides them into two types, are the Materialist ethical theories and those that are not. Materialistic ethical theories are those that in general tell us what we must do to achieve good and to be good, that is, they are content ethics pursues a series of ethical norms about what we must do, they condition the rules or norms to persecuted objects.

In the ethical theories indicated there are differences, those of materialistic tendencies: first: the tendency of divine command very similar to the naturalistic theory of Saint Thomas, which defends the good with the approach to a supreme God and follows the law of divine origin . Second: DJMill's utilitarianism good is the pleasure or absence of pain and is achieved through pleasure actions. Now it is pointed out that Kantism (non-materialist) corresponds to being a formal ethic whose author was Kant, defends good with the only morally good, a good intention and seeks to achieve good in the imperative, categorical, acts in a way that he can wish without contradiction , points out that the maxim is taken as a universal law. Kantina's law is called formal and comes before material ethics.