1. Divine command theory can be understood as a deontological system; duties, rules, and obligations are determined by God. Thus being moral is a matter of obeying God.
2. According to Natural Law theory, positive law is the same thing as God's eternal law.
3. Virtue ethics stresses how certain rules and principles can guide us in our actions.
4. According to the principle of double effect there are two cases that justify surgically induced fetal death, a cancerous uterus and ectopic pregnancy.
5. A Categorical Imperative is an unconditional demand, in other words, it tell us, "to do good you MUST do this..."
6. The central idea with deontological moral systems is that there are certain obligations or duties we must follow regardless of the consequences which may follow when we obey those duties/rules/obligations.
7. Ethics of care places an emphasis upon the principles of autonomy and beneficence.
8. Ethics of Care emphasizes universal standards and impartiality over the idea that individuals are vulnerable and interdependent.
9. According to deontological system of ethics, 'the ends never justify the means.'
10. In Kant's system of ethics people are means to an end.