Ethical Relativism
... b. The moral evaluation of an action and the moral evaluation of the agent who performs it: Even good people do bad things often because they have false beliefs, don't understand the nature or consequences of their actions, or don't have the intellectual character that allows them to abstract from c ...
... b. The moral evaluation of an action and the moral evaluation of the agent who performs it: Even good people do bad things often because they have false beliefs, don't understand the nature or consequences of their actions, or don't have the intellectual character that allows them to abstract from c ...
Regulating Technologies
... complexity of the regulatory environment. About how one item of regulation interacts with others About the way in which regulatees respond And about the way in which emerging technologies affect the dynamics of regulation and reaction. If “tentative governance” implies a constant process of learning ...
... complexity of the regulatory environment. About how one item of regulation interacts with others About the way in which regulatees respond And about the way in which emerging technologies affect the dynamics of regulation and reaction. If “tentative governance” implies a constant process of learning ...
Introduction to Moral Heteronomy. History, Proposals, Arguments
... foundation of ethics, at least on some very natural readings of Spinoza’s and Leibniz’s texts. It is customary to sketch this position in terms of the conjunction of realism, innatism and necessitarianism towards the natural law. By the words of G.A.J. Rogers2: […] the rationalist holds that it is p ...
... foundation of ethics, at least on some very natural readings of Spinoza’s and Leibniz’s texts. It is customary to sketch this position in terms of the conjunction of realism, innatism and necessitarianism towards the natural law. By the words of G.A.J. Rogers2: […] the rationalist holds that it is p ...
the ethics of obligation
... aside our short term self-interested inclinations in favor of general rules that impartially promote the welfare of everyone … including ourselves (ultimately); rules that are in our enlightened self-interest. • We can do this because others in society have agreed to do the same thing, because it is ...
... aside our short term self-interested inclinations in favor of general rules that impartially promote the welfare of everyone … including ourselves (ultimately); rules that are in our enlightened self-interest. • We can do this because others in society have agreed to do the same thing, because it is ...
Between Jerusalem and Antioch - Australian eJournal of Theology
... Acts (4:1-22; 5:20-21) records two instances of conflict, where members of the apostolic circle are arrested, imprisoned, questioned, and in the second episode flogged (5:40) at the instigation of the Sadducean party in the Sanhedrin. In 1 Thessalonians (2:14), Paul confirms that the churches in Jud ...
... Acts (4:1-22; 5:20-21) records two instances of conflict, where members of the apostolic circle are arrested, imprisoned, questioned, and in the second episode flogged (5:40) at the instigation of the Sadducean party in the Sanhedrin. In 1 Thessalonians (2:14), Paul confirms that the churches in Jud ...
When Maxims Clash: Categorical Imperative and
... for the quality of it; the theory also provides a basis on which one may continue to uphold the supremacy of human rationality. First of all, how, then, may one determine the quality of happiness? John Stuart Mill, a nineteenth-century British philosopher known primarily for his consequentialist-uti ...
... for the quality of it; the theory also provides a basis on which one may continue to uphold the supremacy of human rationality. First of all, how, then, may one determine the quality of happiness? John Stuart Mill, a nineteenth-century British philosopher known primarily for his consequentialist-uti ...
Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong
... Some versions of religious ethics hold that reason can discover what is right or wrong even apart from divine revelation ...
... Some versions of religious ethics hold that reason can discover what is right or wrong even apart from divine revelation ...
Plato
... instinctively what the law requires, these, though not having the law, are a law to themselves. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts. – Romans 2:14-15a ...
... instinctively what the law requires, these, though not having the law, are a law to themselves. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts. – Romans 2:14-15a ...
Milestone Education Review
... become the basis of morality. The individual at this stage holds that action as morality which is in keeping with a well-established custom, and that action which violates it, is considered as morally undesirable. The Level of Reflective Morality: In this stage, conscience guides human beings in mor ...
... become the basis of morality. The individual at this stage holds that action as morality which is in keeping with a well-established custom, and that action which violates it, is considered as morally undesirable. The Level of Reflective Morality: In this stage, conscience guides human beings in mor ...
4: Law and Order
... act is moral if others demonstrate similar acts, or it helps others (i.e. behavior likely to please others) Moral reasoning based on rules, laws, and orderly society. An act is moral if it follows rules or promotes an orderly society. ...
... act is moral if others demonstrate similar acts, or it helps others (i.e. behavior likely to please others) Moral reasoning based on rules, laws, and orderly society. An act is moral if it follows rules or promotes an orderly society. ...
Moral Enhancement and the Duty to Eliminate Evildoing
... of eliminating evildoing: the moral enhancement of human beings through biomedical and biotechnological means. Assuming the efficacy and relative safety of moral enhancement, do we have a duty to use biomedical and biotechnological interventions to reduce the probability that we would become involve ...
... of eliminating evildoing: the moral enhancement of human beings through biomedical and biotechnological means. Assuming the efficacy and relative safety of moral enhancement, do we have a duty to use biomedical and biotechnological interventions to reduce the probability that we would become involve ...
Adolescence and Moral Development
... people. An act is moral if it is consistent with a principled agreement. (ex: Bill of Rights) Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. An act is moral if it is consistent with an abstract principle that transcends an individual’s society. ...
... people. An act is moral if it is consistent with a principled agreement. (ex: Bill of Rights) Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. An act is moral if it is consistent with an abstract principle that transcends an individual’s society. ...
Meta-ethics - Bloomsbury
... Requires that the makers of moral judgements be committed to acting in line with the implicit prescriptions of their judgements, which are universal. ...
... Requires that the makers of moral judgements be committed to acting in line with the implicit prescriptions of their judgements, which are universal. ...
Is There a Duty to Obey the Law? - Assets
... The volumes will be polemical but in the best sense: Each author will dispute and defend a position on some controversial matter by means of clear and careful argument. The end, obviously, is that each volume will exhibit to the full the best case each author can muster for his or her respective sid ...
... The volumes will be polemical but in the best sense: Each author will dispute and defend a position on some controversial matter by means of clear and careful argument. The end, obviously, is that each volume will exhibit to the full the best case each author can muster for his or her respective sid ...
Exodos (or Epilogue and Exodus)
... Is Creon a tragic figure? Do you feel sympathy for him at the end as someone who initially tried to do good yet was overwhelmed by circumstance, or do you believe that he is a bullying, misogynistic control-freak who gets what he deserves? Why does Antigone commit suicide? The German philosopher Heg ...
... Is Creon a tragic figure? Do you feel sympathy for him at the end as someone who initially tried to do good yet was overwhelmed by circumstance, or do you believe that he is a bullying, misogynistic control-freak who gets what he deserves? Why does Antigone commit suicide? The German philosopher Heg ...
Introduction to Ethics - ACFE San Diego Chapter
... • Basically, God decides what is right and what is wrong and His commands are absolute • St. Augustine: “God’s gifts of conscience and reason that enables us to distinguish between good and evil” • Charles Hodge: morality is based on “the principal that a higher obligation absolves from a lower stan ...
... • Basically, God decides what is right and what is wrong and His commands are absolute • St. Augustine: “God’s gifts of conscience and reason that enables us to distinguish between good and evil” • Charles Hodge: morality is based on “the principal that a higher obligation absolves from a lower stan ...
Ethical Theory - Watford Grammar School For Boys
... not a noun; a term that describes attempts to make decisions creatively Analysis SE ...
... not a noun; a term that describes attempts to make decisions creatively Analysis SE ...
Is There a "Higher Law"? Does It Matter?
... the normative has its status as normative quite apart from God. Most moral philosophers, myself included, would regard it as a mistake to think that the existence of moral truths, and so the existence of a higher law, has any crucial connection with God (assuming God exists), let alone with religion ...
... the normative has its status as normative quite apart from God. Most moral philosophers, myself included, would regard it as a mistake to think that the existence of moral truths, and so the existence of a higher law, has any crucial connection with God (assuming God exists), let alone with religion ...
is there a moral code regardless of time and place?
... to be morally good it is not enough that it should conform to the moral law, but it must also be done for the sake of the law". "Moral law is the norm of the action not of the content!" he says. (Benjamin, Walter 2013) So if you try to control by putting as many norms as possible, ultimately you can ...
... to be morally good it is not enough that it should conform to the moral law, but it must also be done for the sake of the law". "Moral law is the norm of the action not of the content!" he says. (Benjamin, Walter 2013) So if you try to control by putting as many norms as possible, ultimately you can ...
Ethics in Modern Philosophy
... Morality and Health • Morality is not just a matter of health. • If all moral error is illness, then we have an all-purpose excuse. • We can no more be blamed for immorality than we can for being sick. • But morality is not therapy. We have free will. ...
... Morality and Health • Morality is not just a matter of health. • If all moral error is illness, then we have an all-purpose excuse. • We can no more be blamed for immorality than we can for being sick. • But morality is not therapy. We have free will. ...
Kantian Deontology
... Because of my nature as a rational being, I must will that someone help me when I am in trouble. I cannot then fail to will aid to any other rational being. Because of my nature as a rational being, I cannot will myself to be a slave to other rational beings. I cannot then will to enslave other rati ...
... Because of my nature as a rational being, I must will that someone help me when I am in trouble. I cannot then fail to will aid to any other rational being. Because of my nature as a rational being, I cannot will myself to be a slave to other rational beings. I cannot then will to enslave other rati ...
Any Absolutes? Absolutely!
... what is morally right for me. And what is right for me may be wrong for another and vice versa. This theory is morally unacceptable because it implies that an act can be right for someone even if it is cruel, hateful, or tyrannical. Further, if this theory were put in practice, society would be rend ...
... what is morally right for me. And what is right for me may be wrong for another and vice versa. This theory is morally unacceptable because it implies that an act can be right for someone even if it is cruel, hateful, or tyrannical. Further, if this theory were put in practice, society would be rend ...
The Ebionites - Chiesa Cristiana Jeshua
... argued to abrogate Mosaic observances[57] for his non-Jewish converts, but Paul's arguments were rejected, and Jewish Law and tradition concerning non-Jewish followers were asserted by reference to Noahide Law. For the parallel in Judaism, see Noachide law. Some scholars[58][59] argue that the Ebion ...
... argued to abrogate Mosaic observances[57] for his non-Jewish converts, but Paul's arguments were rejected, and Jewish Law and tradition concerning non-Jewish followers were asserted by reference to Noahide Law. For the parallel in Judaism, see Noachide law. Some scholars[58][59] argue that the Ebion ...
Immanuel Kant and the moral law[1].
... • The moral law, Kant holds, is not a requirement to do good to others. Rather, it tells us to act only in ways we could all rationally agree on. It sets universal principles that are independent of all factors that may otherwise influence our actions — even God himself. ...
... • The moral law, Kant holds, is not a requirement to do good to others. Rather, it tells us to act only in ways we could all rationally agree on. It sets universal principles that are independent of all factors that may otherwise influence our actions — even God himself. ...
Lecture 25: Kantian moral theory
... it should become a universal law The categorical imperative is a test for rightness or wrongness of an action A categorical imperative is an absolute and universal moral ought We are obligated to obey the categorical imperative because of our nature as rational beings ...
... it should become a universal law The categorical imperative is a test for rightness or wrongness of an action A categorical imperative is an absolute and universal moral ought We are obligated to obey the categorical imperative because of our nature as rational beings ...
Antinomianism
In Christianity, an antinomian is one who takes the principle of salvation by faith and divine grace to the point of asserting that the saved are not bound to follow the Law of Moses. The distinction between antinomian and other Christian views on moral law is that antinomians believe that obedience to the law is motivated by an internal principle flowing from belief rather than from any external compulsion.The term antinomianism emerged soon after the Protestant Reformation (c.1517) and has historically been used as a pejorative against Christian thinkers or sects who carried their belief in justification by faith further than was customary. Antinomianism in modern times is commonly seen as the theological opposite to Legalism or Works righteousness, the notion that obedience to religious law earns salvation. This makes antinomianism an exaggeration of justification by faith alone.Examples are Martin Luther's critique of antinomianism and the Antinomian Controversy of the 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony. Although the term originated in the 16th century, the topic has its roots in Christian views on the old covenant extending back to the 1st century. It can also be extended to any individual who rejects a socially established morality. Few groups, other than Christian anarchists or Jewish anarchists, explicitly call themselves antinomian.