Ethics and the Professions
... admirable as he had the courage to fulfill the victim’s wants. Therefore, Meiwes should still serve a sentence for killing another human being but a reduced one for euthanasia as he acted to help. General Moral Principle: It is right to help someone in need. Factual Claim: Meiwes helped Brandes. Con ...
... admirable as he had the courage to fulfill the victim’s wants. Therefore, Meiwes should still serve a sentence for killing another human being but a reduced one for euthanasia as he acted to help. General Moral Principle: It is right to help someone in need. Factual Claim: Meiwes helped Brandes. Con ...
Angelaki Differential cruelty
... its solution – rather than an extrapolated idea of penance which overshadows the ontological model with an extraneously theological framework. Whereas in the passage Aristotle merely rediscovers the Etruscan torture as a metaphysical model of cruelty for the twofold of body–soul, it is only in his m ...
... its solution – rather than an extrapolated idea of penance which overshadows the ontological model with an extraneously theological framework. Whereas in the passage Aristotle merely rediscovers the Etruscan torture as a metaphysical model of cruelty for the twofold of body–soul, it is only in his m ...
Utilitarianism
... RM Hare – you would still have to tell the truth to a mad axe man. It would still be possible to justify slavery – minority rights not protected. ...
... RM Hare – you would still have to tell the truth to a mad axe man. It would still be possible to justify slavery – minority rights not protected. ...
Guidelines for the Capstone Project
... GUIDELINES FOR THE FINAL APPLIED ETHICS PAPER The final course requirement for Ethics is a final paper on applied ethics, of approximately 5 pp. in length. This paper should be a statement and defense of what you think about some controversial moral and/or social issue from the list of allowable top ...
... GUIDELINES FOR THE FINAL APPLIED ETHICS PAPER The final course requirement for Ethics is a final paper on applied ethics, of approximately 5 pp. in length. This paper should be a statement and defense of what you think about some controversial moral and/or social issue from the list of allowable top ...
guidelines for the final applied ethics paper
... GUIDELINES FOR THE FINAL APPLIED ETHICS PAPER The final course requirement for Ethics is a final paper on applied ethics, of approximately 5 pp. in length. This paper should be a statement and defense of what you think about some controversial moral and/or social issue from the list of allowable top ...
... GUIDELINES FOR THE FINAL APPLIED ETHICS PAPER The final course requirement for Ethics is a final paper on applied ethics, of approximately 5 pp. in length. This paper should be a statement and defense of what you think about some controversial moral and/or social issue from the list of allowable top ...
Humanity Formulation
... “An action is right if and only if (and because) the action treats persons (including oneself) as an ends in themselves and not as a mere means” (Timmons, 16). Clarifications “mere” means? Humanity =df Agency ...
... “An action is right if and only if (and because) the action treats persons (including oneself) as an ends in themselves and not as a mere means” (Timmons, 16). Clarifications “mere” means? Humanity =df Agency ...
Nozick and Bentham Reading Study Guide Phil 240 Introduction to
... 1. Why does Nozick claim that plugging in to the machine is 'a kind of suicide'? 2. What does he think we should conclude from the experience machine thought experiment? 3. What does he think that we desire that the experience machine can't provide? 4. Critically reflect on Nozick’s argument. Which ...
... 1. Why does Nozick claim that plugging in to the machine is 'a kind of suicide'? 2. What does he think we should conclude from the experience machine thought experiment? 3. What does he think that we desire that the experience machine can't provide? 4. Critically reflect on Nozick’s argument. Which ...
Deontological Ethics
... Suppose you are in a situation where you are asked to kill one person to save 19. If you do not do as you are told, all 20 will be killed by someone else. ...
... Suppose you are in a situation where you are asked to kill one person to save 19. If you do not do as you are told, all 20 will be killed by someone else. ...
Ethics in Modern Philosophy
... pleases, with the purpose of not keeping his promise, the promise itself would become impossible, as well as the end that one might have in view in it, since no one would consider that anything was promised to him, but would ridicule all such statements as vain pretences. ...
... pleases, with the purpose of not keeping his promise, the promise itself would become impossible, as well as the end that one might have in view in it, since no one would consider that anything was promised to him, but would ridicule all such statements as vain pretences. ...
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 ...
The Ethics of War
... • Morally permissible act (according to rule utilitarian theory of moral principles) = act which would not be forbidden by the kind of conscience which would maximise long-range expectable utility were it built into people as an internal regulator of their relations with other sentient beings, as co ...
... • Morally permissible act (according to rule utilitarian theory of moral principles) = act which would not be forbidden by the kind of conscience which would maximise long-range expectable utility were it built into people as an internal regulator of their relations with other sentient beings, as co ...
Morality and Justice Final Paper
... breathing and heartbeat were possible. Theresa’s parents, knowing she would soon die, volunteered her organs for transplant to help other children. Theresa’s organs were never donated as Florida law prohibited taking organs before death. The case sparked a lot of debate over whether or not her paren ...
... breathing and heartbeat were possible. Theresa’s parents, knowing she would soon die, volunteered her organs for transplant to help other children. Theresa’s organs were never donated as Florida law prohibited taking organs before death. The case sparked a lot of debate over whether or not her paren ...
Legal Punishment
... Moral justifications for legal punishment: Deterrence. The harm or pain inflicted would prevent the individual to commit the same crime again and serves as a warning to others. Physical isolation from society (imprisonment) makes the individual unable to commit the crime again. Retribution. A matter ...
... Moral justifications for legal punishment: Deterrence. The harm or pain inflicted would prevent the individual to commit the same crime again and serves as a warning to others. Physical isolation from society (imprisonment) makes the individual unable to commit the crime again. Retribution. A matter ...
David Sussman, “What`s Wrong with Torture?”
... tormentors. This condition involves two distinct elements. First, being at another’s mercy requires that there be a profoundly asymmetrical relation of dependence and vulnerability between the parties. . . . Second, the torture victim must see herself as being unable to put up any real moral or lega ...
... tormentors. This condition involves two distinct elements. First, being at another’s mercy requires that there be a profoundly asymmetrical relation of dependence and vulnerability between the parties. . . . Second, the torture victim must see herself as being unable to put up any real moral or lega ...
Doris Beaver`s Newsletters
... Eagle/Garfield/Gunnison/Hinsdale/Pitkin, 866-2945. No sponsor as yet in the Senate. House Bill 12-1070: This bill concerns the ethical conduct of persons involved in government. Yeah, yet so soon again. The purpose is to harmonize provisions with Article XXIX of the Colorado Constitution (also know ...
... Eagle/Garfield/Gunnison/Hinsdale/Pitkin, 866-2945. No sponsor as yet in the Senate. House Bill 12-1070: This bill concerns the ethical conduct of persons involved in government. Yeah, yet so soon again. The purpose is to harmonize provisions with Article XXIX of the Colorado Constitution (also know ...
Classical Chinese Philosophies - Fort Thomas Independent Schools
... Kant believed that our actions were not as important as our intentions in morality Kant also believed all humans were capable, through reason, of figuring out right/wrong. Reason is an authority ‘in’ us but it transcends us Why be Moral?: “It is the rationale thing to do.” ...
... Kant believed that our actions were not as important as our intentions in morality Kant also believed all humans were capable, through reason, of figuring out right/wrong. Reason is an authority ‘in’ us but it transcends us Why be Moral?: “It is the rationale thing to do.” ...
Immanuel Kant (1724 * 1804)
... (Grundlegung) • … therefore, the basis of obligation must not be sought in the nature of man, or in the circumstances in the world in which he is placed, but a priori simply in the conception of pure reason; and although any other precept which is founded on principles of mere experience may be in c ...
... (Grundlegung) • … therefore, the basis of obligation must not be sought in the nature of man, or in the circumstances in the world in which he is placed, but a priori simply in the conception of pure reason; and although any other precept which is founded on principles of mere experience may be in c ...
Ethics of Nation-Building and Its Implications to Building Health
... international security or willfully creates conditions that foment humanitarian crises. However, such missions are only perceived as legitimate with the broad approval of the international community; unilateral missions to impose regime change are rarely perceived as legitimate however well intentio ...
... international security or willfully creates conditions that foment humanitarian crises. However, such missions are only perceived as legitimate with the broad approval of the international community; unilateral missions to impose regime change are rarely perceived as legitimate however well intentio ...
F
... of functional magnetic resonance imaging and other questionable methods of detecting deception and discusses the collateral emotional damage suffered by many perpetrators of torture, including posttraumatic stress disorder and unremitting guilt. In the book’s closing chapter, he shows that the most ...
... of functional magnetic resonance imaging and other questionable methods of detecting deception and discusses the collateral emotional damage suffered by many perpetrators of torture, including posttraumatic stress disorder and unremitting guilt. In the book’s closing chapter, he shows that the most ...
Slide 1
... ‘Always act such that one can at the same time will the maxim of your action to be a universal law.’ e.g. murder or theft could not be made a universal law ...
... ‘Always act such that one can at the same time will the maxim of your action to be a universal law.’ e.g. murder or theft could not be made a universal law ...
code of conduct article v
... May be forced to do agricultural and domestic (as long as they don’t serve a military purpose) ...
... May be forced to do agricultural and domestic (as long as they don’t serve a military purpose) ...
Humanitarianism
Humanitarianism is a moral of kindness, benevolence, and sympathy extended to all human beings. Humanitarianism has been an evolving concept historically but universality is a common theme in its evolution. No distinction is to be made on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, race, caste, age, religion, ability, or nationality.