ii. Ethical Egoism and Social Contract Theory (A coagulation of
... somewhere between two extremes. In fact, the correct moral virtue equals the optimal balance between these two extremes. For example, to be courageous, you need to find an optimal balance between the two extremes of cowardice and recklessness. ...
... somewhere between two extremes. In fact, the correct moral virtue equals the optimal balance between these two extremes. For example, to be courageous, you need to find an optimal balance between the two extremes of cowardice and recklessness. ...
Mill
... the right action done from a respect for the moral law. A good person will be one who acts this way (from duty) Aristotle thinks a good person will do the right thing from inclination. They will want to be virtuous. For Aristotle what is fundamental is what makes a person virtuous, not what makes a ...
... the right action done from a respect for the moral law. A good person will be one who acts this way (from duty) Aristotle thinks a good person will do the right thing from inclination. They will want to be virtuous. For Aristotle what is fundamental is what makes a person virtuous, not what makes a ...
Ethics Chapter 3
... links ideas and problems together in contestant ways, and that’s exactly what a scientific theory dose; so we will use moral theories in the same way of scientific theories. Scientific theories concept: 1- organize ideas 2- define terms 3- facilitate problem solving. ...
... links ideas and problems together in contestant ways, and that’s exactly what a scientific theory dose; so we will use moral theories in the same way of scientific theories. Scientific theories concept: 1- organize ideas 2- define terms 3- facilitate problem solving. ...
lecture
... happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure. To give a clear view of the moral standard set up by the theory, much more requires to be said; in particular, what things it includes in the ideas of pain and pleasure; and to what extent t ...
... happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unhappiness, pain, and the privation of pleasure. To give a clear view of the moral standard set up by the theory, much more requires to be said; in particular, what things it includes in the ideas of pain and pleasure; and to what extent t ...
Professional Character Formation
... • The most widely used test for assessing adult development is the Defining Issues Test (DIT) • Similar to the Kohlberg interview, the DIT begins by presenting the respondent with stories that highlight a moral dilemma. But unlike the Kohlberg interview, in which the respondent must produce a respon ...
... • The most widely used test for assessing adult development is the Defining Issues Test (DIT) • Similar to the Kohlberg interview, the DIT begins by presenting the respondent with stories that highlight a moral dilemma. But unlike the Kohlberg interview, in which the respondent must produce a respon ...
Teleological Ethics
... virtues or habits of excellence. The goal is perfection arrived at by developing appropriate habits, hence John Rawls calls this view “perfectionism”. Rather than a psychological state like pleasure, eudaimonia is a state of character in which certain habits produce right judgment, and realise the t ...
... virtues or habits of excellence. The goal is perfection arrived at by developing appropriate habits, hence John Rawls calls this view “perfectionism”. Rather than a psychological state like pleasure, eudaimonia is a state of character in which certain habits produce right judgment, and realise the t ...
Mark Scheme June
... theories. They may explain Virtue Ethics from Aristotle and more modern interpretations. They may say that it looks at moral choices such as extramarital sex from the standpoint of the individual and his or her personal qualities and values. Responses may also consider the role of practising the vir ...
... theories. They may explain Virtue Ethics from Aristotle and more modern interpretations. They may say that it looks at moral choices such as extramarital sex from the standpoint of the individual and his or her personal qualities and values. Responses may also consider the role of practising the vir ...
Developing an Organisational Culture
... Individual Integrity ‘an adherence to moral principles or values... a consistency in one’s beliefs or action that endures, despite inducement or temptation to deviate from them.’ (Crane and Matten 2007) ...
... Individual Integrity ‘an adherence to moral principles or values... a consistency in one’s beliefs or action that endures, despite inducement or temptation to deviate from them.’ (Crane and Matten 2007) ...
Rationalism Test - Tuesday, Oct
... The Art of Persuasion Notes – (from guided notes on Patrick Henry on web page) rhetorical questioning repetition antithesis parallelism Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Virginia Convention – p. 230 Review questions Be able to identify and analyze rhetorical elements ...
... The Art of Persuasion Notes – (from guided notes on Patrick Henry on web page) rhetorical questioning repetition antithesis parallelism Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Virginia Convention – p. 230 Review questions Be able to identify and analyze rhetorical elements ...
From Ethical Theory to Practice
... would produce overall utility. Possibly inconsistent with other things of value like loyalty and friendship. ...
... would produce overall utility. Possibly inconsistent with other things of value like loyalty and friendship. ...
Basis-for-Medical
... A rule utilitarian, however, would look at the rule, rather than the act, that would be instituted by cutting up the sixth man. The rule in this case would be: "whenever a surgeon could kill one relatively healthy person in order to transplant his organs to more than one other person who needs them, ...
... A rule utilitarian, however, would look at the rule, rather than the act, that would be instituted by cutting up the sixth man. The rule in this case would be: "whenever a surgeon could kill one relatively healthy person in order to transplant his organs to more than one other person who needs them, ...
The Moral Urgency of Action to Protect the World`s Megafauna
... urgency of action to save the world’s terrestrial megafauna (Ripple et al. 2016). These large mammals, desperately endangered by human depredation and habitat destruction, are crucial to the functioning of the world’s ecosystems and therefore critical to human survival. To the extent that we value h ...
... urgency of action to save the world’s terrestrial megafauna (Ripple et al. 2016). These large mammals, desperately endangered by human depredation and habitat destruction, are crucial to the functioning of the world’s ecosystems and therefore critical to human survival. To the extent that we value h ...
Aristotle on the Virtue of Phronesis - Inter
... should I be doing with my life?’ or ‘what is the best way to live?’ Aristotle answers his own question that politics is in fact the highest level of practical science, since it is about action and how to organise the community for the best.9 Aristotle’s Politics is both a continuation and an elabora ...
... should I be doing with my life?’ or ‘what is the best way to live?’ Aristotle answers his own question that politics is in fact the highest level of practical science, since it is about action and how to organise the community for the best.9 Aristotle’s Politics is both a continuation and an elabora ...
Ethics Theories
... According to Kant, we must not only act out of a right motivation, but must also do the right thing. Both the motive and the act must be morally relevant. (Any contradiction with the previous condition that as long as the motive is good the consequences of the act is not important?) Categorical im ...
... According to Kant, we must not only act out of a right motivation, but must also do the right thing. Both the motive and the act must be morally relevant. (Any contradiction with the previous condition that as long as the motive is good the consequences of the act is not important?) Categorical im ...
Ethics
... ensure that these are reasonable and well-founded. Ethics also means, then, the continuous effort of studying our own moral beliefs and our moral conduct, and striving to ensure that we, and the institutions we help to shape, live up to standards that are reasonable and solidly based. ...
... ensure that these are reasonable and well-founded. Ethics also means, then, the continuous effort of studying our own moral beliefs and our moral conduct, and striving to ensure that we, and the institutions we help to shape, live up to standards that are reasonable and solidly based. ...
Why Ethics?
... that it should be abandoned. Good ethics might be good for business, but that does not make business success its measure or mean that ethics can be abandoned if it is bad for business. ...
... that it should be abandoned. Good ethics might be good for business, but that does not make business success its measure or mean that ethics can be abandoned if it is bad for business. ...
Outline of Virtue Ethics encyclopedia article
... Some proponents of virtue ethics (e. g., Leslie Stephen and Edmund Pincoffs) place so much importance on character and motive that they lose interest in the moral assessment of actions. But almost all contemporary virtue ethicists do want to evaluate actions, and I shall confine our attention to suc ...
... Some proponents of virtue ethics (e. g., Leslie Stephen and Edmund Pincoffs) place so much importance on character and motive that they lose interest in the moral assessment of actions. But almost all contemporary virtue ethicists do want to evaluate actions, and I shall confine our attention to suc ...
Group1 - Southern University College
... intense a pleasure is estimated to be. 9. The doctrine of the mean states that we should always decide in advance what our mean is; our mean cannot be known through experience. 10. Moral virtue is based upon habit, while intellectual excellence or virtue is based on teaching, experience, and time. ...
... intense a pleasure is estimated to be. 9. The doctrine of the mean states that we should always decide in advance what our mean is; our mean cannot be known through experience. 10. Moral virtue is based upon habit, while intellectual excellence or virtue is based on teaching, experience, and time. ...
Session 15: Introduction to Utilitarianism
... Another objection to virtue theory is that it does not focus on what sorts of actions are morally permitted and which ones are not, but rather on what sort of qualities someone ought to foster in order to become a good person. This particular feature of the theory makes virtue ethics useless as a un ...
... Another objection to virtue theory is that it does not focus on what sorts of actions are morally permitted and which ones are not, but rather on what sort of qualities someone ought to foster in order to become a good person. This particular feature of the theory makes virtue ethics useless as a un ...
Class 2
... What does the word “virtue” mean? Aristotle: it a character trait that you are willing to ACT upon. It includes thinking, emotions, choices, values, etc. If you have virtue, you will act on it even when it is difficult. What virtues should be present in HCMs? © 2010 Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LL ...
... What does the word “virtue” mean? Aristotle: it a character trait that you are willing to ACT upon. It includes thinking, emotions, choices, values, etc. If you have virtue, you will act on it even when it is difficult. What virtues should be present in HCMs? © 2010 Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LL ...
Virtue Ethics - Which Character Traits are Good?
... prison have undermined his ability to be autonomous (Kant can’t allow for this) possibility of character damage virtues/vices matter of degree rational does not necessarily mean able to be virtuous ...
... prison have undermined his ability to be autonomous (Kant can’t allow for this) possibility of character damage virtues/vices matter of degree rational does not necessarily mean able to be virtuous ...
International Conference Handouts - Virtue
... refers to a variety of ethical theories or theoretical approaches that have a central focus on the moral qualities (‘virtues’) of individual people or institutions” (Banks & Gallagher, 2009, p. 7). Being virtuous encompasses an “overall constellation of particular virtues and the wisdom to enact the ...
... refers to a variety of ethical theories or theoretical approaches that have a central focus on the moral qualities (‘virtues’) of individual people or institutions” (Banks & Gallagher, 2009, p. 7). Being virtuous encompasses an “overall constellation of particular virtues and the wisdom to enact the ...
Philosophers in Jesuit Education Eastern APA Meetings, December 2011 Discussion Starter
... to him; this is in the other’s best interests and is therefore a duty of love.”6 Kant goes on to acknowledge the obvious tensions that this produces within friendships, many of which cannot withstand this kind of candor. And yet, insofar as it is my end to become better, my friend fulfills a duty of ...
... to him; this is in the other’s best interests and is therefore a duty of love.”6 Kant goes on to acknowledge the obvious tensions that this produces within friendships, many of which cannot withstand this kind of candor. And yet, insofar as it is my end to become better, my friend fulfills a duty of ...
Chapter 6
... monetary means • Idealism: A moral philosophy that places special value on ideas and ideals as products of the mind ...
... monetary means • Idealism: A moral philosophy that places special value on ideas and ideals as products of the mind ...
Ethics—The Basics by John Mizzoni
... • Moral excellence—a moral virtue— consists in a mean state. • “By virtue I mean virtue of character… it is concerned with feelings and actions….” (Aristotle, 337 BCE) • “Virtue, then, is a mean, in so far as it aims at what is intermediate.” (Aristotle, 337 BCE) ...
... • Moral excellence—a moral virtue— consists in a mean state. • “By virtue I mean virtue of character… it is concerned with feelings and actions….” (Aristotle, 337 BCE) • “Virtue, then, is a mean, in so far as it aims at what is intermediate.” (Aristotle, 337 BCE) ...
Virtue
Virtue (Latin: virtus, Ancient Greek: ἀρετή ""arete"") is moral excellence. A virtue is a positive trait or quality deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting collective and individual greatness. The opposite of virtue is vice.