Teleological Ethics
... Rule utilitarians such as Mill argue that some rules are necessary to protect our security and welfare, rules such as the right to a fair trial, or freedom of speech. We explore the difference between Bentham and Mill in the central section of this book. Rather than focus on an individual action, ru ...
... Rule utilitarians such as Mill argue that some rules are necessary to protect our security and welfare, rules such as the right to a fair trial, or freedom of speech. We explore the difference between Bentham and Mill in the central section of this book. Rather than focus on an individual action, ru ...
File
... Case Study #1: Why be moral? Many well-known answers to the question “Why be moral?” have been offered throughout history. All are subject to serious problems and objections. That we should be moral at all, given the hardships of life and pressures we’re often put under, is obvious only to the naiv ...
... Case Study #1: Why be moral? Many well-known answers to the question “Why be moral?” have been offered throughout history. All are subject to serious problems and objections. That we should be moral at all, given the hardships of life and pressures we’re often put under, is obvious only to the naiv ...
Session 18
... 1. Normative claim: One should act in conformance with one's society. • This asserts a universal moral principle (contradiction) • Many moral heroes (Ghandi, Jesus) considered bad under this claim. 2. Alternative claim: It is wrong to judge other cultures by the standards of your own. • Again assert ...
... 1. Normative claim: One should act in conformance with one's society. • This asserts a universal moral principle (contradiction) • Many moral heroes (Ghandi, Jesus) considered bad under this claim. 2. Alternative claim: It is wrong to judge other cultures by the standards of your own. • Again assert ...
Utilitarianism - Welcome to the UC Davis Philosophy
... • Some pleasures are so preferred that a considerable amount of discomfort is tolerated for their sake • Those of the higher faculties are preferred in this way by the competent, from their sense of dignity ...
... • Some pleasures are so preferred that a considerable amount of discomfort is tolerated for their sake • Those of the higher faculties are preferred in this way by the competent, from their sense of dignity ...
The Hans India: How Happy is Happiness
... based on a GNH impact statement. The concept requires that all plans answer eight different parametres physical, mental and spiritual health; time-balance; social and community vitality; cultural vitality; education; living standards; good governance; and ecological vitality. Although the GNH framew ...
... based on a GNH impact statement. The concept requires that all plans answer eight different parametres physical, mental and spiritual health; time-balance; social and community vitality; cultural vitality; education; living standards; good governance; and ecological vitality. Although the GNH framew ...
ARISTOTLE Why be ethical
... It is a matter of living out our inner principles or maxims. To do this we must be autonomous and free to be able to do our duty. Achieving the supreme good cannot be attained in this life. ...
... It is a matter of living out our inner principles or maxims. To do this we must be autonomous and free to be able to do our duty. Achieving the supreme good cannot be attained in this life. ...
Contentment
Contentment is a mental or emotional state of satisfaction drawn from being at ease in one's situation, body and mind. Colloquially speaking, contentment is a state of having accepted one's situation and is a form of happiness. Michael C. Graham writes extensively about contentment as a form of happiness.Contentment and the pursuit of contentment are a central thread through many philosophical or religious schools across diverse cultures, times and geographies. Siddharta said ""Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."" John Stuart Mill, centuries later, would write ""I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them."" Marcus Aurelius wrote ""Live with the gods. And he who does so constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to them."" Hebrews 13:5 reads ""Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'"" Chinese philosopher Zhuang Zhou wrote in the 3rd Century BCE ""A gentleman who profoundly penetrates all things and is in harmony with their transformations will be contented with whatever time may bring. He follows the course of nature in whatever situation he may be.”The literature seems to generally agree that contentment is a state ideally reached through being happy with what a person has, as opposed to achieving one's larger ambitions, as Socrates described by saying ""He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."" That said, there are a number of elements of achievement that may make finding a state of personal contemned easier: a strong family unit, a strong local community, and satisfaction of life's basic needs as expressed in Maslow's hierarchy of needs. In general, the more needs in Maslow's hierarchy are achieved, the more easily one might achieve contentment—it is hard to imagine achieving contentment if one's physiological needs for caloric sustenance are unmet.