Nature of Argument
... views argument as a back and forth, give and take process arguments are multilateral, they evolve, change, and develop over time involves testing arguments in the “marketplace of ideas,” assumes the strongest arguments will prevail ...
... views argument as a back and forth, give and take process arguments are multilateral, they evolve, change, and develop over time involves testing arguments in the “marketplace of ideas,” assumes the strongest arguments will prevail ...
Nature of Argument PPT
... views argument as a back and forth, give and take process arguments are multilateral, they evolve, change, and develop over time involves testing arguments in the “marketplace of ideas,” assumes the strongest arguments will prevail ...
... views argument as a back and forth, give and take process arguments are multilateral, they evolve, change, and develop over time involves testing arguments in the “marketplace of ideas,” assumes the strongest arguments will prevail ...
The inescapability of ethics and the impossibility of
... Before responding to the «anything goes» ethical relativism critique of constructivism, it is important to clarify precisely what is meant by «constructivism». Glasersfeld’s (1995) two basic constructivist premises provide a nice starting point: (a) knowledge is actively built up rather than passive ...
... Before responding to the «anything goes» ethical relativism critique of constructivism, it is important to clarify precisely what is meant by «constructivism». Glasersfeld’s (1995) two basic constructivist premises provide a nice starting point: (a) knowledge is actively built up rather than passive ...
Intro to Animal Welfare
... Animals are sentient and their suffering or pleasure is of concern Animals’ lives do matter to them We do have bonds with our own animals and a particular duty of care towards them Harming animals can make us more likely to harm people A species as a whole is different from an individual ...
... Animals are sentient and their suffering or pleasure is of concern Animals’ lives do matter to them We do have bonds with our own animals and a particular duty of care towards them Harming animals can make us more likely to harm people A species as a whole is different from an individual ...
187 “Goodness itself must change” – Anthroponomy in an age of
... been checked or supplemented by our institutional arrangements.7 As has already been said, it is a theoretical placeholder for future work. That it is comes from moral reasons. Because we are focused on the aggregate consequences of social processes and the way that they are arranged and persist by ...
... been checked or supplemented by our institutional arrangements.7 As has already been said, it is a theoretical placeholder for future work. That it is comes from moral reasons. Because we are focused on the aggregate consequences of social processes and the way that they are arranged and persist by ...
Introduction
... 4) Morality, self-interest and game theory i) Game theory: models of social interaction involving games in which players make decisions that will bring each of them the greatest benefit ii) Game 1: The Prisoner’s Dilemma (a) Each player will be forced to look out for his or her own best interests an ...
... 4) Morality, self-interest and game theory i) Game theory: models of social interaction involving games in which players make decisions that will bring each of them the greatest benefit ii) Game 1: The Prisoner’s Dilemma (a) Each player will be forced to look out for his or her own best interests an ...
The Possibility of Character Development
... to how they would typically act or how they would act if given time to reflect. They also did not recognize that the types of situations they encountered often cause people to act contrary to how they would typically act and contrary to trait-appropriate behavior. It was not that they lacked the wil ...
... to how they would typically act or how they would act if given time to reflect. They also did not recognize that the types of situations they encountered often cause people to act contrary to how they would typically act and contrary to trait-appropriate behavior. It was not that they lacked the wil ...
Introduction
... 4) Morality, self-interest and game theory i) Game theory: models of social interaction involving games in which players make decisions that will bring each of them the greatest benefit ii) Game 1: The Prisoner’s Dilemma (a) Each player will be forced to look out for his or her own best interests an ...
... 4) Morality, self-interest and game theory i) Game theory: models of social interaction involving games in which players make decisions that will bring each of them the greatest benefit ii) Game 1: The Prisoner’s Dilemma (a) Each player will be forced to look out for his or her own best interests an ...
boss1_ppt_ch_09
... Deontology claims that duty is the foundation of morality. Some acts are morally obligatory regardless of their consequences. Moral principles or duties apply to everyone regardless of a person’s feelings or culture. A famous example of this is the Golden Rule, or the principle of reciprocity, which ...
... Deontology claims that duty is the foundation of morality. Some acts are morally obligatory regardless of their consequences. Moral principles or duties apply to everyone regardless of a person’s feelings or culture. A famous example of this is the Golden Rule, or the principle of reciprocity, which ...
smbp10_ppt03 Re REVISED
... Morality is relative to some personal, social, or cultural standard and there is no method for deciding whether one decision is better than another. ...
... Morality is relative to some personal, social, or cultural standard and there is no method for deciding whether one decision is better than another. ...
Moral Absolutism: a Response to Relativists
... by the objective state of these things in themselves. Pojman explains that this thesis can be taken in two ways: as the weak dependency thesis, which argues that the way moral principles are (or are not) applied in particular cultures is relative to the culture’s beliefs, history, etc., and as the s ...
... by the objective state of these things in themselves. Pojman explains that this thesis can be taken in two ways: as the weak dependency thesis, which argues that the way moral principles are (or are not) applied in particular cultures is relative to the culture’s beliefs, history, etc., and as the s ...
KAUSALITÄT UND MOTIVATION BEI EDITH STEIN
... moral experience, the unconditioned means here an inalienable guideline for acting, since it involves reason, whose judgements strive towards truth, and it does not mean a merely formal universale law with which the maximes of acting had to be measured. But if Husserl’s categorical imperative is not ...
... moral experience, the unconditioned means here an inalienable guideline for acting, since it involves reason, whose judgements strive towards truth, and it does not mean a merely formal universale law with which the maximes of acting had to be measured. But if Husserl’s categorical imperative is not ...
Egoism
... You are rowing a boat to safety after your cruise ship sank and a desperate man a few yards off is calling for help. There are no other survivors, the man has no chance without you, and you have no interest in saving him. EE suggests you have no duty to save the man since any such duty would have to ...
... You are rowing a boat to safety after your cruise ship sank and a desperate man a few yards off is calling for help. There are no other survivors, the man has no chance without you, and you have no interest in saving him. EE suggests you have no duty to save the man since any such duty would have to ...
File - Reiki Certification | Reiki
... Holistic Nursing Practice Governed by Scope and Standards of Practice The AHNA’s Scope and Standards of Practice support the use of Reiki as an energy-based therapy that is included in the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) (AHNA 2007). It is important to remember that the practice of holisti ...
... Holistic Nursing Practice Governed by Scope and Standards of Practice The AHNA’s Scope and Standards of Practice support the use of Reiki as an energy-based therapy that is included in the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) (AHNA 2007). It is important to remember that the practice of holisti ...
Power Notes
... • The intrinsic significance of the act itself is the criterion for determination of good. • Concept of categorical imperative states that actions should be based on a principle that is universal. • The person should never be treated as a ...
... • The intrinsic significance of the act itself is the criterion for determination of good. • Concept of categorical imperative states that actions should be based on a principle that is universal. • The person should never be treated as a ...
Ethics – Handout 8 Foot, “What Is Moral Relativism?”
... wouldn’t interpret our judgments of taste to be reports of people’s reactions, since (i) we don’t defend them by pointing to people’s reactions, (ii) we think we can make mistakes in our judgments of taste, and that others in our community can make mistakes, and (iii) we think we can show others who ...
... wouldn’t interpret our judgments of taste to be reports of people’s reactions, since (i) we don’t defend them by pointing to people’s reactions, (ii) we think we can make mistakes in our judgments of taste, and that others in our community can make mistakes, and (iii) we think we can show others who ...
Utilitarianism in a Nutshell
... bad. For example, Mildred Schlossberg, a high school senior, is trying to decide whether or not she should lie about the fact that she is currently dating her friend’s former boyfriend. Weighing the positive and negative consequences of the act, Mildred realizes that, on the one hand, if she tells ...
... bad. For example, Mildred Schlossberg, a high school senior, is trying to decide whether or not she should lie about the fact that she is currently dating her friend’s former boyfriend. Weighing the positive and negative consequences of the act, Mildred realizes that, on the one hand, if she tells ...
Engineering Ethics - Pennsylvania State University
... sees them, he may well have to pay the price of loss of employment.” ...
... sees them, he may well have to pay the price of loss of employment.” ...
PDF version - The Menlo Roundtable
... Morality is something often discussed only in a classroom. As far as justice is concerned, we don’t convict people based on how moral they are. It is more common to discuss morality after an act has already been committed, instead of using morality as a guiding principle. This is because it is impos ...
... Morality is something often discussed only in a classroom. As far as justice is concerned, we don’t convict people based on how moral they are. It is more common to discuss morality after an act has already been committed, instead of using morality as a guiding principle. This is because it is impos ...
Unworkable Ethical Theories
... The case against ethical egoism • An easy moral philosophy may not be the best moral philosophy • Not true that people naturally act in their own longterm self-interest (criticism of rationality assumption) • Social injustices have occurred when individuals have put their own interests first • Altr ...
... The case against ethical egoism • An easy moral philosophy may not be the best moral philosophy • Not true that people naturally act in their own longterm self-interest (criticism of rationality assumption) • Social injustices have occurred when individuals have put their own interests first • Altr ...
Moral realism - A Level Philosophy
... disagree over a matter of fact, whether it is about the natural world (dinosaurs) or the human world (love), we normally know how we could prove the matter one way or the other. Facts are things that can be shown to be true. But if two people agree over all the facts about abortion, say, but still d ...
... disagree over a matter of fact, whether it is about the natural world (dinosaurs) or the human world (love), we normally know how we could prove the matter one way or the other. Facts are things that can be shown to be true. But if two people agree over all the facts about abortion, say, but still d ...
Week 7 - June 21
... want anyone else to do who was facing the same set of circumstances Organizational relativism – do what is consistent wit the goals and norms of one’s own organization Professional ethic – do what would be condoned or supported by one’s professional colleagues and peers Respect for persons – do what ...
... want anyone else to do who was facing the same set of circumstances Organizational relativism – do what is consistent wit the goals and norms of one’s own organization Professional ethic – do what would be condoned or supported by one’s professional colleagues and peers Respect for persons – do what ...
Kant’s Ethics of Duty - NCC Courses: Dr. Sarah B. Fowler
... Reason as the source of the moral law (reason "commands") Kant's premise: "nothing in nature is in vain", therefore reason must have some function. • The functions of the preservation of life or the gaining of happiness are better performed by instinct. [examples?] • Thus he concludes that Reason h ...
... Reason as the source of the moral law (reason "commands") Kant's premise: "nothing in nature is in vain", therefore reason must have some function. • The functions of the preservation of life or the gaining of happiness are better performed by instinct. [examples?] • Thus he concludes that Reason h ...
The Intercultural Ethics Agenda from an Objectivist Point of View
... – Much disagreement that appears moral is not about fundamental moral principles at all: much disagreement involves disagreement about how to apply shared principles or disagreement about factual matters that condition applicability of shared moral principles. – Indeed, one reason that diversity of ...
... – Much disagreement that appears moral is not about fundamental moral principles at all: much disagreement involves disagreement about how to apply shared principles or disagreement about factual matters that condition applicability of shared moral principles. – Indeed, one reason that diversity of ...