Utilitarianism
... Although clearly there are profound differences between consequentialist and nonconsequentialist moral theories, there is also much variation among individual consequentialist theories. Specifically, they each offer different viewpoints on what kind of good—protecting the environment, serving God, e ...
... Although clearly there are profound differences between consequentialist and nonconsequentialist moral theories, there is also much variation among individual consequentialist theories. Specifically, they each offer different viewpoints on what kind of good—protecting the environment, serving God, e ...
Efforts to Explain all Existence
... If so, then G. H. von Wright was wrong to reject the theorem (3x)(Fx v ~Fx) on the grounds that any calculus of predicates based on it 'disagrees with the possibility that the universe may be empty'.1 But was von Wright wrong? I think not. Bergson might have a valid point were he stretching the idea ...
... If so, then G. H. von Wright was wrong to reject the theorem (3x)(Fx v ~Fx) on the grounds that any calculus of predicates based on it 'disagrees with the possibility that the universe may be empty'.1 But was von Wright wrong? I think not. Bergson might have a valid point were he stretching the idea ...
How can we be moral when we are so irrational - Philsci
... Now, given a responsibility-oriented rationale for the Kantian dictum, weaker versions of it will also tend to have some appeal. In its standard form, it is usually applied on a situational basis, but one could argue, more generally, that if a set of moral principles or ideals fits ill with our deli ...
... Now, given a responsibility-oriented rationale for the Kantian dictum, weaker versions of it will also tend to have some appeal. In its standard form, it is usually applied on a situational basis, but one could argue, more generally, that if a set of moral principles or ideals fits ill with our deli ...
A Vindication of the Rights of Machines
... generic concept of "personhood." "There appears," G. E. Scott (1990, 7) writes, "to be more unanimity as regards the claim that in order for an individual to be a moral agent s/he must possess the relevant features of a person; or, in other words, that being a person is a necessary, if not sufficien ...
... generic concept of "personhood." "There appears," G. E. Scott (1990, 7) writes, "to be more unanimity as regards the claim that in order for an individual to be a moral agent s/he must possess the relevant features of a person; or, in other words, that being a person is a necessary, if not sufficien ...
Capitalism and Morality
... not just a select few. Aristotle’s ethics is concerned with what constitutes a good character; since all virtues branch from one unified character, no truly good person can depict some virtues without depicting them all. Aristotle’s study of virtue and ethics as a practical science led him to the ex ...
... not just a select few. Aristotle’s ethics is concerned with what constitutes a good character; since all virtues branch from one unified character, no truly good person can depict some virtues without depicting them all. Aristotle’s study of virtue and ethics as a practical science led him to the ex ...
Confidential Confessions: How Lawyers, Clergy, and Psychologists Counsel the Guilty
... Assuming Steven has a fundamental understanding of the Gospel, I would be ready to remind him of the great paradox at the center of Jesus’ teaching—that the fullness of life is found in dying to our own self-interest; in striving to be men and women for others. From a theological perspective, Christ ...
... Assuming Steven has a fundamental understanding of the Gospel, I would be ready to remind him of the great paradox at the center of Jesus’ teaching—that the fullness of life is found in dying to our own self-interest; in striving to be men and women for others. From a theological perspective, Christ ...
Character, Virtue and Self-Interest in the Ethics
... professions can become paradigms of disinterested service that can raise the level of conventional morality. This is an ambitious set of assertions. To speak of character and virtue in today's moral climate is to be suspected of the sanctimoniousness of hypocrisy. We must admit that the concepts of ...
... professions can become paradigms of disinterested service that can raise the level of conventional morality. This is an ambitious set of assertions. To speak of character and virtue in today's moral climate is to be suspected of the sanctimoniousness of hypocrisy. We must admit that the concepts of ...
Morality for Humans Or Is Mark Johnson A Closeted Care Ethicist
... For Johnson, dramatic rehearsal is both an imaginative and embodied endeavor that involves emotion. Johnson applies the work of Antonio Damasio and others to argue for the central role of emotions in moral cognition (83). Perhaps here is where Johnson most appears to be a care theorist. Noddings sim ...
... For Johnson, dramatic rehearsal is both an imaginative and embodied endeavor that involves emotion. Johnson applies the work of Antonio Damasio and others to argue for the central role of emotions in moral cognition (83). Perhaps here is where Johnson most appears to be a care theorist. Noddings sim ...
IDENTITY: ETHICS OF DIGNITY
... phenomena, religions serve as a means for people to interpret this world through works of divine nature. Religion also serves as an ethical guidepost and a source of spiritual illuminations for all earthly phenomena such as abuse conflict, death, disease, disasters, negative emotions, and war. Thoug ...
... phenomena, religions serve as a means for people to interpret this world through works of divine nature. Religion also serves as an ethical guidepost and a source of spiritual illuminations for all earthly phenomena such as abuse conflict, death, disease, disasters, negative emotions, and war. Thoug ...
KEN 10.4 london
... inquiry is particularly important for practical ethics because of its emphasis on employing methods of deliberation that are shaped to suit the special challenges of reasoning under non-ideal circumstances. To begin with, Aristotle recognizes that the parties to practical deliberations are not simpl ...
... inquiry is particularly important for practical ethics because of its emphasis on employing methods of deliberation that are shaped to suit the special challenges of reasoning under non-ideal circumstances. To begin with, Aristotle recognizes that the parties to practical deliberations are not simpl ...
Ethics – Consequentialism and Utilitarianism
... tyranny. The French have already discovered that the blackness of the skin is no reason why a human being should be abandoned without redress to the caprice of a tormentor. It may come one day to be recognized, that the number of the legs, the villosity of the skin, or the termination of the os sacr ...
... tyranny. The French have already discovered that the blackness of the skin is no reason why a human being should be abandoned without redress to the caprice of a tormentor. It may come one day to be recognized, that the number of the legs, the villosity of the skin, or the termination of the os sacr ...
Topic 1: introduction to Ethics
... concepts mean. Most of moral philosophy before the 20th century was essentially normative, that is it investigates the kind of moral standards we should arrive at and rules that would allow us to regulate right and wrong conduct. At the beginning of the 20th century, philosophers started to question ...
... concepts mean. Most of moral philosophy before the 20th century was essentially normative, that is it investigates the kind of moral standards we should arrive at and rules that would allow us to regulate right and wrong conduct. At the beginning of the 20th century, philosophers started to question ...
Ethics Background on useful readings Asterisks below mark works
... the distinction between “act utilitarianism” and “rule utilitarianism”? Does rule utilitarianism collapse into act utilitarianism? Insofar as it doesn’t, is rule-utilitarianism at all plausible? What roles do moral rules (such as “don’t lie”) play in act utilitarianism? Should a utilitarian advocate ...
... the distinction between “act utilitarianism” and “rule utilitarianism”? Does rule utilitarianism collapse into act utilitarianism? Insofar as it doesn’t, is rule-utilitarianism at all plausible? What roles do moral rules (such as “don’t lie”) play in act utilitarianism? Should a utilitarian advocate ...
- Digital Commons @ Colby
... or ignore others provided it serves one's own purposes? Our reaction to those who rape, pillage, and kill the innocent is usually outrage, condemnation, and resentment rather than pity or remorse because they have somehow made their own soul or life worse. Even if we believe that they have harmed th ...
... or ignore others provided it serves one's own purposes? Our reaction to those who rape, pillage, and kill the innocent is usually outrage, condemnation, and resentment rather than pity or remorse because they have somehow made their own soul or life worse. Even if we believe that they have harmed th ...
Word - John Provost, PhD
... understanding of what today we would call psychology in Greek philosophy. “According to Aristotle, immorality results from a disordered psyche. Virtue serves as a correction to our passions by helping us resist our impulses and passions that interfere with us living the life of reason: the good life ...
... understanding of what today we would call psychology in Greek philosophy. “According to Aristotle, immorality results from a disordered psyche. Virtue serves as a correction to our passions by helping us resist our impulses and passions that interfere with us living the life of reason: the good life ...
ARISTOTLE'S PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN LIFE Sotshangane
... It goes without saying that happiness is something which accompanies certain activities. It could be a bi-product of the way in which we engage in our relationships with other people. But you could find men selfishly producing things for themselves, not for others, because they themselves want happi ...
... It goes without saying that happiness is something which accompanies certain activities. It could be a bi-product of the way in which we engage in our relationships with other people. But you could find men selfishly producing things for themselves, not for others, because they themselves want happi ...
Chapter 1 - Computer Science & Information Technology
... The Point • Nothing against Harvard or Chicago • Wants us to see that at the level of a nation, architecture is inherently political • In cyberspace, the selection of an architecture is as important as the choice of a constitution • The code of cyberspace is its constitution, it sets terms for acce ...
... The Point • Nothing against Harvard or Chicago • Wants us to see that at the level of a nation, architecture is inherently political • In cyberspace, the selection of an architecture is as important as the choice of a constitution • The code of cyberspace is its constitution, it sets terms for acce ...
emergence of a distinctive canadian parliamentary
... based on vast and complex compilations that cover all possible outcomes. They focus on compliance and enforcement. The inherent difficulty with this approach is that the rules rarely address all possible situations that may arise, and can create the impression that public officials are either dishon ...
... based on vast and complex compilations that cover all possible outcomes. They focus on compliance and enforcement. The inherent difficulty with this approach is that the rules rarely address all possible situations that may arise, and can create the impression that public officials are either dishon ...
Social Ethics? - WesScholar
... true and the good. She is, in fact or potential, a broadcaster of the goods she desires and the truths she holds for the time of her access to the bit-filled channels. The discursive global village has destroyed village discourse which had been, since the Greeks, the primary resource and topic of ph ...
... true and the good. She is, in fact or potential, a broadcaster of the goods she desires and the truths she holds for the time of her access to the bit-filled channels. The discursive global village has destroyed village discourse which had been, since the Greeks, the primary resource and topic of ph ...
actions. Virtue ethics
... Action ethics focuses on the rightness and wrongness of obligations, rules, and actions. Virtue ethics focuses on character traits of the individual. Accordingly, it is concerned with the question of what kind of person the individual should be. Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.) said that the good pers ...
... Action ethics focuses on the rightness and wrongness of obligations, rules, and actions. Virtue ethics focuses on character traits of the individual. Accordingly, it is concerned with the question of what kind of person the individual should be. Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.) said that the good pers ...
Moral Argumentation from a Rhetorical Point of View
... argumentation is, of course, very simple: Moral conflicts are conflicts of ethical perspectives. The fact that normative ethics, especially the Kantian tradition, recommends a general moral standpoint to solve moral conflicts implies the thought that in case of moral conflict such a standpoint is lo ...
... argumentation is, of course, very simple: Moral conflicts are conflicts of ethical perspectives. The fact that normative ethics, especially the Kantian tradition, recommends a general moral standpoint to solve moral conflicts implies the thought that in case of moral conflict such a standpoint is lo ...
A New Buddhist Ethics Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... other than that they both represent extremes that violate the Buddha’s middle way principle: “The first step towards doing ethics in a broad sense, taking into account all the conditions, is to avoid dogmatic beliefs” (18). He gives a few examples here, and states that dogmatism arises from claims m ...
... other than that they both represent extremes that violate the Buddha’s middle way principle: “The first step towards doing ethics in a broad sense, taking into account all the conditions, is to avoid dogmatic beliefs” (18). He gives a few examples here, and states that dogmatism arises from claims m ...
Notes
... without religion or a god. It does not, however, assume that humans are either inherently evil or innately good, nor does it present humans as being superior to nature. Rather, the humanist life stance emphasizes the unique responsibility facing humanity and the ethical consequences of human decisio ...
... without religion or a god. It does not, however, assume that humans are either inherently evil or innately good, nor does it present humans as being superior to nature. Rather, the humanist life stance emphasizes the unique responsibility facing humanity and the ethical consequences of human decisio ...