Civilization Sequence 201
... theories. Normative ethical theories such as utilitarianism and Kantianism provide us with rules to decide what the morally right thing to do is. An alternative to these rule oriented normative ethical theories based on Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics has been adopted by an increasing number of moral phil ...
... theories. Normative ethical theories such as utilitarianism and Kantianism provide us with rules to decide what the morally right thing to do is. An alternative to these rule oriented normative ethical theories based on Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics has been adopted by an increasing number of moral phil ...
Aristotle
... theories. Normative ethical theories such as utilitarianism and Kantianism provide us with rules to decide what the morally right thing to do is. An alternative to these rule oriented normative ethical theories based on Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics has been adopted by an increasing number of moral phil ...
... theories. Normative ethical theories such as utilitarianism and Kantianism provide us with rules to decide what the morally right thing to do is. An alternative to these rule oriented normative ethical theories based on Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics has been adopted by an increasing number of moral phil ...
The tension between self governance and absolute inner worth in
... ourselves, is to us a mystery. One of the few things that we do know about this matter is that empirical phenomena like feelings, sensations, and inclinations are not autonomous, and should not therefore be relied upon in ethical decision making. As a theological attempt to consolidate intellectuali ...
... ourselves, is to us a mystery. One of the few things that we do know about this matter is that empirical phenomena like feelings, sensations, and inclinations are not autonomous, and should not therefore be relied upon in ethical decision making. As a theological attempt to consolidate intellectuali ...
Bernard Williams
... “The reason why the squeamishness appeal can be very unsettling … is … that we … cannot regard our moral feelings merely as objects of utilitarian value. Because our moral relation to the world is partly given by such feelings, and by a sense of what we can or cannot ‘live with’, to come to regard t ...
... “The reason why the squeamishness appeal can be very unsettling … is … that we … cannot regard our moral feelings merely as objects of utilitarian value. Because our moral relation to the world is partly given by such feelings, and by a sense of what we can or cannot ‘live with’, to come to regard t ...
Confucian Worries about the Aristotelian Sophos
... suggested in various ways that the Aristotelian sophos overvalues theoretically wise understanding at the expense of other, less-narrowly intellectual goods; that the theoretically wise understanding the sophos pursues is useless and of questionable value; and that the 1sophos’s way of life requires ...
... suggested in various ways that the Aristotelian sophos overvalues theoretically wise understanding at the expense of other, less-narrowly intellectual goods; that the theoretically wise understanding the sophos pursues is useless and of questionable value; and that the 1sophos’s way of life requires ...
252520virtuetheory2k8
... Because it will make living together easier (Hobbes and Locke and social contract theory) ...
... Because it will make living together easier (Hobbes and Locke and social contract theory) ...
Aristotle
... theories. Normative ethical theories such as utilitarianism and Kantianism provide us with rules to decide what is the morally right thing to do. An alternative to these rule oriented normative ethical theories based on Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics has been adopted by an increasing number of moral phil ...
... theories. Normative ethical theories such as utilitarianism and Kantianism provide us with rules to decide what is the morally right thing to do. An alternative to these rule oriented normative ethical theories based on Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics has been adopted by an increasing number of moral phil ...
EECS 690
... • Some property dualists might use their position to argue that there is some special property that emerges from human brains that software or digital hardware systems cannot duplicate. There is nothing in the general idea of property dualism that requires one to take this further position, though s ...
... • Some property dualists might use their position to argue that there is some special property that emerges from human brains that software or digital hardware systems cannot duplicate. There is nothing in the general idea of property dualism that requires one to take this further position, though s ...
Human Personhood from a Kantian Perspective
... As an example, consider someone in a coma. Would one consider him to be a non-person simply because he is not self-aware? To generalize this rule, one would have to say that everyone who is sleeping is also a non-person, because they are not self-aware. One cannot generalize this rule for everyone b ...
... As an example, consider someone in a coma. Would one consider him to be a non-person simply because he is not self-aware? To generalize this rule, one would have to say that everyone who is sleeping is also a non-person, because they are not self-aware. One cannot generalize this rule for everyone b ...
Full Text
... Samuel Enoch Stumpf writes about the ethical claim of Socrates stating that knowledge is the same as virtue. Virtue is concerned with “making the soul as good as possible.” Being so, it is first necessary to know what makes the soul good. Thus, knowledge and goodness are closely related. Socrates al ...
... Samuel Enoch Stumpf writes about the ethical claim of Socrates stating that knowledge is the same as virtue. Virtue is concerned with “making the soul as good as possible.” Being so, it is first necessary to know what makes the soul good. Thus, knowledge and goodness are closely related. Socrates al ...
Moral criteria and character education: A reply to Welch. Journal
... the point of moral psychology is to validate morality or that moral psychology can get along without ethics (or is opposed to making philosophical claims). He does not think much of our social cognitive account of moral personality, either. Let us clarify a few things. In the opening sections of the ...
... the point of moral psychology is to validate morality or that moral psychology can get along without ethics (or is opposed to making philosophical claims). He does not think much of our social cognitive account of moral personality, either. Let us clarify a few things. In the opening sections of the ...
VVFP 2011: Msgr Gordon presentation, `A Christian moral framework`
... fleet of ships and ethics are our sailing orders. These orders tell the ships (us) three things: 1. How to cooperate with one another and thus avoid bumping into to each other. This is Social Ethics. 2. How to keep each ship afloat and in good condition. This is Individual Ethics or Virtue Ethics. I ...
... fleet of ships and ethics are our sailing orders. These orders tell the ships (us) three things: 1. How to cooperate with one another and thus avoid bumping into to each other. This is Social Ethics. 2. How to keep each ship afloat and in good condition. This is Individual Ethics or Virtue Ethics. I ...
Normative Theories of Ethics
... • Any theory which seeks to explain or predict what would happen under theoretical constraints; what ought to be, rather than what is, or will be. ...
... • Any theory which seeks to explain or predict what would happen under theoretical constraints; what ought to be, rather than what is, or will be. ...
Human Personhood from a Kantian Perspective
... states that all human beings are human persons” (Sullivan, 2003). By a human‟s very nature, they are a person. Personhood does not depend on what one can or cannot do; all that matters is that one is a biological human being. Kant‟s opinions on the world and how it works are confusing. Yet his insig ...
... states that all human beings are human persons” (Sullivan, 2003). By a human‟s very nature, they are a person. Personhood does not depend on what one can or cannot do; all that matters is that one is a biological human being. Kant‟s opinions on the world and how it works are confusing. Yet his insig ...
Virtue Ethics and Moral Pluralsim
... to do, and when we can’t satisfy both obligations, we have to chose one to satisfy and one to fail. • Morally monistic views would ultimately deny that any such conflicts exist. If we are conflicted, it’s because we are not working the machinery of the theory correctly. • Morally pluralistic views, ...
... to do, and when we can’t satisfy both obligations, we have to chose one to satisfy and one to fail. • Morally monistic views would ultimately deny that any such conflicts exist. If we are conflicted, it’s because we are not working the machinery of the theory correctly. • Morally pluralistic views, ...
動物與道德 - 動物權台灣
... • Moral agency is an individual's ability to make moral judgments based on some commonly held notion of right and wrong and to be held accountable for these actions. A moral agent is "a being who is capable of acting with reference to right and wrong.” • Most philosophers suggest only rational being ...
... • Moral agency is an individual's ability to make moral judgments based on some commonly held notion of right and wrong and to be held accountable for these actions. A moral agent is "a being who is capable of acting with reference to right and wrong.” • Most philosophers suggest only rational being ...
What is Ethics? - ChristianEthics
... • Ethics – A branch of philosophy concerned with ways of thinking philosophically about morality, and moral judgment. Can be personal or social. It is the summary of values, principles, judgments and standards by which to measure right or wrong. = Standards ...
... • Ethics – A branch of philosophy concerned with ways of thinking philosophically about morality, and moral judgment. Can be personal or social. It is the summary of values, principles, judgments and standards by which to measure right or wrong. = Standards ...
Presentation
... between right and wrong, and used those terms as if they had definable content. I suggested that he would not want me to steal his wallet or to abduct his sister, with whom he was traveling. He thought that in some circumstances taking his money would be justified [situation ethics], but did not res ...
... between right and wrong, and used those terms as if they had definable content. I suggested that he would not want me to steal his wallet or to abduct his sister, with whom he was traveling. He thought that in some circumstances taking his money would be justified [situation ethics], but did not res ...
Three Ethical Schools
... Kant and Moral Absolutes • Kant in effect wanted to make us like God, not only knowing good and evil, but deciding what good and evil are. – "[T]here is a difference between deontological ethics and moral absolutism.[5] Deontologists who are also moral absolutists believe that some actions are wron ...
... Kant and Moral Absolutes • Kant in effect wanted to make us like God, not only knowing good and evil, but deciding what good and evil are. – "[T]here is a difference between deontological ethics and moral absolutism.[5] Deontologists who are also moral absolutists believe that some actions are wron ...
Discussion Questions
... not killing) in order to preserve the culture. As Rachels states: “there are some rules that all societies ...
... not killing) in order to preserve the culture. As Rachels states: “there are some rules that all societies ...
Scientific Process – Final exam questions
... 1. List characteristics and fully describe of science versus pseudoscience 2. Develop an example of science that becomes pseudoscience. 3. Identify a topic that is frequently considered pseudoscience. Describe a research design that could be used to investigate the pseudoscience scientifically. 4. W ...
... 1. List characteristics and fully describe of science versus pseudoscience 2. Develop an example of science that becomes pseudoscience. 3. Identify a topic that is frequently considered pseudoscience. Describe a research design that could be used to investigate the pseudoscience scientifically. 4. W ...
Philosophical Schools of Thought
... Pleasure alone is good All happiness is a function of pleasure Hippie motto: “If it feels good, do it.” Differs from Epicureanism – pain negates pleasure – hedonism makes no such distinction ...
... Pleasure alone is good All happiness is a function of pleasure Hippie motto: “If it feels good, do it.” Differs from Epicureanism – pain negates pleasure – hedonism makes no such distinction ...
Right
... Adding to Our Vocabulary A common moral concept that we have not yet considered is the concept of a Right: a legal or moral claim (entitlement) to do or refrain from doing something or to choose or not choose to have something done to them. This is a particularly important concept for Business ...
... Adding to Our Vocabulary A common moral concept that we have not yet considered is the concept of a Right: a legal or moral claim (entitlement) to do or refrain from doing something or to choose or not choose to have something done to them. This is a particularly important concept for Business ...
Philosophy in Lincoln-‐Douglas Debate
... • Jean-‐Jacques Rousseau (1712-‐ 1778) -‐ Is decidedly less concerned by the state of nature, although believes it was generally positive. He calls for a total merger in which each individual gives up ...
... • Jean-‐Jacques Rousseau (1712-‐ 1778) -‐ Is decidedly less concerned by the state of nature, although believes it was generally positive. He calls for a total merger in which each individual gives up ...