The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Truth about Morality
... behavior, but if you’re an ordinary moralist you don’t think that your having these attitudes is what makes this behavior wrong. Is this behavior wrong because the community to which you belong dislikes, disapproves of, or prohibits it? Presumably not. If, somehow, the whole community were to decide ...
... behavior, but if you’re an ordinary moralist you don’t think that your having these attitudes is what makes this behavior wrong. Is this behavior wrong because the community to which you belong dislikes, disapproves of, or prohibits it? Presumably not. If, somehow, the whole community were to decide ...
Moral Beauty as An Overriding Imperative in
... people dependent on the proper execution of those roles. A good example would be a student of art who would like to pursue this interest but is forced not to by external factors such as responsibilities (parental, national or religious) where doing so might be seen as an act of betrayal, selfishness ...
... people dependent on the proper execution of those roles. A good example would be a student of art who would like to pursue this interest but is forced not to by external factors such as responsibilities (parental, national or religious) where doing so might be seen as an act of betrayal, selfishness ...
Enhancing Moral Conformity and Enhancing Moral Worth
... moral failures, bringing it about that we better conform to morality.3 However, this is not to say that we ought to pursue greater moral conformity by any means available. There may be some means to increased moral conformity that we have conclusive moral reasons to avoid, and even among means that ...
... moral failures, bringing it about that we better conform to morality.3 However, this is not to say that we ought to pursue greater moral conformity by any means available. There may be some means to increased moral conformity that we have conclusive moral reasons to avoid, and even among means that ...
A Plea for Moral Deference
... whom one might defer about what morality requires one to do. To generate that further conclusion, even for a given point in time, we would need to be shown that every ordinary person had developed his or her in principle equal epistemic capacities equally, i.e. to the same extent as everyone else (a ...
... whom one might defer about what morality requires one to do. To generate that further conclusion, even for a given point in time, we would need to be shown that every ordinary person had developed his or her in principle equal epistemic capacities equally, i.e. to the same extent as everyone else (a ...
Is There Moral High Ground?
... positions is considered “three dimensional” by which we may understand that some moral positions have the “high ground” over others. Thus, we might stand off from an engaged normative dispute and ask, from a God’s-eye point of view, whether the positions of the disputants vary in terms of their corr ...
... positions is considered “three dimensional” by which we may understand that some moral positions have the “high ground” over others. Thus, we might stand off from an engaged normative dispute and ask, from a God’s-eye point of view, whether the positions of the disputants vary in terms of their corr ...
Dieter Birnbacher - Kultura i Wartości
... element. The more perfectionist they are, as with artists and scientists, the less room they leave to moral ideals proper. What shall we say about the second part of the principle of universality? Is universality in the sense of the exclusive relevance of general characteristics a necessary feature ...
... element. The more perfectionist they are, as with artists and scientists, the less room they leave to moral ideals proper. What shall we say about the second part of the principle of universality? Is universality in the sense of the exclusive relevance of general characteristics a necessary feature ...
The Emptiness of the Moral Law
... no deposits would contradict other necessary determinacies, just as that a deposit is possible fits together with other necessary determinacies and thereby becomes neces sary. But other ends and material grounds are not to be called upon. (NR 462/77) Hegel insists that the test provided by the FUL ...
... no deposits would contradict other necessary determinacies, just as that a deposit is possible fits together with other necessary determinacies and thereby becomes neces sary. But other ends and material grounds are not to be called upon. (NR 462/77) Hegel insists that the test provided by the FUL ...
Introduction
... (a) Story: Shepherd finds a ring that makes him invisible; he thus uses it to kill the king, seduce the queen and become king himself (b) Point: If I can break moral rules when they benefit me without getting caught, what motivation is there for me to accept the moral viewpoint at all ii) Plato’s fi ...
... (a) Story: Shepherd finds a ring that makes him invisible; he thus uses it to kill the king, seduce the queen and become king himself (b) Point: If I can break moral rules when they benefit me without getting caught, what motivation is there for me to accept the moral viewpoint at all ii) Plato’s fi ...
Introduction
... (a) Story: Shepherd finds a ring that makes him invisible; he thus uses it to kill the king, seduce the queen and become king himself (b) Point: If I can break moral rules when they benefit me without getting caught, what motivation is there for me to accept the moral viewpoint at all ii) Plato’s fi ...
... (a) Story: Shepherd finds a ring that makes him invisible; he thus uses it to kill the king, seduce the queen and become king himself (b) Point: If I can break moral rules when they benefit me without getting caught, what motivation is there for me to accept the moral viewpoint at all ii) Plato’s fi ...
"Nihilism" encyclopedia entry - Victoria University of Wellington
... everything is permissible must intend to denote some kind of permissibility other than moral—let’s just call it X-permissibility. But then an argument will be needed to show that the failure of moral discourse implies that everything is X-permissible, and those who wield the slogan have never, to my ...
... everything is permissible must intend to denote some kind of permissibility other than moral—let’s just call it X-permissibility. But then an argument will be needed to show that the failure of moral discourse implies that everything is X-permissible, and those who wield the slogan have never, to my ...
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 ...
Good Will, Duty, and the Categorical Imperative
... affected by the action, as in utilitarianism. • To that end, Kant says: “The pre-eminent good which we call moral can therefore consist in nothing else than the conception of law in itself, which certainly is possible only in a rational being, in so far as this conception, and not the expected effec ...
... affected by the action, as in utilitarianism. • To that end, Kant says: “The pre-eminent good which we call moral can therefore consist in nothing else than the conception of law in itself, which certainly is possible only in a rational being, in so far as this conception, and not the expected effec ...
The Formula of the Universal Law
... order to meet the requirements of a categorical imperative, must be able to be willed universally. One of Kant’s famous examples of this test is the false promise. He concludes that a moral agent cannot will the maxim, “a person who believes himself to be in need can make any kind of false promise h ...
... order to meet the requirements of a categorical imperative, must be able to be willed universally. One of Kant’s famous examples of this test is the false promise. He concludes that a moral agent cannot will the maxim, “a person who believes himself to be in need can make any kind of false promise h ...
1 Kantian Moral Psychology Michelle A. Schwarze Ph.D. Candidate
... speculative philosophy – for whom morality is “more properly felt than judg’d of” (Treatise of Human Nature III.I.2.1). For the Scots, moral worth (and moral approbation) is based on perception rather than reason. Kant claims, however, that moral worth is imbued in action only by our choice to act i ...
... speculative philosophy – for whom morality is “more properly felt than judg’d of” (Treatise of Human Nature III.I.2.1). For the Scots, moral worth (and moral approbation) is based on perception rather than reason. Kant claims, however, that moral worth is imbued in action only by our choice to act i ...
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 ...
Chapter 4 The Moral Conscience
... judgment of conscience is the immediate criterion for moral actions. (1) Conscience does not create law – it finds law and takes it as a guide. (a) Conscience is neither autonomous nor exclusive in determining good and evil (b) In conscience there is a deeply inscribed principle of obedience. (c) Co ...
... judgment of conscience is the immediate criterion for moral actions. (1) Conscience does not create law – it finds law and takes it as a guide. (a) Conscience is neither autonomous nor exclusive in determining good and evil (b) In conscience there is a deeply inscribed principle of obedience. (c) Co ...
What is Ethical Relativism?
... can be explained objectively by a comprehensive moral theory, which will explain why certain goods may take presence over other goods, when they conflict. Hence, moral conflicts and situational differences do not lead to the conclusion that all norms are subjective and relative. 4. Toleration of Dif ...
... can be explained objectively by a comprehensive moral theory, which will explain why certain goods may take presence over other goods, when they conflict. Hence, moral conflicts and situational differences do not lead to the conclusion that all norms are subjective and relative. 4. Toleration of Dif ...
When Soldiers Aren`t Heroes: An Essay
... Utilitarianism, in all its forms, likewise, takes it as an essential component of moral life that persons determine for themselves, what they must do as moral agents in any given situation. Mill famously asserted that we are all free to do whatever we want to do so long as it does not harm another. ...
... Utilitarianism, in all its forms, likewise, takes it as an essential component of moral life that persons determine for themselves, what they must do as moral agents in any given situation. Mill famously asserted that we are all free to do whatever we want to do so long as it does not harm another. ...
DOC - A Level Philosophy
... (individually or as a culture) if they become more rational. This can happen in several different ways. First, people may come to know certain facts that they didn’t know before. In the case of slavery, people believed many things about slaves that were not true (one popular false belief was that th ...
... (individually or as a culture) if they become more rational. This can happen in several different ways. First, people may come to know certain facts that they didn’t know before. In the case of slavery, people believed many things about slaves that were not true (one popular false belief was that th ...
Minimal Ethics
... their methods and develop coherent arguments: those are the only ones that merit discussion, because they offer what Popper called ‘potential falsifiers’, that is, theoretical elements that are experimentally refutable. Ruwen Ogien’s strategy derives more from Popperian fallibilism than from sceptic ...
... their methods and develop coherent arguments: those are the only ones that merit discussion, because they offer what Popper called ‘potential falsifiers’, that is, theoretical elements that are experimentally refutable. Ruwen Ogien’s strategy derives more from Popperian fallibilism than from sceptic ...
On acts, omissions and responsibility
... distinctions between so-called active and passive euthanasia. As a general means of assisting analysts in their studies of different practices, a taxonomy that distinguishes active and passive euthanasia can be useful, principally as we can not usefully argue about these matters unless we are clear ...
... distinctions between so-called active and passive euthanasia. As a general means of assisting analysts in their studies of different practices, a taxonomy that distinguishes active and passive euthanasia can be useful, principally as we can not usefully argue about these matters unless we are clear ...
Ethics—The Basics by John Mizzoni
... • Aristotle did not believe in God, but he believed that everything in nature has a purpose. • The world, therefore, is an orderly rational system, with each thing having its own proper place and serving its own special purpose. ...
... • Aristotle did not believe in God, but he believed that everything in nature has a purpose. • The world, therefore, is an orderly rational system, with each thing having its own proper place and serving its own special purpose. ...
Servais Pinckaers: Returning to a Thomisitc Morality of Happiness
... instruction contained in the Letters of St. Paul,11 and in so doing endorses for himself a definite Pauline methodology when considering general moral problems. Consistent with this approach, he re-affirms that primacy be given to the internal Evangelical Law in deciding upon the right course of mor ...
... instruction contained in the Letters of St. Paul,11 and in so doing endorses for himself a definite Pauline methodology when considering general moral problems. Consistent with this approach, he re-affirms that primacy be given to the internal Evangelical Law in deciding upon the right course of mor ...
On the Relationship of Ethics to Moral Law
... possess. Alienation must be assumed, it is a beginning not a means or process. Too often it is interpreted as a transgression of ‘natural laws’. Natural laws are those laws given by the construction of the self, and subsequently deliver up all ‘otherness’ to enslavement in possession of the self. It ...
... possess. Alienation must be assumed, it is a beginning not a means or process. Too often it is interpreted as a transgression of ‘natural laws’. Natural laws are those laws given by the construction of the self, and subsequently deliver up all ‘otherness’ to enslavement in possession of the self. It ...
CHAPTER 1 - WHAT IS MORALITY
... tooth, etc. These uses often refer to function. Aristotle argued that morality is tied to the function of a human being. This should not be confused with any idea that meals or teeth are directly linked to the moral. Manners or etiquette. Manners and etiquette are forms of socially acceptable and un ...
... tooth, etc. These uses often refer to function. Aristotle argued that morality is tied to the function of a human being. This should not be confused with any idea that meals or teeth are directly linked to the moral. Manners or etiquette. Manners and etiquette are forms of socially acceptable and un ...
Antinomianism
In Christianity, an antinomian is one who takes the principle of salvation by faith and divine grace to the point of asserting that the saved are not bound to follow the Law of Moses. The distinction between antinomian and other Christian views on moral law is that antinomians believe that obedience to the law is motivated by an internal principle flowing from belief rather than from any external compulsion.The term antinomianism emerged soon after the Protestant Reformation (c.1517) and has historically been used as a pejorative against Christian thinkers or sects who carried their belief in justification by faith further than was customary. Antinomianism in modern times is commonly seen as the theological opposite to Legalism or Works righteousness, the notion that obedience to religious law earns salvation. This makes antinomianism an exaggeration of justification by faith alone.Examples are Martin Luther's critique of antinomianism and the Antinomian Controversy of the 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony. Although the term originated in the 16th century, the topic has its roots in Christian views on the old covenant extending back to the 1st century. It can also be extended to any individual who rejects a socially established morality. Few groups, other than Christian anarchists or Jewish anarchists, explicitly call themselves antinomian.