Introduction to ethics - U of L Personal Web Sites
... Deontological theories fall into one of two categories: Received principle theories in which principles derived from a particular source (e.g. religious texts) are asserted to create absolute obligations While not strictly “theories”, deontological codes create obligations which are often interprete ...
... Deontological theories fall into one of two categories: Received principle theories in which principles derived from a particular source (e.g. religious texts) are asserted to create absolute obligations While not strictly “theories”, deontological codes create obligations which are often interprete ...
Is it Ethical?
... There is no universally agreed upon definition of “morality” among ethicists and philosophers. So we could say that morality is a system of rules for guiding human conduct and principles for evaluating those rules. The key words are: ...
... There is no universally agreed upon definition of “morality” among ethicists and philosophers. So we could say that morality is a system of rules for guiding human conduct and principles for evaluating those rules. The key words are: ...
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 ...
Chapter 23 Immanuel Kant`s Ethical Theory
... performance in reverence to the law of reason. In other words, it must be performed for the sake of duty. This is the function of practical reason according to Kant. Practical reason affirms that, only rational actions are morally right and therefore, in order to prove that an action is right we hav ...
... performance in reverence to the law of reason. In other words, it must be performed for the sake of duty. This is the function of practical reason according to Kant. Practical reason affirms that, only rational actions are morally right and therefore, in order to prove that an action is right we hav ...
Ethical Relativism 2 Kinds of Relativism: ethical relativism and social
... our communal living. Morals are constructed for a purpose, to help us live well together. (Analogy with law; contrast between natural law and legal positivism.) This constructivist view allows us to accommodate the strengths of the naturalism, intuitionist and emotivist views: each captures somethin ...
... our communal living. Morals are constructed for a purpose, to help us live well together. (Analogy with law; contrast between natural law and legal positivism.) This constructivist view allows us to accommodate the strengths of the naturalism, intuitionist and emotivist views: each captures somethin ...
File - Introduction
... If ethics is defined by the character one holds but can vary greatly with custom, then the same can be said for defining ethical leadership. Merely having ethics does not make a leader, nor does being a leader make someone ethical. These separate concepts, with separate practice, must intently be co ...
... If ethics is defined by the character one holds but can vary greatly with custom, then the same can be said for defining ethical leadership. Merely having ethics does not make a leader, nor does being a leader make someone ethical. These separate concepts, with separate practice, must intently be co ...
Ethics in Health Care - Philadelphia University
... Medical ethics refers Critical Care – chiefly to the rules of etiquette adopted by the medical profession to regulate professional conduct with each other, – but also towards their individual patients – and towards society, – and includes considerations of the motives behind that conduct. Need for ...
... Medical ethics refers Critical Care – chiefly to the rules of etiquette adopted by the medical profession to regulate professional conduct with each other, – but also towards their individual patients – and towards society, – and includes considerations of the motives behind that conduct. Need for ...
Validity of Moral Norms - Interamerican Journal of Psychology
... is taken for granted. By the way of focusing the question of moral norms in terms of psychoanalytical research any possibility of founding morality on the ground of a priori principles is excluded. As we will later see, in the context of Freud’s psychoanalysis a revival of the traditional ways of ju ...
... is taken for granted. By the way of focusing the question of moral norms in terms of psychoanalytical research any possibility of founding morality on the ground of a priori principles is excluded. As we will later see, in the context of Freud’s psychoanalysis a revival of the traditional ways of ju ...
Normative Principles and Practical Ethics: A Response to O`Neill
... This conception of the relation between normative principles and cases requires some refinement, first, to reflect the fact that, although the revision and reformulation of normative principles typically is prompted by pressure from other normative principles and moral values, nevertheless normative ...
... This conception of the relation between normative principles and cases requires some refinement, first, to reflect the fact that, although the revision and reformulation of normative principles typically is prompted by pressure from other normative principles and moral values, nevertheless normative ...
Credit Union Fraud & Ethics
... that we should do what’s right! • Ethics is no more than good guys preaching to the bad guys www.loescherandassociates.com ...
... that we should do what’s right! • Ethics is no more than good guys preaching to the bad guys www.loescherandassociates.com ...
MCDOWELL`S MORAL REALISM AND THE SECONDARY
... the other self-assured. The modest claim is a claim about objectivity: in the realm of the natural world, for example, that the facts are as they are in independence of all perceivers. The self-assured claim is that human perceivers can gain some form or other of access to those facts without terrib ...
... the other self-assured. The modest claim is a claim about objectivity: in the realm of the natural world, for example, that the facts are as they are in independence of all perceivers. The self-assured claim is that human perceivers can gain some form or other of access to those facts without terrib ...
Information Technology And Control
... conduct of people toward each other and the conduct of people toward themselves. Ferrell and Fraedrich (1997) pointed out that ethical issues are problems, situations or opportunities that require a person or organization to choose among several actions that must be evaluated as right or wrong. Gini ...
... conduct of people toward each other and the conduct of people toward themselves. Ferrell and Fraedrich (1997) pointed out that ethical issues are problems, situations or opportunities that require a person or organization to choose among several actions that must be evaluated as right or wrong. Gini ...
buddhist meta-ethics ethical theory, action
... Theravāda and Mahāyanā traditions. “To observe the precepts, therefore, is to model one’s behaviour on that of the Buddha” (p.31). More specifically, to pursue the goal of ethical perfection, on Keown’s account, is to pursue the goal of acting as the Buddha would act. “The Buddha’s śīla, or moral pe ...
... Theravāda and Mahāyanā traditions. “To observe the precepts, therefore, is to model one’s behaviour on that of the Buddha” (p.31). More specifically, to pursue the goal of ethical perfection, on Keown’s account, is to pursue the goal of acting as the Buddha would act. “The Buddha’s śīla, or moral pe ...
Chapter One: Introduction
... But we must not allow there to be mere silence where there was once a postmodernist buzz, for we can surely find other, better ways of discussing reason’s entanglements with social power. What form, we might ask, should such discussion take? One answer to this question is that it should take the fo ...
... But we must not allow there to be mere silence where there was once a postmodernist buzz, for we can surely find other, better ways of discussing reason’s entanglements with social power. What form, we might ask, should such discussion take? One answer to this question is that it should take the fo ...
Frankena, Chapter 4
... Is morality primarily a following of certain principles or as a cultivation of certain traits. Difficult to know what traits to encourage if we did not subscribe to principles ...
... Is morality primarily a following of certain principles or as a cultivation of certain traits. Difficult to know what traits to encourage if we did not subscribe to principles ...
1 - PhilPapers
... Theravāda and Mahāyanā traditions. “To observe the precepts, therefore, is to model one’s behaviour on that of the Buddha” (31). More specifically, to pursue the goal of ethical perfection, on Keown’s account, is to pursue the goal of acting as the Buddha would act. “The Buddha’s śīla, or moral per ...
... Theravāda and Mahāyanā traditions. “To observe the precepts, therefore, is to model one’s behaviour on that of the Buddha” (31). More specifically, to pursue the goal of ethical perfection, on Keown’s account, is to pursue the goal of acting as the Buddha would act. “The Buddha’s śīla, or moral per ...
Engineering Ethics: An Introduction
... On the other hand, suppose civil engineer Jack refuses to participate in the design of a project that he believes will be contrary to the principles of sustainable development, which are set out in the code of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He may not personally believe these guidelines ar ...
... On the other hand, suppose civil engineer Jack refuses to participate in the design of a project that he believes will be contrary to the principles of sustainable development, which are set out in the code of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He may not personally believe these guidelines ar ...
Moral and Ethical Foundations for Sustainability
... The word ethics comes from the Greek word ethos and ethikos. Toffler (1986) translated ethos as character and ethikos as “the theory of living.” He defined ethics as “rules or standards” and moral as “relating to principles of right and wrong.” The two words – moral and virtue are intimately related ...
... The word ethics comes from the Greek word ethos and ethikos. Toffler (1986) translated ethos as character and ethikos as “the theory of living.” He defined ethics as “rules or standards” and moral as “relating to principles of right and wrong.” The two words – moral and virtue are intimately related ...
A preliminary distinction: Ethics of Justice and Ethics of Care
... primarily manifest, or are pervasive, in the public sphere. What we share with nonhumanity is often related to the private sphere, things like reproduction, sexual behavior (including sexual orientation/preference) and the so-called ...
... primarily manifest, or are pervasive, in the public sphere. What we share with nonhumanity is often related to the private sphere, things like reproduction, sexual behavior (including sexual orientation/preference) and the so-called ...
Normative Ethics Introduction Objectives
... from Euthyphro about the nature of right and wrong and what makes an action right or wrong. Euthyphro begins are listing various actions that are right and various actions that are wrong to give an answer to Socrates by various examples. But this sort of answer is not the answer that Socrates is loo ...
... from Euthyphro about the nature of right and wrong and what makes an action right or wrong. Euthyphro begins are listing various actions that are right and various actions that are wrong to give an answer to Socrates by various examples. But this sort of answer is not the answer that Socrates is loo ...
Aristotle`s Account of the Virtue of Courage in
... while they are hopeful because of their experience. At the same time, we show courage in situations where there is the opportunity of showing prowess or where death is noble; but in these forms of death neither of these conditions is fulfilled. (1115a28-b6) In the last sentence of this passage Arist ...
... while they are hopeful because of their experience. At the same time, we show courage in situations where there is the opportunity of showing prowess or where death is noble; but in these forms of death neither of these conditions is fulfilled. (1115a28-b6) In the last sentence of this passage Arist ...
Ethics—The Basics by John Mizzoni
... – All international laws – All federal and state laws – All local laws (e.g., municipal and township laws) ...
... – All international laws – All federal and state laws – All local laws (e.g., municipal and township laws) ...
THE COMBINATION OF KANTIAN, RELIGIOUS AND
... global ethics might be possible within the frame of three attributes: democracy, a world of peace, and human rights (Slaughter, 1995: 514). International liberals suggest in this context that negative and positive freedom, describes civil and political terms and social and economic rights, respectiv ...
... global ethics might be possible within the frame of three attributes: democracy, a world of peace, and human rights (Slaughter, 1995: 514). International liberals suggest in this context that negative and positive freedom, describes civil and political terms and social and economic rights, respectiv ...
when supererogation is supererogatory. a case of medical ethics
... In this paper I analyze critically real cases of actions, often deemed “supererogatory” in the context of bioethics and medical ethics, in order to assess whether it is appropriate to classify them in this way. More specifically, I try to discuss the moral legitimacy of a consequence of In Vitro Fer ...
... In this paper I analyze critically real cases of actions, often deemed “supererogatory” in the context of bioethics and medical ethics, in order to assess whether it is appropriate to classify them in this way. More specifically, I try to discuss the moral legitimacy of a consequence of In Vitro Fer ...
Pierre Duhem`s Virtue Epistemology
... described as "virtue epistemology". “Just as virtue theories in ethics try to understand the normative properties of actions in terms of the normative properties of moral agents, virtue epistemology tries to understand the normative properties of beliefs in terms of the normative properties of cogni ...
... described as "virtue epistemology". “Just as virtue theories in ethics try to understand the normative properties of actions in terms of the normative properties of moral agents, virtue epistemology tries to understand the normative properties of beliefs in terms of the normative properties of cogni ...