Chapter 10
... questions that cannot be answered with a simple, clearly defined rule, fact or authoritative view. • Moral dilemmas occur when some evidence indicates that an act is morally right and some evidence indicates the act is morally wrong; yet the evidence on both sides is inconclusive; or an individual b ...
... questions that cannot be answered with a simple, clearly defined rule, fact or authoritative view. • Moral dilemmas occur when some evidence indicates that an act is morally right and some evidence indicates the act is morally wrong; yet the evidence on both sides is inconclusive; or an individual b ...
Biology and Society Unit Three: Ethics Branches of Philosophy
... defined by a particular sect, usually religious. Therefore, by definition they are sectarian in the sense of rigidly adhering to a particular set of doctrines and intolerant of other views. "There are many religions in the world, with several of them (including almost all branches of Christianity an ...
... defined by a particular sect, usually religious. Therefore, by definition they are sectarian in the sense of rigidly adhering to a particular set of doctrines and intolerant of other views. "There are many religions in the world, with several of them (including almost all branches of Christianity an ...
Slide 1
... chicken to the bleak existence of confined egg laying, than the scientist has committed a moral wrong. ...
... chicken to the bleak existence of confined egg laying, than the scientist has committed a moral wrong. ...
Traces of Consequentialism and Non
... obligations that people are still called upon to heed in their own lives. Bodhisattva ethics, by contrast, seeks to articulate moral obligations that apply to actual people in this life. Turning now to the term ‘consequentialism’ itself, we should guard against some common misunderstandings of this ...
... obligations that people are still called upon to heed in their own lives. Bodhisattva ethics, by contrast, seeks to articulate moral obligations that apply to actual people in this life. Turning now to the term ‘consequentialism’ itself, we should guard against some common misunderstandings of this ...
Biology and Ethics: A Case for Aristotle`s Theory of
... mankind’s misplaced faith in ‘imagined rulers in the realms of the supernatural and the eternal’ (p.567). In The Myth of Morality (2001), Richard Joyce claims that humans evolved with a strong propensity, not just for good moral behaviour, but also for making moral judgments. But, strictly speaking, ...
... mankind’s misplaced faith in ‘imagined rulers in the realms of the supernatural and the eternal’ (p.567). In The Myth of Morality (2001), Richard Joyce claims that humans evolved with a strong propensity, not just for good moral behaviour, but also for making moral judgments. But, strictly speaking, ...
Moral Cultivation and Confucian Character
... teachings as a whole and seek to interpret them comprehensively and systematically, we will come to understand his ethical philosophy as an expression of virtue ethics and more particularly as a form of virtue ethics that shares important similarities with the kind of view one finds in Aristotle. Su ...
... teachings as a whole and seek to interpret them comprehensively and systematically, we will come to understand his ethical philosophy as an expression of virtue ethics and more particularly as a form of virtue ethics that shares important similarities with the kind of view one finds in Aristotle. Su ...
Chapter 4
... Ethical and Unethical Workplace Behavior Ethics The set of moral principles or values that defines right and wrong for a person or group. ...
... Ethical and Unethical Workplace Behavior Ethics The set of moral principles or values that defines right and wrong for a person or group. ...
The Search for Justice in the Republic
... Injustice. While this may be an elaboration on the argument that Justice is good for its consequences, it certainly does not seem, on Kraut’s view, to be an argument that Justice is good in itself.1 A defender of Plato might take some refuge in the analogy itself. When discussing virtue, the most co ...
... Injustice. While this may be an elaboration on the argument that Justice is good for its consequences, it certainly does not seem, on Kraut’s view, to be an argument that Justice is good in itself.1 A defender of Plato might take some refuge in the analogy itself. When discussing virtue, the most co ...
Ethics - WordPress.com
... egoist theory. It may be thought of as "self-interest rightly understood by a reasonable person. • Spinoza maintained that all wrong decisions are due to intellectual error and result from not understanding one's true or real self-interest. • By this definition a truly ethical person will recognize ...
... egoist theory. It may be thought of as "self-interest rightly understood by a reasonable person. • Spinoza maintained that all wrong decisions are due to intellectual error and result from not understanding one's true or real self-interest. • By this definition a truly ethical person will recognize ...
Political ethics
... Ethics may be divided into three major areas of study: • Meta-ethics, about the theoretical meaning and reference of moral propositions and how their truth values (if any) may be determined • Normative ethics, about the practical means of determining a moral course of action • Applied ethics draws u ...
... Ethics may be divided into three major areas of study: • Meta-ethics, about the theoretical meaning and reference of moral propositions and how their truth values (if any) may be determined • Normative ethics, about the practical means of determining a moral course of action • Applied ethics draws u ...
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... and interests, instituted by reason. 3. Some moral principles will meet human needs and promote human interests better than others. 4. These principles can be said to be objectively valid principles. 5. Therefore an objectively valid set of moral principles is applicable to all humanity. Pojman p 53 ...
... and interests, instituted by reason. 3. Some moral principles will meet human needs and promote human interests better than others. 4. These principles can be said to be objectively valid principles. 5. Therefore an objectively valid set of moral principles is applicable to all humanity. Pojman p 53 ...
When Soldiers Aren`t Heroes: An Essay
... not address this necessary element of moral life in all the possible traditions that have informed and shaped contemporary American culture (which would, in fact, be all those of the Western tradition). But I can simply note that Aristotelianism and other agent-oriented ethics — Christian ethics, de ...
... not address this necessary element of moral life in all the possible traditions that have informed and shaped contemporary American culture (which would, in fact, be all those of the Western tradition). But I can simply note that Aristotelianism and other agent-oriented ethics — Christian ethics, de ...
Confucianism as Humanism - University of Central Arkansas
... the key texts that support this argument. This paper also clarifies that Confucianism is not anti-religious. It also identifies and expounds upon the four main Confucian virtues and how they are interconnected between themselves and persons. This paper explicates the roles humans play within Confuci ...
... the key texts that support this argument. This paper also clarifies that Confucianism is not anti-religious. It also identifies and expounds upon the four main Confucian virtues and how they are interconnected between themselves and persons. This paper explicates the roles humans play within Confuci ...
Confucian Ethics in the Analects as Virtue Ethics
... tradition. First, Aristotle claims that the life of contemplation is superior to other lives because it is a finished end. That is, contemplation need not be pressed into the service of anything further to be a meaningful practice. Unlike, let’s say, the practice of making saddles, which only makes ...
... tradition. First, Aristotle claims that the life of contemplation is superior to other lives because it is a finished end. That is, contemplation need not be pressed into the service of anything further to be a meaningful practice. Unlike, let’s say, the practice of making saddles, which only makes ...
4: Law and Order
... Moral reasoning based on rules, laws, and an orderly society. 5: Social Contract Moral reasoning based on principled agreements among people. 6: Universal Principles Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. ...
... Moral reasoning based on rules, laws, and an orderly society. 5: Social Contract Moral reasoning based on principled agreements among people. 6: Universal Principles Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. ...
the ethics of obligation
... community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others…He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because in the opinions of others, to do so would be wise or even right.” John Stuart Mill in On Liberty ...
... community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others…He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because in the opinions of others, to do so would be wise or even right.” John Stuart Mill in On Liberty ...
meta-ethics - WordPress.com
... Last conditions to be fully autonomous is authenticity. The idea is that one may be independent, competent, but not ...
... Last conditions to be fully autonomous is authenticity. The idea is that one may be independent, competent, but not ...
Adolescence and Moral Development
... Moral reasoning based on rules, laws, and an orderly society. 5: Social Contract Moral reasoning based on principled agreements among people. 6: Universal Principles Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. ...
... Moral reasoning based on rules, laws, and an orderly society. 5: Social Contract Moral reasoning based on principled agreements among people. 6: Universal Principles Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. ...
Abstract
... generate statements reflecting 30 ethical theories. In this manner, we offer a pool of 90 items, describing one basic assumption about reality (data), one ethical prescription (claim) and one ethical ideal (warrant) that is distinct and representative of each ethical theory. We guided our selection ...
... generate statements reflecting 30 ethical theories. In this manner, we offer a pool of 90 items, describing one basic assumption about reality (data), one ethical prescription (claim) and one ethical ideal (warrant) that is distinct and representative of each ethical theory. We guided our selection ...
Milestone Education Review
... distinguished and arranged in above order according to their moral significance only. It is, therefore, worthwhile to discuss here the exact nature and significance of these stages. ...
... distinguished and arranged in above order according to their moral significance only. It is, therefore, worthwhile to discuss here the exact nature and significance of these stages. ...
Framework for Thinking Ethically
... If our ethics are not based on feelings, religion, law, accepted social practice, or science, what are they based on? Many philosophers and ethicists have helped us answer this critical question. They have suggested at least five different sources of ethical standards we should use. Five Sources of ...
... If our ethics are not based on feelings, religion, law, accepted social practice, or science, what are they based on? Many philosophers and ethicists have helped us answer this critical question. They have suggested at least five different sources of ethical standards we should use. Five Sources of ...