Moral Reasoning
... Example: Franklin believed that the United States should attempt to use reason to create its political system. Example: It is illegal to bring glass beverage containers into Bidwell Park. Moral principles may be deeply held and may even be written into law, but because they are always debatable, the ...
... Example: Franklin believed that the United States should attempt to use reason to create its political system. Example: It is illegal to bring glass beverage containers into Bidwell Park. Moral principles may be deeply held and may even be written into law, but because they are always debatable, the ...
Ian Horkan ERH-207W Mr. Morgan Word Count: 1641 The Injustice
... be an act of duty. In this example the person making the decision is not acting out of strictly moral principles, but rather out of one that says how can I do the most good. Kant’s philosophy does not necessarily care about the ends of an action, only the means by which the action was taken. Examini ...
... be an act of duty. In this example the person making the decision is not acting out of strictly moral principles, but rather out of one that says how can I do the most good. Kant’s philosophy does not necessarily care about the ends of an action, only the means by which the action was taken. Examini ...
2 Booklet 2 Utilitarianism
... The principle of utility – the greatest happiness for the greatest number – based on the quantity of pleasure/happiness (maximise pleasure and minimise pain) and the seven criteria of the hedonic calculus (intensity, duration, certainty, remoteness, richness, purity and extent) Mill’s Rule Utilita ...
... The principle of utility – the greatest happiness for the greatest number – based on the quantity of pleasure/happiness (maximise pleasure and minimise pain) and the seven criteria of the hedonic calculus (intensity, duration, certainty, remoteness, richness, purity and extent) Mill’s Rule Utilita ...
14 pages
... evaluation and use a set of “canons” or laws for sound decisions. This separates it from all other sciences. Pursuits and studies, and deliberate actions are performed because they tend either directly or indirectly, or in both ways, to satisfy one or more interests. They are valued either as means ...
... evaluation and use a set of “canons” or laws for sound decisions. This separates it from all other sciences. Pursuits and studies, and deliberate actions are performed because they tend either directly or indirectly, or in both ways, to satisfy one or more interests. They are valued either as means ...
land20ethic2 - s3.amazonaws.com
... • to rethink what it is to be human • that humans are different from and superior to nonhuman animals and “nature” since humans are atomistic, individualistic, rational, self-interested pleasure or preference ...
... • to rethink what it is to be human • that humans are different from and superior to nonhuman animals and “nature” since humans are atomistic, individualistic, rational, self-interested pleasure or preference ...
Pwrpt - People Server at UNCW
... What, if anything, does the Thorndike study prove? • That it is possible to fix a common measure, even if the results are somewhat surprising, and different people might measure things differently. ...
... What, if anything, does the Thorndike study prove? • That it is possible to fix a common measure, even if the results are somewhat surprising, and different people might measure things differently. ...
Aristotle
... And so, to man, this will be the life of Reason, since reason is, in the highest sense, a man’s self.” (NE, 10.7) ...
... And so, to man, this will be the life of Reason, since reason is, in the highest sense, a man’s self.” (NE, 10.7) ...
UNDERSTANDING PHILOSOPHY AND ITS
... which they can make distinction between good and bad actions, right and wrong actions, acceptable and non-acceptable actions, recommendable and non-recommendable actions BRANCHES OF ETHICS ---METAETHICS; This is the conceptual analysis in ethical discourse, the clarification of concept in moral di ...
... which they can make distinction between good and bad actions, right and wrong actions, acceptable and non-acceptable actions, recommendable and non-recommendable actions BRANCHES OF ETHICS ---METAETHICS; This is the conceptual analysis in ethical discourse, the clarification of concept in moral di ...
Moral Theory - Academic Resources at Missouri Western
... Morality is concerned with social practices defining right and wrong; it consists of what persons ought to do in order to conform to society’s norms ...
... Morality is concerned with social practices defining right and wrong; it consists of what persons ought to do in order to conform to society’s norms ...
READING #1: “What This Book is About”
... or wrongness of an action is to be decided in terms of its consequences Principle of Benefit Maximization – When “faced with a choice, the best and most just decision is the one that results in the most good or the greatest benefit for the most people. Thus the principle … judges the morality of our ...
... or wrongness of an action is to be decided in terms of its consequences Principle of Benefit Maximization – When “faced with a choice, the best and most just decision is the one that results in the most good or the greatest benefit for the most people. Thus the principle … judges the morality of our ...
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 ...
CHAPTER 2 Utilitarian and Deontological Approaches to Criminal
... Let me briefly summarize. The ethical theorist is interested in discovering the basic, fundamental principle of morality, a foundation upon which all moral judgments rest. The utilitarian claims to have found such a principle and identifies it as the greatest happiness principle. According to utilit ...
... Let me briefly summarize. The ethical theorist is interested in discovering the basic, fundamental principle of morality, a foundation upon which all moral judgments rest. The utilitarian claims to have found such a principle and identifies it as the greatest happiness principle. According to utilit ...
Powerpoint - John Provost
... Boss: “Ethical egoism fails to take into account that we are social beings who exist only as part of a wider community. We do not exist as isolated individuals who can act independently of social constraints. There are times when self-denial may be called for, such as saving a drowning child without ...
... Boss: “Ethical egoism fails to take into account that we are social beings who exist only as part of a wider community. We do not exist as isolated individuals who can act independently of social constraints. There are times when self-denial may be called for, such as saving a drowning child without ...
Ethics in Modern Philosophy
... • [b] It is asked then simply whether this principle founded on self-love can become a universal law of nature. • Now we see at once that a system of nature of which it should be a law to destroy life by means of the very feeling whose special nature it is to impel to the improvement of life would c ...
... • [b] It is asked then simply whether this principle founded on self-love can become a universal law of nature. • Now we see at once that a system of nature of which it should be a law to destroy life by means of the very feeling whose special nature it is to impel to the improvement of life would c ...
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... theme , that of learning to read, but the astonishing pervasiveness of that theme carries it far into the heart of the novel. As an abstract proposition it might be said that the act of reading represents an internalizing of experience for the reader, a deepened self-consciousness and at the same ti ...
... theme , that of learning to read, but the astonishing pervasiveness of that theme carries it far into the heart of the novel. As an abstract proposition it might be said that the act of reading represents an internalizing of experience for the reader, a deepened self-consciousness and at the same ti ...
Introduction to Medical Ethics
... Every time we are going to act We are to think about why we want to take that action Then imagine how we might write out a statement expressing our reasons for action ...
... Every time we are going to act We are to think about why we want to take that action Then imagine how we might write out a statement expressing our reasons for action ...
ETH_REL252_WK2_Lecture
... “Critical Assessment of Competing Ethical Theories” 1. What two criteria should be used to evaluate any ethical theory? 2. What is the difference between a consequentialist and a deontological ethical theory? 3. What is act utilitarianism? How does it differ from ethical egoism? 4. How does one “do” ...
... “Critical Assessment of Competing Ethical Theories” 1. What two criteria should be used to evaluate any ethical theory? 2. What is the difference between a consequentialist and a deontological ethical theory? 3. What is act utilitarianism? How does it differ from ethical egoism? 4. How does one “do” ...
DAVID HUME from A Treatise of Human Nature
... the other. Morality, therefore, is more properly felt than judg’d of; tho’ this feeling or sentiment is commonly so soft and gentle, that we are apt to confound it with an idea, according to our common custom of taking all things for the same, which have any near resemblance to each other. The next ...
... the other. Morality, therefore, is more properly felt than judg’d of; tho’ this feeling or sentiment is commonly so soft and gentle, that we are apt to confound it with an idea, according to our common custom of taking all things for the same, which have any near resemblance to each other. The next ...
Nicomachean Ethics
... – “For pleasure is a state of soul, and to each man that which he is said to be a lover of is pleasant; e.g. not only is a horse pleasant to the lover of horses, and a spectacle to the lover of sights, but also in the same way just acts are pleasant to the lover of justice and in general virtuous ac ...
... – “For pleasure is a state of soul, and to each man that which he is said to be a lover of is pleasant; e.g. not only is a horse pleasant to the lover of horses, and a spectacle to the lover of sights, but also in the same way just acts are pleasant to the lover of justice and in general virtuous ac ...
CHAPTER 6
... Happiness and the highest good. • Happiness (eudaimonia), that is “to live well,” is the ultimate goal which we all seek for its own sake. • It is not a specific thing such as pleasure, wealth or honor. • It requires a community (polis), including family life, friendships, and other relationships. ...
... Happiness and the highest good. • Happiness (eudaimonia), that is “to live well,” is the ultimate goal which we all seek for its own sake. • It is not a specific thing such as pleasure, wealth or honor. • It requires a community (polis), including family life, friendships, and other relationships. ...
Utililitarianism
... We have no bias or blind spots We are not affected by any negative cultural values We never rationalize our actions to be able to do what we want We have nothing left to learn We can see all of the short term and long term effects of our actions on ourselves and society. ...
... We have no bias or blind spots We are not affected by any negative cultural values We never rationalize our actions to be able to do what we want We have nothing left to learn We can see all of the short term and long term effects of our actions on ourselves and society. ...
clouds
... Divine Command Theory -- “Any position in ethics which claims that the rightness or wrongness of actions depends on whether they correspond to God’s commands or not.” ...
... Divine Command Theory -- “Any position in ethics which claims that the rightness or wrongness of actions depends on whether they correspond to God’s commands or not.” ...