Philosophical Schools of Thought
... circumstances Moral judgments are neither true or false Truth & false can only be interpreted by each individual ...
... circumstances Moral judgments are neither true or false Truth & false can only be interpreted by each individual ...
File - Philosophy For Life
... • Application: How easy is the theory to apply to real world situations? • Realism: How realistic is the theory in its view of human nature? • Motivation: How does this theory answer the question: why should I be moral? Acronym D(/C).A.R.M learn and apply to any theory ...
... • Application: How easy is the theory to apply to real world situations? • Realism: How realistic is the theory in its view of human nature? • Motivation: How does this theory answer the question: why should I be moral? Acronym D(/C).A.R.M learn and apply to any theory ...
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... from the Greek word for dog, originally because Antisthenes taught at the Cynosarges (Dogfish) gymnasium, which had been set up for the poor of Athens. • involves living the simple life in order that the soul can be set free. • “back to nature” type of philosophy • eliminating one’s needs and posses ...
... from the Greek word for dog, originally because Antisthenes taught at the Cynosarges (Dogfish) gymnasium, which had been set up for the poor of Athens. • involves living the simple life in order that the soul can be set free. • “back to nature” type of philosophy • eliminating one’s needs and posses ...
Moral Reasoning
... Note that universalizability is not the same as universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If yo ...
... Note that universalizability is not the same as universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If yo ...
Moral Reasoning
... Note that universalizability is not the same as universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If yo ...
... Note that universalizability is not the same as universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If yo ...
Aristotle on Human Excellence
... theory will require the use of unjust means whenever doing so is likely to produce a greater balance of pleasure. This would permit a policy of punishing the innocent to avert a riot, to deter wrongdoers, etc. Utilitarians may respond by pointing out that, in fact, no society which falsely accuses i ...
... theory will require the use of unjust means whenever doing so is likely to produce a greater balance of pleasure. This would permit a policy of punishing the innocent to avert a riot, to deter wrongdoers, etc. Utilitarians may respond by pointing out that, in fact, no society which falsely accuses i ...
Epicurus and Lucretius
... Several of my sources point out that he is the first person to have developed a contractarian theory of justice: society is based upon mutual agreement to neither harm nor be harmed, his definition of justice. Men are not by nature just, but reason tells us that it is desirable to enter into such ag ...
... Several of my sources point out that he is the first person to have developed a contractarian theory of justice: society is based upon mutual agreement to neither harm nor be harmed, his definition of justice. Men are not by nature just, but reason tells us that it is desirable to enter into such ag ...
Utilitarianism
... • A leader in the legal reform movement in England; founding father of utilitarianism • His principle of utility, that one should act to produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people, was the central theme of utilitarianism and slowly worked its way into the confusion of rules and stat ...
... • A leader in the legal reform movement in England; founding father of utilitarianism • His principle of utility, that one should act to produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people, was the central theme of utilitarianism and slowly worked its way into the confusion of rules and stat ...
John Stuart Mill
... would be any contradiction, any logical (not to say physical) impossibility, in the adoption by all rational beings of the most outrageously immoral rules of conduct. (Mill) Questions of ultimate ends are not amenable to direct proof. Whatever can be proved to be good, must be so by being shown to b ...
... would be any contradiction, any logical (not to say physical) impossibility, in the adoption by all rational beings of the most outrageously immoral rules of conduct. (Mill) Questions of ultimate ends are not amenable to direct proof. Whatever can be proved to be good, must be so by being shown to b ...
Practice Quiz - General Ethics
... d) Bentham and Mill were bossy people. e) self-improvement is its first goal. ...
... d) Bentham and Mill were bossy people. e) self-improvement is its first goal. ...
Moral Reasoning
... Note that universalizability is not the same as universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If yo ...
... Note that universalizability is not the same as universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If yo ...
Chapter 13 Theories Strengths and Weaknesses
... May lead to apathy (If I cannot control it, why bother?). May leave one open to bullying. ...
... May lead to apathy (If I cannot control it, why bother?). May leave one open to bullying. ...
Aristippos - dieter huber
... The philosophers of ancient Greece were not only the forefathers of rational science but also the discoverers of the rules for a good and successful life. One of them, Aristippus, a student of Socrates, can rightly claim to have been the first to have considered the question of how to live a joyful ...
... The philosophers of ancient Greece were not only the forefathers of rational science but also the discoverers of the rules for a good and successful life. One of them, Aristippus, a student of Socrates, can rightly claim to have been the first to have considered the question of how to live a joyful ...
Moral Reasoning
... Note that universalizability is not the same as universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If yo ...
... Note that universalizability is not the same as universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If yo ...
moral philosophy - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... from a view of human nature to the conclusion that because certain activities or capacities are essentially human, we therefore ought to lead a certain kind of life. Rather, it is because we have these distinctive capacities that we will not be fully satisfied by any happiness that does not involve ...
... from a view of human nature to the conclusion that because certain activities or capacities are essentially human, we therefore ought to lead a certain kind of life. Rather, it is because we have these distinctive capacities that we will not be fully satisfied by any happiness that does not involve ...
Aristotle on Human Excellence
... Higher quality pleasures (like using one’s mind, creativity, doing good deeds, having friends) are more desirable and make life more worth living than mere bodily sensations. ...
... Higher quality pleasures (like using one’s mind, creativity, doing good deeds, having friends) are more desirable and make life more worth living than mere bodily sensations. ...
Moral Reasoning
... Note that universalizability is not the same as universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If yo ...
... Note that universalizability is not the same as universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If yo ...
PHIL105 2011-The Good Life
... of ultimate value for a person • It’s a state (like health is) • Requires life-long effort • Happiness consists in the proper functioning of a person as a ...
... of ultimate value for a person • It’s a state (like health is) • Requires life-long effort • Happiness consists in the proper functioning of a person as a ...
The Victorian Era, Oscar Wilde and The Picture of Dorian Gray
... “I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.” ...
... “I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.” ...
HAPPINESS, SENSUALITY, AND RENUNCIATION
... The Buddha, Epicurus and Freud shared a non-theistic approach to trying to understand human life. In a sense all three were trying to explain a way of life that was built on empirical experience. Many people have criticized their attempts as being too reductionistic or being too hedonistic (a concep ...
... The Buddha, Epicurus and Freud shared a non-theistic approach to trying to understand human life. In a sense all three were trying to explain a way of life that was built on empirical experience. Many people have criticized their attempts as being too reductionistic or being too hedonistic (a concep ...
Alma Jeftić Between Madness and Pleasure within European
... pleasure, because the law is that dictates individual to enjoy as less as possible. At the same time, the individual is constantly trying to exceed the prohibitions directed at his/her pleasure, to go beyond the pleasure principle. That results in pain, since all that remains is just a small part of ...
... pleasure, because the law is that dictates individual to enjoy as less as possible. At the same time, the individual is constantly trying to exceed the prohibitions directed at his/her pleasure, to go beyond the pleasure principle. That results in pain, since all that remains is just a small part of ...
Ethical Framework summaries File
... conform their actions to nature in the narrower sense, to their own essential nature, reason. These two expressions mean, for the Stoics, the same thing. For the universe is governed not only by law, but by the law of reason, and we, in following our own rational nature, are ipso facto conforming ou ...
... conform their actions to nature in the narrower sense, to their own essential nature, reason. These two expressions mean, for the Stoics, the same thing. For the universe is governed not only by law, but by the law of reason, and we, in following our own rational nature, are ipso facto conforming ou ...
The goodness of pleasure: Epicurean ethics
... seems implausible claiming that some mental pleasures do not originate in the body rejects the Epicurean conception of pleasure if mental pleasures are greater than bodily pleasures, then mental pains are greater than bodily pains and the wise person will experience both ...
... seems implausible claiming that some mental pleasures do not originate in the body rejects the Epicurean conception of pleasure if mental pleasures are greater than bodily pleasures, then mental pains are greater than bodily pains and the wise person will experience both ...
Utilitarianism
... to point out what we shall do, as well as to determine what we shall do.” 2. Principle of Utility – The greatest good for the greatest number. The most useful course of action is trying to maximise pleasure and minimize pain. In a given situation, one must examine the consequential pain/pleasure ...
... to point out what we shall do, as well as to determine what we shall do.” 2. Principle of Utility – The greatest good for the greatest number. The most useful course of action is trying to maximise pleasure and minimize pain. In a given situation, one must examine the consequential pain/pleasure ...
ethical theory
... -- pleasure said to be the only thing that’s good “intrinsically,” or “in itself,” with other things considered good only “instrumentally,” insofar as they promote pleasure, again in the sense of pleasure minus pain; cf. example of taking a medicine to cure an illness, i.e. minimize pain -- Bentham’ ...
... -- pleasure said to be the only thing that’s good “intrinsically,” or “in itself,” with other things considered good only “instrumentally,” insofar as they promote pleasure, again in the sense of pleasure minus pain; cf. example of taking a medicine to cure an illness, i.e. minimize pain -- Bentham’ ...
