Phil 206 2007 - UKZN: Philosophy
... Answer one of the following questions: 1. Critically discuss Kant’s view that there could not be an imperative that commands us “to do what will make us happy” (pp. 81-82 of the Groundwork). 2. Kant says that it might not be possible to identify a single unambiguous example of a moral action. a) Exp ...
... Answer one of the following questions: 1. Critically discuss Kant’s view that there could not be an imperative that commands us “to do what will make us happy” (pp. 81-82 of the Groundwork). 2. Kant says that it might not be possible to identify a single unambiguous example of a moral action. a) Exp ...
HSB218 Intervention theories and methods
... an individual or group to provide rules for right conduct. Morality is concerned with perspectives of right and proper conduct and involves an evaluation of actions on the basis of some broader cultural context or religious standard. ...
... an individual or group to provide rules for right conduct. Morality is concerned with perspectives of right and proper conduct and involves an evaluation of actions on the basis of some broader cultural context or religious standard. ...
The Study of Ethics
... the world then? • His first major works: • 1781- Critique of Pure Reason- against Empiricism of Locke • 1785- Ground work for the Metaphysics of Morals • (Note that this is written just after the American Revolution and before the French Revolution- what were the main ideas of the times?) ...
... the world then? • His first major works: • 1781- Critique of Pure Reason- against Empiricism of Locke • 1785- Ground work for the Metaphysics of Morals • (Note that this is written just after the American Revolution and before the French Revolution- what were the main ideas of the times?) ...
Ethnic Studies 260 - UCSD`s Ethnic Studies
... This is an advanced graduate seminar designed to explore the concepts of transnationalism and borderlands as they relate to globalism. The primary concern here is how local and regional communities and people engage and respond to transnationalism. Our objective is to interrogate state/nation-state ...
... This is an advanced graduate seminar designed to explore the concepts of transnationalism and borderlands as they relate to globalism. The primary concern here is how local and regional communities and people engage and respond to transnationalism. Our objective is to interrogate state/nation-state ...
Powerpoint5B. - People Server at UNCW
... not (a) between good and evil, but (b) how we will define good and evil. • His example: a young man in France in 1940, who must choose between (i) staying at home and caring for his mother, or (ii) joining the Free French forces in England. • Does this example prove his claim— that our most basic et ...
... not (a) between good and evil, but (b) how we will define good and evil. • His example: a young man in France in 1940, who must choose between (i) staying at home and caring for his mother, or (ii) joining the Free French forces in England. • Does this example prove his claim— that our most basic et ...
Week 13 Lectures
... politics and reinforces the invasion of the political realm by economic power relations". He seems here to categorize "capitalist ideology" as a form of economic power, which makes sense given its derivation from an economic mode of production--but is this more an example of interacting economic and ...
... politics and reinforces the invasion of the political realm by economic power relations". He seems here to categorize "capitalist ideology" as a form of economic power, which makes sense given its derivation from an economic mode of production--but is this more an example of interacting economic and ...
Moral Theory: a Non-Consequentialist Approach
... are persons to begin with – and not roses which develop rosality or kangaroos which develop kangarooality – then we will realise that the person / human being division of the personists is far more elitist (and misleading) than that of the so-called speciesists. When Aristotle said „man is a rationa ...
... are persons to begin with – and not roses which develop rosality or kangaroos which develop kangarooality – then we will realise that the person / human being division of the personists is far more elitist (and misleading) than that of the so-called speciesists. When Aristotle said „man is a rationa ...
Global History for Global Citizenship. Why University Students Must Study Global History
... historians shows there are no insuperable or particular problems involved in repositioning vistas for the interpretation of history outwards, backwards and forwards. To cite some examples: all the young scholars at Austin Texas involved in an exemplary endeavour, led by Tony Hopkins, to promote glo ...
... historians shows there are no insuperable or particular problems involved in repositioning vistas for the interpretation of history outwards, backwards and forwards. To cite some examples: all the young scholars at Austin Texas involved in an exemplary endeavour, led by Tony Hopkins, to promote glo ...
LMC 208: Public Relations
... What Are Ethics? • Ethics are beliefs about right and wrong that guide the way we think and act. • Ethics and morals are not the same thing. • Morals are often associated with religious beliefs and personal behaviour. • “Ethics, on the other hand, is derived from the Greek ethos, meaning “custom”, ...
... What Are Ethics? • Ethics are beliefs about right and wrong that guide the way we think and act. • Ethics and morals are not the same thing. • Morals are often associated with religious beliefs and personal behaviour. • “Ethics, on the other hand, is derived from the Greek ethos, meaning “custom”, ...
Rochelle H. DuFord - Hobart and William Smith Colleges
... international, or global, political institutions. Often, this literature focuses on three particular debates: 1) the site and scope of global justice as it relates to international institutional design, 2) whether and how we should democratize already existing global governance institutions, and 3) ...
... international, or global, political institutions. Often, this literature focuses on three particular debates: 1) the site and scope of global justice as it relates to international institutional design, 2) whether and how we should democratize already existing global governance institutions, and 3) ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics
... Cultural relativism is the descriptive view that different groups of people have different moral standards for evaluating acts as right or wrong, hence, it is an ethical doctrine, sociological or observational conclusion. 4. Describe ethics as subjectivism. ...
... Cultural relativism is the descriptive view that different groups of people have different moral standards for evaluating acts as right or wrong, hence, it is an ethical doctrine, sociological or observational conclusion. 4. Describe ethics as subjectivism. ...
Ethics and Philosophy - Mr. Parsons` Homework Page
... justification for attacking those who practice that activity. • When people do this, they often see those who they regard as immoral as in some way less human or deserving of respect than themselves; sometimes with tragic consequences. ...
... justification for attacking those who practice that activity. • When people do this, they often see those who they regard as immoral as in some way less human or deserving of respect than themselves; sometimes with tragic consequences. ...
Universality in the Post 2015 Sustainable Development
... The Synthesis Report of the UN Secretary General points out that the new Post 2015 era must be an ambitious, universally applicable agenda and one that integrates the economic, social, environmental and human rights dimensions of sustainable development. But what does universality mean? Internationa ...
... The Synthesis Report of the UN Secretary General points out that the new Post 2015 era must be an ambitious, universally applicable agenda and one that integrates the economic, social, environmental and human rights dimensions of sustainable development. But what does universality mean? Internationa ...
Challenges for the Future of the Global Economy
... • Financial and Capital market liberalization/deregulation has exacerbated problems, especially for developing countries • And facilitated the transmission of the crisis from the U.S. around the world • Financial markets did not perform as promised – Innovations created risk—didn’t manage risk – Dev ...
... • Financial and Capital market liberalization/deregulation has exacerbated problems, especially for developing countries • And facilitated the transmission of the crisis from the U.S. around the world • Financial markets did not perform as promised – Innovations created risk—didn’t manage risk – Dev ...
Challenges for the Future of the Global Economy
... • Long list of issues to be discussed – Those I’ve discussed today – Understanding better the root causes of weaknesses in the economy today – Understanding better the root causes of why countries have been accumulating such large reserves – Better systems of risk mitigation – Sovereign Debt Restru ...
... • Long list of issues to be discussed – Those I’ve discussed today – Understanding better the root causes of weaknesses in the economy today – Understanding better the root causes of why countries have been accumulating such large reserves – Better systems of risk mitigation – Sovereign Debt Restru ...
Basic Moral Orientations Overview
... “Do the right thing”--The Ethics of Duty “Don't dis' me”--The Ethics of Respect “...all Men are created ...with certain unalienable Rights”--The Ethics of Rights “Make the world a better place”--Utilitarianism “Daddy, that’s not fair”--The Ethics of Justice “Be a good person”--Virtue Ethics ...
... “Do the right thing”--The Ethics of Duty “Don't dis' me”--The Ethics of Respect “...all Men are created ...with certain unalienable Rights”--The Ethics of Rights “Make the world a better place”--Utilitarianism “Daddy, that’s not fair”--The Ethics of Justice “Be a good person”--Virtue Ethics ...
1 Globalization and the shared community ethic of Islam and
... however, is not likely to be in a single community of support, but rather in several isolated and self-selected communities. Membership in a single place-based primary community is being replaced by membership in multiple communities, spread across space and time.ix Sociologist B. Wellman calls this ...
... however, is not likely to be in a single community of support, but rather in several isolated and self-selected communities. Membership in a single place-based primary community is being replaced by membership in multiple communities, spread across space and time.ix Sociologist B. Wellman calls this ...
A globalizing world
... Cultural imperialism is rooted in a common-sense notion many of us understand; that the reduction in cultural differences around the world, that France doesn't seem as distribution by global corporations of commodities Western culture, a process which has worked to the advantage of the US and Wester ...
... Cultural imperialism is rooted in a common-sense notion many of us understand; that the reduction in cultural differences around the world, that France doesn't seem as distribution by global corporations of commodities Western culture, a process which has worked to the advantage of the US and Wester ...
philosophical ethics
... professional rules. These rules as part of a social agreement, or social contract, which functions to organize and ease relations between individuals. No group could function if members were free at all times to decide for themselves what to do and how to act. The foremost advocate of this tradition ...
... professional rules. These rules as part of a social agreement, or social contract, which functions to organize and ease relations between individuals. No group could function if members were free at all times to decide for themselves what to do and how to act. The foremost advocate of this tradition ...
Click here to chapter3_B.Ethic
... professional rules. These rules as part of a social agreement, or social contract, which functions to organize and ease relations between individuals. No group could function if members were free at all times to decide for themselves what to do and how to act. The foremost advocate of this tradition ...
... professional rules. These rules as part of a social agreement, or social contract, which functions to organize and ease relations between individuals. No group could function if members were free at all times to decide for themselves what to do and how to act. The foremost advocate of this tradition ...
gst113 ethics and human conduct in the society
... What s ethics? Ethics is a part of philosophy where the analytical and critical tools of philosophy are focused on human actions. As a review, it touches every side of life where one can point to one human conduct to another. This is the reason for the existence of an ethics of nearly everything: bu ...
... What s ethics? Ethics is a part of philosophy where the analytical and critical tools of philosophy are focused on human actions. As a review, it touches every side of life where one can point to one human conduct to another. This is the reason for the existence of an ethics of nearly everything: bu ...
File - onlyprogrammerz
... Ethics (cont.) Important Distinctions: • Right, wrong and okay • Negative rights (liberties) – The right to act without interference • Positive rights (claim-rights) – An obligation of some people to provide certain things for others • Difference between wrong and harm • Personal preference and eth ...
... Ethics (cont.) Important Distinctions: • Right, wrong and okay • Negative rights (liberties) – The right to act without interference • Positive rights (claim-rights) – An obligation of some people to provide certain things for others • Difference between wrong and harm • Personal preference and eth ...