The Moral Point of View in Hume, Kant and Mill Margaret Marie
... distance and time can make to our non-moral reactions. From the general point of view, it does not matter how close to or far from someone we are. We adopt a point of view where we ignore the features particular to us, in our particular circumstances. In general, all sentiments of blame or praise ar ...
... distance and time can make to our non-moral reactions. From the general point of view, it does not matter how close to or far from someone we are. We adopt a point of view where we ignore the features particular to us, in our particular circumstances. In general, all sentiments of blame or praise ar ...
The Teaching of Happiness in Mainland China: in Light of Aristotle
... In this dissertation, I explore the teaching of happiness in Mainland China, in light of both Aristotle and Marx. In the Chinese context, the understanding of happiness is generally based on a Marxist view, while the teaching practice is also constrained by the government within the Marxist framewor ...
... In this dissertation, I explore the teaching of happiness in Mainland China, in light of both Aristotle and Marx. In the Chinese context, the understanding of happiness is generally based on a Marxist view, while the teaching practice is also constrained by the government within the Marxist framewor ...
measuring Subjective and Objective Well-being
... solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA. ...
... solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policy of the National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA. ...
Traditional Moral TheoryPosted09
... Kant s ethics lead to rigidly insensitive rules and so cannot take account of differences between cases Kant identifies ethical duties that are too abstract to apply . If this is so this theory may not be action guiding. Some serious criticisms are directed at Kant’s moral psychology. Kant says we o ...
... Kant s ethics lead to rigidly insensitive rules and so cannot take account of differences between cases Kant identifies ethical duties that are too abstract to apply . If this is so this theory may not be action guiding. Some serious criticisms are directed at Kant’s moral psychology. Kant says we o ...
virtue - PushMe Press
... to nurture seed. For a person whose life is guided by emotion will not listen to a rational argument, nor will he understand it. philosophicalinvestigations.co.uk ...
... to nurture seed. For a person whose life is guided by emotion will not listen to a rational argument, nor will he understand it. philosophicalinvestigations.co.uk ...
Project 2 - UM Personal World Wide Web Server
... In considering happiness as a possible measure of either preferences or overall social welfare, economists have been troubled by the Easterlin (1974, 1995, 2003) paradox of happiness that has been relatively flat or even declining in the face of dramatic growth in per capita income over the last six ...
... In considering happiness as a possible measure of either preferences or overall social welfare, economists have been troubled by the Easterlin (1974, 1995, 2003) paradox of happiness that has been relatively flat or even declining in the face of dramatic growth in per capita income over the last six ...
Introduction to ethics - U of L Personal Web Sites
... particular source (e.g. religious texts) are asserted to create absolute obligations While not strictly “theories”, deontological codes create obligations which are often interpreted in an absolute way. Guiding principle theories in which moral obligations can be derived from one guiding principle ...
... particular source (e.g. religious texts) are asserted to create absolute obligations While not strictly “theories”, deontological codes create obligations which are often interpreted in an absolute way. Guiding principle theories in which moral obligations can be derived from one guiding principle ...
CHAPTER 2 Utilitarian and Deontological Approaches to Criminal
... Stuart Mill (1979). Utilitarianism is classified as a consequentialist ethical theory. In other words, the utilitarian holds that we judge the morality of an action in terms of the consequences or results of that action. Mill states: “All action is for the sake of some end, and rules of action, it s ...
... Stuart Mill (1979). Utilitarianism is classified as a consequentialist ethical theory. In other words, the utilitarian holds that we judge the morality of an action in terms of the consequences or results of that action. Mill states: “All action is for the sake of some end, and rules of action, it s ...
Servais Pinckaers: Returning to a Thomisitc Morality of Happiness
... happiness is to be found in the higher activity of contemplation of God alone, the genius of Aquinas is that he also recognises the legitimate role of human action in ascending to these great heights of beatitude; that even our human actions have within them a natural, primordial and subjective fina ...
... happiness is to be found in the higher activity of contemplation of God alone, the genius of Aquinas is that he also recognises the legitimate role of human action in ascending to these great heights of beatitude; that even our human actions have within them a natural, primordial and subjective fina ...
2 Booklet 2 Utilitarianism
... ‘Whose?’. For Utilitarians love is subordinate to justice, whereas for Christians love is primary. A fundamental difference between Utilitarianism and Christian ethics can be seen in the events around the trial of Jesus before Caiaphas, as recorded in John’s Gospel (Chapter 18). Jesus and Caiaphas a ...
... ‘Whose?’. For Utilitarians love is subordinate to justice, whereas for Christians love is primary. A fundamental difference between Utilitarianism and Christian ethics can be seen in the events around the trial of Jesus before Caiaphas, as recorded in John’s Gospel (Chapter 18). Jesus and Caiaphas a ...
Virtue Ethics show
... • Reason is essential for ethics but has been replaced by ‘faith’ and ‘divine-command’. • Greek and Christian ethics are not only different in method, but have different goals. Personal development Vs a concept of right & wrong. • Criticises Christian concept of equality as preventing us from trying ...
... • Reason is essential for ethics but has been replaced by ‘faith’ and ‘divine-command’. • Greek and Christian ethics are not only different in method, but have different goals. Personal development Vs a concept of right & wrong. • Criticises Christian concept of equality as preventing us from trying ...
Happiness in Japan - German Institute for Japanese Studies
... social critic and moral philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748‐1832) argued should be the guiding principle of moral action, further promoted the idea. This doctrine reemphasised that individual happiness was a good to be made available in this world to many rather than only a s ...
... social critic and moral philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748‐1832) argued should be the guiding principle of moral action, further promoted the idea. This doctrine reemphasised that individual happiness was a good to be made available in this world to many rather than only a s ...
Psychological Egoism - David Kelsey`s Philosophy Home Page
... – All human actions are motivated by selfish desires. – The only thing anyone is capable of desiring as an end in itself is his own self interest. – “…men are capable of desiring the happiness of others only when they take it to be a means to their own happiness.” (section 1) • Thus, purely altruist ...
... – All human actions are motivated by selfish desires. – The only thing anyone is capable of desiring as an end in itself is his own self interest. – “…men are capable of desiring the happiness of others only when they take it to be a means to their own happiness.” (section 1) • Thus, purely altruist ...
Utilitarianism
... To Mill, Bentham’s focus of morality on pleasure alone seemed rather base. Mill replaced pleasure with ‘happiness’: “the greatest happiness for the greatest number” – so he moved away from mere quantity to the quality of happiness as well. Mill defined happiness as something which is cultural ...
... To Mill, Bentham’s focus of morality on pleasure alone seemed rather base. Mill replaced pleasure with ‘happiness’: “the greatest happiness for the greatest number” – so he moved away from mere quantity to the quality of happiness as well. Mill defined happiness as something which is cultural ...
Ethics in Modern Philosophy
... nature might exist in accordance with that maxim, it is impossible to will that such a principle should have the universal validity of a law of nature. For a will which resolved this would contradict itself, inasmuch as many cases might occur in which one would have need of the love and sympathy of ...
... nature might exist in accordance with that maxim, it is impossible to will that such a principle should have the universal validity of a law of nature. For a will which resolved this would contradict itself, inasmuch as many cases might occur in which one would have need of the love and sympathy of ...
Psychological Egoism - David Kelsey`s Philosophy Home Page
... • We know that: pleasure is the usual accompaniment of actions • We are mistakenly inferring that: when acting what the agent always and only wants is his own pleasure. • “The immediate inference from even constant accompaniment to purpose (or motive) is always a non sequitur.” (7) ...
... • We know that: pleasure is the usual accompaniment of actions • We are mistakenly inferring that: when acting what the agent always and only wants is his own pleasure. • “The immediate inference from even constant accompaniment to purpose (or motive) is always a non sequitur.” (7) ...
Introduction to Medical Ethics
... 2. Focuses too exclusively on the future 3. Can lead to injustice ...
... 2. Focuses too exclusively on the future 3. Can lead to injustice ...
sufficiency economy: a happiness development
... to satisfy human’s basic needs of both tangibles and intangibles. The latter include feeling such as loving-caring, friendship, admiration, appreciation, and forgiveness. The primary level of happiness that includes pleasure from gaining or receiving is common among all beings. For humans, having a ...
... to satisfy human’s basic needs of both tangibles and intangibles. The latter include feeling such as loving-caring, friendship, admiration, appreciation, and forgiveness. The primary level of happiness that includes pleasure from gaining or receiving is common among all beings. For humans, having a ...
James Rachels: The Debate over Utilitarianism
... 1. Explain the legend of Gyges. What questions about morality are raised by the story? The Legend of Gyses is all about a shepherd who found a ring in a fissure cause by an earthquake, which the ring can make the wearer invisible and enable him to go anywhere and do anything undetected. Gyges use th ...
... 1. Explain the legend of Gyges. What questions about morality are raised by the story? The Legend of Gyses is all about a shepherd who found a ring in a fissure cause by an earthquake, which the ring can make the wearer invisible and enable him to go anywhere and do anything undetected. Gyges use th ...
From Ethical Theory to Practice
... “Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a universal law of nature.” ...
... “Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a universal law of nature.” ...
The happiness of sociality. Economics and eudaimonia: A
... This ‘quality of life movement’ (Offer, 2003) emphasizes mainly ‘objective’ and normative (or ethical) ingredients of a good life, while the ‘happiness movement’ is characterized today by a more ‘subjective’ approach, being based on self-reported evaluations. In fact, mostly thanks to Sen and Nussba ...
... This ‘quality of life movement’ (Offer, 2003) emphasizes mainly ‘objective’ and normative (or ethical) ingredients of a good life, while the ‘happiness movement’ is characterized today by a more ‘subjective’ approach, being based on self-reported evaluations. In fact, mostly thanks to Sen and Nussba ...
Morality and Self
... all people are made happy by making others happy. ► Everyone is ultimately selfish, because we all do what we think will make us feel good. ...
... all people are made happy by making others happy. ► Everyone is ultimately selfish, because we all do what we think will make us feel good. ...
Nicomachean Ethics
... whoever aims at that goal. In other words, what makes a thing what it is is the goal that it is aimed at. For example the characteristic function of a house builder is the goal of building good houses, and the characteristic function of a flute player is playing the flute well. What makes a house bu ...
... whoever aims at that goal. In other words, what makes a thing what it is is the goal that it is aimed at. For example the characteristic function of a house builder is the goal of building good houses, and the characteristic function of a flute player is playing the flute well. What makes a house bu ...
Notes on Utilitarianism
... Notes on Utilitarianism 1. Consequentialism refers to a variety of ethical theories that hold that moral rightness and wrongness is not an inherent feature of actions but rather a function of the consequences of actions. Loosely stated, the idea is that actions that have good consequences are morall ...
... Notes on Utilitarianism 1. Consequentialism refers to a variety of ethical theories that hold that moral rightness and wrongness is not an inherent feature of actions but rather a function of the consequences of actions. Loosely stated, the idea is that actions that have good consequences are morall ...
Happiness
Happiness, gladness or joy is a mental or emotional state of well-being defined by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. A variety of biological, psychological, religious and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources. Various research groups, including positive psychology, are employing the scientific method to research questions about what ""happiness"" is, and how it might be attained.The United Nations declared 20 March the International Day of Happiness to recognise the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals.