Introduction to Moral Reasoning in Sport
... virtuous or vicious. Or, to the distinction between right and wrong in relation to actions, volitions, or character of ...
... virtuous or vicious. Or, to the distinction between right and wrong in relation to actions, volitions, or character of ...
The Intercultural Ethics Agenda from an Objectivist Point of View
... producing agreement: Gert’s “common morality” + Rawls “reflective equilibrium” – Much disagreement that appears moral is not about fundamental moral principles at all: much disagreement involves disagreement about how to apply shared principles or disagreement about factual matters that condition ap ...
... producing agreement: Gert’s “common morality” + Rawls “reflective equilibrium” – Much disagreement that appears moral is not about fundamental moral principles at all: much disagreement involves disagreement about how to apply shared principles or disagreement about factual matters that condition ap ...
Moral Absolutism: a Response to Relativists
... by the objective state of these things in themselves. Pojman explains that this thesis can be taken in two ways: as the weak dependency thesis, which argues that the way moral principles are (or are not) applied in particular cultures is relative to the culture’s beliefs, history, etc., and as the s ...
... by the objective state of these things in themselves. Pojman explains that this thesis can be taken in two ways: as the weak dependency thesis, which argues that the way moral principles are (or are not) applied in particular cultures is relative to the culture’s beliefs, history, etc., and as the s ...
Minimal Ethics
... reasonable conclusion: it is essential to be modest in ethics and not to adopt major philosophical systems that exclude a priori any rival moral concepts. Ruwen Ogien’s project can therefore be understood as an epistemological critique of the most robust moral theories which clearly show their metho ...
... reasonable conclusion: it is essential to be modest in ethics and not to adopt major philosophical systems that exclude a priori any rival moral concepts. Ruwen Ogien’s project can therefore be understood as an epistemological critique of the most robust moral theories which clearly show their metho ...
Ethics
... b. Phenomenlogy: Brantano; Scheler; Hartman; Heidegger c. Noncognitivism (1) Emotive theory: Hagerstrom; Ayel (2) Existentialism: Camus; Sartre 5. Recent arguments a. Linguistic philosophy: Hare b. The good-reason approach: Toulmin II. How to Moralize? A. Theory and Practice 1. Intellectual activiti ...
... b. Phenomenlogy: Brantano; Scheler; Hartman; Heidegger c. Noncognitivism (1) Emotive theory: Hagerstrom; Ayel (2) Existentialism: Camus; Sartre 5. Recent arguments a. Linguistic philosophy: Hare b. The good-reason approach: Toulmin II. How to Moralize? A. Theory and Practice 1. Intellectual activiti ...
Normative Principles and Practical Ethics: A Response to O`Neill
... latter). Whereas empirical and descriptive work aims to ascertain or to explain the truth about some matter, normative work, by contrast, is neither explanatory nor interpretive. It is prescriptive: normative theories hold that aspects of the world should be changed to fit certain descriptions and p ...
... latter). Whereas empirical and descriptive work aims to ascertain or to explain the truth about some matter, normative work, by contrast, is neither explanatory nor interpretive. It is prescriptive: normative theories hold that aspects of the world should be changed to fit certain descriptions and p ...
What is Ethical Relativism?
... In a complex moral situation, I may be uncertain about what is the right thing to do. I may indeed have to simply act according to my conscience, i.e., what I believe to be right. But this does not prove that morality is wholly a matter of mere belief. That would be like saying; since I do not know ...
... In a complex moral situation, I may be uncertain about what is the right thing to do. I may indeed have to simply act according to my conscience, i.e., what I believe to be right. But this does not prove that morality is wholly a matter of mere belief. That would be like saying; since I do not know ...
PowerPoint - Computer Science, NMSU
... •I don't understand this!! I just saw this website for the first time and it has actually made me cry! I am terrified, TERRIFIED for our future. •Everything in this website is so twisted. It reads like cloning is the most natural and normal thing in the world. Smiling people holding cloned cats, ign ...
... •I don't understand this!! I just saw this website for the first time and it has actually made me cry! I am terrified, TERRIFIED for our future. •Everything in this website is so twisted. It reads like cloning is the most natural and normal thing in the world. Smiling people holding cloned cats, ign ...
4: Law and Order
... • Level III: Post-conventional. Reasoning transcends society’s rules; reflects an understanding that rules sometimes need to be changed/ignored. ...
... • Level III: Post-conventional. Reasoning transcends society’s rules; reflects an understanding that rules sometimes need to be changed/ignored. ...
Ethical Relativism
... people have be raised differently and we cannot judge them or their moral codes/standards. Nuremberg trials 1946 - the defense argued that Nazi's could not be held to moral codes outside their culture. The defense did not work - crimes against humanity were said to hold across all cultures. ...
... people have be raised differently and we cannot judge them or their moral codes/standards. Nuremberg trials 1946 - the defense argued that Nazi's could not be held to moral codes outside their culture. The defense did not work - crimes against humanity were said to hold across all cultures. ...
Adolescence and Moral Development
... • Level III: Post-conventional. Reasoning transcends society’s rules; reflects an understanding that rules sometimes need to be changed/ignored. ...
... • Level III: Post-conventional. Reasoning transcends society’s rules; reflects an understanding that rules sometimes need to be changed/ignored. ...
Abstract
... represented among others, by Edgar Schein’s work relating to organizational basic assumptions, and Stephen Toulmin’s work on the justification structure of any logical argument, including ethical arguments. To construct a polyphonic ethics scale, we applied the Toulmin method to generate statements ...
... represented among others, by Edgar Schein’s work relating to organizational basic assumptions, and Stephen Toulmin’s work on the justification structure of any logical argument, including ethical arguments. To construct a polyphonic ethics scale, we applied the Toulmin method to generate statements ...
Presumption and Burden of Proof: IADA Workshop
... Argumentation Studies Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation & Rhetoric (CRRAR) University of Windsor ...
... Argumentation Studies Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation & Rhetoric (CRRAR) University of Windsor ...
Glossary of Terms for Rhetorical Argument
... one’ with a person other than himself” (Rhetoric 21). In the process of acting together, individuals share common sensations, concepts, images, ideas, and attitudes. Burke’s term for this is consubstantiality, a way of “acting together.” To clarify, Burke speaks of consubstantiality in terms of pare ...
... one’ with a person other than himself” (Rhetoric 21). In the process of acting together, individuals share common sensations, concepts, images, ideas, and attitudes. Burke’s term for this is consubstantiality, a way of “acting together.” To clarify, Burke speaks of consubstantiality in terms of pare ...
pragmatism and relativism
... Moral relativism rejects that there are any universal and absolute moral principles that apply to everybody everywhere at all times. This belief can have different motivations. Some people argue based on epistemological considerations that there is no proper ‘knowledge’ of moral rules. Moral rules a ...
... Moral relativism rejects that there are any universal and absolute moral principles that apply to everybody everywhere at all times. This belief can have different motivations. Some people argue based on epistemological considerations that there is no proper ‘knowledge’ of moral rules. Moral rules a ...
CSCI102_02b_MethodsT..
... • Arguments are used to justify things, to convince people of things etc. • Generally arguments will succeed or not depending on how well constructed they are, and on their “argument strength” • How do we determine argument strength? – Need to understand difference between valid & invalid arguments ...
... • Arguments are used to justify things, to convince people of things etc. • Generally arguments will succeed or not depending on how well constructed they are, and on their “argument strength” • How do we determine argument strength? – Need to understand difference between valid & invalid arguments ...
CSCI102 - University of Wollongong
... Eg: ‘Computers have memory. Memory allows us to remember our childhood. So, Computers can recall their childhood” NO – because the terms “think” & “memory” are ambiguous, the ‘thinking’ each of these entities does is not the same thing, and the ‘memory’ is not of the same kind ...
... Eg: ‘Computers have memory. Memory allows us to remember our childhood. So, Computers can recall their childhood” NO – because the terms “think” & “memory” are ambiguous, the ‘thinking’ each of these entities does is not the same thing, and the ‘memory’ is not of the same kind ...
Stace on ethical absolutism
... [It’s also consistent with ethical absolutism that no one has ever known or done the Good.] for the ethical absolutist, ethics is comparable to science, the Good comparable to the laws of nature. Moral law part of the “fundamental structure of the universe.” ethical absolutism is not necessari ...
... [It’s also consistent with ethical absolutism that no one has ever known or done the Good.] for the ethical absolutist, ethics is comparable to science, the Good comparable to the laws of nature. Moral law part of the “fundamental structure of the universe.” ethical absolutism is not necessari ...
Ethical Relativism is Opposed to Absolutism.
... Aren’t we confusing tolerance with what is morally good? Cultural relativism has disturbing consequences ...
... Aren’t we confusing tolerance with what is morally good? Cultural relativism has disturbing consequences ...
Is Morality Relative or are There Universal Standards?
... • People think the moral perspective of their culture is correct • The “abnormals” of one society are the norms of another society. • Cultural attitudes towards trances, polygamy, and homosexuality • Cultural diversity forces us to accept moral relativism ...
... • People think the moral perspective of their culture is correct • The “abnormals” of one society are the norms of another society. • Cultural attitudes towards trances, polygamy, and homosexuality • Cultural diversity forces us to accept moral relativism ...
Ethics 160
... • Note that in order to be used in an argument, language has to be of a sort that is truth-evaluable, that is, that can be true or false. Premises are judged on the basis of whether they are true or false, and arguments are put together so that true premises related in the proper way will generate a ...
... • Note that in order to be used in an argument, language has to be of a sort that is truth-evaluable, that is, that can be true or false. Premises are judged on the basis of whether they are true or false, and arguments are put together so that true premises related in the proper way will generate a ...