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... A virtue is a habit or quality that allows the bearer to succeed at his or her purpose ...
... A virtue is a habit or quality that allows the bearer to succeed at his or her purpose ...
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... Kindness, courage, honesty, justice, etc. Focus on motivations for actions, rather than consequences Problems with virtue ethics: Do people really have a telos? If not, how can the virtues be justified? Is cultivating the virtues really the best way for an individual to maximize his human potential? ...
... Kindness, courage, honesty, justice, etc. Focus on motivations for actions, rather than consequences Problems with virtue ethics: Do people really have a telos? If not, how can the virtues be justified? Is cultivating the virtues really the best way for an individual to maximize his human potential? ...
File - Tallis English & Philosophy
... us in the moral universe? – Kant turned epistemology inside-out by theorising that objective reality depends on the mind (instead of the other way round). – Similarly, morality depends purely on rational ...
... us in the moral universe? – Kant turned epistemology inside-out by theorising that objective reality depends on the mind (instead of the other way round). – Similarly, morality depends purely on rational ...
Good Minus God: The Moral Atheist - NYTimes.com - RIT
... actions morally good simply in virtue of God's favoring them? Or does God favor them because they are - independently of His favoring them - morally good? D.C.T. picks the first option; it says that it's the mere fact that God favors them that makes morally good things morally good. Theories that en ...
... actions morally good simply in virtue of God's favoring them? Or does God favor them because they are - independently of His favoring them - morally good? D.C.T. picks the first option; it says that it's the mere fact that God favors them that makes morally good things morally good. Theories that en ...
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... • According to this approach the moral task is not to follow universal and impartial moral principles, but instead to attend and respond to the good of particular concrete persons with whom we are in a valuable and close relationship. • Compassion, love, friendship, and kindness are the sentiments o ...
... • According to this approach the moral task is not to follow universal and impartial moral principles, but instead to attend and respond to the good of particular concrete persons with whom we are in a valuable and close relationship. • Compassion, love, friendship, and kindness are the sentiments o ...
Chapter 3: Clinical Judgment: Applying Critical Thinking and Ethical
... your assumptions are unwarranted, discriminate between facts and inferences, make sure you have considered all problems. ...
... your assumptions are unwarranted, discriminate between facts and inferences, make sure you have considered all problems. ...
BUSINESS ETHICS: AN INTRODUCTION
... is ethical, one should consider what the effect would be if everyone similarly situated acted in the same way. ...
... is ethical, one should consider what the effect would be if everyone similarly situated acted in the same way. ...
Does Liberalism Need Natural Rights?
... issue of whether one has a right to do moral wrong. However we divide the public and private aspects of morality, and however we distinguish between actions and conditions of actions, the upshot of a rights claim is that someone else is morally bound to do or to refrain from doing something with res ...
... issue of whether one has a right to do moral wrong. However we divide the public and private aspects of morality, and however we distinguish between actions and conditions of actions, the upshot of a rights claim is that someone else is morally bound to do or to refrain from doing something with res ...
Chapter_5
... basic identity, and most important values have to have an ethical focus • Integrity – can’t be just plaques, posters or declarations… ethics has to be enacted through personal integrity • Structural reinforcement – organization’s structure and systems should encourage higher ethical performance and ...
... basic identity, and most important values have to have an ethical focus • Integrity – can’t be just plaques, posters or declarations… ethics has to be enacted through personal integrity • Structural reinforcement – organization’s structure and systems should encourage higher ethical performance and ...
Kant`s Ethics - Valdosta State University
... the main task of such a theory has been to find and prove a fundamental principle on which all rules and courses of action could be based o such a principle is supposed to state what it is that people should be trying to do, based on a theory of what rightness and wrongness consist in correspond ...
... the main task of such a theory has been to find and prove a fundamental principle on which all rules and courses of action could be based o such a principle is supposed to state what it is that people should be trying to do, based on a theory of what rightness and wrongness consist in correspond ...
Week 2
... Justice is the distribution of good and bad to human beings on a just and fair basis. Justice is concerned with past events. Justice should be individualistic – punishment and reward should be for the individual, not the group. Week 2, PHIL2 ...
... Justice is the distribution of good and bad to human beings on a just and fair basis. Justice is concerned with past events. Justice should be individualistic – punishment and reward should be for the individual, not the group. Week 2, PHIL2 ...
Burning Questions - School of Journalism and Mass Communication
... skills rather than a subset defined as appropriate for a particular medium or industry emphasize critical thinking & other conceptual skills as part of a student’s basic toolkit ...
... skills rather than a subset defined as appropriate for a particular medium or industry emphasize critical thinking & other conceptual skills as part of a student’s basic toolkit ...
Ethics and Politics
... There is nothing inherently immoral about power as such. Why then the conflict between ethics and politics? 1. Society can be divided on basic moral norms (what some view as ethical, others may view as unethical) 2. Society can be divided on the meaning of the basic moral norms and their applicatio ...
... There is nothing inherently immoral about power as such. Why then the conflict between ethics and politics? 1. Society can be divided on basic moral norms (what some view as ethical, others may view as unethical) 2. Society can be divided on the meaning of the basic moral norms and their applicatio ...
Introduction to Medical Ethics
... • Moral theories that judge right / correct behavior based upon a particular goal or purpose or consequences of the action ...
... • Moral theories that judge right / correct behavior based upon a particular goal or purpose or consequences of the action ...
Religion III Ch 6 notes
... arguments, “You have your truth and I have mine.” However, truth cannot be in conflict with itself and it is this mentality that leads to a relativistic attitude about morality, which in turn leads to the denial of the existence of intrinsically evil acts. ...
... arguments, “You have your truth and I have mine.” However, truth cannot be in conflict with itself and it is this mentality that leads to a relativistic attitude about morality, which in turn leads to the denial of the existence of intrinsically evil acts. ...
Lecture Presentation Chapter 5
... Interpreting the Differences • Cultural relativity, derives from observation of cultural differences and two important realizations: • 1) that a culture’s values, rituals, and customs reflect its geography, history, and socioeconomic circumstances and • 2) that hasty or facile comparison of other c ...
... Interpreting the Differences • Cultural relativity, derives from observation of cultural differences and two important realizations: • 1) that a culture’s values, rituals, and customs reflect its geography, history, and socioeconomic circumstances and • 2) that hasty or facile comparison of other c ...
Navigating the Academic Pressure at Whitman
... What does it mean to be honest? Why does it matter if we are honest? Using dilemmas to discuss moral reasoning. Using dilemmas to teach empathy. Stimulating conversations: I never know how to decide what to do when_________________ The toughest decision I ever had to make was__________________ I don ...
... What does it mean to be honest? Why does it matter if we are honest? Using dilemmas to discuss moral reasoning. Using dilemmas to teach empathy. Stimulating conversations: I never know how to decide what to do when_________________ The toughest decision I ever had to make was__________________ I don ...
Ethics - Greensburg Salem School District
... Who decides what is ethical/not ethical? “Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is the right thing to do.” - Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart ...
... Who decides what is ethical/not ethical? “Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is the right thing to do.” - Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart ...
Environmental ethics
... • If all animals are of same value as humans, why only humans are required to behave morally responsibly? • What does it mean “to take ethically into consideration”? What does moral standing actually mean? – Is an experience by an animal ever understandable to humans? How do we translate an experien ...
... • If all animals are of same value as humans, why only humans are required to behave morally responsibly? • What does it mean “to take ethically into consideration”? What does moral standing actually mean? – Is an experience by an animal ever understandable to humans? How do we translate an experien ...
Criticisms of Kant - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... wishes us to adopt may be possible for factual considerations, but not for practical, moral deliberations Factual considerations have a ‘unity of interest’ – they are not ...
... wishes us to adopt may be possible for factual considerations, but not for practical, moral deliberations Factual considerations have a ‘unity of interest’ – they are not ...
Philosophy 323
... the moral dimensions of our business lives, we have to develop answers to this question: “What constitutes an acceptable ethical standard for business practice, and by what authority is the standard acceptable” (18). We considered (and considered reasons to reject) two possible standards: relativi ...
... the moral dimensions of our business lives, we have to develop answers to this question: “What constitutes an acceptable ethical standard for business practice, and by what authority is the standard acceptable” (18). We considered (and considered reasons to reject) two possible standards: relativi ...
International Conference June 12
... suspects that the youth has been drinking or using drugs, and without informing him, she has arranged for an inpatient assessment in a locked facility to which she asks your supervisee to transport the youth. However, she has directed the supervisee not to inform the youth about where they are headi ...
... suspects that the youth has been drinking or using drugs, and without informing him, she has arranged for an inpatient assessment in a locked facility to which she asks your supervisee to transport the youth. However, she has directed the supervisee not to inform the youth about where they are headi ...
Ethics in Criminal Justice
... Judging behavioral decisions • Act – there must be some act to judge • Human acts – judgments are directed specifically to human behavior • Free will – restricted to behavior that stems from free will and free action • Effects on others –did the behavior ...
... Judging behavioral decisions • Act – there must be some act to judge • Human acts – judgments are directed specifically to human behavior • Free will – restricted to behavior that stems from free will and free action • Effects on others –did the behavior ...