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... terms, as well as how ethical statements can be verified. normative ethics Definition of right conduct and moral duties. applied ethics Application of ethical principles to specific issues or fields. professional ethics Examination of the behavior of certain ...
... terms, as well as how ethical statements can be verified. normative ethics Definition of right conduct and moral duties. applied ethics Application of ethical principles to specific issues or fields. professional ethics Examination of the behavior of certain ...
spinellochapter01
... – Negative right – implies one is free from external interference in one’s affairs (state can’t tap phones) – Positive right – implies a requirement that the holder of this right be provided with whatever one needs to pursue legitimate interests (rights to medical care and education) ...
... – Negative right – implies one is free from external interference in one’s affairs (state can’t tap phones) – Positive right – implies a requirement that the holder of this right be provided with whatever one needs to pursue legitimate interests (rights to medical care and education) ...
What is Ethical Relativism?
... to do, especially in the context of a dilemma, our judgment seems to be very subjective, a matter of personal opinion. There seems to be no decisive way to settle many moral disputes, in contrast with factual disputes. Relativism based on epistemic uncertainty and/or skepticism. In sum, the fact tha ...
... to do, especially in the context of a dilemma, our judgment seems to be very subjective, a matter of personal opinion. There seems to be no decisive way to settle many moral disputes, in contrast with factual disputes. Relativism based on epistemic uncertainty and/or skepticism. In sum, the fact tha ...
Cultural Relativism Slides
... • Conclusion: Therefore, there is no objective “truth” in morality. • Fallacy • What is believed to what is reality. • Counterexamples: earth is flat, center of universe ...
... • Conclusion: Therefore, there is no objective “truth” in morality. • Fallacy • What is believed to what is reality. • Counterexamples: earth is flat, center of universe ...
Relativism—Descriptive and Normative
... And so on. Descriptive relativism is a theory in anthropology, not ethics. It is not a theory in ethics because it is not an evaluative or normative view. It does not say, nor does it imply, anything about how anyone ought to behave. Ethical (or normative) relativism says three things: 1. Each of us ...
... And so on. Descriptive relativism is a theory in anthropology, not ethics. It is not a theory in ethics because it is not an evaluative or normative view. It does not say, nor does it imply, anything about how anyone ought to behave. Ethical (or normative) relativism says three things: 1. Each of us ...
Kant and the Moral Will
... This has quite surprising consequences, for even people who reliably do great charitable acts may not be morally good: To be beneficent where one can is a duty: and besides this, there are many persons who are so sympathetically constituted that, without any further motive of vanity or self-interest ...
... This has quite surprising consequences, for even people who reliably do great charitable acts may not be morally good: To be beneficent where one can is a duty: and besides this, there are many persons who are so sympathetically constituted that, without any further motive of vanity or self-interest ...
Aristotle on Human Excellence
... Morality is a sacred duty, not a means to happiness. (A good will is more important than a good life.) Reason can discern the moral law. The will chooses which actions to perform. Inclination reflects how one feels about one’s options. When reason (not inclination) directs the will, one does one’s d ...
... Morality is a sacred duty, not a means to happiness. (A good will is more important than a good life.) Reason can discern the moral law. The will chooses which actions to perform. Inclination reflects how one feels about one’s options. When reason (not inclination) directs the will, one does one’s d ...
File - Philosophy For Life
... Read his article, see if you can work out what it means and re-write it in your own modern day words ...
... Read his article, see if you can work out what it means and re-write it in your own modern day words ...
Management Communication About Ethics
... – Could I defend my position before the Board of Directors, the CEO, or the media? – What would ______________________ do? (Fill in the name of the best role model you know.) – Will this seem to be the right decision a year from now? Five years from mow? – Do I have the moral courage to take the mor ...
... – Could I defend my position before the Board of Directors, the CEO, or the media? – What would ______________________ do? (Fill in the name of the best role model you know.) – Will this seem to be the right decision a year from now? Five years from mow? – Do I have the moral courage to take the mor ...
Universal Business Ethics - E-International Scientific Research
... individual within a company. This includes the morality of a decision, actions or character of an individual who is doing business. Those issues have to be evaluated ethically if their system, corporate practices and policies and individual activities observe ethical standards. Since issues covered ...
... individual within a company. This includes the morality of a decision, actions or character of an individual who is doing business. Those issues have to be evaluated ethically if their system, corporate practices and policies and individual activities observe ethical standards. Since issues covered ...
Ethics workshop 2012
... What is ethics? • Ethics = morality • Morality is a unique feature of humans -Influenced by cultural factors- i.e. history, traditions, education, religion, etc -But we share some universal experiences of duty- i.e. tell the truth, do not harm others, do not steal, etc • Goal –To intellectually ana ...
... What is ethics? • Ethics = morality • Morality is a unique feature of humans -Influenced by cultural factors- i.e. history, traditions, education, religion, etc -But we share some universal experiences of duty- i.e. tell the truth, do not harm others, do not steal, etc • Goal –To intellectually ana ...
2525022k9 - Ursula Stange
... • In some societies, such as among the Eskimos, infanticide is thought to be morally acceptable. • In other societies, such as our own, infanticide is thought to be morally odious -------------------------------------------------------------------------• Therefore, infanticide is neither objectively ...
... • In some societies, such as among the Eskimos, infanticide is thought to be morally acceptable. • In other societies, such as our own, infanticide is thought to be morally odious -------------------------------------------------------------------------• Therefore, infanticide is neither objectively ...
Sample File - 2
... a. they are analyzing a controversial moral issue. *b. they are unable to rationally defend their worldviews. c. they are using the Socratic method. d. they are operating at the level of experience. 15. In resolving a moral dilemma, we should first a. come up with a possible solution. b. make a list ...
... a. they are analyzing a controversial moral issue. *b. they are unable to rationally defend their worldviews. c. they are using the Socratic method. d. they are operating at the level of experience. 15. In resolving a moral dilemma, we should first a. come up with a possible solution. b. make a list ...
What is ethics
... • Guiding principle: never do anything to another person that we would not want done to ourselves ...
... • Guiding principle: never do anything to another person that we would not want done to ourselves ...
Bahamas bird deaths raise fears avian flu has reached Americas
... Economics teaches that businesses should operate with only profit in mind. However, there is a relationship between economics and ethics ...
... Economics teaches that businesses should operate with only profit in mind. However, there is a relationship between economics and ethics ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics
... culture to culture, are all equally valid and no one system is really “better” than any other. This is based on the idea that there is no ultimate standard of good or evil, so every judgment about right and wrong is a product of society. Therefore, any opinion on morality or ethics is subject to the ...
... culture to culture, are all equally valid and no one system is really “better” than any other. This is based on the idea that there is no ultimate standard of good or evil, so every judgment about right and wrong is a product of society. Therefore, any opinion on morality or ethics is subject to the ...
Class #9 - 8/5/10
... normative claim. A utilitarian may accept the view that we often act from psychological egoism, but would say that when we do so, we may be acting unethically. • Note that Utilitarians are hard absolutists. • The principle of utility is sometimes referred to as the greatest happiness principle. • Ut ...
... normative claim. A utilitarian may accept the view that we often act from psychological egoism, but would say that when we do so, we may be acting unethically. • Note that Utilitarians are hard absolutists. • The principle of utility is sometimes referred to as the greatest happiness principle. • Ut ...
Moral Reasoning and Ethical Theories
... limitations of abstract rules (“anti-theory”) • Not to be confused with crass expediency • Good consequences emphasized, but so too are rights, duties and virtues within a given context • Flexibility emphasized • Like act-utilitarianism, there is danger of paying insufficient attention moral princip ...
... limitations of abstract rules (“anti-theory”) • Not to be confused with crass expediency • Good consequences emphasized, but so too are rights, duties and virtues within a given context • Flexibility emphasized • Like act-utilitarianism, there is danger of paying insufficient attention moral princip ...
ETHC 2000 – Interdisciplinary Ethics and Values Evaluation of
... It was stated earlier that all individuals have their own set of moral standards upon which they make individual decisions based on their own conceptualization of right vs. wrong, which are, again, influenced by religious, cultural, economic, and/or social factors in that individual’s environment. ...
... It was stated earlier that all individuals have their own set of moral standards upon which they make individual decisions based on their own conceptualization of right vs. wrong, which are, again, influenced by religious, cultural, economic, and/or social factors in that individual’s environment. ...
Class #10 - 5/14/12
... • Humans will prefer pleasures that maintain some form of dignity. Maximizing pleasure for the common good depends on social equality, but such cannot be achieved without proper education • Thus, Mill emphasized the necessary role of education for all. Social equality is achieved by providing opport ...
... • Humans will prefer pleasures that maintain some form of dignity. Maximizing pleasure for the common good depends on social equality, but such cannot be achieved without proper education • Thus, Mill emphasized the necessary role of education for all. Social equality is achieved by providing opport ...
Medical Ethics
... The rightness or wrongness of an act is determined through reference to the consequences of the act. Right actions maximize value. ...
... The rightness or wrongness of an act is determined through reference to the consequences of the act. Right actions maximize value. ...
CPCU Ethics Quarry Oaks Golf Course
... Could I defend my position before the Board of Directors, the CEO, or the media? What would ______________________ do? (Fill in the name of the best role model you know.) Will this seem to be the right decision a year from now? Five years from mow? Do I have the moral courage to take the more ethica ...
... Could I defend my position before the Board of Directors, the CEO, or the media? What would ______________________ do? (Fill in the name of the best role model you know.) Will this seem to be the right decision a year from now? Five years from mow? Do I have the moral courage to take the more ethica ...
CHAPTER 6
... Virtues and community • Virtues must be formed within the context of a particular coherent social order. • We are not isolated individuals, but fill various roles; e.g., someone’s son or daughter, a member of some profession. • “The story of my life is always embedded in the story of those communit ...
... Virtues and community • Virtues must be formed within the context of a particular coherent social order. • We are not isolated individuals, but fill various roles; e.g., someone’s son or daughter, a member of some profession. • “The story of my life is always embedded in the story of those communit ...
it is the right thing to do.
... • Humans will prefer pleasures that maintain some form of dignity. Maximizing pleasure for the common good depends on social equality, but such cannot be achieved without proper education • Thus, Mill emphasized the necessary role of education for all. Social equality is achieved by providing opport ...
... • Humans will prefer pleasures that maintain some form of dignity. Maximizing pleasure for the common good depends on social equality, but such cannot be achieved without proper education • Thus, Mill emphasized the necessary role of education for all. Social equality is achieved by providing opport ...
The Sociological, Economic, and Ethical Impact of
... justify different moral obligations to each in regards to GMO’s? How many genes from an animal does it take to make a plant not a plant and vice versa? ...
... justify different moral obligations to each in regards to GMO’s? How many genes from an animal does it take to make a plant not a plant and vice versa? ...