Basic Framework Normative Ethics
... This approach believes we have a duty not to do bad Bribery is wrong by its very nature regardless of the consequences It is non-consequential theory Determine the ethics of an act by looking at the process of the decision (The means) Kantianism is based on deontological approach ...
... This approach believes we have a duty not to do bad Bribery is wrong by its very nature regardless of the consequences It is non-consequential theory Determine the ethics of an act by looking at the process of the decision (The means) Kantianism is based on deontological approach ...
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... 2. What contributions to decision making do feelings make? Feelings can lead us to an awareness of the truth that we might otherwise miss if we left feelings out of our decisions. Our feelings can serve as the driving force that leads to action on behalf of others, i.e. empathy, compassion, joy. ...
... 2. What contributions to decision making do feelings make? Feelings can lead us to an awareness of the truth that we might otherwise miss if we left feelings out of our decisions. Our feelings can serve as the driving force that leads to action on behalf of others, i.e. empathy, compassion, joy. ...
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... flawed and sinful nature of humanity. Other ethical systems, it is claimed, encourage pride and arrogance, with the human seen as moral judge. • Bonhoeffer follows the views of Augustine, that humanity is fallen and guilty of Original Sin. Only by recognising our rebellion from God will we return to ...
... flawed and sinful nature of humanity. Other ethical systems, it is claimed, encourage pride and arrogance, with the human seen as moral judge. • Bonhoeffer follows the views of Augustine, that humanity is fallen and guilty of Original Sin. Only by recognising our rebellion from God will we return to ...
Why Do We Need Ethical Theories?
... We can think of many situations involving morality where there are no express contracts or explicit laws describing our obligations to each other. Most of us also believe that in at least some of these cases, we are morally obligated to help others when it is in our power to do so. ...
... We can think of many situations involving morality where there are no express contracts or explicit laws describing our obligations to each other. Most of us also believe that in at least some of these cases, we are morally obligated to help others when it is in our power to do so. ...
Moral Enhancement - Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
... causes of behavior allegedly undermines personal accountability But moral enhancement technologies make us even more responsible Did you take your pill? Using moral enhancement tech will be both motivated by social control and be an exercise in selfcontrol ...
... causes of behavior allegedly undermines personal accountability But moral enhancement technologies make us even more responsible Did you take your pill? Using moral enhancement tech will be both motivated by social control and be an exercise in selfcontrol ...
The Nature of Ethical Systems
... (Gutmann, 1986 - State of Families). In modern terms this form of social pragmatism is called postmodernism. Other people think there is something more objective on which to base ethics but still use social or legal bases for their determinations. This could result in a cultural pragmatism or nation ...
... (Gutmann, 1986 - State of Families). In modern terms this form of social pragmatism is called postmodernism. Other people think there is something more objective on which to base ethics but still use social or legal bases for their determinations. This could result in a cultural pragmatism or nation ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics
... ANS: In describing ethics as cultural relativism belief that consequence does not define truth nothing is objectively right or wrong and that the definition of right or wrong depends on the prevailing view of a particular individual, culture, or historical period and view. ...
... ANS: In describing ethics as cultural relativism belief that consequence does not define truth nothing is objectively right or wrong and that the definition of right or wrong depends on the prevailing view of a particular individual, culture, or historical period and view. ...
Ethical Theory and Business
... • Can determine if act is good or bad based on the outcome (consequences of the act) • Maximizing the overall good – “greatest good for the greatest number” • Constructed as a counter-point to authoritarian policies that aimed to benefit the political elite. Thus the foundation of ...
... • Can determine if act is good or bad based on the outcome (consequences of the act) • Maximizing the overall good – “greatest good for the greatest number” • Constructed as a counter-point to authoritarian policies that aimed to benefit the political elite. Thus the foundation of ...
Lesson 14: Ethics
... 3. What is the difference between moral problems and ethical dilemmas? • Big differences between a moral problem and an ethical dilemma. • Ascertaining the relevant facts can help solve many moral problems. • Moral problems might not involve facts but simply will power (to steal, or not to steal). ...
... 3. What is the difference between moral problems and ethical dilemmas? • Big differences between a moral problem and an ethical dilemma. • Ascertaining the relevant facts can help solve many moral problems. • Moral problems might not involve facts but simply will power (to steal, or not to steal). ...
Ethics - Handout 22 Susan Wolf, "Moral Saints"
... Need either the Kantian or the utilitarian saint have one thought too many? That will depend on what kinds of motives we recognize as morally admirable… (5) What about Wolf’s broader claim about the proper place of morality, as one set of values among others, rather than an overarching thing that en ...
... Need either the Kantian or the utilitarian saint have one thought too many? That will depend on what kinds of motives we recognize as morally admirable… (5) What about Wolf’s broader claim about the proper place of morality, as one set of values among others, rather than an overarching thing that en ...
The Case for Cultural Diversity
... we would disagree in a way in which at least one of us must be wrong: we have said of one thing, Alaska, that it has and does not have some feature at the same time and in the same respect So, if cultures disagree in this latter sense, both may be wrong, or perhaps just one is wrong, but both cannot ...
... we would disagree in a way in which at least one of us must be wrong: we have said of one thing, Alaska, that it has and does not have some feature at the same time and in the same respect So, if cultures disagree in this latter sense, both may be wrong, or perhaps just one is wrong, but both cannot ...
Lesson 13: Ethics
... 1. What is morality? continued C. Value judgments involve a moral duty. - Example: You should not harm others. D. Making moral judgments is part of what it means to be human. E. How does one make moral judgments? 1. Religion: Involves deference to religious authority or scripture that directs decis ...
... 1. What is morality? continued C. Value judgments involve a moral duty. - Example: You should not harm others. D. Making moral judgments is part of what it means to be human. E. How does one make moral judgments? 1. Religion: Involves deference to religious authority or scripture that directs decis ...
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... What Ethics Isn’t Ethics is not the same as ‘morals’ – Morality: a set of beliefs one embraces, to provide the basis for right/wrong, good/bad distinctions – Ethics brings morality into real-life dilemmas*, concluding with ‘what ought to be done’ *Why are they dilemmas? Because two or more moral va ...
... What Ethics Isn’t Ethics is not the same as ‘morals’ – Morality: a set of beliefs one embraces, to provide the basis for right/wrong, good/bad distinctions – Ethics brings morality into real-life dilemmas*, concluding with ‘what ought to be done’ *Why are they dilemmas? Because two or more moral va ...
Ethics - Pennsylvania State University
... – Can end up reducing ethics to economics – Differing views of what makes people happy – Ends do not justify the means if the means are morally unacceptable – Formally, this theory does not pertain to nonhuman life ...
... – Can end up reducing ethics to economics – Differing views of what makes people happy – Ends do not justify the means if the means are morally unacceptable – Formally, this theory does not pertain to nonhuman life ...
Ethics 160
... 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 true conclusion. • However, since some kinds of 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 true conclusion. • However, since some kinds of language ...
Wilco van der Meer - European Federation of Therapeutic
... • The TC is a social practice. • Professionals handle and make (moral) choices in the context of the social practice. • Responsibility of the professional about the (moral) choices towards the client, organization and society at large. • Development of moral professionalism: The TC as a “case.” • A ...
... • The TC is a social practice. • Professionals handle and make (moral) choices in the context of the social practice. • Responsibility of the professional about the (moral) choices towards the client, organization and society at large. • Development of moral professionalism: The TC as a “case.” • A ...
Lesson 14: Ethics
... 3. What is the difference between moral problems and ethical dilemmas? • Big differences between a moral problem and an ethical dilemma. • Ascertaining the relevant facts can help solve many moral problems. • Moral problems might not involve facts but simply will power (to steal, or not to steal). ...
... 3. What is the difference between moral problems and ethical dilemmas? • Big differences between a moral problem and an ethical dilemma. • Ascertaining the relevant facts can help solve many moral problems. • Moral problems might not involve facts but simply will power (to steal, or not to steal). ...
Yr 9 Test = Revision
... Do you have to be religious to think killing is wrong? What or who influences your moral decisions? ...
... Do you have to be religious to think killing is wrong? What or who influences your moral decisions? ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... The question is then raised: When do we hold people morally responsible for their acts and their effects? When the person knowingly and freely performed or brought about an action/effect, which was morally wrong for the person to perform/bring about. When the person knowingly and freely failed to pe ...
... The question is then raised: When do we hold people morally responsible for their acts and their effects? When the person knowingly and freely performed or brought about an action/effect, which was morally wrong for the person to perform/bring about. When the person knowingly and freely failed to pe ...
Ethical Relativism
... the only correct ones - different 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 ...
... the only correct ones - different 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 ...
ayers emotivism - mrslh Philosophy & Ethics
... determined simply by understanding the terms that occur in them. Examples of analytic statements are statements of mathematics or logic. E.g. ‘All bachelors are unmarried men.’ ‘All red parrots are red.’ ‘All triangles have three sides’ S Synthetic statements – the truth of falsity of the statement ...
... determined simply by understanding the terms that occur in them. Examples of analytic statements are statements of mathematics or logic. E.g. ‘All bachelors are unmarried men.’ ‘All red parrots are red.’ ‘All triangles have three sides’ S Synthetic statements – the truth of falsity of the statement ...
Department of Language Linguistics and Philosophy
... Can fatalism, determinism and freedom co-exist in reality? If you believe they can, explain their compatibility. If you do not believe they can, justify your reasons. ...
... Can fatalism, determinism and freedom co-exist in reality? If you believe they can, explain their compatibility. If you do not believe they can, justify your reasons. ...