Moral Imagination and Adorno: Before and After Auschwitz
... unite the theory with Adorno’s, revealing how the two are mutually beneficial, as well as compatible. The ultimate aim of the project is to offer a possibility for education post Auschwitz. In particular, I suggest that certain imaginative memorials and museums can have a powerful impact on their vi ...
... unite the theory with Adorno’s, revealing how the two are mutually beneficial, as well as compatible. The ultimate aim of the project is to offer a possibility for education post Auschwitz. In particular, I suggest that certain imaginative memorials and museums can have a powerful impact on their vi ...
2. IntroEthics
... Explanations must be public so that they can be debated and understood by others. ...
... Explanations must be public so that they can be debated and understood by others. ...
Beyond Evaluation Standards?
... recognizes what they can and cannot do. Secondly, they can never be applied in algorithmic fashion, but must always be interpreted in the evaluation ‘case’ at hand. And thirdly, they are, at least to some extent, shaped by cultural norms and understandings. It appears, as this article concludes, tha ...
... recognizes what they can and cannot do. Secondly, they can never be applied in algorithmic fashion, but must always be interpreted in the evaluation ‘case’ at hand. And thirdly, they are, at least to some extent, shaped by cultural norms and understandings. It appears, as this article concludes, tha ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... Attempt was also made by Smith(1971) to add precision to the concept of value. He adopted a definition first presented by Kluckhohn which is read as follows: “Values are conceptions of the desirable notions that are relevant to selective behavior.” In distinguishing value from similar concepts but n ...
... Attempt was also made by Smith(1971) to add precision to the concept of value. He adopted a definition first presented by Kluckhohn which is read as follows: “Values are conceptions of the desirable notions that are relevant to selective behavior.” In distinguishing value from similar concepts but n ...
Normativity and Epistemic Intuitions
... accessible (i.e., it makes no sense to claim that one ought to use norms to which one has no direct epistemic access), and so tend to regard establishing correct epistemic norms as an internal matter. In order to understand the nature of the criticism here, it is again useful to think about ethical ...
... accessible (i.e., it makes no sense to claim that one ought to use norms to which one has no direct epistemic access), and so tend to regard establishing correct epistemic norms as an internal matter. In order to understand the nature of the criticism here, it is again useful to think about ethical ...
The Teaching of Happiness in Mainland China: in Light of Aristotle
... voluntariness is an important concept in many ethicists’ theories, such as Aristotle. Aristotle advocates habituation or character training seemingly similar to the Chinese government, but he also emphasizes the importance of voluntariness in a virtuous action. Without a sufficient exploration on ha ...
... voluntariness is an important concept in many ethicists’ theories, such as Aristotle. Aristotle advocates habituation or character training seemingly similar to the Chinese government, but he also emphasizes the importance of voluntariness in a virtuous action. Without a sufficient exploration on ha ...
Moral Beauty`s Divine Center: Jonathan Edwards
... Instead, the beauty of the nose is dependent on the degree to which the nose consents with the rest of the face and the body. In other words, a nose is more or less beautiful insofar as it is in proportion to the rest of that to which it is in relationship. Here we see how consent and proportion wer ...
... Instead, the beauty of the nose is dependent on the degree to which the nose consents with the rest of the face and the body. In other words, a nose is more or less beautiful insofar as it is in proportion to the rest of that to which it is in relationship. Here we see how consent and proportion wer ...
Don`t Let it Happen Again: A Kantian Account of
... emotions, we would have a duty to forgive all the time, or as much as possible. But there are two problems with such a claim. First, it doesn’t seem to correspond with our sense that forgiveness is something that is gift-like, or that it is something we grant by choice.12 Second, it runs counter to ...
... emotions, we would have a duty to forgive all the time, or as much as possible. But there are two problems with such a claim. First, it doesn’t seem to correspond with our sense that forgiveness is something that is gift-like, or that it is something we grant by choice.12 Second, it runs counter to ...
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Truth about Morality
... cognitive science, and evolutionary theory to explain why moral realism appears to be true even though it is not. I then argue, based on the picture of moral psychology developed herein, that realist moral language and thought promotes misunderstanding and exacerbates conflict. I consider a number o ...
... cognitive science, and evolutionary theory to explain why moral realism appears to be true even though it is not. I then argue, based on the picture of moral psychology developed herein, that realist moral language and thought promotes misunderstanding and exacerbates conflict. I consider a number o ...
Outline of Virtue Ethics encyclopedia article
... 2. Forms of Virtue Ethics We can’t possibly talk about every kind of virtue ethics that has ever been—our discussion needs to be governed by a sense of what is important and what is not so important, and, as a virtue ethicist myself, I am inclined to think that the importance of one or another mode ...
... 2. Forms of Virtue Ethics We can’t possibly talk about every kind of virtue ethics that has ever been—our discussion needs to be governed by a sense of what is important and what is not so important, and, as a virtue ethicist myself, I am inclined to think that the importance of one or another mode ...
Why Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is Morally Questionable Introduction Abstract
... economic mileage out of it. A corporate organisation does not operate in a vacuum, but in a society that it influences in great many ways. In this way, therefore, it appears to be a contradiction in terms to argue that business’ sole aim is to make profits for its investors without any special respons ...
... economic mileage out of it. A corporate organisation does not operate in a vacuum, but in a society that it influences in great many ways. In this way, therefore, it appears to be a contradiction in terms to argue that business’ sole aim is to make profits for its investors without any special respons ...
An Internalist Dilemma - University of Colorado Boulder
... ‘internalism’ in the literature and I will not be concerned with all of them.1 The kind of internalist claims I am interested in have four basic claims in common. First, I understand internalism as a conceptual claim. It can be understood to state that a sentence to the effect that it is right to ...
... ‘internalism’ in the literature and I will not be concerned with all of them.1 The kind of internalist claims I am interested in have four basic claims in common. First, I understand internalism as a conceptual claim. It can be understood to state that a sentence to the effect that it is right to ...
Chapter 2
... • Blurs distinction between doing what you think is right and doing what you want to do • Makes no moral distinction between the actions of different people • SR and tolerance are two different things • Decisions may not be based on reason • Not a workable ethical theory ...
... • Blurs distinction between doing what you think is right and doing what you want to do • Makes no moral distinction between the actions of different people • SR and tolerance are two different things • Decisions may not be based on reason • Not a workable ethical theory ...
Chapter 2
... • Blurs distinction between doing what you think is right and doing what you want to do • Makes no moral distinction between the actions of different people • SR and tolerance are two different things • Decisions may not be based on reason • Not a workable ethical theory ...
... • Blurs distinction between doing what you think is right and doing what you want to do • Makes no moral distinction between the actions of different people • SR and tolerance are two different things • Decisions may not be based on reason • Not a workable ethical theory ...
Introduction to Ethics Chapter 2
... • Blurs distinction between doing what you think is right and doing what you want to do • Makes no moral distinction between the actions of different people • SR and tolerance are two different things • Decisions may not be based on reason • Not a workable ethical theory ...
... • Blurs distinction between doing what you think is right and doing what you want to do • Makes no moral distinction between the actions of different people • SR and tolerance are two different things • Decisions may not be based on reason • Not a workable ethical theory ...
Slide 4- 2 - Computer and Information Science
... Blurs distinction between doing what you think is right and doing what you want to do Makes no moral distinction between the actions of different people SR and tolerance are two different things Decisions may not be based on reason Not a workable ethical theory ...
... Blurs distinction between doing what you think is right and doing what you want to do Makes no moral distinction between the actions of different people SR and tolerance are two different things Decisions may not be based on reason Not a workable ethical theory ...
Unit 1: Introduction to Ethics
... explanations for why it is our duty to help people who are less fortunate than ourselves. So, through the study of ethics, you are invited to examine critically your own and others’ arguments and intuitions about some important issues, however clear-cut those arguments may seem to be at first glance ...
... explanations for why it is our duty to help people who are less fortunate than ourselves. So, through the study of ethics, you are invited to examine critically your own and others’ arguments and intuitions about some important issues, however clear-cut those arguments may seem to be at first glance ...
lewiscatron - Michigan State University
... and principles as possible; thus, a creative response to complexity is especially valued. A related function of the moral imagination is empathy, the capacity to experience from a distance the effects of an action or decision on others, including future effects. Moral sensitivity and empathy may be ...
... and principles as possible; thus, a creative response to complexity is especially valued. A related function of the moral imagination is empathy, the capacity to experience from a distance the effects of an action or decision on others, including future effects. Moral sensitivity and empathy may be ...
HittIV - Michigan State University
... conscience I can appeal only to the probable consequences. What are the likely effects or outcomes of my action? This alone will provide me the answer. 2. Rules of action must take their character from the end to which they are subservient End-result ethics will incorporate rules into its ethical do ...
... conscience I can appeal only to the probable consequences. What are the likely effects or outcomes of my action? This alone will provide me the answer. 2. Rules of action must take their character from the end to which they are subservient End-result ethics will incorporate rules into its ethical do ...
Virtue Ethics - Which Character Traits are Good?
... Is it helpful to think in terms of virtue/vice? Is character or action more important in I I ...
... Is it helpful to think in terms of virtue/vice? Is character or action more important in I I ...
Frankena, Chapter 4
... actions are determined by an apparent good..no man can set as the object of his choice something that seems evil or bad to him. opponent:The evident fact of incontinence. A man’s desires or appetites are in conflict with his reason, precisely in the sense that he desires something that is bad for hi ...
... actions are determined by an apparent good..no man can set as the object of his choice something that seems evil or bad to him. opponent:The evident fact of incontinence. A man’s desires or appetites are in conflict with his reason, precisely in the sense that he desires something that is bad for hi ...
Relativism - Creighton University
... 4. The moral code of each society determines what is right or wrong for that society. 5. The advantage of cultural, moral relativism is that it promotes tolerance. ...
... 4. The moral code of each society determines what is right or wrong for that society. 5. The advantage of cultural, moral relativism is that it promotes tolerance. ...
Ethical Absolutism and Relativism
... – What is right (or wrong) at one point in the development of a social system may be wrong (or right) at another point – Ethical systems evolve with the requirements of a social system so people in that system can behave in ways they judge acceptable ...
... – What is right (or wrong) at one point in the development of a social system may be wrong (or right) at another point – Ethical systems evolve with the requirements of a social system so people in that system can behave in ways they judge acceptable ...
Moral Beauty as An Overriding Imperative in
... and third Subjectivism and finally Particularism. These are the four major Western philosophical traditions whose subject matter is at the center of the debate about the nature of moral principles and motivation. At the end of this chapter, I propose Confucian understanding of the self as situated i ...
... and third Subjectivism and finally Particularism. These are the four major Western philosophical traditions whose subject matter is at the center of the debate about the nature of moral principles and motivation. At the end of this chapter, I propose Confucian understanding of the self as situated i ...