CHAPTER 1 - WHAT IS MORALITY
... 1. Supernatural existence cannot be proven. 2. Non religious people can be moral. 3. Religious foundation for ethics is difficult to establish. 4. Which religion would be best ethically? 5. How could it be shown that one religion is best? Therefore, no necessary connection between ethics and religio ...
... 1. Supernatural existence cannot be proven. 2. Non religious people can be moral. 3. Religious foundation for ethics is difficult to establish. 4. Which religion would be best ethically? 5. How could it be shown that one religion is best? Therefore, no necessary connection between ethics and religio ...
Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War
... the lives of specific individuals, and second, that the good is additive. Realists are noted in the book as having multiple views within the theory that slightly differ from one another, but tend to believe the same thing in the end: states are the central actors, the international system is anarchi ...
... the lives of specific individuals, and second, that the good is additive. Realists are noted in the book as having multiple views within the theory that slightly differ from one another, but tend to believe the same thing in the end: states are the central actors, the international system is anarchi ...
abortion - Quodvultdeus
... Kant was totally opposed to taking the consequences of an action into account. The end does not in any way justify the means according to his deontological (duty-based) theory. Any good consequences from a moral act, for Kant, had to be purely incidental to the moral action and ought to have no plac ...
... Kant was totally opposed to taking the consequences of an action into account. The end does not in any way justify the means according to his deontological (duty-based) theory. Any good consequences from a moral act, for Kant, had to be purely incidental to the moral action and ought to have no plac ...
THEORIES ABOUT RIGHT ACTION (ETHICAL THEORIES)
... The right of privacy: We have the right to do, believe, and say whatever we choose in our personal lives so long as we do not violate the rights of others. The right not to be injured: We have the right not to be harmed or injured unless we freely and knowingly do something to deserve punishment or ...
... The right of privacy: We have the right to do, believe, and say whatever we choose in our personal lives so long as we do not violate the rights of others. The right not to be injured: We have the right not to be harmed or injured unless we freely and knowingly do something to deserve punishment or ...
Ethics Workbook - Teacher Support
... assumption is that there is only one ultimate principle of ethical conduct whether it is a single rule or set of principles. It is common to classify ethical theories into several categories: 1. Consequentialist or teleological theories 2. Deontological theories 3. Virtue theories Consequentialist t ...
... assumption is that there is only one ultimate principle of ethical conduct whether it is a single rule or set of principles. It is common to classify ethical theories into several categories: 1. Consequentialist or teleological theories 2. Deontological theories 3. Virtue theories Consequentialist t ...
here - Responsibility
... 1787 in Britain), and linked to emergence of bourgeois society. (‘Responsible’ is older.) ...
... 1787 in Britain), and linked to emergence of bourgeois society. (‘Responsible’ is older.) ...
Curriculum Vitae - Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics
... Project summary What can moral philosophers hope to learn from the sciences of the mind? Recent work on the disorders of autism and psychopathy, has promised to reshape a longstanding philosophical debate between Kantians and Humeans on the role of empathy (sympathy) in moral thinking. This project ...
... Project summary What can moral philosophers hope to learn from the sciences of the mind? Recent work on the disorders of autism and psychopathy, has promised to reshape a longstanding philosophical debate between Kantians and Humeans on the role of empathy (sympathy) in moral thinking. This project ...
Ethics and Business
... Why Study Business Ethics • It must be remembered that the School of Business’ task is to prepare students for the business world. If ethics do not matter, then time spent teaching ethics is better spent elsewhere. • Business Ethics class is not aim simply to help you to learn about ethics, but aim ...
... Why Study Business Ethics • It must be remembered that the School of Business’ task is to prepare students for the business world. If ethics do not matter, then time spent teaching ethics is better spent elsewhere. • Business Ethics class is not aim simply to help you to learn about ethics, but aim ...
A Biblical Case for Limited Government
... the state in general, of which there are four: Matthew 22:21, Romans 13:1-7, 1 Timothy 2:1-2, and 1 Peter 2:13-14. 2. Examination of central texts Amos 1 and 2. The first two chapters of Amos provide an excellent, typical case in which the prophet berates pagan nations and rulers for doing what they ...
... the state in general, of which there are four: Matthew 22:21, Romans 13:1-7, 1 Timothy 2:1-2, and 1 Peter 2:13-14. 2. Examination of central texts Amos 1 and 2. The first two chapters of Amos provide an excellent, typical case in which the prophet berates pagan nations and rulers for doing what they ...
9 Deontology*
... often think about the consequences of their actions: they try to find the action that leads to the best overall outcome. One moral theory, act-consequentialism, claims that this is the only consideration that is relevant to moral choice. The right action – the one we are required to do – is the one ...
... often think about the consequences of their actions: they try to find the action that leads to the best overall outcome. One moral theory, act-consequentialism, claims that this is the only consideration that is relevant to moral choice. The right action – the one we are required to do – is the one ...
Moral Absolutism: a Response to Relativists
... of conventional moral relativism with his claim that morality is derived from the ever-changing “mores” of society. Sumner purports that there exist cultural “mores”, certain moral folkways of a society. He claims that while mores are fewer in number than folkways, they are far more coercive. Negati ...
... of conventional moral relativism with his claim that morality is derived from the ever-changing “mores” of society. Sumner purports that there exist cultural “mores”, certain moral folkways of a society. He claims that while mores are fewer in number than folkways, they are far more coercive. Negati ...
Bernard Williams: A Critique of Utilitarianism Phil 240, Introduction to
... “the idea, as we might first and very simply put it, that each of us is specially responsible for what he does, rather than for what other people do. This is an idea closely connected with the value of integrity.” ...
... “the idea, as we might first and very simply put it, that each of us is specially responsible for what he does, rather than for what other people do. This is an idea closely connected with the value of integrity.” ...
this PDF file
... individual becomes ever more impersonal, abstract and objective in their reasoning as they move through the levels of the scale, which focuses initially on hedonistic motivation, then, as the child matures, on conformity to conventional roles and rules, and, at the final Level, on decision making in ...
... individual becomes ever more impersonal, abstract and objective in their reasoning as they move through the levels of the scale, which focuses initially on hedonistic motivation, then, as the child matures, on conformity to conventional roles and rules, and, at the final Level, on decision making in ...
Immanuel Kant and the moral law[1].
... • Universalisability allows morality to be stable, since if notions of right or wrong vary between individuals, cultures or situations, moral life in society will lack the foundation of trust and coherence for us to develop morally. • Morality therefore has to be rooted in something that is good wit ...
... • Universalisability allows morality to be stable, since if notions of right or wrong vary between individuals, cultures or situations, moral life in society will lack the foundation of trust and coherence for us to develop morally. • Morality therefore has to be rooted in something that is good wit ...
(Doesn`t) Make an Heroic Act?
... certain kinds of actions – saintly and heroic – which have recognizable moral value, and yet cannot be included in the traditional threefold framework of action, which recognizes only obligatory, permissible, and impermissible acts. Saintly and heroic acts have positive moral worth – and so are not ...
... certain kinds of actions – saintly and heroic – which have recognizable moral value, and yet cannot be included in the traditional threefold framework of action, which recognizes only obligatory, permissible, and impermissible acts. Saintly and heroic acts have positive moral worth – and so are not ...
What is Ethics?
... regarding the moral rightness or wrongness of a particular action/decision. Socrates insists on approaching the moral question at hand—Should Socrates escape from prison?— without giving any weight to his (or Crito's) feelings, to the opinions of others, or to the cost of remaining faithful to moral ...
... regarding the moral rightness or wrongness of a particular action/decision. Socrates insists on approaching the moral question at hand—Should Socrates escape from prison?— without giving any weight to his (or Crito's) feelings, to the opinions of others, or to the cost of remaining faithful to moral ...
Chapter_3_Weston
... Moral values are those values that give voice to the needs and legitimate expectations of others as well as ourselves Ourselves and our needs are built into the definition of morality. However, your own needs cannot be the whole story. Contrary to the bumper sticker: “It is all about me, so deal wit ...
... Moral values are those values that give voice to the needs and legitimate expectations of others as well as ourselves Ourselves and our needs are built into the definition of morality. However, your own needs cannot be the whole story. Contrary to the bumper sticker: “It is all about me, so deal wit ...
Part II: There`s more to morality than harm and fairness Central
... Shweder for two years after I finished my Ph.D. at Penn. Shweder was the leading thinker in cultural psychology—a new discipline that combined the anthropologist’s love of context and variability with the psychologist’s interest in mental processes.9 A dictum of cultural psychology is that “culture ...
... Shweder for two years after I finished my Ph.D. at Penn. Shweder was the leading thinker in cultural psychology—a new discipline that combined the anthropologist’s love of context and variability with the psychologist’s interest in mental processes.9 A dictum of cultural psychology is that “culture ...
Kant, first set of notes, Fall 2014
... a. The CI has several formulations; the first one is: “Act only on that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it become a universal law” (81) -- what is morally right to do is that which you could will all other rational beings to also do—a basic characteristic of morality is that it’s un ...
... a. The CI has several formulations; the first one is: “Act only on that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it become a universal law” (81) -- what is morally right to do is that which you could will all other rational beings to also do—a basic characteristic of morality is that it’s un ...
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS ETHICS?
... by the work or lives of the mankind. They are the potentials of human ontology manifested by individuals. ...
... by the work or lives of the mankind. They are the potentials of human ontology manifested by individuals. ...
Why Does Ovarian Cancer Occur? Identifying Genetic and
... high risk of Down’s syndrome. The clinician feels there will be a high social and economic burden on the family and would like to convey the test result to the patient to inform her decision making. What should the obstetrician do? ...
... high risk of Down’s syndrome. The clinician feels there will be a high social and economic burden on the family and would like to convey the test result to the patient to inform her decision making. What should the obstetrician do? ...
Ethics
... individual must choose among several actions that must be evaluated as morally right or wrong ...
... individual must choose among several actions that must be evaluated as morally right or wrong ...