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Introduction to Ethics Lecture 10 Ayer and Emotivism
... false if it is either analytic or verifiable by sense experience (or at least if it is possible that it is verifiable by sense experience). – Ayer thought that since ethical propositions are neither analytic nor verifiable by sense experience that they are meaningless. ...
... false if it is either analytic or verifiable by sense experience (or at least if it is possible that it is verifiable by sense experience). – Ayer thought that since ethical propositions are neither analytic nor verifiable by sense experience that they are meaningless. ...
Christian_Ethics_NML_and_Situation_Ethics_1_
... One of the things Legalism fails to take account of is that people are persons. When facing a moral dilemma the Legalist says, 'What does the law say?' whereas the Situationist says, 'Who is to be helped?'. The value which Legalists attach to their moral codes (they are always true) is only there ...
... One of the things Legalism fails to take account of is that people are persons. When facing a moral dilemma the Legalist says, 'What does the law say?' whereas the Situationist says, 'Who is to be helped?'. The value which Legalists attach to their moral codes (they are always true) is only there ...
Rawls`s Contractarian Ethical Theory
... Each negotiator makes his/her choices behind a “veil of ignorance.” o No one knows his/her social status. o No one knows his/her natural abilities—intelligence, strength, etc. o No one knows his/her “conception of the good”—i.e., his/her life goals, psychological/personality characteristics, etc. ...
... Each negotiator makes his/her choices behind a “veil of ignorance.” o No one knows his/her social status. o No one knows his/her natural abilities—intelligence, strength, etc. o No one knows his/her “conception of the good”—i.e., his/her life goals, psychological/personality characteristics, etc. ...
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). ...
Mistakes in Moral Reasoning
... • Justice: moral development as cognitive. • Care: moral reasoning is contextual. • Justice: moral reasoning is finding the right principles to apply to each case. ...
... • Justice: moral development as cognitive. • Care: moral reasoning is contextual. • Justice: moral reasoning is finding the right principles to apply to each case. ...
presentation source
... – Morality as a set of agreements that optimize, not maximize, self-interest. Previous ...
... – Morality as a set of agreements that optimize, not maximize, self-interest. Previous ...
DOC - A Level Philosophy
... become better or worse. Obviously, they have changed – people used to believe that slavery was morally acceptable and now they do not. But how can we say that this is progress if there is no objective moral truth? (Cognitivists can say that we have become more humane than in the past, and there is g ...
... become better or worse. Obviously, they have changed – people used to believe that slavery was morally acceptable and now they do not. But how can we say that this is progress if there is no objective moral truth? (Cognitivists can say that we have become more humane than in the past, and there is g ...
Ethics Theories
... they can claim these rights. Because we are created by God? Because we are the highest form of evolution? Why should we have these rights more so than other animals? How do we know what kinds of rights we should have in order to function as human with “rational elements”? Is right to liberty suf ...
... they can claim these rights. Because we are created by God? Because we are the highest form of evolution? Why should we have these rights more so than other animals? How do we know what kinds of rights we should have in order to function as human with “rational elements”? Is right to liberty suf ...
Ethical Challenges
... • Should we then suspend our judgment of other culture’s actions? (child labor, human welfare, slavery, genocide?) • What about the inherent paradox? Two rules in direct conflict: how can both be right at the same time? • How can there be morality with no independent rules then? *It is important to ...
... • Should we then suspend our judgment of other culture’s actions? (child labor, human welfare, slavery, genocide?) • What about the inherent paradox? Two rules in direct conflict: how can both be right at the same time? • How can there be morality with no independent rules then? *It is important to ...
www.gs.howard.edu
... expected to hold the pursuit of learning and the search for truth in the highest regard while displaying unquestionable integrity and honesty. There is no place for academic dishonesty, regardless of any seeming advantage or gain that may accrue from such dishonesty. Students will be disciplined ...
... expected to hold the pursuit of learning and the search for truth in the highest regard while displaying unquestionable integrity and honesty. There is no place for academic dishonesty, regardless of any seeming advantage or gain that may accrue from such dishonesty. Students will be disciplined ...
PersonsTheoreticalEthics
... Virtue ethics, which was advocated by Aristotle, focuses on the inherent character of a person rather than on the specific actions he or she performs. There has been a significant revival of virtue ethics in the past half-century, through the work of such philosophers as G. E. M. Anscombe, Philippa ...
... Virtue ethics, which was advocated by Aristotle, focuses on the inherent character of a person rather than on the specific actions he or she performs. There has been a significant revival of virtue ethics in the past half-century, through the work of such philosophers as G. E. M. Anscombe, Philippa ...
Chapter 2 Discussion: Ethical Principles in Business
... In terms of “means” (methods) versus “ends” (results) in what way does the utilitarian moral principle focus on the “ends” (results)? If an action does me (personally) the most good and the least harm of all actions I can take, that doesn’t mean the action is ethical according to the utilitarian ...
... In terms of “means” (methods) versus “ends” (results) in what way does the utilitarian moral principle focus on the “ends” (results)? If an action does me (personally) the most good and the least harm of all actions I can take, that doesn’t mean the action is ethical according to the utilitarian ...
Call to Faith - OSV Curriculum
... Holy God, you have given me the incredible freedom to make my own decisions. Help me to make life-giving choices, and to set a good example for my family. May my young adolescent see your reflection in me, and may my desire be nothing more than to bring my child to you. Amen. Helping Your Young Adol ...
... Holy God, you have given me the incredible freedom to make my own decisions. Help me to make life-giving choices, and to set a good example for my family. May my young adolescent see your reflection in me, and may my desire be nothing more than to bring my child to you. Amen. Helping Your Young Adol ...
Come Hell and High Water by Paul Keeling According to Plato
... The scientific community has reached wide consensus on the factual premise—the information is in. Moral Ground makes the case for the moral premise. The conclusion follows from the premises, which means that we cannot escape the obligation to act and at the same time profess to be a moral person. W ...
... The scientific community has reached wide consensus on the factual premise—the information is in. Moral Ground makes the case for the moral premise. The conclusion follows from the premises, which means that we cannot escape the obligation to act and at the same time profess to be a moral person. W ...
Social Ethics continued
... Other-Duty is Nonconsequentialist: it has nothing to do with results, only with the actions themselves Moral Law is universal and binding: it applies to all things Humans, as rational, are capable of acting in accordance with this law, and so we must: this is our Other-Duty ...
... Other-Duty is Nonconsequentialist: it has nothing to do with results, only with the actions themselves Moral Law is universal and binding: it applies to all things Humans, as rational, are capable of acting in accordance with this law, and so we must: this is our Other-Duty ...
Ethics - Check Out Philosophy
... Imperative – A rule that tells us what means to use to achieve a desires end Categorical Imperative - A rule that tells us ...
... Imperative – A rule that tells us what means to use to achieve a desires end Categorical Imperative - A rule that tells us ...
DEONTOLOGY 1. “deon”: duty + “logos”: study, theory, account
... reason/rational/reasoning capacity (which distinguishes human beings from other animals) > Think whether the action is good or right before acting 5. Categorical Imperative: Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law 6. Value-in-its ...
... reason/rational/reasoning capacity (which distinguishes human beings from other animals) > Think whether the action is good or right before acting 5. Categorical Imperative: Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law 6. Value-in-its ...
Slide 1
... What benefits and what harms will each course of action produce, and which alternative will lead to the best overall consequences? What moral rights do the affected parties have, and which course of action best respects those rights? Which course of action treats everyone the same, except where ther ...
... What benefits and what harms will each course of action produce, and which alternative will lead to the best overall consequences? What moral rights do the affected parties have, and which course of action best respects those rights? Which course of action treats everyone the same, except where ther ...
Chapter 3: Clinical Judgment: Applying Critical Thinking and Ethical
... facts that are credible from opinions that are biased or not grounded in true facts. Keep an open mind, challenge your own assumptions, consider whether any of your assumptions are unwarranted, discriminate between facts and inferences, make sure you have considered all problems. ...
... facts that are credible from opinions that are biased or not grounded in true facts. Keep an open mind, challenge your own assumptions, consider whether any of your assumptions are unwarranted, discriminate between facts and inferences, make sure you have considered all problems. ...
The Major Theorists
... A woman was near death from a special kind of cancer. There was one drug that the doctors thought might save her. It was a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The drug was expensive to make, but the druggist was charging ten times what the drug cost him to produc ...
... A woman was near death from a special kind of cancer. There was one drug that the doctors thought might save her. It was a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The drug was expensive to make, but the druggist was charging ten times what the drug cost him to produc ...
Morality as an Emergent Property of Human Interaction
... considerably since the inception of the discipline in the early twentieth century. Early theories favored behavioral explanations, in keeping with the dominant paradigm in the social sciences at the time. In the late 1950s the advent of ‘cognitive’ sciences (neuroscience, artificial intelligence, co ...
... considerably since the inception of the discipline in the early twentieth century. Early theories favored behavioral explanations, in keeping with the dominant paradigm in the social sciences at the time. In the late 1950s the advent of ‘cognitive’ sciences (neuroscience, artificial intelligence, co ...
moral philosophy - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unha ...
... The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure, and the absence of pain; by unha ...
Why teach ethics? - Stevens Institute of Technology
... • Managers still have to make decisions about how to use the resources of their companies • To protect the interests of the larger society, laws may be passed to guide/punish managerial decisions • In the absence of relevant laws, managers can attempt to apply ethical analysis to guide decision-maki ...
... • Managers still have to make decisions about how to use the resources of their companies • To protect the interests of the larger society, laws may be passed to guide/punish managerial decisions • In the absence of relevant laws, managers can attempt to apply ethical analysis to guide decision-maki ...
The Ethics of War
... • Is Vènuste reponsible for his brother’s death? • Did he do the right thing? ...
... • Is Vènuste reponsible for his brother’s death? • Did he do the right thing? ...
Subjectivism in Ethics
... accepted sex practices should also be deemed ‘unnatural,’ such as heterosexual sex using birth control or for pleasure. ...
... accepted sex practices should also be deemed ‘unnatural,’ such as heterosexual sex using birth control or for pleasure. ...