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Ethical Concepts and Theories
... – Makes no moral distinction between the actions of different people – not the same as tolerance – Decisions may not be based on reason • Not a workable ethical theory ...
... – Makes no moral distinction between the actions of different people – not the same as tolerance – Decisions may not be based on reason • Not a workable ethical theory ...
Principles & Practice of Sport Management
... straightforward and encourage employees to understand the goals they are trying to accomplish. ...
... straightforward and encourage employees to understand the goals they are trying to accomplish. ...
Kant`s Moral Theory
... But we have no intention of paying the money back to the bank What would a statement look like expressing this intention? ...
... But we have no intention of paying the money back to the bank What would a statement look like expressing this intention? ...
Jewish Ethics
... authentic expositors of Biblical law, the rabbis amplified the precepts found in Scripture. In their expansion of the laws governing human relationships, they stressed the primacy of morality. By choosing the moral life, they declared, Jews are able to complete God’s work of creation. According to r ...
... authentic expositors of Biblical law, the rabbis amplified the precepts found in Scripture. In their expansion of the laws governing human relationships, they stressed the primacy of morality. By choosing the moral life, they declared, Jews are able to complete God’s work of creation. According to r ...
GST_113_2_5
... Society means the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. However, the rules in the society do not border strictly on how individuals should relate to one another; they are also established to govern conducts regarding how persons should relate to other things that a ...
... Society means the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. However, the rules in the society do not border strictly on how individuals should relate to one another; they are also established to govern conducts regarding how persons should relate to other things that a ...
6 African Ethics
... • Consequentialism: the view that all moral value depends solely on the consequences of actions • Good acts are those that bring about the well-being of society; bad actions work against it ...
... • Consequentialism: the view that all moral value depends solely on the consequences of actions • Good acts are those that bring about the well-being of society; bad actions work against it ...
The Science of Morality
... I did something spectacular; I just saw someone who needed help. I did what I felt was right.” ...
... I did something spectacular; I just saw someone who needed help. I did what I felt was right.” ...
File - Tallis English & Philosophy
... and so can’t be known to be true or false. • If moral judgments aren’t true or false, we can’t reason about basic moral principles. • “X is good” simply means “Hurrah for X!” • so goodness and immorality are limited to our (societal?) preferences. – For example, the death penalty makes me feel nasty ...
... and so can’t be known to be true or false. • If moral judgments aren’t true or false, we can’t reason about basic moral principles. • “X is good” simply means “Hurrah for X!” • so goodness and immorality are limited to our (societal?) preferences. – For example, the death penalty makes me feel nasty ...
Meta-Ethics - Este blog no existe
... principles relative? Do moral facts exist?) Normative Ethics is interested in determining the content of our moral behavior. (What ought I do? Which actions are good?) Applied Ethics attemps to deal with specific realms of human action and to craft criteria for discussing issues that might arise wit ...
... principles relative? Do moral facts exist?) Normative Ethics is interested in determining the content of our moral behavior. (What ought I do? Which actions are good?) Applied Ethics attemps to deal with specific realms of human action and to craft criteria for discussing issues that might arise wit ...
Subjectivism in Ethics
... opinions are based on our feelings and nothing more. On this view, there is no such thing as “objective” right and wrong. ...
... opinions are based on our feelings and nothing more. On this view, there is no such thing as “objective” right and wrong. ...
Chapter 2 Ethics
... 3) a decision that is impartial. (Same standards apply to all, law is an institution, injure law, injure others) II. How do we reason about right and wrong? • Two forms of ethical reasoning • 1. Consequential reasoning-This has no moral character-an act that produces a good consequence is good, an ...
... 3) a decision that is impartial. (Same standards apply to all, law is an institution, injure law, injure others) II. How do we reason about right and wrong? • Two forms of ethical reasoning • 1. Consequential reasoning-This has no moral character-an act that produces a good consequence is good, an ...
Lecture 29: Why be moral
... to clear the ground for mounting a positive answer to this driving question about a duty for famine relief. So where might he go from here? some persons’ well-being is worth promoting for its own sake (“elitist”) everyone’s well-being is worth promoting for its own sake (“egalitarian”) Does it ...
... to clear the ground for mounting a positive answer to this driving question about a duty for famine relief. So where might he go from here? some persons’ well-being is worth promoting for its own sake (“elitist”) everyone’s well-being is worth promoting for its own sake (“egalitarian”) Does it ...
Morality and Social Policy
... ► Cruelty to animals is wrong because of its direct effects on the animals. ► There is an incredible amount of animal suffering caused by how we raise and ...
... ► Cruelty to animals is wrong because of its direct effects on the animals. ► There is an incredible amount of animal suffering caused by how we raise and ...
Morality and Ethics
... The Limitations of Conscience One last claim commonly offered by moral agents of all sorts, including business people, is that all we really need is our conscience. We all have good reason to doubt this if we reflect on our own moral failings. In addition, it’s easy enough to identify instanc ...
... The Limitations of Conscience One last claim commonly offered by moral agents of all sorts, including business people, is that all we really need is our conscience. We all have good reason to doubt this if we reflect on our own moral failings. In addition, it’s easy enough to identify instanc ...
adolescence
... everyone does the right thing.” Postconventional morality (later adolescence and adulthood): “Sometimes rules need to be set aside to pursue higher principles.” ...
... everyone does the right thing.” Postconventional morality (later adolescence and adulthood): “Sometimes rules need to be set aside to pursue higher principles.” ...
INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
... Nature (a threat to their survival) Therefore, they voluntarily give up some freedom and accept LAWS restricting their behavior, as long as others do the same. “I won’t if you won’t.” Moral code is made (constructed) when a group of individuals reaches agreement on laws to govern their interaction/ ...
... Nature (a threat to their survival) Therefore, they voluntarily give up some freedom and accept LAWS restricting their behavior, as long as others do the same. “I won’t if you won’t.” Moral code is made (constructed) when a group of individuals reaches agreement on laws to govern their interaction/ ...
Basic Framework Normative Ethics
... reasoning; An action would provide some benefit or inflict harm. This is morally relevant reason for or against performing it. ...
... reasoning; An action would provide some benefit or inflict harm. This is morally relevant reason for or against performing it. ...
Moral Discourse
... morality must therefore be simply a private matter. “Private morality" is essentially an oxymoron or contradictory notion. Morality is a public phenomenon (Gert). ...
... morality must therefore be simply a private matter. “Private morality" is essentially an oxymoron or contradictory notion. Morality is a public phenomenon (Gert). ...
Ethics Lesson 1 - The Engquist Teachers
... • A person who believes that criminals should never be executed might hold some of these fundamental principles: – Murder is always wrong. Even when killing a criminal it would turn an innocent executioner into a murderer. – A person can be punished more by spending their life in prison. Living is m ...
... • A person who believes that criminals should never be executed might hold some of these fundamental principles: – Murder is always wrong. Even when killing a criminal it would turn an innocent executioner into a murderer. – A person can be punished more by spending their life in prison. Living is m ...
Chapter Three
... • Ethic programs need to be monitored by a committee separate from each department – creates unbiased monitoring – Enron, Merck, WorldCom, Exxon Valdez ...
... • Ethic programs need to be monitored by a committee separate from each department – creates unbiased monitoring – Enron, Merck, WorldCom, Exxon Valdez ...
Ethical theory
... to be a universal law of nature. In other words, Don’t make exceptions for yourself! The second version: ii) The Categorical Imperative: Always treat humanity, whether in the person of yourself or another, always as an end in themselves, and never as a means only. In other words, don’t use people! ...
... to be a universal law of nature. In other words, Don’t make exceptions for yourself! The second version: ii) The Categorical Imperative: Always treat humanity, whether in the person of yourself or another, always as an end in themselves, and never as a means only. In other words, don’t use people! ...