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What is Ethics?
... This involves psychology & sociology **This is not a philosophical study** (Normative) ethics is the broad study of right/wrong and good/bad. For example, moral theories prescribe the moral choices that people ought to make; why they ought to make those choices; and what values that society ou ...
... This involves psychology & sociology **This is not a philosophical study** (Normative) ethics is the broad study of right/wrong and good/bad. For example, moral theories prescribe the moral choices that people ought to make; why they ought to make those choices; and what values that society ou ...
BA 28 Chapter 2
... Based on the premise that people can use reasoning to reach ethical decisions. This theory would have people behave according to the categorical imperative: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” ...
... Based on the premise that people can use reasoning to reach ethical decisions. This theory would have people behave according to the categorical imperative: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” ...
Introduction to Ethical Theory II
... action it is. What matters is doing our duty. There are many kinds of deontological theory ...
... action it is. What matters is doing our duty. There are many kinds of deontological theory ...
THE NATURE OF MORALITY
... that your misdeed will come back to haunt you. This is often correct but sometimes just in terms of personal interest – it may pay off for you to do what you know to be wrong. ...
... that your misdeed will come back to haunt you. This is often correct but sometimes just in terms of personal interest – it may pay off for you to do what you know to be wrong. ...
Philosophy 100 Lecture 13 Ethics
... Some related concepts that we don’t study when we study Morality: Religion: – Religion: stories, supernatural beings – A guide to conduct vs. more than this… ...
... Some related concepts that we don’t study when we study Morality: Religion: – Religion: stories, supernatural beings – A guide to conduct vs. more than this… ...
Moral Development in Adolescents
... Developing a Sense of Duty • Feeling a sense of duty is different from accepting responsibility. Duty often requires a teen to take proactive measures in a greater social context. Teens reach an advanced moral level once they are responsive to their greater duties within society. For example, once ...
... Developing a Sense of Duty • Feeling a sense of duty is different from accepting responsibility. Duty often requires a teen to take proactive measures in a greater social context. Teens reach an advanced moral level once they are responsive to their greater duties within society. For example, once ...
Ethics Learning Module
... • Organizations are encouraged to increase the diversity of its TMT if they want to reduce the chances of unethical decision making LM-8 ...
... • Organizations are encouraged to increase the diversity of its TMT if they want to reduce the chances of unethical decision making LM-8 ...
urpose in Life
... He felt that to get truth, a person must act on personal conviction, not one imposed by someone else. This search for truth causes apprehension, which he called “dread.” Awareness of death and nothingness=existential dread ...
... He felt that to get truth, a person must act on personal conviction, not one imposed by someone else. This search for truth causes apprehension, which he called “dread.” Awareness of death and nothingness=existential dread ...
King’s College London
... express our beliefs about right and wrong. Why? If Ayer is right, what purpose do we have for using moral language? ...
... express our beliefs about right and wrong. Why? If Ayer is right, what purpose do we have for using moral language? ...
Rights and respect for persons
... either in myself or in others. • So the end of morality is to respect humanity in myself and other persons. ...
... either in myself or in others. • So the end of morality is to respect humanity in myself and other persons. ...
chapter 1: learning
... Truth is not highest value, instead what matters is life-promotion Numbers, logic, concepts such as identity- these are all fictions, but necessary inventions Ethical theories of Kant, Mill, et. al., are not expressions of universal truth; they are reflections of the philosophers’ own interests, wis ...
... Truth is not highest value, instead what matters is life-promotion Numbers, logic, concepts such as identity- these are all fictions, but necessary inventions Ethical theories of Kant, Mill, et. al., are not expressions of universal truth; they are reflections of the philosophers’ own interests, wis ...
Cultural Relativism
... views and that our own moral views as well as those of our society may be mistaken. ...
... views and that our own moral views as well as those of our society may be mistaken. ...
Stace on ethical absolutism
... offer any solution/refutation here. (there is an ellipsis, however… who knows what the editors omitted.) Arguments against ethical relativism the problem of critique. We believe that we can properly say that something is morally praiseworthy or not, that one moral system is better than another or ...
... offer any solution/refutation here. (there is an ellipsis, however… who knows what the editors omitted.) Arguments against ethical relativism the problem of critique. We believe that we can properly say that something is morally praiseworthy or not, that one moral system is better than another or ...
The Moral Point of View - Seattle Preparatory School
... particular kind of language—terms such as duty, obligation, right, and good. ...
... particular kind of language—terms such as duty, obligation, right, and good. ...
Contemporary Moral Issues
... (C) Therefore, it follows that there are no absolute or objective moral principles that apply to all people and at all times. ...
... (C) Therefore, it follows that there are no absolute or objective moral principles that apply to all people and at all times. ...
360 Business Ethics
... those who are worthy of being treated like rational beings. • This is a flowery way of saying not to treat people ...
... those who are worthy of being treated like rational beings. • This is a flowery way of saying not to treat people ...
Bioethics - Mercer Island School District
... • The 4 prinicipals: – ______________________: Acknowledge a person’s right to make choices and take action based on personal values and beliefs. – __________: Treat a person fairly or appropriately in light of what is due or owed him or her. – ___________________: Do no harm and do good. Obligation ...
... • The 4 prinicipals: – ______________________: Acknowledge a person’s right to make choices and take action based on personal values and beliefs. – __________: Treat a person fairly or appropriately in light of what is due or owed him or her. – ___________________: Do no harm and do good. Obligation ...
Utililitarianism
... A consequentialist moral philosophyone that judges actions in terms of the goodness or badness of their results. Like Aristotle and Kant, Mill based his moral theory on reasoning and observation alone, not divine revelation. ...
... A consequentialist moral philosophyone that judges actions in terms of the goodness or badness of their results. Like Aristotle and Kant, Mill based his moral theory on reasoning and observation alone, not divine revelation. ...
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... teristics. One serious problem, then, with basing our moral judgements upon our religious commitments is that we cannot then establish with all of our fellow citizens a shared framework for moral evaluation and decision-making. The prescriptions and prohibitions of the law are similarly unsatisfacto ...
... teristics. One serious problem, then, with basing our moral judgements upon our religious commitments is that we cannot then establish with all of our fellow citizens a shared framework for moral evaluation and decision-making. The prescriptions and prohibitions of the law are similarly unsatisfacto ...
Moral Enhancement and the Duty to Eliminate Evildoing
... argument rests on the moral imperative to respect the separateness of persons and on the value of human freedom and autonomy. Second, I consider two alternatives regarding mandatory moral enhancement in society: universal enhancement and selective enhancement of specific groups like public officehol ...
... argument rests on the moral imperative to respect the separateness of persons and on the value of human freedom and autonomy. Second, I consider two alternatives regarding mandatory moral enhancement in society: universal enhancement and selective enhancement of specific groups like public officehol ...
A Quick Recap of Hobbes Social Contract Theory – Hobbes claims
... Hobbes thought that in order to ensure we all followed the agreement, we need a powerful sovereign to enforce the law. So the social contract involves handing absolute power over to the state. It is only if we know breaking the rules is likely to lead to more harm than good for ourselves that we can ...
... Hobbes thought that in order to ensure we all followed the agreement, we need a powerful sovereign to enforce the law. So the social contract involves handing absolute power over to the state. It is only if we know breaking the rules is likely to lead to more harm than good for ourselves that we can ...
Morality and Ethics
... Human actions are judged good or bad depending on the results of the actions Thee general types of Consequentialism Egoism: Individual interests and happiness above ...
... Human actions are judged good or bad depending on the results of the actions Thee general types of Consequentialism Egoism: Individual interests and happiness above ...
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... What is the Problem? The following is for educational purposes. Always seek professional advice regarding potential legal issues or ethical concerns. ...
... What is the Problem? The following is for educational purposes. Always seek professional advice regarding potential legal issues or ethical concerns. ...
Group1 - Southern University College
... 21. According to the anthropocentric, non-anthropocentric, and various bio-centric approaches to environmental issues, which beings would not be holders of ethical value? A. Individual humans. B. Whole ecosystems, populations, and species. C. Individual animals. D. Individual living beings other tha ...
... 21. According to the anthropocentric, non-anthropocentric, and various bio-centric approaches to environmental issues, which beings would not be holders of ethical value? A. Individual humans. B. Whole ecosystems, populations, and species. C. Individual animals. D. Individual living beings other tha ...