Philosophy 110W - That Marcus Family Home
... It remains a good act even if it ends with an unforeseeable bad consequence, as in the case in which a previously-unseen truck runs over and kills both of you. The utilitarian, given the bad outcome, must describe your act as bad. But your intention is the same in both cases. How could the same act ...
... It remains a good act even if it ends with an unforeseeable bad consequence, as in the case in which a previously-unseen truck runs over and kills both of you. The utilitarian, given the bad outcome, must describe your act as bad. But your intention is the same in both cases. How could the same act ...
A Vindication of the Rights of Machines
... what would pass for empirical science, strictly speaking. 2 In the end, not only are these tests unable to ...
... what would pass for empirical science, strictly speaking. 2 In the end, not only are these tests unable to ...
in the projects of synthesizing organ- isms. The text
... and the objects of design being microorganisms or more-complex organisms. The latter distinction has often been used to claim that synthetic biology does not raise any moral concern because it deals only with microbes for improving human well-being, but the intrinsic value of microbes may soon cause ...
... and the objects of design being microorganisms or more-complex organisms. The latter distinction has often been used to claim that synthetic biology does not raise any moral concern because it deals only with microbes for improving human well-being, but the intrinsic value of microbes may soon cause ...
Deontological Ethics
... Suppose a distraught screaming stranger runs through your doorway and into your house, disappearing upstairs. A couple of minutes latter a known fugitive and convict knocks on your door with a gun in his hand. He asks if you have seen a person, matching the description of the stranger. On Kant’s ...
... Suppose a distraught screaming stranger runs through your doorway and into your house, disappearing upstairs. A couple of minutes latter a known fugitive and convict knocks on your door with a gun in his hand. He asks if you have seen a person, matching the description of the stranger. On Kant’s ...
the discipline of ethics
... injury must be the real cause of the injury; and the person must have voluntarily inflicted the injury. • Such conditions generally must be met in today's law. 2) Compensation is due if real injury or real privilege is based on the past actions of one's group, otherwise injustice wins. ...
... injury must be the real cause of the injury; and the person must have voluntarily inflicted the injury. • Such conditions generally must be met in today's law. 2) Compensation is due if real injury or real privilege is based on the past actions of one's group, otherwise injustice wins. ...
Alienation, Consequentialism, and the
... Perhaps the lives of John and Anne or Helen and Lisa would be happier or fuller if none of the alienation mentioned were present. But is this a problem for morality? If, as some have contended, to have a morality is to make normative judgments from a moral point of view and be guided by them, and if ...
... Perhaps the lives of John and Anne or Helen and Lisa would be happier or fuller if none of the alienation mentioned were present. But is this a problem for morality? If, as some have contended, to have a morality is to make normative judgments from a moral point of view and be guided by them, and if ...
Slide 1
... Minnesota supported Dayton Hudson’s (now Target) fight to avoid being acquired by Dart Industries of Maryland) ► They are more likely to attract capital infusions from investors who view reputable companies as desirable long-term investments (for example, 3M) ...
... Minnesota supported Dayton Hudson’s (now Target) fight to avoid being acquired by Dart Industries of Maryland) ► They are more likely to attract capital infusions from investors who view reputable companies as desirable long-term investments (for example, 3M) ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics In two or three brief, clear sentences
... What is ethics about? How can we best describe ethics? Lisa, this is a nonanswer. The question IS What is ethics about? Describe ethics as emotivism. This deals with ones expression of feelings or emotional attitude. An individual may express feelings of pleasure or displeasure at another person’s b ...
... What is ethics about? How can we best describe ethics? Lisa, this is a nonanswer. The question IS What is ethics about? Describe ethics as emotivism. This deals with ones expression of feelings or emotional attitude. An individual may express feelings of pleasure or displeasure at another person’s b ...
Meta Ethics - WordPress.com
... • He rejected Kant’s idea of duty for the sake of duty – it doesn’t guide us into morality or give human satisfaction. Bradley concluded that the better approach was to pursue self-realisation within the community: ‘. . . We have found the end, we have found self realisation, duty and happiness in o ...
... • He rejected Kant’s idea of duty for the sake of duty – it doesn’t guide us into morality or give human satisfaction. Bradley concluded that the better approach was to pursue self-realisation within the community: ‘. . . We have found the end, we have found self realisation, duty and happiness in o ...
Ethical Gradualism
... is done without an undue infliction of pain. These moral questions are to some extent forced upon us, since the development of modern technology has made it increasingly possible to medically intervene into these borderline cases of human existence. When these kinds of human existence are taken into ...
... is done without an undue infliction of pain. These moral questions are to some extent forced upon us, since the development of modern technology has made it increasingly possible to medically intervene into these borderline cases of human existence. When these kinds of human existence are taken into ...
From Ethical Theory to Practice
... “Always treat humanity, whether in your own person or that of another, never simply as a means but always at the same time an end.” ...
... “Always treat humanity, whether in your own person or that of another, never simply as a means but always at the same time an end.” ...
MORAL INTUITION, MORAL THEORY, AND PRACTICAL ETHICS
... considerations may in fact have; but we are generally not overawed by the fact that these considerations have been identified as relevant by the theory. Their provenance in the theory fails to impress. One may even feel a certain puzzlement as to whether the norms and principles extracted from a mor ...
... considerations may in fact have; but we are generally not overawed by the fact that these considerations have been identified as relevant by the theory. Their provenance in the theory fails to impress. One may even feel a certain puzzlement as to whether the norms and principles extracted from a mor ...
MGMT 371: Week 1 Learning Module A: Ethics and OB
... What are ethics and why do we care about them? What influences ethical behavior? Are ethics culturally bound? What’s the difference between ethics and morals? Do morals vary by gender? What are the Magnificent Seven? Can they be taught? How can we promote an ethical climate? ...
... What are ethics and why do we care about them? What influences ethical behavior? Are ethics culturally bound? What’s the difference between ethics and morals? Do morals vary by gender? What are the Magnificent Seven? Can they be taught? How can we promote an ethical climate? ...
1 Directed Studies: Philosophy Professor Gregory Ganssle By
... looking for her. It's important. I must know the truth." Your choices here are limited. You may try to avoid the question, but this will only give you away. So in fact you must either reveal the truth—"Yes, she is in my house"—or blatantly lie—"No, there is no such person in my house." (Now perhaps ...
... looking for her. It's important. I must know the truth." Your choices here are limited. You may try to avoid the question, but this will only give you away. So in fact you must either reveal the truth—"Yes, she is in my house"—or blatantly lie—"No, there is no such person in my house." (Now perhaps ...
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... On behalf of Somersett, it was argued that while colonial laws might permit slavery, neither the common law of England, nor any law made by Parliament recognised the existence of slavery, and slavery was therefore illegal.[64] Moreover, English contract law did not allow for any person to enslave hi ...
... On behalf of Somersett, it was argued that while colonial laws might permit slavery, neither the common law of England, nor any law made by Parliament recognised the existence of slavery, and slavery was therefore illegal.[64] Moreover, English contract law did not allow for any person to enslave hi ...
Topic-1-Ethics-Part
... by abandoning their habits, and secondly, by cultivating virtuous habits. Such men are amenable to good influence, if they have the will to improve their character. ...
... by abandoning their habits, and secondly, by cultivating virtuous habits. Such men are amenable to good influence, if they have the will to improve their character. ...
Ethics as a Contributor to a Culture of Quality
... “I have moral obligations only to myself.” Varieties, e.g., superenlightened egoism One of the few truly self-consistent theories ...
... “I have moral obligations only to myself.” Varieties, e.g., superenlightened egoism One of the few truly self-consistent theories ...
a paradox of virtue
... a decrease in virtue or goodness. We may compare this phenomenon with the distinction between the criterion of rightness and decision procedure in the discussion of modern utilitarianism. As a teleological (or consequentialist) moral theory, utilitarianism identifies the maximization of happiness or ...
... a decrease in virtue or goodness. We may compare this phenomenon with the distinction between the criterion of rightness and decision procedure in the discussion of modern utilitarianism. As a teleological (or consequentialist) moral theory, utilitarianism identifies the maximization of happiness or ...
Chapter 4 - Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business
... This question essentially asks whether good behavior can ever be unethical. The answer to this question depends on which approach to ethical reasoning you are using. Under the outcome-based approach of utilitarianism, it is simply not possible for selfish motives to be unethical if they result in go ...
... This question essentially asks whether good behavior can ever be unethical. The answer to this question depends on which approach to ethical reasoning you are using. Under the outcome-based approach of utilitarianism, it is simply not possible for selfish motives to be unethical if they result in go ...
Chapter 05 Managerial Ethics and Corporate Social
... Define ethics and explain how ethical behaviour relates to behaviour governed by law and free choice. Explain the utilitarian, individualism, moral rights, and justice approaches for evaluating ethical behaviour. Describe how individual and organizational factors shape ethical decision making. Defin ...
... Define ethics and explain how ethical behaviour relates to behaviour governed by law and free choice. Explain the utilitarian, individualism, moral rights, and justice approaches for evaluating ethical behaviour. Describe how individual and organizational factors shape ethical decision making. Defin ...
Griffin entry
... James Patrick Griffin was born on 8 July 1933 in Wallingford, Connecticut. He received a D.Phil from Oxford in 1960, and held a number of posts at Oxford during his working life, including the position of White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy, from which he retired in 2000. Griffin has produced a nu ...
... James Patrick Griffin was born on 8 July 1933 in Wallingford, Connecticut. He received a D.Phil from Oxford in 1960, and held a number of posts at Oxford during his working life, including the position of White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy, from which he retired in 2000. Griffin has produced a nu ...
Review Article Reasons Consequentialism Benjamin Sachs Journal of Moral Philosophy 10 (2013) 671–682
... for one to desire or prefer it, then in fact act-consequentialism instructs us act in accordance with our reasons for preference or desire. And this is just what Portmore’s Act-Consequentialism says. By employing this reductionist theory of goodness Portmore renders consequentialism compatible with ...
... for one to desire or prefer it, then in fact act-consequentialism instructs us act in accordance with our reasons for preference or desire. And this is just what Portmore’s Act-Consequentialism says. By employing this reductionist theory of goodness Portmore renders consequentialism compatible with ...
Ethics in Daily Practice - American College Health Association
... “Practiced medicine for those who were healthy in their nature but were suffering from a specific disease; he rid them of it …then ordered them to live as usual…for those however, whose bodies were always in a state of inner sickness he did not attempt to prescribe a regimen to make their life a pro ...
... “Practiced medicine for those who were healthy in their nature but were suffering from a specific disease; he rid them of it …then ordered them to live as usual…for those however, whose bodies were always in a state of inner sickness he did not attempt to prescribe a regimen to make their life a pro ...
Moral responsibility
In philosophy, moral responsibility is the status of morally deserving praise, blame, reward, or punishment for an act or omission, in accordance with one's moral obligations.Deciding what (if anything) counts as ""morally obligatory"" is a principal concern of ethics.Philosophers refer to people who have moral responsibility for an action as moral agents. Agents have the capability to reflect on their situation, to form intentions about how they will act, and then to carry out that action. The notion of free will has become an important issue in the debate on whether individuals are ever morally responsible for their actions and, if so, in what sense. Incompatibilists regard determinism as at odds with free will, whereas compatibilists think the two can coexist.Moral responsibility does not necessarily equate to legal responsibility. A person is legally responsible for an event when a legal system is liable to penalise that person for that event. Although it may often be the case that when a person is morally responsible for an act, they are also legally responsible for it, the two states do not always coincide.