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.” ...
Introduction to Ethics Lecture 9 The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
... – 1. All cultural groups must value protecting their infants. • 1. Human infants are helpless and cannot survive if they are not given extensive care for a period of years. • 2. Therefore, if a group did not care or its young, the young would not survive, and the older members of the group would not ...
... – 1. All cultural groups must value protecting their infants. • 1. Human infants are helpless and cannot survive if they are not given extensive care for a period of years. • 2. Therefore, if a group did not care or its young, the young would not survive, and the older members of the group would not ...
Hitt/Black/Porter: Management 1st ed.
... 1. Your boss informs you confidentially that one of your friends is going to be fired. Your friend is about to buy a house. Should you warn your friend that he is about to be fired, even though you promised your boss that you would ...
... 1. Your boss informs you confidentially that one of your friends is going to be fired. Your friend is about to buy a house. Should you warn your friend that he is about to be fired, even though you promised your boss that you would ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics
... The real foundation of ethics is to distinguish between right and wrong. The common way of defining ethics is to distinguish between acceptable and an unacceptable behavior. Ethics is values that people learn at home, at school, in church, or in other social settings. Kemara, do not copy from the in ...
... The real foundation of ethics is to distinguish between right and wrong. The common way of defining ethics is to distinguish between acceptable and an unacceptable behavior. Ethics is values that people learn at home, at school, in church, or in other social settings. Kemara, do not copy from the in ...
Basis-for-Medical
... performing many risky transplant operations, etc., etc. So a rule utilitarian would say we should implement the opposite rule: don't harvest healthy people's organs to give them to sick people. If the surgeon killed the sixth man, then he would be doing the wrong thing. Criticism of Utilitarianism C ...
... performing many risky transplant operations, etc., etc. So a rule utilitarian would say we should implement the opposite rule: don't harvest healthy people's organs to give them to sick people. If the surgeon killed the sixth man, then he would be doing the wrong thing. Criticism of Utilitarianism C ...
Ethics and Business
... social, political, legal, or economic systems within which companies operate. • Corporate—ethical questions about a particular corporation and its policies, culture, climate, impact, or actions. • Individual—ethical questions about a particular individual’s decisions, behavior, or character. ...
... social, political, legal, or economic systems within which companies operate. • Corporate—ethical questions about a particular corporation and its policies, culture, climate, impact, or actions. • Individual—ethical questions about a particular individual’s decisions, behavior, or character. ...
Are There Objective Values and Ethics?
... “If the moral principles that govern our behavior are rooted in habit and custom, feeling and fashion,” then the rapist who chooses to flout the herd morality is doing nothing more serious than acting ...
... “If the moral principles that govern our behavior are rooted in habit and custom, feeling and fashion,” then the rapist who chooses to flout the herd morality is doing nothing more serious than acting ...
Slide 1
... Evaluating Ethical Egoism - Its grounding in psychological egoism - Its consistency or coherence - Its derivation from economic theory - Its conformity to commonsense moral views ...
... Evaluating Ethical Egoism - Its grounding in psychological egoism - Its consistency or coherence - Its derivation from economic theory - Its conformity to commonsense moral views ...
moral values - Academic Home Page
... We must respect the wishes of others. How the other person feels about being lied to is more important than how the potential liar feels about lying. Immanuel Kant: “It is immoral to use other people solely and merely to achieve your own ends. We must recognize others as autonomous.” We may use a me ...
... We must respect the wishes of others. How the other person feels about being lied to is more important than how the potential liar feels about lying. Immanuel Kant: “It is immoral to use other people solely and merely to achieve your own ends. We must recognize others as autonomous.” We may use a me ...
Moral Reasoning and Moral Development
... reason about hypothetical dilemmas to ways people construct moral conflicts and choice in their lives...and [makes] it possible to see what experiences people define in moral terms, and to explore the relationship between the understanding of moral problems and the reasoning strategies used and the ...
... reason about hypothetical dilemmas to ways people construct moral conflicts and choice in their lives...and [makes] it possible to see what experiences people define in moral terms, and to explore the relationship between the understanding of moral problems and the reasoning strategies used and the ...
ETHC 2000 – Interdisciplinary Ethics and Values Evaluation of
... The most relevant question to address with respect to the evaluation of ethical duties in the moral analysis of business problems is whether a given set of standards, applied to a specific moral dilemma in business, will benefit members of society to the same or greater extent than any alternative s ...
... The most relevant question to address with respect to the evaluation of ethical duties in the moral analysis of business problems is whether a given set of standards, applied to a specific moral dilemma in business, will benefit members of society to the same or greater extent than any alternative s ...
06 Moral argument
... • We are not saying that all atheists are immoral. • We are not saying that atheists can’t recognise moral values and duties. • Given that atheists can recognise human value we are not say that they can not work out an ethical code of conduct. • Belief in God is not necessary for objective morality; ...
... • We are not saying that all atheists are immoral. • We are not saying that atheists can’t recognise moral values and duties. • Given that atheists can recognise human value we are not say that they can not work out an ethical code of conduct. • Belief in God is not necessary for objective morality; ...
Bioethics - Mercer Island School District
... • The rules were: – One should act only in ways that would be acceptable if everyone else acted that same way. – One should not treat persons as a means to an end only, where the outcome is the only concern. ...
... • The rules were: – One should act only in ways that would be acceptable if everyone else acted that same way. – One should not treat persons as a means to an end only, where the outcome is the only concern. ...
Topic: Introduction
... An individual may have personal ethics. This will be the rules by which that individual lives his life. A group such as a Physicians Association may have a code of ethics that is applied to the behavior of its members. ...
... An individual may have personal ethics. This will be the rules by which that individual lives his life. A group such as a Physicians Association may have a code of ethics that is applied to the behavior of its members. ...
ILA Powerpoint - Society for Personality and Social Psychology
... These 2 themes, or dimensions, emerged across a number of studies of individual differences in moral judgment ...
... These 2 themes, or dimensions, emerged across a number of studies of individual differences in moral judgment ...
Right
... • Morality—Concerns beliefs about right and wrong actions and good and bad persons or character. • Philosophy—The systematic exploration of life’s big questions using critical thinking and logical argument. ...
... • Morality—Concerns beliefs about right and wrong actions and good and bad persons or character. • Philosophy—The systematic exploration of life’s big questions using critical thinking and logical argument. ...
Philosophy 224
... Taylor identifies two features of the epistemological account of personhood which explain why it cannot make the proper distinction between person agents and non-person agents. 1. Representationalism assumes the independence of that which is represented, but that clearly is inadequate as an account ...
... Taylor identifies two features of the epistemological account of personhood which explain why it cannot make the proper distinction between person agents and non-person agents. 1. Representationalism assumes the independence of that which is represented, but that clearly is inadequate as an account ...
Group1 - Southern University College
... 1. Aristotle points out that if you wish to change your life, you should first try to change your habits and character, not perform a specific act or adopt a state of mind. 2. The business / organisational framework has no influence on ethical behaviour. 3. A Deontological approach to business ethic ...
... 1. Aristotle points out that if you wish to change your life, you should first try to change your habits and character, not perform a specific act or adopt a state of mind. 2. The business / organisational framework has no influence on ethical behaviour. 3. A Deontological approach to business ethic ...
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 ...
Mill, Utilitarianism Notes 3 (MS Word)
... -- unlike other moral rules, in which you can choose when/towards whom to perform the action, rules of justice tell you what is morally obligatory and morally prohibited—what you must and must not do to anyone. b. however, in another sense, there are still exceptions to rules of justice: -- “particu ...
... -- unlike other moral rules, in which you can choose when/towards whom to perform the action, rules of justice tell you what is morally obligatory and morally prohibited—what you must and must not do to anyone. b. however, in another sense, there are still exceptions to rules of justice: -- “particu ...
Deontological ethics
... of the various systems of moral values that exist today. Ethics analyses not only how these values direct a person’s actions if they wish to be morally good, but it also identifies the obligations behind the purpose of doing right rather than wrong. The framework of guiding principles that us identi ...
... of the various systems of moral values that exist today. Ethics analyses not only how these values direct a person’s actions if they wish to be morally good, but it also identifies the obligations behind the purpose of doing right rather than wrong. The framework of guiding principles that us identi ...
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.