1. Moral Responsibility and Intelligent Systems
... barriers in order to cope with different levels of severity of malfunctions [9]. In every design process there are uncertainties that are the result of our limited resources. All new products are tested under certain conditions in a given context. This implies that an engineered product may, sooner ...
... barriers in order to cope with different levels of severity of malfunctions [9]. In every design process there are uncertainties that are the result of our limited resources. All new products are tested under certain conditions in a given context. This implies that an engineered product may, sooner ...
“Good” Followers Go “Bad” - Journal of Leadership Education
... The second set of disengagement practices minimizes personal responsibility, thus reducing the self-condemnation that comes from acknowledging the harm one has done. Displacement of responsibility shifts the focus or blame to others. Company leaders displace responsibility when they deliberately rem ...
... The second set of disengagement practices minimizes personal responsibility, thus reducing the self-condemnation that comes from acknowledging the harm one has done. Displacement of responsibility shifts the focus or blame to others. Company leaders displace responsibility when they deliberately rem ...
When Is a Robot a Moral Agent?
... Whether or not PERI holds or drops the globe is decided entirely by the program it runs, which in turn was written by human programmers. Bringsjord argues that the only way PERI can do anything surprising to the programmers requires that a random factor be added to the program, but then its actions ...
... Whether or not PERI holds or drops the globe is decided entirely by the program it runs, which in turn was written by human programmers. Bringsjord argues that the only way PERI can do anything surprising to the programmers requires that a random factor be added to the program, but then its actions ...
There is No Moral Faculty - Society for the Advancement of
... the obvious deep question is, “what, in each case, is one learning, and how is he or she able to learn it?” Chomsky famously claimed that nobody could learn a natural language on the basis of empirical generalizations from what they had heard spoken or seen written. There were two prongs to his “pov ...
... the obvious deep question is, “what, in each case, is one learning, and how is he or she able to learn it?” Chomsky famously claimed that nobody could learn a natural language on the basis of empirical generalizations from what they had heard spoken or seen written. There were two prongs to his “pov ...
International encyclopedia of the social sciences. V.10
... was that where moral values did seem to be related to conduct, these values were somewhat specific to the child's social class or group. Rather than being a universal ideal, honesty was more characteristic of the middle-class child and seemed less relevant to the lower-class child. The Hartshorne an ...
... was that where moral values did seem to be related to conduct, these values were somewhat specific to the child's social class or group. Rather than being a universal ideal, honesty was more characteristic of the middle-class child and seemed less relevant to the lower-class child. The Hartshorne an ...
Teaching Virtue Ethics: The Implications of “Situationism”
... emerging from a phone booth in a shopping plaza. The subjects who had found a dime in the phone’s coin return before emerging from the booth offered assistance in fourteen out of sixteen cases. The subjects who had not found the dime offered assistance in only one out of twenty-five cases. Thus, the ...
... emerging from a phone booth in a shopping plaza. The subjects who had found a dime in the phone’s coin return before emerging from the booth offered assistance in fourteen out of sixteen cases. The subjects who had not found the dime offered assistance in only one out of twenty-five cases. Thus, the ...
Kant`s Ethics - Valdosta State University
... A. Deontological Point of View ever since ethics became a part of philosophy, there have been attempts to create a normative theory of right conduct the main task of such a theory has been to find and prove a fundamental principle on which all rules and courses of action could be based o such a ...
... A. Deontological Point of View ever since ethics became a part of philosophy, there have been attempts to create a normative theory of right conduct the main task of such a theory has been to find and prove a fundamental principle on which all rules and courses of action could be based o such a ...
Servais Pinckaers: Returning to a Thomisitc Morality of Happiness
... influence of natural human desire and inclinations. Whilst certainly teaching that true happiness is to be found in the higher activity of contemplation of God alone, the genius of Aquinas is that he also recognises the legitimate role of human action in ascending to these great heights of beatitude ...
... influence of natural human desire and inclinations. Whilst certainly teaching that true happiness is to be found in the higher activity of contemplation of God alone, the genius of Aquinas is that he also recognises the legitimate role of human action in ascending to these great heights of beatitude ...
Ethical Theories compared
... Criticisms of Kantian Ethics Leads to moral absolutism, the belief that moral principles should always be followed irrespective of context -’rule worship’ –blindly following a rule without regard to its consequence Conflicts of duty – two ‘duties’ which suggest opposite actions -eg if your ...
... Criticisms of Kantian Ethics Leads to moral absolutism, the belief that moral principles should always be followed irrespective of context -’rule worship’ –blindly following a rule without regard to its consequence Conflicts of duty – two ‘duties’ which suggest opposite actions -eg if your ...
What is good is that which
... moral issues. • They may call for different results in different situations. 1. Treat each person with the utmost respect and care. 2. Do one’s duty or duties in such a way that one does not ...
... moral issues. • They may call for different results in different situations. 1. Treat each person with the utmost respect and care. 2. Do one’s duty or duties in such a way that one does not ...
The Impact of Moral Education on Religious Life
... Man, has an innate tendency to moral values from the beginning to the end of his life, and his character has always been tested with the criterion of moral virtues or vices. And everyone who can achieve higher score in this measurement will have higher and more valuable status for God and in people' ...
... Man, has an innate tendency to moral values from the beginning to the end of his life, and his character has always been tested with the criterion of moral virtues or vices. And everyone who can achieve higher score in this measurement will have higher and more valuable status for God and in people' ...
Why Do We Need Ethical Theories?
... Instead of asking, "what should I do in such and such a situation?", a virtue ethicist asks: "what kind of person should I be?" The emphasis is on being a moral person - not simply understanding what moral rules are and how they apply in certain situations. Whole deontological and utilitarian theori ...
... Instead of asking, "what should I do in such and such a situation?", a virtue ethicist asks: "what kind of person should I be?" The emphasis is on being a moral person - not simply understanding what moral rules are and how they apply in certain situations. Whole deontological and utilitarian theori ...
On acts, omissions and responsibility
... still to accept that the thug analogy serves even as tentative proof that all acts are distinct from all omissions. In his discussion of Princess Diana’s death, McLachlan points to various causes that we may assume are real, but then tries to explain that these are not really real, or that his break ...
... still to accept that the thug analogy serves even as tentative proof that all acts are distinct from all omissions. In his discussion of Princess Diana’s death, McLachlan points to various causes that we may assume are real, but then tries to explain that these are not really real, or that his break ...
Mill, Utilitarianism Notes 3 (MS Word)
... to perform them and when/how not to (22). • Moral obligation that a particular individual can claim as a “right”; involves a harm to particular person(s) and demand for punishment/protection from society (23). • What counts as a right? Depends on utility: what would promote general happiness for soc ...
... to perform them and when/how not to (22). • Moral obligation that a particular individual can claim as a “right”; involves a harm to particular person(s) and demand for punishment/protection from society (23). • What counts as a right? Depends on utility: what would promote general happiness for soc ...
Is Carmela Soprano a Feminist - AST-TOK
... evolves to become completely mature. -Carmela useas care ethical reasoning in her moral deliberations, even though she is no feminist role model. Carmela on season one and two looked or was guided by the catholic church. Carmela was misguided by the church because separation is unacceptable. Carmela ...
... evolves to become completely mature. -Carmela useas care ethical reasoning in her moral deliberations, even though she is no feminist role model. Carmela on season one and two looked or was guided by the catholic church. Carmela was misguided by the church because separation is unacceptable. Carmela ...
Moral Development Study in the 21st Century: Introduction to Moral
... The varied research traditions in moral development and motivation are linked to crucial differences in underlying metatheoretical assumptions. These philosophical and scientific assumptions are inherent to their perspectives, and they affect how each scholar both interprets observed moral phenomena ...
... The varied research traditions in moral development and motivation are linked to crucial differences in underlying metatheoretical assumptions. These philosophical and scientific assumptions are inherent to their perspectives, and they affect how each scholar both interprets observed moral phenomena ...
Thiroux_PPTs_Chpt8
... resolve conflicts among duties and obligations, and even among its participants • If any moral theory or system proposes a series of duties and obligations that human beings ought to perform or be responsible for, yet fails to tell people what they should do when these conflicts arise, then the enti ...
... resolve conflicts among duties and obligations, and even among its participants • If any moral theory or system proposes a series of duties and obligations that human beings ought to perform or be responsible for, yet fails to tell people what they should do when these conflicts arise, then the enti ...
Kidder: How Good People Make Tough Choices
... 2. Rules Based: This principle is best known as the “categorical imperative.” Rules exist for a purpose: they promote order and justice and should be followed. Follow the principle that you want others to follow. “Stick to your principles and let the chips fall where they may.” 3. Care Based: Putti ...
... 2. Rules Based: This principle is best known as the “categorical imperative.” Rules exist for a purpose: they promote order and justice and should be followed. Follow the principle that you want others to follow. “Stick to your principles and let the chips fall where they may.” 3. Care Based: Putti ...
Ethics in Modern Philosophy
... • Conscience and some passions play important roles in moral thinking. ...
... • Conscience and some passions play important roles in moral thinking. ...
abortion - Quodvultdeus
... - if severe mental handicap then abortion up to birth, because of the impairment of the capacity to be rational. - if foetus only begins to develop rationality at 8wks (feels pain) then wrong to abort any time after this (although this depends on the interpretation of ‘rational’ and ‘self-conscious’ ...
... - if severe mental handicap then abortion up to birth, because of the impairment of the capacity to be rational. - if foetus only begins to develop rationality at 8wks (feels pain) then wrong to abort any time after this (although this depends on the interpretation of ‘rational’ and ‘self-conscious’ ...
Philosophy 323
... ethics. Prior to Kant, people sought the origin of morality in the natural order, in the ends proper to human beings, or in feelings. In contrast, Kant seeks the conditions of the possibility of morality and locates them in autonomy: the will’s capacity for self-legislation. Why in a capacity of t ...
... ethics. Prior to Kant, people sought the origin of morality in the natural order, in the ends proper to human beings, or in feelings. In contrast, Kant seeks the conditions of the possibility of morality and locates them in autonomy: the will’s capacity for self-legislation. Why in a capacity of t ...
Moral Leadership
... Moral worth is an intrinsic feature of human actions, determined by formal rules of conduct Moral obligation rests solely upon duty, without reference to the consequences. ...
... Moral worth is an intrinsic feature of human actions, determined by formal rules of conduct Moral obligation rests solely upon duty, without reference to the consequences. ...
Lesson 2 Meta Ethics - mrslh Philosophy & Ethics
... The ‘is-ought’ gap Moore built on the ideas of David Hume. A similar idea had previously been put forward by the 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume. Hume claimed that we cannot move logically from a statement about the way the world is to a statement about how we ought to act. This view i ...
... The ‘is-ought’ gap Moore built on the ideas of David Hume. A similar idea had previously been put forward by the 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume. Hume claimed that we cannot move logically from a statement about the way the world is to a statement about how we ought to act. This view i ...