The Moral Life of Babies
... to rats or birds, they are behaviorally limited: they can’t run mazes or peck at levers. In the 1980s, however, psychologists interested in exploring how much babies know began making use of one of the few behaviors that young babies can control: the movement of their eyes. The eyes are a window to ...
... to rats or birds, they are behaviorally limited: they can’t run mazes or peck at levers. In the 1980s, however, psychologists interested in exploring how much babies know began making use of one of the few behaviors that young babies can control: the movement of their eyes. The eyes are a window to ...
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... [A]fter being asked to recall the Ten Commandments, participants who were given the opportunity to cheat and to gain financially from this action did not cheat at all; by contrast, when given the same opportunity to cheat, those who had not been reminded of the Ten Commandments cheated substantially ...
... [A]fter being asked to recall the Ten Commandments, participants who were given the opportunity to cheat and to gain financially from this action did not cheat at all; by contrast, when given the same opportunity to cheat, those who had not been reminded of the Ten Commandments cheated substantially ...
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... throughout the country. It is also a fact that sometimes it is not always possible for the authority to minimize this menace due to some unavoidable circumstances and take bold steps leaving their limitations considering it as a battle to wipe out the ‘wrong’. Since the common people are confined to ...
... throughout the country. It is also a fact that sometimes it is not always possible for the authority to minimize this menace due to some unavoidable circumstances and take bold steps leaving their limitations considering it as a battle to wipe out the ‘wrong’. Since the common people are confined to ...
Moral Responsibilities and Extreme Poverty: Rethinking Our Affluent
... Thus, while Bittner may be correct that it is difficult, if not impossible,13 to attribute the situation of world poverty to specific individuals, implying that the principle of causation is not helpful here, there are still other principles that may offer guidance for who is morally responsible to ...
... Thus, while Bittner may be correct that it is difficult, if not impossible,13 to attribute the situation of world poverty to specific individuals, implying that the principle of causation is not helpful here, there are still other principles that may offer guidance for who is morally responsible to ...
Public apologia, moral transgression and degradation ceremonies
... theorists one needs to understand first and foremost “what works, when, under what circumstances”. The most common assumption of apologia is that what lies behind it is a strategic motivation to save face. Apologia brings into the foreground the cultural norm of remedial work on social relationships ...
... theorists one needs to understand first and foremost “what works, when, under what circumstances”. The most common assumption of apologia is that what lies behind it is a strategic motivation to save face. Apologia brings into the foreground the cultural norm of remedial work on social relationships ...
Fundamentals of Ethics: The Use of Virtues
... production of food should cultivate ethical skills and practices. Instrumentally, good ethical behavior usually leads to good consequences for ourselves, our organizations, and the larger world. For example, Temple Grandin describes in Chapter 7 why humane treatment of livestock is good for business ...
... production of food should cultivate ethical skills and practices. Instrumentally, good ethical behavior usually leads to good consequences for ourselves, our organizations, and the larger world. For example, Temple Grandin describes in Chapter 7 why humane treatment of livestock is good for business ...
Euthanasia
... necessary to sustain one’s life. In other words, life saving medicines would be discontinued in order to bring about death-voluntarily! This is considered passive, in that, the doctor is not directly involved in administrating death causing medicines. • Active- Active euthanasia is the use of lethal ...
... necessary to sustain one’s life. In other words, life saving medicines would be discontinued in order to bring about death-voluntarily! This is considered passive, in that, the doctor is not directly involved in administrating death causing medicines. • Active- Active euthanasia is the use of lethal ...
Individual, collective and social responsibility of the firm
... institution where s/he is bound to follow the rules. The dilemma that arises from such a conflict of values can create moral oppression for the actor. Second, while analyzing the logic behind responsible actions, one should also consider a ...
... institution where s/he is bound to follow the rules. The dilemma that arises from such a conflict of values can create moral oppression for the actor. Second, while analyzing the logic behind responsible actions, one should also consider a ...
Enhancing Moral Conformity and Enhancing Moral Worth
... history’s greatest atrocities—ranging from the First World War to the Final Solution to the Cultural Revolution—were made possible by the ordinary moral failures of ordinary people [1–3]. It is plausible that we have reasons to correct our moral failures, bringing it about that we better conform to ...
... history’s greatest atrocities—ranging from the First World War to the Final Solution to the Cultural Revolution—were made possible by the ordinary moral failures of ordinary people [1–3]. It is plausible that we have reasons to correct our moral failures, bringing it about that we better conform to ...
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... Cultural relativism defines “good” as that which contributes to the health and survival of society. Occupational subcultures also support standards of behavior that are acceptable only for those within the occupation. It must be noted that even absolutist systems may accept some exceptions. The prin ...
... Cultural relativism defines “good” as that which contributes to the health and survival of society. Occupational subcultures also support standards of behavior that are acceptable only for those within the occupation. It must be noted that even absolutist systems may accept some exceptions. The prin ...
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... “social compact” (p. 3) about how people should behave. Because it forms what can be thought of as a universal morality with a wide scope, the common morality provides society with a framework of ethical stability. The common morality contains rules of obligation, character traits, and common moral ...
... “social compact” (p. 3) about how people should behave. Because it forms what can be thought of as a universal morality with a wide scope, the common morality provides society with a framework of ethical stability. The common morality contains rules of obligation, character traits, and common moral ...
VANDERBILT LAW REVIEW The Origins of Shared Intuitions of Justice
... 14. Id. at 141-43 (providing a table listing data by country); see also id. at 135-48 (discussing variability deriving from differences in views regarding how particular acts should be controlled or punished). People from different cultures might share the intuition that an act is wrong, and even a ...
... 14. Id. at 141-43 (providing a table listing data by country); see also id. at 135-48 (discussing variability deriving from differences in views regarding how particular acts should be controlled or punished). People from different cultures might share the intuition that an act is wrong, and even a ...
187 “Goodness itself must change” – Anthroponomy in an age of
... Hence, here, then, is what anyone loving true goodness should consider, on reflection. Personal intentions do not primarily matter. They appear good, but their truth is murkier. Character, accordingly, does not primarily matter. Well-meaning people everywhere contribute, infinitesimally and unknowin ...
... Hence, here, then, is what anyone loving true goodness should consider, on reflection. Personal intentions do not primarily matter. They appear good, but their truth is murkier. Character, accordingly, does not primarily matter. Well-meaning people everywhere contribute, infinitesimally and unknowin ...
What Is Ethics
... decide what I should think about abortion, for example, I would have to take a survey of American society and then conform my beliefs to whatever society accepts. But no one ever tries to decide an ethical issue by doing a survey. Further, the lack of social consensus on many issues makes it impossi ...
... decide what I should think about abortion, for example, I would have to take a survey of American society and then conform my beliefs to whatever society accepts. But no one ever tries to decide an ethical issue by doing a survey. Further, the lack of social consensus on many issues makes it impossi ...
Cuteness and Disgust: The Humanizing and Dehumanizing Effects
... evolutionary significance—which can be thought of as ultimate social value. We presume that the reason people derive such pleasure from some social interactions and not others is due in part to the fact that for millions of years, individuals who optimized their alliances and relationships left more ...
... evolutionary significance—which can be thought of as ultimate social value. We presume that the reason people derive such pleasure from some social interactions and not others is due in part to the fact that for millions of years, individuals who optimized their alliances and relationships left more ...
Ethics for the Information Age - Chapter 2
... “Morality consists in the set of rules, governing how people are to treat one another, that rational people will agree to accept, for their mutual benefit, on the condition that others follow those rules as well.” ...
... “Morality consists in the set of rules, governing how people are to treat one another, that rational people will agree to accept, for their mutual benefit, on the condition that others follow those rules as well.” ...
Economics and Philosophy ADAM SMITH AND THE MODERN
... for their approval. Indeed, Smith eschewed the term ‘moral sense’ and referred instead to ‘moral sentiments’, underscoring both the plurality of such sentiments and their putative evolutionary origins. The development of moral sentiments occupies a prominent place in TMS (see, especially, TMS III. 2 ...
... for their approval. Indeed, Smith eschewed the term ‘moral sense’ and referred instead to ‘moral sentiments’, underscoring both the plurality of such sentiments and their putative evolutionary origins. The development of moral sentiments occupies a prominent place in TMS (see, especially, TMS III. 2 ...
From Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 6 (1985) - UNC
... The answer given by those who adopt the conviction ethics approach is that moral intuitions constitute the appropriate point of departure for moral theorizing; moral intuitions, they say, should serve as the initial imput for moral theorizing. Alternative starting points identify other prominent app ...
... The answer given by those who adopt the conviction ethics approach is that moral intuitions constitute the appropriate point of departure for moral theorizing; moral intuitions, they say, should serve as the initial imput for moral theorizing. Alternative starting points identify other prominent app ...
adam smith, sigmund Freud, and
... pleasure in such fellow feeling and its lack brings pain, that approval and disapproval are important sources of motivation. However, we can disapprove even if we sympathize. Thus Smith does not give a sympathetic view of all passions because we approve of other people’s sentiments to the extent we ...
... pleasure in such fellow feeling and its lack brings pain, that approval and disapproval are important sources of motivation. However, we can disapprove even if we sympathize. Thus Smith does not give a sympathetic view of all passions because we approve of other people’s sentiments to the extent we ...
Moral Disengagement
... criminals (Chantler, 1996; Taylor, 1997). As mentioned previously the original definition of hacker had little or anything to do with criminal activity (Levy, 1985). The term “hacker” does not have the same negative connotations that “criminal” does, and as such it is useful when attempting to justi ...
... criminals (Chantler, 1996; Taylor, 1997). As mentioned previously the original definition of hacker had little or anything to do with criminal activity (Levy, 1985). The term “hacker” does not have the same negative connotations that “criminal” does, and as such it is useful when attempting to justi ...
Why Emotivists Love Inconsistency
... speakers of English find the two above sets of sentences equally inconsistent in spite of the latter’s containing (A’) and (C’). The problem for emotivism, then, is to give an alternative explanation of intuitions about consequence and inconsistency, and to explain the nature and existence of variou ...
... speakers of English find the two above sets of sentences equally inconsistent in spite of the latter’s containing (A’) and (C’). The problem for emotivism, then, is to give an alternative explanation of intuitions about consequence and inconsistency, and to explain the nature and existence of variou ...
Ethics and Ethical Theories
... One of the reasons why moral and ethical considerations have been denied a place in management practice during the last decades is the pessimistic view of human nature underlying the currently influential business and management theories. Together with this, it is the assumption that management must ...
... One of the reasons why moral and ethical considerations have been denied a place in management practice during the last decades is the pessimistic view of human nature underlying the currently influential business and management theories. Together with this, it is the assumption that management must ...
On the Ethics of Psychological Research
... Second, it reports two experimental investigations of some of the situational and individual-difference factors that influence how individuals do make ethical judgments. Disagreements over answers to ethical questions abound within the psychological profession. Yet, as Cook (1975, p. 68) recognized, ...
... Second, it reports two experimental investigations of some of the situational and individual-difference factors that influence how individuals do make ethical judgments. Disagreements over answers to ethical questions abound within the psychological profession. Yet, as Cook (1975, p. 68) recognized, ...