Metaethical Principles, Meta-Prescriptions, and Moral Theories
... how metaethical principles, which are supposedly normatively neutral, can be employed to refute substantive moral theories. Second, if these principles are advanced as stating defining characteristics of morality, it seems they will do little damage to egoism (or any other theory). The egoist can ag ...
... how metaethical principles, which are supposedly normatively neutral, can be employed to refute substantive moral theories. Second, if these principles are advanced as stating defining characteristics of morality, it seems they will do little damage to egoism (or any other theory). The egoist can ag ...
Archetypes of Wisdom
... Kant notes that very few people consistently think of their own moral judgments as mere matters of custom or taste. Whether we actually live up to our moral judgments or not, we think of them as concerned with how people ought to ...
... Kant notes that very few people consistently think of their own moral judgments as mere matters of custom or taste. Whether we actually live up to our moral judgments or not, we think of them as concerned with how people ought to ...
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... 3. The akrates – (a person without will or weak-willed person) Cannot live in the mean by overcoming temptation. ...
... 3. The akrates – (a person without will or weak-willed person) Cannot live in the mean by overcoming temptation. ...
Carving a Niche for Immoderate Moral Realism
... overdetermined. Thus, in order to settle on a theory, one must appeal to one's moral intuitions about cases that are contentious and exceptional: trolley cases, complex cases dealing with disputed issues, cases where rules seem to conflict, etc. Wedgwood thinks that we ought to be less trustful of o ...
... overdetermined. Thus, in order to settle on a theory, one must appeal to one's moral intuitions about cases that are contentious and exceptional: trolley cases, complex cases dealing with disputed issues, cases where rules seem to conflict, etc. Wedgwood thinks that we ought to be less trustful of o ...
Ethical Gradualism
... animals has any awareness of its own death, except when a higher animal is threatened by death (and that is one of the painful experiences which humans should try not to inflict on animals). What started as human self-defense here ends in embarrassment: some of our patients, as well as early human f ...
... animals has any awareness of its own death, except when a higher animal is threatened by death (and that is one of the painful experiences which humans should try not to inflict on animals). What started as human self-defense here ends in embarrassment: some of our patients, as well as early human f ...
Session 15: Introduction to Utilitarianism
... ethics as culturally relative. Since different people, cultures and societies often have different opinions on what constitutes a virtue, perhaps there is no one objectively right list. ...
... ethics as culturally relative. Since different people, cultures and societies often have different opinions on what constitutes a virtue, perhaps there is no one objectively right list. ...
Key words: Film, Moral Value, 3 idiots
... The objectives of this research entitled “An Analysis of the Moral Value Reflected in the Film 3 Idiots based on its Intrinsic Value” were to know the moral value and to know the beneficial inputs of analyzing intrinsic value of the movie. The research method used in research was descriptive qualita ...
... The objectives of this research entitled “An Analysis of the Moral Value Reflected in the Film 3 Idiots based on its Intrinsic Value” were to know the moral value and to know the beneficial inputs of analyzing intrinsic value of the movie. The research method used in research was descriptive qualita ...
Treatise of Human Nature Book III: Morals
... One might think there was no need to argue for this point if it weren’t for the fact that a late author who was fortunate enough to obtain some reputation seriously claimed that such a falsehood is indeed the foundation of all guilt and moral ugliness. [This was William Wollaston, who died about 15 ...
... One might think there was no need to argue for this point if it weren’t for the fact that a late author who was fortunate enough to obtain some reputation seriously claimed that such a falsehood is indeed the foundation of all guilt and moral ugliness. [This was William Wollaston, who died about 15 ...
Virtue Ethics
... Any society in the world can follow virtue ethics. They just need to work out what is important to them and what virtues they value. ...
... Any society in the world can follow virtue ethics. They just need to work out what is important to them and what virtues they value. ...
Corrections Academy 110KB Jan 19 2015 10:37:24 AM
... In addition to the many requirements necessary to function as a modern correctional officer, one must possess an internal set of traits. These are known as: ...
... In addition to the many requirements necessary to function as a modern correctional officer, one must possess an internal set of traits. These are known as: ...
Kantian Deontology
... Because of my nature as a rational being, I must will that someone help me when I am in trouble. I cannot then fail to will aid to any other rational being. Because of my nature as a rational being, I cannot will myself to be a slave to other rational beings. I cannot then will to enslave other rati ...
... Because of my nature as a rational being, I must will that someone help me when I am in trouble. I cannot then fail to will aid to any other rational being. Because of my nature as a rational being, I cannot will myself to be a slave to other rational beings. I cannot then will to enslave other rati ...
Ethical Egoism
... generators no $2,000. Is it immoral for individual business owners to pursue their own interest of maximum financial gain by capitalizing on what others are willing to pay to pursue their own interest of survival in the wake of natural ...
... generators no $2,000. Is it immoral for individual business owners to pursue their own interest of maximum financial gain by capitalizing on what others are willing to pay to pursue their own interest of survival in the wake of natural ...
Corporate social responsibility
... Managers Shape Behavior Ethical leadership Business ethics are valued but sometimes lacking Society demands an ethical climate Corporate ethical standards organizations must be explicit regarding their standards and expectations. ...
... Managers Shape Behavior Ethical leadership Business ethics are valued but sometimes lacking Society demands an ethical climate Corporate ethical standards organizations must be explicit regarding their standards and expectations. ...
Document
... weight attached to the interests of actual persons over non-persons means that nonpersons are, by comparison, morally irrelevant and have no interests in continuing to live. ...
... weight attached to the interests of actual persons over non-persons means that nonpersons are, by comparison, morally irrelevant and have no interests in continuing to live. ...
Ethical Pluralism as a Framework for Discussing Moral Disagreement
... Ethical relativism has several important insights: The need for tolerance and understanding The fact of moral diversity We should not pass judgment on practices in other cultures when we don’t understand them Sometimes reasonable people may differ on what’s morally acceptable ...
... Ethical relativism has several important insights: The need for tolerance and understanding The fact of moral diversity We should not pass judgment on practices in other cultures when we don’t understand them Sometimes reasonable people may differ on what’s morally acceptable ...
Dynamic Ethics
... to determine what this implies for claims to objectivity and universality. If our moral views change so rapidly, we need to see if we can still uphold a belief in universal moral norms, or if we have to accept moral relativism or even scepticism. If various moralities coexist alongside each other, w ...
... to determine what this implies for claims to objectivity and universality. If our moral views change so rapidly, we need to see if we can still uphold a belief in universal moral norms, or if we have to accept moral relativism or even scepticism. If various moralities coexist alongside each other, w ...
Chapter 9
... Holds that differing beliefs, customs, and behavioral norms across countries and cultures give rise to multiple sets of standards of what is ethically right or wrong. ...
... Holds that differing beliefs, customs, and behavioral norms across countries and cultures give rise to multiple sets of standards of what is ethically right or wrong. ...
introphil_Week 4 – Morality: Objective, Relative or
... Basic idea: our moral judgments are the sorts of things that can be true or false, and what makes them true or false are facts that are generally independent of who we are or what cultural groups we belong to – they are objective moral facts. ...
... Basic idea: our moral judgments are the sorts of things that can be true or false, and what makes them true or false are facts that are generally independent of who we are or what cultural groups we belong to – they are objective moral facts. ...
English
... universalist form of cognitivism that one might contrast with other forms of ethical subjectivism (e.g. ideal observer theory, moral relativism, and individualist ethical subjectivism), moral realism (which claims that moral propositions refer to objective facts, independent of anyone’s attitudes or ...
... universalist form of cognitivism that one might contrast with other forms of ethical subjectivism (e.g. ideal observer theory, moral relativism, and individualist ethical subjectivism), moral realism (which claims that moral propositions refer to objective facts, independent of anyone’s attitudes or ...
Chapter 4 - Jeremy Alan Woods
... Ethical strategy is a strategy, or course of action, that does not violate these accepted principles ...
... Ethical strategy is a strategy, or course of action, that does not violate these accepted principles ...
Virtue Ethics Intro
... 198: If he put out the eye or break the bone of a commoner, he shall pay one [silver] mina. ...
... 198: If he put out the eye or break the bone of a commoner, he shall pay one [silver] mina. ...
P H I L O S O P H Y
... • Ethics is the study of those values that relate to our moral conduct, including questions of good and evil, right and wrong, and moral responsibility. ...
... • Ethics is the study of those values that relate to our moral conduct, including questions of good and evil, right and wrong, and moral responsibility. ...
P H I L O S O P H Y
... • Ethics is the study of those values that relate to our moral conduct, including questions of good and evil, right and wrong, and moral responsibility. ...
... • Ethics is the study of those values that relate to our moral conduct, including questions of good and evil, right and wrong, and moral responsibility. ...