Handout #2: Moral Motivation and Moral Semantics
... wrongness of murdering innocent children. This is why the moral claim in the antecedent of the conditional in (1) involves an unasserted context. But what then is its meaning? Frege ...
... wrongness of murdering innocent children. This is why the moral claim in the antecedent of the conditional in (1) involves an unasserted context. But what then is its meaning? Frege ...
Ethics and Rhetorical Communication
... the same situation here but the basic premise is the same. Yet all too frequently our self-interests get the best of us over our ethical values. Even when we know something is not good for someone else, we are apt to argue the point if it serves our interests instead of the good for the whole. To Li ...
... the same situation here but the basic premise is the same. Yet all too frequently our self-interests get the best of us over our ethical values. Even when we know something is not good for someone else, we are apt to argue the point if it serves our interests instead of the good for the whole. To Li ...
Introduction - CatholiCurrent.com
... proportionate reasons for doing so.35 Proportionalists like Richard McCormick claim Pope John Paul II misrepresented their position, stating they do not deny the object is the basis for moral judgment in some cases, but they merely “insist on looking in all dimensions of the act before saying it is ...
... proportionate reasons for doing so.35 Proportionalists like Richard McCormick claim Pope John Paul II misrepresented their position, stating they do not deny the object is the basis for moral judgment in some cases, but they merely “insist on looking in all dimensions of the act before saying it is ...
The Impact of Clinical Simulations in Pharmacy Ethics Education
... Secondary questions were also developed and are as follows: • Does critical self-reflection about interactions with SPs have an effect on ethical decision making? • Do interactions with SPs have an effect on selfefficacy in identifying and resolving ethical problems in clinical practice? • Do inter ...
... Secondary questions were also developed and are as follows: • Does critical self-reflection about interactions with SPs have an effect on ethical decision making? • Do interactions with SPs have an effect on selfefficacy in identifying and resolving ethical problems in clinical practice? • Do inter ...
On the Importance of Teaching Professional Ethics to Computer
... Engineering as Social Experimentation “All products of technology present some potential dangers, and thus engineering is an inherently risky activity. In order to underscore this fact and help in exploring its ethical implications, we suggest that engineering should be viewed as an experimental pr ...
... Engineering as Social Experimentation “All products of technology present some potential dangers, and thus engineering is an inherently risky activity. In order to underscore this fact and help in exploring its ethical implications, we suggest that engineering should be viewed as an experimental pr ...
On the Importance of Teaching Professional Ethics to Computer
... Engineering as Social Experimentation “All products of technology present some potential dangers, and thus engineering is an inherently risky activity. In order to underscore this fact and help in exploring its ethical implications, we suggest that engineering should be viewed as an experimental pr ...
... Engineering as Social Experimentation “All products of technology present some potential dangers, and thus engineering is an inherently risky activity. In order to underscore this fact and help in exploring its ethical implications, we suggest that engineering should be viewed as an experimental pr ...
ethical theory
... -- practical (as in PHIL 140) focuses on particular cases, often cases currently in dispute; less abstract, more accessible for beginners to philosophy -- ethical theory emphasizes general principles meant to explain our intuitions on cases we tend to agree about, as well as yielding answers to some ...
... -- practical (as in PHIL 140) focuses on particular cases, often cases currently in dispute; less abstract, more accessible for beginners to philosophy -- ethical theory emphasizes general principles meant to explain our intuitions on cases we tend to agree about, as well as yielding answers to some ...
Some Remarks on Moral Rules - Università degli Studi di Trieste
... normativity of the concept of ‘normal infant’ and of the concept of ‘belonging to the human species’. We think with many good reasons, both scientific and moral ones, that we have a more complete concept of ‘human being’ such that we must reject those practices. In rejecting them, we do not do nothi ...
... normativity of the concept of ‘normal infant’ and of the concept of ‘belonging to the human species’. We think with many good reasons, both scientific and moral ones, that we have a more complete concept of ‘human being’ such that we must reject those practices. In rejecting them, we do not do nothi ...
The nature of moral judgments and the extent of the moral domain
... judgements about the impiety and rudeness of the act, but they would allow that such judgments provide no reason not to swill away. By contrast, we do not take there to be any way of legitimately ignoring moral judgements. It is important to keep questions about the nature of moral judgments vis a v ...
... judgements about the impiety and rudeness of the act, but they would allow that such judgments provide no reason not to swill away. By contrast, we do not take there to be any way of legitimately ignoring moral judgements. It is important to keep questions about the nature of moral judgments vis a v ...
Definitions in Ethics, by Michael Josephson
... Values Values are core beliefs or desires that guide or motivate attitudes and actions. They also define the things we value and prize the most, and, therefore, provide the basis for ranking the things we want in a way that elevates some values over others. Thus, our values determine how we will beh ...
... Values Values are core beliefs or desires that guide or motivate attitudes and actions. They also define the things we value and prize the most, and, therefore, provide the basis for ranking the things we want in a way that elevates some values over others. Thus, our values determine how we will beh ...
Documentary Research
... In addition to your field notes your major writing project is an essay which involves two different versions. This essay explores from several dimensions the definitions, practices, and purposes of documentary research as developed by Coles. The overall goal of these two versions is to help you come ...
... In addition to your field notes your major writing project is an essay which involves two different versions. This essay explores from several dimensions the definitions, practices, and purposes of documentary research as developed by Coles. The overall goal of these two versions is to help you come ...
Ethics and Philosophy - Mr. Parsons` Homework Page
... beings discover ethical truths that already have an independent existence. • Ethical non-realists think that human beings invent ethical truths. ...
... beings discover ethical truths that already have an independent existence. • Ethical non-realists think that human beings invent ethical truths. ...
Evangelical Models of Ethics
... Are there actual objective facts in ethics, or is it all just a matter of opinion? ...
... Are there actual objective facts in ethics, or is it all just a matter of opinion? ...
Alienation, Consequentialism, and the
... relationship as such, too far out of the picture-this despite the fact that these characteristically good consequences depend in important ways on his special relation to her. She is being taken into account by John, but it might seem she is justified in being hurt by the way she is being taken into ...
... relationship as such, too far out of the picture-this despite the fact that these characteristically good consequences depend in important ways on his special relation to her. She is being taken into account by John, but it might seem she is justified in being hurt by the way she is being taken into ...
Ethics Background on useful readings Asterisks below mark works
... What are the key differences between Bentham’s and Mill’s forms of utilitarianism? What is the distinction between “act utilitarianism” and “rule utilitarianism”? Does rule utilitarianism collapse into act utilitarianism? Insofar as it doesn’t, is rule-utilitarianism at all plausible? What roles do ...
... What are the key differences between Bentham’s and Mill’s forms of utilitarianism? What is the distinction between “act utilitarianism” and “rule utilitarianism”? Does rule utilitarianism collapse into act utilitarianism? Insofar as it doesn’t, is rule-utilitarianism at all plausible? What roles do ...
COMM 310 A Field Guide to Philosophers
... Munitions. Then he went into academia. Ross was what’s called a “moral realist,” arguing that there are moral truths – such as the claim that something good is true only if it really is good. The philosophy says that we must choose among competing ethical duties, which he identified as fidelity, rep ...
... Munitions. Then he went into academia. Ross was what’s called a “moral realist,” arguing that there are moral truths – such as the claim that something good is true only if it really is good. The philosophy says that we must choose among competing ethical duties, which he identified as fidelity, rep ...
Sir William David Ross: (1877
... “I suggest “prima facie duty” or “conditional duty” as a brief way of referring to the characteristic (quite distinct from that of being a duty proper) which an act has, in virtue of being of a certain kind (e.g., the keeping of a promise), of being an act which would be a duty proper if it were not ...
... “I suggest “prima facie duty” or “conditional duty” as a brief way of referring to the characteristic (quite distinct from that of being a duty proper) which an act has, in virtue of being of a certain kind (e.g., the keeping of a promise), of being an act which would be a duty proper if it were not ...
A New Kind of Dualism - David Banach Saint Anselm College
... Other moral theories aim at other, not specifically ethical, goals such as determining ways of dealing with immoral behavior including (a) determining what actions we should force people to perform or prevent them from doing; (b) determining what punishments of provisions a society should make for f ...
... Other moral theories aim at other, not specifically ethical, goals such as determining ways of dealing with immoral behavior including (a) determining what actions we should force people to perform or prevent them from doing; (b) determining what punishments of provisions a society should make for f ...
Powerpoint - John Provost
... Boss: “Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith laid out the foundations of laissezfaire capitalism in his book Wealth of Nations. The best society, he argued, is one where everyone is allowed the freedom to pursue their own selfinterest in the marketplace. Smith’s book, which was publish ...
... Boss: “Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith laid out the foundations of laissezfaire capitalism in his book Wealth of Nations. The best society, he argued, is one where everyone is allowed the freedom to pursue their own selfinterest in the marketplace. Smith’s book, which was publish ...
Values and Ethics - Wayne Community College
... Often “the right answer”—the best ethical course of action to take—is not obvious. There may be no readily apparent, positive way to handle a situation. When one important value contradicts another, we face an ethical dilemma. When we face a dilemma, it is our professional responsibility to c ...
... Often “the right answer”—the best ethical course of action to take—is not obvious. There may be no readily apparent, positive way to handle a situation. When one important value contradicts another, we face an ethical dilemma. When we face a dilemma, it is our professional responsibility to c ...
Kantian Ethics Exam Questions - Clydeview Academy Humanities
... are forbidden. For Kant, the only moral imperatives were categorical: ‘I should to do x”, with no reference to desires or needs. Universal principle. "Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law" Humans as ends - not merely as means ...
... are forbidden. For Kant, the only moral imperatives were categorical: ‘I should to do x”, with no reference to desires or needs. Universal principle. "Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law" Humans as ends - not merely as means ...
ethical and social issues in the digital firm
... • Due process: Laws are well-known and understood, with an ability to appeal to higher authorities ...
... • Due process: Laws are well-known and understood, with an ability to appeal to higher authorities ...
War and/as Play - Inter
... of play’. For example, the war preparation and the war policy resemble very much play-attitude. But the big difference for Huizinga is that war itself, understood as warfare, cannot be interpreted as game because of the moral content of the war action. ‘It is the moral content of an action that make ...
... of play’. For example, the war preparation and the war policy resemble very much play-attitude. But the big difference for Huizinga is that war itself, understood as warfare, cannot be interpreted as game because of the moral content of the war action. ‘It is the moral content of an action that make ...
Gandhi, the Philosopher - Centre for the Study of Culture and Society
... to attain what we know we cannot attain? It would be bootless to protest that Gandhi and Mill are not saying that we can never attain the truth, only that we cannot know if we have attained it – so there is still point in the search for truth. That does little to improve matters. What sort of a goal ...
... to attain what we know we cannot attain? It would be bootless to protest that Gandhi and Mill are not saying that we can never attain the truth, only that we cannot know if we have attained it – so there is still point in the search for truth. That does little to improve matters. What sort of a goal ...