File - Tallis English & Philosophy
... • Formula of Universal Law: "Act as if the maxim of your action were to secure through your will a universal law of nature" • Formula of Humanity: "Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or that of another, always as an end and never as a means only" • Formula of Autonomy: “Act a ...
... • Formula of Universal Law: "Act as if the maxim of your action were to secure through your will a universal law of nature" • Formula of Humanity: "Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or that of another, always as an end and never as a means only" • Formula of Autonomy: “Act a ...
A. The Three Main Branches of the Philosophical Study of Ethics 1
... b) non-cognitivism: the view that moral judgments are not capable of being true or false (instead they are like commands or interjections) c) debate limited to statements like examples above ...
... b) non-cognitivism: the view that moral judgments are not capable of being true or false (instead they are like commands or interjections) c) debate limited to statements like examples above ...
From The Heritage of Logical Positivism,
... For centuries moral philosophers never really doubted that there could be a science of ethics; developing such a science seemed to them the whole point of doing moral theory. It was quite natural, therefore, for Henry Sidgwick to being the Methods of Ethics by assuming (without argument) "...that th ...
... For centuries moral philosophers never really doubted that there could be a science of ethics; developing such a science seemed to them the whole point of doing moral theory. It was quite natural, therefore, for Henry Sidgwick to being the Methods of Ethics by assuming (without argument) "...that th ...
William Moran Ethics: Virtue Dr. Faulders Character It is often said
... but they must not be the sole guide of our actions. For example: if I feel cold and it is the middle of summer with temperatures in the 90 degree range my feelings would indicate I may have an illness and I should seek medical attention. To ignore the feeling of cold in high temperatures would be ne ...
... but they must not be the sole guide of our actions. For example: if I feel cold and it is the middle of summer with temperatures in the 90 degree range my feelings would indicate I may have an illness and I should seek medical attention. To ignore the feeling of cold in high temperatures would be ne ...
ii. Ethical Egoism and Social Contract Theory (A coagulation of
... analysis, but biases prevent this from happening (examples of biases, Bostrom). 4 Demonstrating the necessity of utilitarian weighing to resolve conflicting deontological claims (e.g. rights claims) does not preclude the necessity of deontological thinking to resolve conflicting utilitarian duties. ...
... analysis, but biases prevent this from happening (examples of biases, Bostrom). 4 Demonstrating the necessity of utilitarian weighing to resolve conflicting deontological claims (e.g. rights claims) does not preclude the necessity of deontological thinking to resolve conflicting utilitarian duties. ...
A Critique of Personhood Author(s): S. F. Sapontzis Source: Ethics
... about the world rather than being merely things in the world. In everyday experience personn" is just another name for human beings, and personsd are commonly distinguished from inanimate objects, machines, plants, animals, and spirits.3 This distinction is made on the basis of both bodily shape and ...
... about the world rather than being merely things in the world. In everyday experience personn" is just another name for human beings, and personsd are commonly distinguished from inanimate objects, machines, plants, animals, and spirits.3 This distinction is made on the basis of both bodily shape and ...
Is Procreative Beneficence Obligatory?
... unqualified claims, such as “those reasons [to select the child likely to ...
... unqualified claims, such as “those reasons [to select the child likely to ...
caring about ethics of care: a new dimension
... he might have to go to jail, and then his wife might get sicker again, and he couldn’t get more of the drug, and it might not be good. So they should really just talk it out and find some other way to make the money”. (Gilligan 1982: 26). The boy answered according to justice as equity, universal an ...
... he might have to go to jail, and then his wife might get sicker again, and he couldn’t get more of the drug, and it might not be good. So they should really just talk it out and find some other way to make the money”. (Gilligan 1982: 26). The boy answered according to justice as equity, universal an ...
Good, Self, and Unselfing - Reflections on Iris Murdoch`s Moral
... necessary for all thinking. In order to understand any domain of life, we have to be able to relate things to each other, classify them as better or worse, important or not - in short, evaluate. As so often in her philosophy, Murdoch here takes art as an example. Learning to understand some art form ...
... necessary for all thinking. In order to understand any domain of life, we have to be able to relate things to each other, classify them as better or worse, important or not - in short, evaluate. As so often in her philosophy, Murdoch here takes art as an example. Learning to understand some art form ...
Lecture notes in PPT - Lakeside Institute of Theology
... should aim, and to guide action toward the achievement of a good goal. What makes an action right is that it aims at good results. What makes a person good is that he or she accomplishes good things. The challenge to teleology is determining what is really good, which of competing goods are best, ...
... should aim, and to guide action toward the achievement of a good goal. What makes an action right is that it aims at good results. What makes a person good is that he or she accomplishes good things. The challenge to teleology is determining what is really good, which of competing goods are best, ...
Validity of Moral Norms - Interamerican Journal of Psychology
... commandment impossible to fulfill, and in his clinical experience he often had the opportunity to diagnose the pathogenic effects of all ideal standards that demand too much of the mental constitution of human beings. From a philosophical point of view another aspect of Freud’s critical evaluation o ...
... commandment impossible to fulfill, and in his clinical experience he often had the opportunity to diagnose the pathogenic effects of all ideal standards that demand too much of the mental constitution of human beings. From a philosophical point of view another aspect of Freud’s critical evaluation o ...
Phil 160
... • Slavery, rape, and lies all treat people like things, like they do not make their own decisions, and this is why they are wrong. • This gives us a sense of our positive duties. We should actively treat people as autonomous. ...
... • Slavery, rape, and lies all treat people like things, like they do not make their own decisions, and this is why they are wrong. • This gives us a sense of our positive duties. We should actively treat people as autonomous. ...
Chapter One: Why Be Ethical?
... •Theoretical reasonexamines what people actually do •How humans come to learn things, as a result of the laws of nature and the laws of cause and effect •Practical reason-how to evaluate moral choices ...
... •Theoretical reasonexamines what people actually do •How humans come to learn things, as a result of the laws of nature and the laws of cause and effect •Practical reason-how to evaluate moral choices ...
Why Does Ovarian Cancer Occur? Identifying Genetic and
... But we are not equal! We are all different with different abilities and needs. ...
... But we are not equal! We are all different with different abilities and needs. ...
haidt.bjorklund.2008.. - Faculty Web Sites at the University of Virginia
... Marcus (2004) uses the metaphor that genes create the first draft of the brain, and experience edits it: “Nature bestows upon the newborn a considerably complex brain, but one that is best seen as prewired – flexible and subject to change – rather than hardwired, fixed, and immutable” (Marcus, 2004, ...
... Marcus (2004) uses the metaphor that genes create the first draft of the brain, and experience edits it: “Nature bestows upon the newborn a considerably complex brain, but one that is best seen as prewired – flexible and subject to change – rather than hardwired, fixed, and immutable” (Marcus, 2004, ...
Two Dogmas of Moral Theory? Comments on Lisa Tessman`s Moral
... Goodin’s point is that in these sorts of relationships, one party is particularly, sometimes uniquely, situated to meet the needs of the other party and so that other party is vulnerable to the actions of the first party. Vulnerability, argues Goodin, is at the source of agent- and patient-relative ...
... Goodin’s point is that in these sorts of relationships, one party is particularly, sometimes uniquely, situated to meet the needs of the other party and so that other party is vulnerable to the actions of the first party. Vulnerability, argues Goodin, is at the source of agent- and patient-relative ...
Unworkable Ethical Theories
... is right and wrong “I think it’s immoral for a CEO to make 400 times what her employees make. I think extreme wealth disparity is unethical. You don’t think that. That’s just your opinion; Let’s agree to disagree” What do you think about subjective relativism? ...
... is right and wrong “I think it’s immoral for a CEO to make 400 times what her employees make. I think extreme wealth disparity is unethical. You don’t think that. That’s just your opinion; Let’s agree to disagree” What do you think about subjective relativism? ...
Justice Powerpoint
... The current moral disorder Since moral arguments are gibberish they can’t be conclusive in deciding what to do But we must decide what to do so we adopt another method We use emotions, passions, self interest, … Since we have incompatible desires our politics has become civil war carried on by ...
... The current moral disorder Since moral arguments are gibberish they can’t be conclusive in deciding what to do But we must decide what to do so we adopt another method We use emotions, passions, self interest, … Since we have incompatible desires our politics has become civil war carried on by ...
Communitarianism and Confucianism – In Search of
... In his article "The Enlightenment Mentality and the Chinese Intellectual Dilemma" , Tu Wei-ming has pointed out that it is the incompatibility between traditional Confucian thought and the European spirit of Enlightenment that defines the conflict between China and the West since the last century. I ...
... In his article "The Enlightenment Mentality and the Chinese Intellectual Dilemma" , Tu Wei-ming has pointed out that it is the incompatibility between traditional Confucian thought and the European spirit of Enlightenment that defines the conflict between China and the West since the last century. I ...
Utilitarianism - Welcome to the UC Davis Philosophy
... • It is measured in terms of preferences of all or nearly all people • Some pleasures are so preferred that a considerable amount of discomfort is tolerated for their sake • Those of the higher faculties are preferred in this way by the competent, from their sense of dignity ...
... • It is measured in terms of preferences of all or nearly all people • Some pleasures are so preferred that a considerable amount of discomfort is tolerated for their sake • Those of the higher faculties are preferred in this way by the competent, from their sense of dignity ...
here - Responsibility
... acceptable to God and to society.” So he burned his papers (he had told his assistant Cardano about his theory, and Cardano published it a few years later). • But he changed his position, as he described in his 1538 book Nova Scientia. “The situation has changed, with the Turks threatening Vienna an ...
... acceptable to God and to society.” So he burned his papers (he had told his assistant Cardano about his theory, and Cardano published it a few years later). • But he changed his position, as he described in his 1538 book Nova Scientia. “The situation has changed, with the Turks threatening Vienna an ...
IGE 101 - Truth and Service for Holistic Living 27
... 6. Gordon used ends-based resolution rule: consequences for the mechanic– how he would behave in the future Not care-based (how he would want to be treated) nor rule-based (potential danger means firing is appropriate) 7. Trilemma: Gordon went for one side-- mercy ; could have gone for trilemma: kep ...
... 6. Gordon used ends-based resolution rule: consequences for the mechanic– how he would behave in the future Not care-based (how he would want to be treated) nor rule-based (potential danger means firing is appropriate) 7. Trilemma: Gordon went for one side-- mercy ; could have gone for trilemma: kep ...
ETHICAL THEORIES AND BIOETHICS
... -quality or state of being self governing ; the capacity of an agent to determine its own actions through independent choice within a system of principles and laws to which one is dedicated (Ballou, 1998) -authority, accountability and liability for one’s decisions and actions ...
... -quality or state of being self governing ; the capacity of an agent to determine its own actions through independent choice within a system of principles and laws to which one is dedicated (Ballou, 1998) -authority, accountability and liability for one’s decisions and actions ...
Basic Moral Orientations Overview
... “Don't dis' me”--The Ethics of Respect “...all Men are created ...with certain unalienable Rights”--The Ethics of Rights “Make the world a better place”--Utilitarianism “Daddy, that’s not fair”--The Ethics of Justice “Be a good person”--Virtue Ethics ...
... “Don't dis' me”--The Ethics of Respect “...all Men are created ...with certain unalienable Rights”--The Ethics of Rights “Make the world a better place”--Utilitarianism “Daddy, that’s not fair”--The Ethics of Justice “Be a good person”--Virtue Ethics ...