is there a moral code regardless of time and place?
... to be morally good it is not enough that it should conform to the moral law, but it must also be done for the sake of the law". "Moral law is the norm of the action not of the content!" he says. (Benjamin, Walter 2013) So if you try to control by putting as many norms as possible, ultimately you can ...
... to be morally good it is not enough that it should conform to the moral law, but it must also be done for the sake of the law". "Moral law is the norm of the action not of the content!" he says. (Benjamin, Walter 2013) So if you try to control by putting as many norms as possible, ultimately you can ...
Ethics
... branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such ...
... branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such ...
Objectivism 101: Life and Happiness
... those who live by production and trade Trade is voluntary exchange to mutual benefit Trades can be material and/or spiritual ...
... those who live by production and trade Trade is voluntary exchange to mutual benefit Trades can be material and/or spiritual ...
Normative Ethical Theories(W13)
... attempts by philosophers to answer the question what is the well• Normative ethics lived life? by attempting to answer (in part) two other all-important • Value judgement questions, namely: what is justice? and what, if any, good • Normative standard/criterion reasons are there to be just rather tha ...
... attempts by philosophers to answer the question what is the well• Normative ethics lived life? by attempting to answer (in part) two other all-important • Value judgement questions, namely: what is justice? and what, if any, good • Normative standard/criterion reasons are there to be just rather tha ...
PowerPoint No.9 -- The Moral Argument
... – “If God does not exist, then it is plausible to think that there are no objective moral values, that we have no moral duties, and that there is no moral accountability for how we live and act. The horror of such a morally neutral world is obvious. If . . . we hold, as it seems rational to do, that ...
... – “If God does not exist, then it is plausible to think that there are no objective moral values, that we have no moral duties, and that there is no moral accountability for how we live and act. The horror of such a morally neutral world is obvious. If . . . we hold, as it seems rational to do, that ...
Notes on James Garvey, The Ethics of Climate Change
... question about the general way we ought to live, what sort of person we ought to be. These crises about the course or nature of a life3 really can be primarily moral in flavour, however else they might seem at the time. Reflection on climate change and what to do about it in your own life can feel l ...
... question about the general way we ought to live, what sort of person we ought to be. These crises about the course or nature of a life3 really can be primarily moral in flavour, however else they might seem at the time. Reflection on climate change and what to do about it in your own life can feel l ...
What Makes Human Acts Good or Bad
... 1. _____________: the action (Ex: lying, praying, stealing, helping the blind cross the street, etc.) For an act/object to be moral, it must _________________________________. 2. ______________________________: things such as the person involved, the time, the place, and the occasion, which are di ...
... 1. _____________: the action (Ex: lying, praying, stealing, helping the blind cross the street, etc.) For an act/object to be moral, it must _________________________________. 2. ______________________________: things such as the person involved, the time, the place, and the occasion, which are di ...
Do unto others…
... An Introduction To Catholic Ethics and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding 1 Ethics ...
... An Introduction To Catholic Ethics and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding 1 Ethics ...
Basic Framework Normative Ethics
... Each society has its rules and it is inappropriate to compare ethical rules of one society with that of another Relativists thus rule out possibility of ...
... Each society has its rules and it is inappropriate to compare ethical rules of one society with that of another Relativists thus rule out possibility of ...
Morality and US Foreign Policy
... footing. And with the end of the Cold War, he faced a mind-set in his own country which basically argued - we won the Cold War, so let’s forget the rest of the planet, except to protect our own interests, unilaterally. This sort of neoisolationist response emanated mainly from Congress, but it actua ...
... footing. And with the end of the Cold War, he faced a mind-set in his own country which basically argued - we won the Cold War, so let’s forget the rest of the planet, except to protect our own interests, unilaterally. This sort of neoisolationist response emanated mainly from Congress, but it actua ...
APSperception2012
... nearer and whether those who have high Safety identity perceive the target as further away (less desirable). Participants made quick estimations of the distance from themselves to a photograph of either a crying baby, a happy baby, or a neutral “X”. Individuals who scored in the highest tercile on e ...
... nearer and whether those who have high Safety identity perceive the target as further away (less desirable). Participants made quick estimations of the distance from themselves to a photograph of either a crying baby, a happy baby, or a neutral “X”. Individuals who scored in the highest tercile on e ...
CHAPTER 6
... • “Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same ...
... • “Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same ...
Slide 1
... Name and explain the questions that we can ask ourselves to help us understand the actions involved in moral decision making. ◦ We can better understand acts involved in moral decision making if we apply the following questions to the situation with which we fare faced: ◦ What? Who? Why? How? Where? ...
... Name and explain the questions that we can ask ourselves to help us understand the actions involved in moral decision making. ◦ We can better understand acts involved in moral decision making if we apply the following questions to the situation with which we fare faced: ◦ What? Who? Why? How? Where? ...
Adolescence - CCRI Faculty Web
... decisions are often driven by moral intuition, that is, quick, gut-feeling decisions. This intuition is not just based in moral reasoning but also in emotions such as: disgust. We may turn away from choosing an action because it feels awful. elevated feelings. We may get a rewarding delight fr ...
... decisions are often driven by moral intuition, that is, quick, gut-feeling decisions. This intuition is not just based in moral reasoning but also in emotions such as: disgust. We may turn away from choosing an action because it feels awful. elevated feelings. We may get a rewarding delight fr ...
Ethics & Social Responsibility - Mark
... Perceptions caused by -–Not aware of impropriety –Cultural norms and values vary –Governance systems based on rule or relationships –Differences in values between businesspeople and key stakeholders ...
... Perceptions caused by -–Not aware of impropriety –Cultural norms and values vary –Governance systems based on rule or relationships –Differences in values between businesspeople and key stakeholders ...
Ethics – Handout 3 Ayer`s Emotivism
... 24.231 Ethics – Handout 3 Ayer’s Emotivism Emotivism: Moral judgments are not truth-apt, but rather, are expressions of sentiments of approval or disapproval: e.g., saying “Murder is wrong” amounts to saying “Boo to murder!”: “[I]f I say to someone ‘You acted wrongly in stealing that money’, I am no ...
... 24.231 Ethics – Handout 3 Ayer’s Emotivism Emotivism: Moral judgments are not truth-apt, but rather, are expressions of sentiments of approval or disapproval: e.g., saying “Murder is wrong” amounts to saying “Boo to murder!”: “[I]f I say to someone ‘You acted wrongly in stealing that money’, I am no ...
Morality-Huck - Mira Costa High School
... He created and used the “Heinz Dilemma” to determine the various levels of human morality ...
... He created and used the “Heinz Dilemma” to determine the various levels of human morality ...
Moral criteria and character education: A reply to Welch. Journal
... Welch thinks a commitment to philosophical naturalism is ‘self-succumbing’ because it cannot itself be justified on empirical grounds. But this refutes a claim nobody is making. The joint enterprise we have in mind requires both philosophically responsible empirical psychology and empirically realis ...
... Welch thinks a commitment to philosophical naturalism is ‘self-succumbing’ because it cannot itself be justified on empirical grounds. But this refutes a claim nobody is making. The joint enterprise we have in mind requires both philosophically responsible empirical psychology and empirically realis ...
Sample File - 2
... able to back up their positions with well-thought-out arguments. 2. Work through several examples of constructing moral arguments and identifying fallacies, with the class or in small groups. If your students have not had a prior course in philosophy or logic they may have difficulty with some of th ...
... able to back up their positions with well-thought-out arguments. 2. Work through several examples of constructing moral arguments and identifying fallacies, with the class or in small groups. If your students have not had a prior course in philosophy or logic they may have difficulty with some of th ...
Virtue As the
... something else, but for its own sake alone; i.e., Good-in-itself. – Instrumental good: something considered as a means to some other good; i.e., an instrumental good leads to something else that is good ...
... something else, but for its own sake alone; i.e., Good-in-itself. – Instrumental good: something considered as a means to some other good; i.e., an instrumental good leads to something else that is good ...
The Intercultural Ethics Agenda from an Objectivist Point of View
... argue for agreement on moral grounds because there is no universal principle that agreement is morally good. Can’t argue for agreement on prudential grounds because prudential grounds are irrelevant with respect to choosing or adopting moral principles. Only moral grounds can justify adoption or cho ...
... argue for agreement on moral grounds because there is no universal principle that agreement is morally good. Can’t argue for agreement on prudential grounds because prudential grounds are irrelevant with respect to choosing or adopting moral principles. Only moral grounds can justify adoption or cho ...
Philosophy 224
... can be used to guide correct moral reasoning about matters of moral concern. 2. Theoretical Aim: identify the features of actions or persons that make them right or wrong, good or bad. ...
... can be used to guide correct moral reasoning about matters of moral concern. 2. Theoretical Aim: identify the features of actions or persons that make them right or wrong, good or bad. ...
Moral Reasoning
... Making appropriate use of facts and opinions to decide the right thing to do Quotations from Jacob Needleman’s ...
... Making appropriate use of facts and opinions to decide the right thing to do Quotations from Jacob Needleman’s ...
Slide 1
... common set of needs and interests. 2. Moral principles are functions of human needs and interests, instituted by reason. 3. Some moral principles will meet human needs and promote human interests better than others. 4. These principles can be said to be objectively valid principles. 5. Therefore an ...
... common set of needs and interests. 2. Moral principles are functions of human needs and interests, instituted by reason. 3. Some moral principles will meet human needs and promote human interests better than others. 4. These principles can be said to be objectively valid principles. 5. Therefore an ...
Ethics - Check Out Philosophy
... “Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of another, always as an end and never as a means only” ...
... “Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of another, always as an end and never as a means only” ...