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... Dignity of Human Life: The lives of people are to be respected. Autonomy: All persons are intrinsically valuable and have the right to self-determination. Honesty: The truth should be told to those who have a right to know it. ...
... Dignity of Human Life: The lives of people are to be respected. Autonomy: All persons are intrinsically valuable and have the right to self-determination. Honesty: The truth should be told to those who have a right to know it. ...
Susan Wolf on moral perfection and the good life: a critical analysis
... is to show that despite of the outlook of popular normative moral theories, in real life we seem to care about many non-moral aspects in addition to the moral ones. As Wolf writes: “moral perfection, in the sense of moral saintliness, does not constitute a model of personal well-being toward which i ...
... is to show that despite of the outlook of popular normative moral theories, in real life we seem to care about many non-moral aspects in addition to the moral ones. As Wolf writes: “moral perfection, in the sense of moral saintliness, does not constitute a model of personal well-being toward which i ...
On the Relationship of Ethics to Moral Law
... the relationship of the self with itself, and gives rise to the disgust with one’s self manifested as a certain asceticism, although not all asceticism stems from morality, an asceticism which Nietzsche would certainly denounce as a denial of life. I merely wish to show how morality, as it is bound ...
... the relationship of the self with itself, and gives rise to the disgust with one’s self manifested as a certain asceticism, although not all asceticism stems from morality, an asceticism which Nietzsche would certainly denounce as a denial of life. I merely wish to show how morality, as it is bound ...
Kantian Ethics
... Sovereignty of Reason By basing morality on reason we can guarantee that it is objective and its authority or sovereignty To deny 2+2=4 is just as irrational for Kant as lying. Rationalism even extends into our value judgements ...
... Sovereignty of Reason By basing morality on reason we can guarantee that it is objective and its authority or sovereignty To deny 2+2=4 is just as irrational for Kant as lying. Rationalism even extends into our value judgements ...
Ethics, Morals, Codes, and Laws
... The “ought” of social practice is oriented towards having sensibilities towards others as persons and being aware that what we do has direct effects on those persons. In turn, this has a direct effect on the overall ethical character of the social systems we inhabit. Communication plays an integral ...
... The “ought” of social practice is oriented towards having sensibilities towards others as persons and being aware that what we do has direct effects on those persons. In turn, this has a direct effect on the overall ethical character of the social systems we inhabit. Communication plays an integral ...
The Emptiness of the Moral Law
... annihilate itself, because the result would be that no one would make a de posit" (KpV 27/27). Hegel replies: But that there are no deposits - where is the contradiction in this? That there are no deposits would contradict other necessary determinacies, just as that a deposit is possible fits toget ...
... annihilate itself, because the result would be that no one would make a de posit" (KpV 27/27). Hegel replies: But that there are no deposits - where is the contradiction in this? That there are no deposits would contradict other necessary determinacies, just as that a deposit is possible fits toget ...
Perseus: Symbol of Ethical Values When I think of what a he
... ovide Perseus, which momentarily elevates him to a higher status than other mortals so he may comple te his mission. According to Stephen Harris and Gloria Platzner, "Perseus literally assumes, at lea st temporarily, powers like flight and invisibility that humans may dream of but are otherwise rese ...
... ovide Perseus, which momentarily elevates him to a higher status than other mortals so he may comple te his mission. According to Stephen Harris and Gloria Platzner, "Perseus literally assumes, at lea st temporarily, powers like flight and invisibility that humans may dream of but are otherwise rese ...
Objective and Subjective Ends in Kant`s Realm of Ends
... Objective and Subjective Ends in Kant’s Realm of Ends In the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant assesses his idea of a moral world as a ‘realm of ends’ (‘Reich der Zwecke’) defining it as ‘a whole of all ends in systematic connection (a whole both of rational beings as ends in themselves ...
... Objective and Subjective Ends in Kant’s Realm of Ends In the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant assesses his idea of a moral world as a ‘realm of ends’ (‘Reich der Zwecke’) defining it as ‘a whole of all ends in systematic connection (a whole both of rational beings as ends in themselves ...
Moral Supervenience - University of Hull
... belief that a G*thing is F if there is some other G*thing which is F. The fact that something is F given that it is G*suddenly gets catapulted into the center of our web of belief by the apparently extraneous fact that some other thing is G*and F. We could understand how it could be that x’s being F ...
... belief that a G*thing is F if there is some other G*thing which is F. The fact that something is F given that it is G*suddenly gets catapulted into the center of our web of belief by the apparently extraneous fact that some other thing is G*and F. We could understand how it could be that x’s being F ...
Universally Preferable Behaviour
... Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. In taking on this mammoth task – particularly in such a short book – I have set myself some basic ground rules, which are worth going over here. (Most of these will be discussed in more detail throughout the course of this book.) 1. I fully accept th ...
... Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. In taking on this mammoth task – particularly in such a short book – I have set myself some basic ground rules, which are worth going over here. (Most of these will be discussed in more detail throughout the course of this book.) 1. I fully accept th ...
There Are No Ethical Leaders An Argument for Ethical Individuals Patrick Brousseau
... versus “ethical leaders” becomes important. If we are ethical individuals, all of o ur action s take place within the moral and ethical framework we create for ourselves. Ethical leaders in this sense do not experience conflict between their responsibilities; ...
... versus “ethical leaders” becomes important. If we are ethical individuals, all of o ur action s take place within the moral and ethical framework we create for ourselves. Ethical leaders in this sense do not experience conflict between their responsibilities; ...
Aristotle on the Virtue of Phronesis - Inter
... good-tempered or self-indulgent. Thus states arise out of like activities. This is why the activities we exhibit must be of a certain kind. The agents themselves must in each case consider what is appropriate to the ...
... good-tempered or self-indulgent. Thus states arise out of like activities. This is why the activities we exhibit must be of a certain kind. The agents themselves must in each case consider what is appropriate to the ...
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... psychopathy (Hare 1993). It would of course be rash to conclude that all normal nonpsychopathic adults are susceptible to guilt feelings. From the fact that all psychopaths lack susceptibility to guilt feelings, it does not follow that only psychopaths lack guilt feelings. By itself, the point abou ...
... psychopathy (Hare 1993). It would of course be rash to conclude that all normal nonpsychopathic adults are susceptible to guilt feelings. From the fact that all psychopaths lack susceptibility to guilt feelings, it does not follow that only psychopaths lack guilt feelings. By itself, the point abou ...
Chapter 4 – Social And Ethical Responsibility
... Managers facing ethical issues must be able to solve moral dilemmas. We must address three issues when faced with such dilemmas. First, ethical responsibility is of concern at three level of analysis. The systematic level includes the entire environmental relationship to ethical responsiveness. An o ...
... Managers facing ethical issues must be able to solve moral dilemmas. We must address three issues when faced with such dilemmas. First, ethical responsibility is of concern at three level of analysis. The systematic level includes the entire environmental relationship to ethical responsiveness. An o ...
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... everything that happens in the moral realm is preordained. Critics conclude from this that karma stands for fatalism, and remain content with that conclusion without examining the doctrine any further. We propose to consider here one or two of its other aspects with a view to finding out whether it ...
... everything that happens in the moral realm is preordained. Critics conclude from this that karma stands for fatalism, and remain content with that conclusion without examining the doctrine any further. We propose to consider here one or two of its other aspects with a view to finding out whether it ...
Moral Rationalism and Rational Amoralism
... moved by what they believe is most reasonable to do, the lack of motivation would appear to count as a species of irrationality. But that is not always how the cases strike us. Huck Finn’s refusal to turn in his friend Jim was not a failure of rationality. It is partly on the basis of such examples ...
... moved by what they believe is most reasonable to do, the lack of motivation would appear to count as a species of irrationality. But that is not always how the cases strike us. Huck Finn’s refusal to turn in his friend Jim was not a failure of rationality. It is partly on the basis of such examples ...
Egoism
... We know we act selfishly very often. We don’t know we ever act altruistically. If any examples of altruism proposed are possibly selfish, that’s good evidence we are always acting selfishly, despite appearances. ...
... We know we act selfishly very often. We don’t know we ever act altruistically. If any examples of altruism proposed are possibly selfish, that’s good evidence we are always acting selfishly, despite appearances. ...
Ethics - WordPress.com
... action or decision, because the outcomes are so indefinite and uncertain at the time the decision to act is made. The principle is that everyone should act to ensure that similar decisions would be reached by others, given similar circumstances. This is a deontological (duties or obligations) approa ...
... action or decision, because the outcomes are so indefinite and uncertain at the time the decision to act is made. The principle is that everyone should act to ensure that similar decisions would be reached by others, given similar circumstances. This is a deontological (duties or obligations) approa ...
Michael Josephson on Ethical Decision Making
... to win. Ethics has a price and sometimes people must choose between what they want and what they want to be. But ethics also has a value, which makes self-restraint and sacrifice, service and charity, worthwhile. Ethical Consciousness While weakness of will explains a good deal of improper conduct, ...
... to win. Ethics has a price and sometimes people must choose between what they want and what they want to be. But ethics also has a value, which makes self-restraint and sacrifice, service and charity, worthwhile. Ethical Consciousness While weakness of will explains a good deal of improper conduct, ...
View essay as PDF - Bakersfield College
... relationships. Similar to the ideas of Gilligan, Noddings likewise believes that there must be harmony between caring for one’s self and others. (Tong) I believe Nel Noddings, who sought to improve care ethics, made care ethics easier and but did not necessarily make it better. Although Noddings mad ...
... relationships. Similar to the ideas of Gilligan, Noddings likewise believes that there must be harmony between caring for one’s self and others. (Tong) I believe Nel Noddings, who sought to improve care ethics, made care ethics easier and but did not necessarily make it better. Although Noddings mad ...
Why Ethics?
... Ethics is the judge of what is done, not a means to secure an advantage. Even if one has the high moral ground, ethics dictates that it should be abandoned. Good ethics might be good for business, but that does not make business success its measure or mean that ethics can be abandoned if it is bad f ...
... Ethics is the judge of what is done, not a means to secure an advantage. Even if one has the high moral ground, ethics dictates that it should be abandoned. Good ethics might be good for business, but that does not make business success its measure or mean that ethics can be abandoned if it is bad f ...
Constructivism in Ethics and Metaethics
... process of rational deliberation. As a “metaethical account” – an account of whether there are any normative truths and, if so, what they are like – constructivism holds that there are normative truths. These truths are not fixed by facts that are independent of the practical standpoint, however cha ...
... process of rational deliberation. As a “metaethical account” – an account of whether there are any normative truths and, if so, what they are like – constructivism holds that there are normative truths. These truths are not fixed by facts that are independent of the practical standpoint, however cha ...
Kant and the Role of Pleasure in Moral Action
... feeling only because respect for the law is more powerful [mächtiger] than all such feelings together” (MM 6:408). But if respect does not move us as a moral feeling, then in what sense is it “more powerful” than feelings arising from our sensibility? This evidence for the idea that respect motivate ...
... feeling only because respect for the law is more powerful [mächtiger] than all such feelings together” (MM 6:408). But if respect does not move us as a moral feeling, then in what sense is it “more powerful” than feelings arising from our sensibility? This evidence for the idea that respect motivate ...
ETHICS: BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW
... “Ethics concerns itself with what is good/ right in human interaction” – one of many definitions – (slide 6) Interaction – two parties or “things” Good/ right - ??????? Ethics and the law (slide 7) Apples and barrels ...
... “Ethics concerns itself with what is good/ right in human interaction” – one of many definitions – (slide 6) Interaction – two parties or “things” Good/ right - ??????? Ethics and the law (slide 7) Apples and barrels ...