INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
... and they advised him not to use it. His main aim was to end the war. His military advisors estimated that if an invasion of Japan was necessary, as many as 1 million Americans might be killed. The estimated loss of Japanese lives using the bomb was 100,000. He reasoned ...
... and they advised him not to use it. His main aim was to end the war. His military advisors estimated that if an invasion of Japan was necessary, as many as 1 million Americans might be killed. The estimated loss of Japanese lives using the bomb was 100,000. He reasoned ...
Department Away day
... moral standards, with regard to behaviour; moral responsibility, referring to our conscience; and a moral identity, or one who is capable of right or wrong action Personal morality values and duties adopted by an individual Societal morality Group morality values and duties that apply to an or ...
... moral standards, with regard to behaviour; moral responsibility, referring to our conscience; and a moral identity, or one who is capable of right or wrong action Personal morality values and duties adopted by an individual Societal morality Group morality values and duties that apply to an or ...
natural law
... 3. Is the same for all people at all times. 4. Is there to be discovered. 5. Is a means to guide one to good. ...
... 3. Is the same for all people at all times. 4. Is there to be discovered. 5. Is a means to guide one to good. ...
Set 6: Kantian Ethics
... The Categorical Imperative offers a way to doing the right thing by asking, “What if everyone did it?” By universalizing moral reasoning, Kant thought we’d all do what’s best. The Humanitarian Principle underscored the importance of not just using others for our ends. Kant saw the individual more im ...
... The Categorical Imperative offers a way to doing the right thing by asking, “What if everyone did it?” By universalizing moral reasoning, Kant thought we’d all do what’s best. The Humanitarian Principle underscored the importance of not just using others for our ends. Kant saw the individual more im ...
Applied Ethics/Critical Thinking
... • “With his reputation for virtue, [the unjust man] will hold offices of state, ally himself by marriage to any family he may choose, become a partner in any business, and, having no scruples about being dishonest, turn all these advantages to profit. [H]e will get the better of his opponents, grow ...
... • “With his reputation for virtue, [the unjust man] will hold offices of state, ally himself by marriage to any family he may choose, become a partner in any business, and, having no scruples about being dishonest, turn all these advantages to profit. [H]e will get the better of his opponents, grow ...
Moral Criteria and Character Education: A Reply to Welch
... 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 ...
Is_There_A_God_FF04
... out of schools; I am for keeping religion out of the churches and the homes; in fact I am for abolishing religion all together.” Charles Edelman, “Freedom From Religion” – The American Atheist February 1984. (via Darwin’s Leap of Faith; pg 104,105) ...
... out of schools; I am for keeping religion out of the churches and the homes; in fact I am for abolishing religion all together.” Charles Edelman, “Freedom From Religion” – The American Atheist February 1984. (via Darwin’s Leap of Faith; pg 104,105) ...
Moral Enhancement - Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
... when it endangers others Immorality of not drinking ...
... when it endangers others Immorality of not drinking ...
Kohlberg`s Theory of Moral Development
... • Moral values defined in terms of individual rights and standards agreed upon by the society (pants issues in Atlanta right now) • Consensus rather than majority • “Official” Morality of our country ...
... • Moral values defined in terms of individual rights and standards agreed upon by the society (pants issues in Atlanta right now) • Consensus rather than majority • “Official” Morality of our country ...
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... Social Contract Theory: duty not to interfere with others’ rights Morality consists in the set of rules, governing how people are to treat one another, that rational people will agree to accept, for their mutual benefit, on the condition that others follow those rules as well. James Rachel, The Elem ...
... Social Contract Theory: duty not to interfere with others’ rights Morality consists in the set of rules, governing how people are to treat one another, that rational people will agree to accept, for their mutual benefit, on the condition that others follow those rules as well. James Rachel, The Elem ...
PHILOSOPHY 100 (Ted Stolze)
... The Society-of-States Approach “The society-of-states approach argues that the international order is one made up of states and that states are the units of ethical consideration. Accordingly, states have moral duties to other states, not to individuals within those states. Moral duties that states ...
... The Society-of-States Approach “The society-of-states approach argues that the international order is one made up of states and that states are the units of ethical consideration. Accordingly, states have moral duties to other states, not to individuals within those states. Moral duties that states ...
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... • Error of Judging Others By Standard Not Their Own • Mathematics as a Normative Model – Mathnocentrism – The Mathnocentric Fallacy? ...
... • Error of Judging Others By Standard Not Their Own • Mathematics as a Normative Model – Mathnocentrism – The Mathnocentric Fallacy? ...
The Basis for Morality and Moral Theology
... • _____: enables us to ______ the truths _____ by Christ and transmitted by the Church • _____: assists us in ______ that God will give us the means to ________ and holiness • _____: enables us to ______ God and others with the love of Christ. ...
... • _____: enables us to ______ the truths _____ by Christ and transmitted by the Church • _____: assists us in ______ that God will give us the means to ________ and holiness • _____: enables us to ______ God and others with the love of Christ. ...
Ethics and Business
... • According to the Integrative Social Contracts Theory (ISCT), there are two kinds of moral standards: – Hypernorms: those moral standards that should be applied to people in all societies. – Microsocial norms: those norms that differ from one community to another and that should be applied to peopl ...
... • According to the Integrative Social Contracts Theory (ISCT), there are two kinds of moral standards: – Hypernorms: those moral standards that should be applied to people in all societies. – Microsocial norms: those norms that differ from one community to another and that should be applied to peopl ...
Three Independent Factors in Morals
... reigning philosophy of Greece viewed the universe as a cosmos in which all natural processes tended to fulfil themselves in rational or ideal forms, so that this view of human conduct was but an extension of the idea entertained about the universe in which we live. Law was conceived of simply as an ...
... reigning philosophy of Greece viewed the universe as a cosmos in which all natural processes tended to fulfil themselves in rational or ideal forms, so that this view of human conduct was but an extension of the idea entertained about the universe in which we live. Law was conceived of simply as an ...
Moral Reasoning and Moral Development
... – How can a person reach a conclusion about an ethical dilemma? – Do ethical dilemmas have answers that would be universally accepted as right, proper, and appropriate? ...
... – How can a person reach a conclusion about an ethical dilemma? – Do ethical dilemmas have answers that would be universally accepted as right, proper, and appropriate? ...
Subjectivism in Ethics
... Values are not tangible things like planets, trees, and spoons. However, this does not mean that ethics has no objective basis. People have not only feelings but also reason, and these two are fundamentally distinct. ...
... Values are not tangible things like planets, trees, and spoons. However, this does not mean that ethics has no objective basis. People have not only feelings but also reason, and these two are fundamentally distinct. ...
1 PHIL 2303: Human Nature and the Meaning of Life Prof
... other. But is this ever to be expected from inferences and conclusions of the understanding, which of themselves have no hold of the affections nor set in motion the active powers of men? They discover truths: but where the truths which they discover are indifferent, and beget no desire or aversion, ...
... other. But is this ever to be expected from inferences and conclusions of the understanding, which of themselves have no hold of the affections nor set in motion the active powers of men? They discover truths: but where the truths which they discover are indifferent, and beget no desire or aversion, ...
Power Point Presentation
... “An act must be done from obligation in order to have moral worth.” “An action’s moral value is due to the maxim from which it is performed, rather than to its success in realizing some desired end or purpose.” – motive of benevolence is rejected as morally unworthy “Obligation is the necessity of a ...
... “An act must be done from obligation in order to have moral worth.” “An action’s moral value is due to the maxim from which it is performed, rather than to its success in realizing some desired end or purpose.” – motive of benevolence is rejected as morally unworthy “Obligation is the necessity of a ...
Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong
... Religion has profoundly affected human conscious life and moral behavior for over two thousand years. For Western Civilization, Morality has been identified with adherence to religion. ...
... Religion has profoundly affected human conscious life and moral behavior for over two thousand years. For Western Civilization, Morality has been identified with adherence to religion. ...
introdcution to ethics - MDC Faculty Home Pages
... • Something has extrinsic if it is valuable as a means to acquiring or attaining something we value in virtue of itself. • For example money has little or no intrinsic value, it’s just bits of paper or metal, but it has great extrinsic value in that it can used to acquire other items which we do val ...
... • Something has extrinsic if it is valuable as a means to acquiring or attaining something we value in virtue of itself. • For example money has little or no intrinsic value, it’s just bits of paper or metal, but it has great extrinsic value in that it can used to acquire other items which we do val ...
Neuroscience and Moral Reliability
... examine the BOLD patterns of experimental subjects while the latter confront moral dilemmas in which one life can be sacrificed to save five. According to Greene and colleagues, some dilemmas which usually bring about a utility maximization response are differentiated from others that normally prod ...
... examine the BOLD patterns of experimental subjects while the latter confront moral dilemmas in which one life can be sacrificed to save five. According to Greene and colleagues, some dilemmas which usually bring about a utility maximization response are differentiated from others that normally prod ...
ETHC 2000 – Interdisciplinary Ethics and Values Evaluation of
... any action or decision that would interfere with the rights of everyone to develop their potential as much as possible. Such rights are consistent with the promotion of voluntary exchanges among individual as the basis for collective benefit.. ...
... any action or decision that would interfere with the rights of everyone to develop their potential as much as possible. Such rights are consistent with the promotion of voluntary exchanges among individual as the basis for collective benefit.. ...
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... Is the view that there are no objective, absolute ethical truths. Moral facts only hold relative to a given individual or society. According to this ethical theory, what is morally good for one person or culture might be morally bad for another, and vice versa: there are no moral absolutes. The indi ...
... Is the view that there are no objective, absolute ethical truths. Moral facts only hold relative to a given individual or society. According to this ethical theory, what is morally good for one person or culture might be morally bad for another, and vice versa: there are no moral absolutes. The indi ...