Morals in Politics: The Case of Georg Schwarzenberger
... individuals and states” (Kant) 3) Different moral rules applicable to states and to individuals (Hegel) ...
... individuals and states” (Kant) 3) Different moral rules applicable to states and to individuals (Hegel) ...
Classical Chinese Philosophies - Fort Thomas Independent Schools
... Kant believed that our actions were not as important as our intentions in morality Kant also believed all humans were capable, through reason, of figuring out right/wrong. Reason is an authority ‘in’ us but it transcends us Why be Moral?: “It is the rationale thing to do.” ...
... Kant believed that our actions were not as important as our intentions in morality Kant also believed all humans were capable, through reason, of figuring out right/wrong. Reason is an authority ‘in’ us but it transcends us Why be Moral?: “It is the rationale thing to do.” ...
Feminist Ethics
... distinctively human realm in which man transcends his animal nature. The private realm has been seen as the natural, animal realm in which women reproduce the species. ...
... distinctively human realm in which man transcends his animal nature. The private realm has been seen as the natural, animal realm in which women reproduce the species. ...
Strong and Weak Culture
... stronger. Ok, actually it would be better to think of it as falling along a continuum: Some people are so set in their beliefs and in how they understand the world that becoming a member of an organization, even a very powerful one, would have little to no impact on their norms or their behavior. (T ...
... stronger. Ok, actually it would be better to think of it as falling along a continuum: Some people are so set in their beliefs and in how they understand the world that becoming a member of an organization, even a very powerful one, would have little to no impact on their norms or their behavior. (T ...
2. NOTIONS OF MORALITY (notes)
... intellectual (for example knowledge) and practical action and emotion (for example courage). ...
... intellectual (for example knowledge) and practical action and emotion (for example courage). ...
File - Learning and Writing
... explored is that leaders in this society have their jobs on the line and thus put a lot of thought into morally right decisions, “We’ve got two suicide bombers in that house but no one wants to take responsibility for pulling the trigger”. Two very different views on what is considered legitimate an ...
... explored is that leaders in this society have their jobs on the line and thus put a lot of thought into morally right decisions, “We’ve got two suicide bombers in that house but no one wants to take responsibility for pulling the trigger”. Two very different views on what is considered legitimate an ...
Colena Sesanker. Philosophy Club. 12/2014 Kant on the Duty to
... Human action, viewed as mere events in the physical world, have physical explanations which, in virtue of the fact that events are caused by prior conditions, reveal that there never was the possibility of genuine choice. We appear to be mere machines playing out the domino chain of events that bega ...
... Human action, viewed as mere events in the physical world, have physical explanations which, in virtue of the fact that events are caused by prior conditions, reveal that there never was the possibility of genuine choice. We appear to be mere machines playing out the domino chain of events that bega ...
Ethics in a Pluralist World
... Immanuel Kant draws a distinction between ethics and right (Recht) or law. The reason for this distinction is his division of freedom into internal and external. This distinction, on which the main division of the doctrine of morals as a whole also rests, is based on this: that the concept of freedo ...
... Immanuel Kant draws a distinction between ethics and right (Recht) or law. The reason for this distinction is his division of freedom into internal and external. This distinction, on which the main division of the doctrine of morals as a whole also rests, is based on this: that the concept of freedo ...
The Moral Argument Revision Notes File
... Immanuel Kant analysed the work of Aquinas (his 4th way) and devised his proof for the existence of God based on moral behaviour. Kant believed that we all have innate moral awareness: “Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe… the starry heavens above me and the mora ...
... Immanuel Kant analysed the work of Aquinas (his 4th way) and devised his proof for the existence of God based on moral behaviour. Kant believed that we all have innate moral awareness: “Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe… the starry heavens above me and the mora ...
Session 18
... Problems with Ethical Relativism 1. Normative claim: One should act in conformance with one's society. • This asserts a universal moral principle (contradiction) • Many moral heroes (Ghandi, Jesus) considered bad under this claim. 2. Alternative claim: It is wrong to judge other cultures by the sta ...
... Problems with Ethical Relativism 1. Normative claim: One should act in conformance with one's society. • This asserts a universal moral principle (contradiction) • Many moral heroes (Ghandi, Jesus) considered bad under this claim. 2. Alternative claim: It is wrong to judge other cultures by the sta ...
Deontological Ethics - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... 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 time as an end (II 66-67). ...
... 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 time as an end (II 66-67). ...
types+of+moral+theories
... This type of motivation for establishing a moral system is absent in both the utilitarian or deontological theories. So a contract-based ethical theory would seem to have one advantage over them. ...
... This type of motivation for establishing a moral system is absent in both the utilitarian or deontological theories. So a contract-based ethical theory would seem to have one advantage over them. ...
Revision Notes Ethical Theory
... • Believed people were hedonists (ruled by pleasure and pain) but needed an objective way of figuring out morality. • The right thing is to do the ‘greatest good for the greatest number’ (or the least harm) • Objective and measurable account of morality – based on the Hedonistic Calculus which consi ...
... • Believed people were hedonists (ruled by pleasure and pain) but needed an objective way of figuring out morality. • The right thing is to do the ‘greatest good for the greatest number’ (or the least harm) • Objective and measurable account of morality – based on the Hedonistic Calculus which consi ...
Adolescence and Moral Development
... GABA in the limbic system. • THP has two roles, one in the limbic system where it helps to calm things down, and another in the hippocampus where in adolescents it heats things up. The hippocampus is important for emotion regulation. ...
... GABA in the limbic system. • THP has two roles, one in the limbic system where it helps to calm things down, and another in the hippocampus where in adolescents it heats things up. The hippocampus is important for emotion regulation. ...
What is Fundamental Moral Theology? Lecture Dr. Thomas B
... An especially critical or discursive introduction prefaced to a literary work; preliminary remark; figurative: serving as an introduction to something. Fundamental moral theology—explains the why behind the judgments of concrete issues; examines the foundational concerns that underlie concrete judgm ...
... An especially critical or discursive introduction prefaced to a literary work; preliminary remark; figurative: serving as an introduction to something. Fundamental moral theology—explains the why behind the judgments of concrete issues; examines the foundational concerns that underlie concrete judgm ...
Principles & Practice of Sport Management
... understand the goals they are trying to accomplish. ...
... understand the goals they are trying to accomplish. ...
10 Moral Philosophy STUDENT GUIDE
... and hence be ruled by reason. One ruled by reason exhibits four cardinal virtues— temperance, courage, wisdom, and justice—and has a well-ordered soul; virtue is its own reward. 23. Aesara, the Lucanian. The Greek philosopher Aesara of Lucania taught that all morally significant decisions, whether r ...
... and hence be ruled by reason. One ruled by reason exhibits four cardinal virtues— temperance, courage, wisdom, and justice—and has a well-ordered soul; virtue is its own reward. 23. Aesara, the Lucanian. The Greek philosopher Aesara of Lucania taught that all morally significant decisions, whether r ...
Online Privacy Issues Overview
... We ought to adopt moral rules which, if followed by everyone, will lead to the greatest increase in total happiness ◦ Act utilitarianism applies Principle of Utility to individual actions ◦ Rule utilitarianism applies Principle of Utility to moral rules ...
... We ought to adopt moral rules which, if followed by everyone, will lead to the greatest increase in total happiness ◦ Act utilitarianism applies Principle of Utility to individual actions ◦ Rule utilitarianism applies Principle of Utility to moral rules ...
360 Business Ethics
... moral duties, and that sometimes these duties conflict. • There appears to be no easy hierarchy of duties such that one duty always supersedes others. • W.D. Ross is the philosopher credited with proposing that we have a large set of duties that often conflict, and that when this occurs the more imp ...
... moral duties, and that sometimes these duties conflict. • There appears to be no easy hierarchy of duties such that one duty always supersedes others. • W.D. Ross is the philosopher credited with proposing that we have a large set of duties that often conflict, and that when this occurs the more imp ...
Lesson Title
... from the Holocaust to Rwanda – point to a level of moral perversity that is unimaginable. There is widespread recognition by all but the most indifferent and cynical that these evils amount to something more than a violation of mere social customs, aesthetic taste or ...
... from the Holocaust to Rwanda – point to a level of moral perversity that is unimaginable. There is widespread recognition by all but the most indifferent and cynical that these evils amount to something more than a violation of mere social customs, aesthetic taste or ...
Ethics
... some degree of love, they would have warned each other of danger, and have given mutual aid in attack or defence. All this implies some degree of sympathy, fidelity, and courage….[T]o the instinct of sympathy…it is primarily due that we habitually bestow both praises and blame on others, whilst we l ...
... some degree of love, they would have warned each other of danger, and have given mutual aid in attack or defence. All this implies some degree of sympathy, fidelity, and courage….[T]o the instinct of sympathy…it is primarily due that we habitually bestow both praises and blame on others, whilst we l ...