The Case for Cultural Diversity
... “Alaska is landlocked,” and you were to say, “No, it is not landlocked; it has a border on the sea,” we would disagree in a way in which at least one of us must be wrong: we have said of one thing, Alaska, that it has and does not have some feature at the same time and in the same respect So, if cul ...
... “Alaska is landlocked,” and you were to say, “No, it is not landlocked; it has a border on the sea,” we would disagree in a way in which at least one of us must be wrong: we have said of one thing, Alaska, that it has and does not have some feature at the same time and in the same respect So, if cul ...
Ethics in Modern Philosophy
... • 1. A man reduced to despair by a series of misfortunes feels wearied of life, but is still so far in possession of his reason that he can ask himself whether it would not be contrary to his duty to himself to take his own life. Now he inquires whether the maxim of his action could become a univers ...
... • 1. A man reduced to despair by a series of misfortunes feels wearied of life, but is still so far in possession of his reason that he can ask himself whether it would not be contrary to his duty to himself to take his own life. Now he inquires whether the maxim of his action could become a univers ...
Ethics
... For leaders to be effective in a principlesbased organization, they must routinely make the ethical component of their own decision-making explicit. Leaders must be able to point to key organizational decisions and explain in detail how they uphold the organization’s principles. ...
... For leaders to be effective in a principlesbased organization, they must routinely make the ethical component of their own decision-making explicit. Leaders must be able to point to key organizational decisions and explain in detail how they uphold the organization’s principles. ...
Major Ethical Theories - Michigan State University
... What is right is to perform the act which maximizes the value preferences that are achieved for the greatest number of people (I.e., the most people possible get more of what they value) ...
... What is right is to perform the act which maximizes the value preferences that are achieved for the greatest number of people (I.e., the most people possible get more of what they value) ...
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... affected an already depressed people. Calls for peace are known from that time, for instance in the work of Erasmus of Rotterdam or Johann Amos Comenius who put forward the idea that, following the years of turmoil in countries that had affected their economies and morality, peace should be actively ...
... affected an already depressed people. Calls for peace are known from that time, for instance in the work of Erasmus of Rotterdam or Johann Amos Comenius who put forward the idea that, following the years of turmoil in countries that had affected their economies and morality, peace should be actively ...
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... In health care: important values such as compassion and courage Because more self- than other-oriented, won’t work as complete system of ethics ...
... In health care: important values such as compassion and courage Because more self- than other-oriented, won’t work as complete system of ethics ...
Chapter Two: Normative Theories of Ethics
... immediately, but in the long run. (5) We should avoid choosing actions if their consequences are uncertain. (6) We must guard against bias in our utilitarian calculations when our own interests are at stake. So it is advisable to rely on rules of thumb. Moral Issues in Business Chapter 1 ...
... immediately, but in the long run. (5) We should avoid choosing actions if their consequences are uncertain. (6) We must guard against bias in our utilitarian calculations when our own interests are at stake. So it is advisable to rely on rules of thumb. Moral Issues in Business Chapter 1 ...
Ethical Problems Strengths and Weakness
... such as 'Do not lie', but then values the virtue of honesty. Critics claim that the virtues are really another way of stating moral rules, and that the virtues depend on the existence of these rules. Honesty is precisely a virtue because it is wrong to lie. This sort of criticism can lead to a circu ...
... such as 'Do not lie', but then values the virtue of honesty. Critics claim that the virtues are really another way of stating moral rules, and that the virtues depend on the existence of these rules. Honesty is precisely a virtue because it is wrong to lie. This sort of criticism can lead to a circu ...
Social Darwinism, Herbert Spencer, Ethics and Morals
... published his theory. However, Spencer quickly adapted Darwinian ideas to his own ethical theories2. The concept of adaptation allowed him to claim that the rich and powerful had become rich and powerful because they were better adapted to the social and economic climate of the time. The concept of ...
... published his theory. However, Spencer quickly adapted Darwinian ideas to his own ethical theories2. The concept of adaptation allowed him to claim that the rich and powerful had become rich and powerful because they were better adapted to the social and economic climate of the time. The concept of ...
From Ethical Theory to Practice
... ethics emphasizes the person making the judgments or doing the actions. I.e., a virtuous person will make virtuous decisions and act virtuously. Has its roots in Aristotle (384-322 BCE): stress on moral education, moderation, and relationships. Virtue in Greek is arete, which literally means ...
... ethics emphasizes the person making the judgments or doing the actions. I.e., a virtuous person will make virtuous decisions and act virtuously. Has its roots in Aristotle (384-322 BCE): stress on moral education, moderation, and relationships. Virtue in Greek is arete, which literally means ...
sasom congress presentation culture and ethics 22 – november
... Obligation of altruism and humaness – welfare of other individuals/Concern for others ---- Familial self & thus familial decision-making - Yi Upholding of righteousness and the moral disposition to do good (Social/common good) - Li System of norms and propriety that determines how a person should ac ...
... Obligation of altruism and humaness – welfare of other individuals/Concern for others ---- Familial self & thus familial decision-making - Yi Upholding of righteousness and the moral disposition to do good (Social/common good) - Li System of norms and propriety that determines how a person should ac ...
Phil 206 2007 - UKZN: Philosophy
... Answer one of the following questions: 1. Critically discuss Kant’s view that there could not be an imperative that commands us “to do what will make us happy” (pp. 81-82 of the Groundwork). 2. Kant says that it might not be possible to identify a single unambiguous example of a moral action. a) Exp ...
... Answer one of the following questions: 1. Critically discuss Kant’s view that there could not be an imperative that commands us “to do what will make us happy” (pp. 81-82 of the Groundwork). 2. Kant says that it might not be possible to identify a single unambiguous example of a moral action. a) Exp ...
Ethics and Rhetorical Communication
... faced with many “gray area” choices and what might be theoretically thought of as living in a meanscentered ethic, we find ourselves existing in an ends-centered one. In short, it’s not uncommon for someone to think that what the other guy does as being unethical, while what we do as necessary and p ...
... faced with many “gray area” choices and what might be theoretically thought of as living in a meanscentered ethic, we find ourselves existing in an ends-centered one. In short, it’s not uncommon for someone to think that what the other guy does as being unethical, while what we do as necessary and p ...
Name: Kemara Matthews Personal Development and Ethics Moral
... and justice base morality. Gilligan in her theory suggest that males and females are thought as they develop and they develop differently. Name: Kemara Matthews Personal development and ethics Question 1: Name Gilligan’s stages of moral development which stage do you believe you are currently in? W ...
... and justice base morality. Gilligan in her theory suggest that males and females are thought as they develop and they develop differently. Name: Kemara Matthews Personal development and ethics Question 1: Name Gilligan’s stages of moral development which stage do you believe you are currently in? W ...
300mgt
... 1. Do you think it is ethical for Scott’s or other companies to fire employees who smoke, even if they only smoke outside of work? Speaking from the position of an X-smoker, I am in agreement with the labor attorney who thinks it is "dangerous" to allow this invasion in the worker's personal lives. ...
... 1. Do you think it is ethical for Scott’s or other companies to fire employees who smoke, even if they only smoke outside of work? Speaking from the position of an X-smoker, I am in agreement with the labor attorney who thinks it is "dangerous" to allow this invasion in the worker's personal lives. ...
Charity as a Moral Duty - DigitalCommons@Cedarville
... be ethically unacceptable. Our situation is one of these; saving a starving person is such a high end that omission of aid is unacceptable. Common ethical theory agrees that if one can help relieve suffering or prevent further harm to another but does nothing, then one is blameworthy. What qualifies ...
... be ethically unacceptable. Our situation is one of these; saving a starving person is such a high end that omission of aid is unacceptable. Common ethical theory agrees that if one can help relieve suffering or prevent further harm to another but does nothing, then one is blameworthy. What qualifies ...
Document
... Morality is eternal and unchanging and holds for all rational beings at all times and places. In other words, moral right and wrong are fundamentally the same for all people. (Morality is considered different than mere etiquette). There is only one correct answer to every moral problem. A completely ...
... Morality is eternal and unchanging and holds for all rational beings at all times and places. In other words, moral right and wrong are fundamentally the same for all people. (Morality is considered different than mere etiquette). There is only one correct answer to every moral problem. A completely ...
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 ...
Kant, first set of notes, Fall 2014
... Good will means having a disposition to act from duty (from motive of respect for moral law) not just in conformity w/duty (from other motives) (Kant 59-60) * So the good will involves intention: intending to do what the moral law says * and also motive: we have to do what the moral law says because ...
... Good will means having a disposition to act from duty (from motive of respect for moral law) not just in conformity w/duty (from other motives) (Kant 59-60) * So the good will involves intention: intending to do what the moral law says * and also motive: we have to do what the moral law says because ...
Kant`s moral philosophy is powerful and compelling. But it can
... we reason from our particular interests, desires, and ends, we may be led to any number of principles. But these are not moral principles, only prudential ones. Insofar as we exercise pure practical reason, we abstract from our particular interests. This means that everyone who exercises pure practi ...
... we reason from our particular interests, desires, and ends, we may be led to any number of principles. But these are not moral principles, only prudential ones. Insofar as we exercise pure practical reason, we abstract from our particular interests. This means that everyone who exercises pure practi ...
Kant`s Ethics - Valdosta State University
... focusing on this, Kant erected a theory designed to capture the categorical nature of morality, yet at the same time, not burden us with so many duties that all freedom would disappear unlike many of his predecessors, Kant contended that it is not achieving what you desire that makes something r ...
... focusing on this, Kant erected a theory designed to capture the categorical nature of morality, yet at the same time, not burden us with so many duties that all freedom would disappear unlike many of his predecessors, Kant contended that it is not achieving what you desire that makes something r ...
Introduction to Moral Heteronomy. History, Proposals, Arguments
... when someone says autonomy is not what Kant claims: far from being a milestone for liberation and freedom, autonomy endorses obedience, and is a radical mutilation of spontaneity and authenticity. Anyway, most of the authors of the present collection works within an overtly Kantian semantics. Conseq ...
... when someone says autonomy is not what Kant claims: far from being a milestone for liberation and freedom, autonomy endorses obedience, and is a radical mutilation of spontaneity and authenticity. Anyway, most of the authors of the present collection works within an overtly Kantian semantics. Conseq ...
Chapter 3 – Nonconsequentialist Theories of Morality
... rules they would like to live by when they don’t know how they might be (dis) advantaged by them. The section on Aristotle raises the question of an end or purpose to life. This obviously has great potential for philosophical discussions and, again, there are a variety of exercises you might use to ...
... rules they would like to live by when they don’t know how they might be (dis) advantaged by them. The section on Aristotle raises the question of an end or purpose to life. This obviously has great potential for philosophical discussions and, again, there are a variety of exercises you might use to ...
Thomas Hill Green
Thomas Hill Green (7 April 1836 – 15 March 1882) was an English philosopher, political radical and temperance reformer, and a member of the British idealism movement. Like all the British idealists, Green was influenced by the metaphysical historicism of G.W.F. Hegel. He was one of the thinkers behind the philosophy of social liberalism.