the discipline of ethics
... Problem: Such distribution erodes productive efficiency and can’t work given competitive human nature. ...
... Problem: Such distribution erodes productive efficiency and can’t work given competitive human nature. ...
2525022k9 - Ursula Stange
... • In some societies, such as among the Eskimos, infanticide is thought to be morally acceptable. • In other societies, such as our own, infanticide is thought to be morally odious -------------------------------------------------------------------------• Therefore, infanticide is neither objectively ...
... • In some societies, such as among the Eskimos, infanticide is thought to be morally acceptable. • In other societies, such as our own, infanticide is thought to be morally odious -------------------------------------------------------------------------• Therefore, infanticide is neither objectively ...
Slide 1
... Virtue consists of realizing our natural human potential as rational animals (our telos). The cultivation of human virtues ...
... Virtue consists of realizing our natural human potential as rational animals (our telos). The cultivation of human virtues ...
Class #9 - 8/5/10
... normative claim. A utilitarian may accept the view that we often act from psychological egoism, but would say that when we do so, we may be acting unethically. • Note that Utilitarians are hard absolutists. • The principle of utility is sometimes referred to as the greatest happiness principle. • Ut ...
... normative claim. A utilitarian may accept the view that we often act from psychological egoism, but would say that when we do so, we may be acting unethically. • Note that Utilitarians are hard absolutists. • The principle of utility is sometimes referred to as the greatest happiness principle. • Ut ...
Responding to Love in Love
... • "Our Hearts are Restless Until They Rest in You" From the Confessions Saint Augustine of Hippo ...
... • "Our Hearts are Restless Until They Rest in You" From the Confessions Saint Augustine of Hippo ...
Chapter 7 - Cengage Learning
... Business and Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management, 6e • Carroll & Buchholtz Copyright ©2006 by South-Western, a division of Thomson Learning. All rights reserved ...
... Business and Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management, 6e • Carroll & Buchholtz Copyright ©2006 by South-Western, a division of Thomson Learning. All rights reserved ...
Education in Human Values
... • To empower a person so that his actions ( bodily, vocal , mental) neither hurt nor harm him nor “any body” else ...
... • To empower a person so that his actions ( bodily, vocal , mental) neither hurt nor harm him nor “any body” else ...
Chapter 6
... Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law. Every action implies a maxim ...
... Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law. Every action implies a maxim ...
the discipline of ethics
... Problem: Such distribution erodes productive efficiency and can’t work given competitive human nature. ...
... Problem: Such distribution erodes productive efficiency and can’t work given competitive human nature. ...
ayers emotivism - mrslh Philosophy & Ethics
... REDUCTIONISM. It was too simplistic an analysis of language. Morality involves the use of reason. He cannot accept that such terrible acts as the Holocaust can be reduced to I believe that killing is wrong. S James Rachels – argues that it ...
... REDUCTIONISM. It was too simplistic an analysis of language. Morality involves the use of reason. He cannot accept that such terrible acts as the Holocaust can be reduced to I believe that killing is wrong. S James Rachels – argues that it ...
Ethical Decision Making: Black, White and Shades of Gray
... staff. Nominal is considered to be less than $15. A report has just come in your hotline that one of your longest, most dependable, and best-loved employees, who is set to retire next year, six months ago accepted an old car from the family of a resident who died. • What do you do? ...
... staff. Nominal is considered to be less than $15. A report has just come in your hotline that one of your longest, most dependable, and best-loved employees, who is set to retire next year, six months ago accepted an old car from the family of a resident who died. • What do you do? ...
Enlightenment - Pam Murphy, Instructor of English
... In a world governed by reason, the true will always be the same as the good and the right (and the beautiful); there can be no conflict between what is true and what is right (etc.). ...
... In a world governed by reason, the true will always be the same as the good and the right (and the beautiful); there can be no conflict between what is true and what is right (etc.). ...
The Basis for Morality and Moral Theology
... What is moral law? • Moral law is based on love of _____ and love of _____ • Not just about living by the “checklist” of morals but that we have the _____ of the moral law • Difference between following the _____ and living the _____ ...
... What is moral law? • Moral law is based on love of _____ and love of _____ • Not just about living by the “checklist” of morals but that we have the _____ of the moral law • Difference between following the _____ and living the _____ ...
Chapter 4
... International Business Arise most often in the context of: – Employment practices – Human rights – Environmental policy – Corruption – An MNC’s perceived moral obligations ...
... International Business Arise most often in the context of: – Employment practices – Human rights – Environmental policy – Corruption – An MNC’s perceived moral obligations ...
Moral Leadership
... grounds for developing a covenantal community. “Covenants are solemn binding agreements between two or more parties that provide reciprocal rights , duties, and obligations on the one hand, and guidelines for ...
... grounds for developing a covenantal community. “Covenants are solemn binding agreements between two or more parties that provide reciprocal rights , duties, and obligations on the one hand, and guidelines for ...
Science in society: Obligations and rights
... The right to challenge received wisdom • For scientific progress it is essential that the propositions of science are open to challege from new knowledge • Perhaps an important criteria for cultural, spiritual and ethical evolution is that these beliefs too are open to challenge from new knowledge ...
... The right to challenge received wisdom • For scientific progress it is essential that the propositions of science are open to challege from new knowledge • Perhaps an important criteria for cultural, spiritual and ethical evolution is that these beliefs too are open to challenge from new knowledge ...
Engineering ethics: How to win over a client
... Ethics principles or standards of human conduct, sometimes called morals (Latin mores, “customs”), and, by extension, the study of such principles, sometimes called moral philosophy. This article is concerned with ethics chiefly in the latter sense and is confined to that of Western civilization, al ...
... Ethics principles or standards of human conduct, sometimes called morals (Latin mores, “customs”), and, by extension, the study of such principles, sometimes called moral philosophy. This article is concerned with ethics chiefly in the latter sense and is confined to that of Western civilization, al ...
lecture
... • “But these supplementary explanations do not affect the theory of life on which this theory of morality is grounded- namely, that pleasure, and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends; and that all desirable things (which are as numerous in the utilitarian as in any other scheme) ...
... • “But these supplementary explanations do not affect the theory of life on which this theory of morality is grounded- namely, that pleasure, and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends; and that all desirable things (which are as numerous in the utilitarian as in any other scheme) ...
Chapter 2 Discussion: Ethical Principles in Business
... In terms of “means” (methods) versus “ends” (results) in what way does the utilitarian moral principle focus on the “ends” (results)? If an action does me (personally) the most good and the least harm of all actions I can take, that doesn’t mean the action is ethical according to the utilitarian ...
... In terms of “means” (methods) versus “ends” (results) in what way does the utilitarian moral principle focus on the “ends” (results)? If an action does me (personally) the most good and the least harm of all actions I can take, that doesn’t mean the action is ethical according to the utilitarian ...
Why Do We Need Ethical Theories?
... Ross believes that we can determine what our overriding duty is in a particular situation by using a two-step deliberative process: (a) reflect on the competing prima facie duties (b) weigh the evidence at hand to determine which course of action would be required in a particular circumstance. ...
... Ross believes that we can determine what our overriding duty is in a particular situation by using a two-step deliberative process: (a) reflect on the competing prima facie duties (b) weigh the evidence at hand to determine which course of action would be required in a particular circumstance. ...
Building Trust Through Good Decision Making
... we say we will do something, we will do it; when we say we cannot or will not do something, then we won’t do it. • Excellence-We are satisfied with nothing less than the very best in everything we do. We will continue to raise the bar for everyone. The great fun here will be for all of us to discove ...
... we say we will do something, we will do it; when we say we cannot or will not do something, then we won’t do it. • Excellence-We are satisfied with nothing less than the very best in everything we do. We will continue to raise the bar for everyone. The great fun here will be for all of us to discove ...
CONSENSUS MORALITY
... not all cultural differences lie at the fairly inconsequential level of insider trading or petty bribery. If one seriously maintains the view of cultural relativism, one must be prepared to tolerate all cultural differences. If one state endorses piracy (as some in history have), then one must grant ...
... not all cultural differences lie at the fairly inconsequential level of insider trading or petty bribery. If one seriously maintains the view of cultural relativism, one must be prepared to tolerate all cultural differences. If one state endorses piracy (as some in history have), then one must grant ...
CONSENSUS_MORALITY
... It does not follow that all questions of moral differences among cultures can be solved by measuring them against a rigid, universal yardstick. But it means that morality has some, albeit imperfect, relevance to ...
... It does not follow that all questions of moral differences among cultures can be solved by measuring them against a rigid, universal yardstick. But it means that morality has some, albeit imperfect, relevance 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.