Ethics 481 2008 3
... is to make the world a better place; and If we can scientifically assess various possible courses of action to determine which will have the greatest positive effect on the world; then We can provide a scientific answer to the question of what we ought to do. ...
... is to make the world a better place; and If we can scientifically assess various possible courses of action to determine which will have the greatest positive effect on the world; then We can provide a scientific answer to the question of what we ought to do. ...
Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong
... •Rightness and Wrongness are not dependent on God’s Will •There are independent ways to act ...
... •Rightness and Wrongness are not dependent on God’s Will •There are independent ways to act ...
The ring finger - Stijn Bruers, the rational ethicist
... The middle finger: the mere means principle and the basic right to bodily autonomy. Never use someone’s body as merely a means to someone else’s ends, because that violates the right to bodily autonomy. The two words “mere means” refer to two conditions: 1) if in order to reach an end you force som ...
... The middle finger: the mere means principle and the basic right to bodily autonomy. Never use someone’s body as merely a means to someone else’s ends, because that violates the right to bodily autonomy. The two words “mere means” refer to two conditions: 1) if in order to reach an end you force som ...
Shafer-Landua and Ethical Subjectivism - K
... 2. Either He does so because these are the right rules, or not. 3. Suppose not. 4. Then God’s commands are arbitrary, and supply no authoritative moral reasons for actions (at most the reasons are prudential—one serve’s one’s best interests by obeying them; but there is no reason to think disobedien ...
... 2. Either He does so because these are the right rules, or not. 3. Suppose not. 4. Then God’s commands are arbitrary, and supply no authoritative moral reasons for actions (at most the reasons are prudential—one serve’s one’s best interests by obeying them; but there is no reason to think disobedien ...
File - Learning and Writing
... the ability to control nations, dictate culture and manipulate values on what is right and wrong. This reflects the Elizabethan context, in which masculine, decisive, persuasive and what contemporary audiences might consider brutal leaders were admired. Henry’s ability in rhetoric, emphasized in the ...
... the ability to control nations, dictate culture and manipulate values on what is right and wrong. This reflects the Elizabethan context, in which masculine, decisive, persuasive and what contemporary audiences might consider brutal leaders were admired. Henry’s ability in rhetoric, emphasized in the ...
“There is no country in the world where everything can be provided
... Groups or individuals who disobey unjust laws in deliberate acts of civil disobedience do not undermine the legitimacy of government. Their lawbreaking must not be considered as an ordinary crime, since it has different aims and the lawbreaker openly disobeys the law and accepts punishment. Democrat ...
... Groups or individuals who disobey unjust laws in deliberate acts of civil disobedience do not undermine the legitimacy of government. Their lawbreaking must not be considered as an ordinary crime, since it has different aims and the lawbreaker openly disobeys the law and accepts punishment. Democrat ...
Morality and Justice Final Paper
... What makes something right versus wrong? For years, philosophers have strived to provide an answer to this question on how we should live. Immanuel Kant simply believed that there is a single fundamental principle of morality in which all moral duties are based. He calls this the categorical imperat ...
... What makes something right versus wrong? For years, philosophers have strived to provide an answer to this question on how we should live. Immanuel Kant simply believed that there is a single fundamental principle of morality in which all moral duties are based. He calls this the categorical imperat ...
pdf2011 Nature Protection – an ethical obligation E. Stanciu
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5. ETHICAL & SOCIAL IMPACT OF IS SYSTEMS
... Identify and describe the facts; Define the conflict or dilemma and identify the higher order values ...
... Identify and describe the facts; Define the conflict or dilemma and identify the higher order values ...
Achieve Predictable Excellence
... A profession is a “disciplined group of individuals who adhere to high ethical standards and uphold themselves to, and are accepted by, the public as possessing special knowledge and skills … and who are prepared to exercise this knowledge and these skills in the interest of others. Inherent in this ...
... A profession is a “disciplined group of individuals who adhere to high ethical standards and uphold themselves to, and are accepted by, the public as possessing special knowledge and skills … and who are prepared to exercise this knowledge and these skills in the interest of others. Inherent in this ...
Ethics for Computer Forensics
... • Employee Conrad Clueless uses a “pornographic” screen-saver at his company provided workstation in a semipublic office. He is informed by management that this violates the company’s policy against sexual harassment. He signs a statement that he understands the policy and agrees to stop offending b ...
... • Employee Conrad Clueless uses a “pornographic” screen-saver at his company provided workstation in a semipublic office. He is informed by management that this violates the company’s policy against sexual harassment. He signs a statement that he understands the policy and agrees to stop offending b ...
Is It All Relative?
... rejects relativism in its individual and cultural forms. ► Cultural relativism, the Diversity Thesis, and the Dependency Thesis ► Subjectivism leads to absurdities. ...
... rejects relativism in its individual and cultural forms. ► Cultural relativism, the Diversity Thesis, and the Dependency Thesis ► Subjectivism leads to absurdities. ...
... and most importantly that one’s life is to be guided by and lived in a morally rational and responsible way even if making a morally correct decision is not in one’s immediate best interests. An example of this might be refusing to make a bribe to get a contract. Jesus makes it clear that if one is ...
Philosophy 220
... The form taken by the categorical nature of obligation is what Kant calls an imperative. Imperatives are expressions of the human will, but only some of them exhibit the categorical force of a duty. There are two types of imperatives. The more common is what Kant calls a Hypothetical imperative. I ...
... The form taken by the categorical nature of obligation is what Kant calls an imperative. Imperatives are expressions of the human will, but only some of them exhibit the categorical force of a duty. There are two types of imperatives. The more common is what Kant calls a Hypothetical imperative. I ...
Ethics in Criminal Justice
... including critical study of how ethical statements can be verified. Normative ethics – determines what people ought do and defines moral duties. Applied ethics – the application of ethical principles to specific issues. Professional ethics – a specific type of applied ethics relating to behavior of ...
... including critical study of how ethical statements can be verified. Normative ethics – determines what people ought do and defines moral duties. Applied ethics – the application of ethical principles to specific issues. Professional ethics – a specific type of applied ethics relating to behavior of ...
Philosophy 220
... The focus on the categorical nature of obligation suggests a Theory of Right Conduct: those actions are obligatory which we are categorically commanded to do, wrong which we are categorically commanded not to do, and permissible if we are not either commanded or forbidden to do. ...
... The focus on the categorical nature of obligation suggests a Theory of Right Conduct: those actions are obligatory which we are categorically commanded to do, wrong which we are categorically commanded not to do, and permissible if we are not either commanded or forbidden to do. ...
Virtue Ethics
... Instrumentalist good: good as a means by which to realize an intrinsic good, e.g. medicine Intrinsic good: something good in and of itself, e.g. happiness ...
... Instrumentalist good: good as a means by which to realize an intrinsic good, e.g. medicine Intrinsic good: something good in and of itself, e.g. happiness ...
Lawerence Kohlberg:
... pregnancy and birth was an area in women’s lives in which they could emphasize choice, yet it still was an intimate area to which they could relate to. Level 1: Orientation to Personal Survival, focuses solely on the women’s self-interest. The needs and well-being of others are not really considered ...
... pregnancy and birth was an area in women’s lives in which they could emphasize choice, yet it still was an intimate area to which they could relate to. Level 1: Orientation to Personal Survival, focuses solely on the women’s self-interest. The needs and well-being of others are not really considered ...
Chapter 5: Environmental Ethics Student notes Chapter 5 discusses
... Taking the argument further, they suggest that ecology is guilty of scientism, and places too much authority in science to determine ethical standards. 3. Social ecology argues that environmental problems are social in nature, and exploitation of the environment results from the domination and explo ...
... Taking the argument further, they suggest that ecology is guilty of scientism, and places too much authority in science to determine ethical standards. 3. Social ecology argues that environmental problems are social in nature, and exploitation of the environment results from the domination and explo ...
Kants ethics and suicide show
... Always help those in need when you are likely to be rewarded or Always help those in need when you feel pity or Always help those in need because it is your duty to do so ...
... Always help those in need when you are likely to be rewarded or Always help those in need when you feel pity or Always help those in need because it is your duty to do so ...
Lesson 2 Meta Ethics - mrslh Philosophy & Ethics
... Moore built on the ideas of David Hume. A similar idea had previously been put forward by the 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume. Hume claimed that we cannot move logically from a statement about the way the world is to a statement about how we ought to act. This view is known as the ‘is-o ...
... Moore built on the ideas of David Hume. A similar idea had previously been put forward by the 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume. Hume claimed that we cannot move logically from a statement about the way the world is to a statement about how we ought to act. This view is known as the ‘is-o ...
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.