Morality in the Modern World
... concerned with which actions are right and wrong and the reasons people give for choosing to act the way they do. • Ethics: from the Greek ‘ethikos’, meaning ‘character’, ‘custom’ or usage’ concerned with the customary way to behave in society. • Nowadays these terms are used interchangeably ...
... concerned with which actions are right and wrong and the reasons people give for choosing to act the way they do. • Ethics: from the Greek ‘ethikos’, meaning ‘character’, ‘custom’ or usage’ concerned with the customary way to behave in society. • Nowadays these terms are used interchangeably ...
Come Hell and High Water by Paul Keeling According to Plato
... The history of western philosophy, beginning with Socrates, has concerned itself predominantly with how humans ought to treat each other, but the pace and scale of our current destruction of the global environmental, especially anthropogenic climate change, now forces us to consider the moral standi ...
... The history of western philosophy, beginning with Socrates, has concerned itself predominantly with how humans ought to treat each other, but the pace and scale of our current destruction of the global environmental, especially anthropogenic climate change, now forces us to consider the moral standi ...
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... Human life is understandable only in terms of an individual man’s existence, his particular experience of life. A man lives rather than is, and every man’s experience is unique, radically different from everyone else’s and can be understood truly only in terms of his involvement in life or commitm ...
... Human life is understandable only in terms of an individual man’s existence, his particular experience of life. A man lives rather than is, and every man’s experience is unique, radically different from everyone else’s and can be understood truly only in terms of his involvement in life or commitm ...
File - Tallis English & Philosophy
... and so can’t be known to be true or false. • If moral judgments aren’t true or false, we can’t reason about basic moral principles. • “X is good” simply means “Hurrah for X!” • so goodness and immorality are limited to our (societal?) preferences. – For example, the death penalty makes me feel nasty ...
... and so can’t be known to be true or false. • If moral judgments aren’t true or false, we can’t reason about basic moral principles. • “X is good” simply means “Hurrah for X!” • so goodness and immorality are limited to our (societal?) preferences. – For example, the death penalty makes me feel nasty ...
Ethics and Ethical Theories
... that people have to one another. • People have rational natures • People should never be treated as means to the ends of others • Each individual has the same moral worth as every other. ...
... that people have to one another. • People have rational natures • People should never be treated as means to the ends of others • Each individual has the same moral worth as every other. ...
Objectivism 101: Life and Happiness
... “I swear—by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” ...
... “I swear—by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” ...
Ethics - TypePad
... the basis there might be for ethical truth across cultures. What are good reasons for holding our moral beliefs? Pay close attention to the words used to express moral viewpoints; we know that in the language of war, 'one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter', and in the above case, 'one ...
... the basis there might be for ethical truth across cultures. What are good reasons for holding our moral beliefs? Pay close attention to the words used to express moral viewpoints; we know that in the language of war, 'one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter', and in the above case, 'one ...
Moral Reasoning
... universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If you cannot will that everyone follow the same rule, ...
... universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If you cannot will that everyone follow the same rule, ...
Mores, Morality, Ethics
... morality should answer is: “What things are good in themselves?” “What is the essential good that should be pursued or that should guide all that we do and are?” • Must distinguish intrinsic from extrinsic goods- “good in itself” “good as means” ...
... morality should answer is: “What things are good in themselves?” “What is the essential good that should be pursued or that should guide all that we do and are?” • Must distinguish intrinsic from extrinsic goods- “good in itself” “good as means” ...
Normative Ethical Theory
... Consequentialism is the name given to a family of more specific normative ethical positions, all of which share the conviction that it is the consequences of actions which determine their moral worth. All of these positions are committed to the following claims. Right action is to be understoo ...
... Consequentialism is the name given to a family of more specific normative ethical positions, all of which share the conviction that it is the consequences of actions which determine their moral worth. All of these positions are committed to the following claims. Right action is to be understoo ...
Morality as a Value Criterion and a Social Fact
... from all other evaluations, and we may say that the difference is precisely in its specificity: normative universality. It has an objectivity comparable to mathematical statements, but at the same time is deeply subjective in recognition that its criterion is in full accordance with our freedom and ...
... from all other evaluations, and we may say that the difference is precisely in its specificity: normative universality. It has an objectivity comparable to mathematical statements, but at the same time is deeply subjective in recognition that its criterion is in full accordance with our freedom and ...
Core Ethical Teachings
... Core Ethical Teachings Refer to page 77-80 of Living Religion Textbook Glossary: EthicsMorality ...
... Core Ethical Teachings Refer to page 77-80 of Living Religion Textbook Glossary: EthicsMorality ...
Today`s 1st Topic: The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
... them, of independent origin, and brought to test them. In the folkways, whatever is, is right….When we come to the folkways we are at the end of our analysis. William Graham Sumner, Folkways (1906) ...
... them, of independent origin, and brought to test them. In the folkways, whatever is, is right….When we come to the folkways we are at the end of our analysis. William Graham Sumner, Folkways (1906) ...
PHILOSOPHY 100 (Ted Stolze)
... 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 are required to respect are those of non-interference, sovereignty and independence. Thus the society-of-s ...
... 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 are required to respect are those of non-interference, sovereignty and independence. Thus the society-of-s ...
Ethics - David Kelsey`s Philosophy Home Page
... Introduction to Ethics Lecture 4 What is Ethics? By David Kelsey ...
... Introduction to Ethics Lecture 4 What is Ethics? By David Kelsey ...
Moral Reasoning and Ethical Theories
... • It is associated with consequences to ourselves, others, and the environment • The “right” or “good” is linked to value judgements generally thought to promote fairness, health, and safety while minimizing injustice ...
... • It is associated with consequences to ourselves, others, and the environment • The “right” or “good” is linked to value judgements generally thought to promote fairness, health, and safety while minimizing injustice ...
Ethical Pluralism and Relativism
... We may be able to tolerate other people’s different moral values because we are willing to cooperate and live together in the same society. Thus individual relativism can be refuted if people in the same society share the same political courses. But can neutrality and tolerance be maintained when we ...
... We may be able to tolerate other people’s different moral values because we are willing to cooperate and live together in the same society. Thus individual relativism can be refuted if people in the same society share the same political courses. But can neutrality and tolerance be maintained when we ...
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... • We should all regard ourselves as living in a community (universal kingdom) and that all people deserve respect as rational and free individuals. If all people treated each other in this way (as ends in ourselves) and follow the CI society would be a much better place to live in which all people c ...
... • We should all regard ourselves as living in a community (universal kingdom) and that all people deserve respect as rational and free individuals. If all people treated each other in this way (as ends in ourselves) and follow the CI society would be a much better place to live in which all people c ...
2. NOTIONS OF MORALITY (notes)
... PRINCIPLES OF THE CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE Act only according to that maxim by which you can also will that it would become a universal law. 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 ...
... PRINCIPLES OF THE CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE Act only according to that maxim by which you can also will that it would become a universal law. 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 ...
RM Kalbag - North East Humanists
... other people, and even more, to share our fears and our grief.’ ‘The Jewish custom of sitting “Shiva”, the memorial week after death, like the wake, grows out of this need. When we feel so terribly alone, singled out by the hand of fate, when we are tempted to crawl away into a corner and feel sorry ...
... other people, and even more, to share our fears and our grief.’ ‘The Jewish custom of sitting “Shiva”, the memorial week after death, like the wake, grows out of this need. When we feel so terribly alone, singled out by the hand of fate, when we are tempted to crawl away into a corner and feel sorry ...
Philosophy 1100
... prohibitions - such as in the case of the Ten Commandments, which were held by the Jews to have been handed down to Moses on tablets of stone given to him by Yahweh. The idea that moral truths are to be arrived at by some process of thought and rational reflection challenges this view that moral tru ...
... prohibitions - such as in the case of the Ten Commandments, which were held by the Jews to have been handed down to Moses on tablets of stone given to him by Yahweh. The idea that moral truths are to be arrived at by some process of thought and rational reflection challenges this view that moral tru ...
Applied Ethics Introduction & Theories
... Should not cheat, steal, harm others… etc. A set of social principles Wear proper attire, be polite to others, civic duties….etc A set of code of practice derived from religion The 10 Commandments for Christians, no pork for muslims…..etc A set of code of practice for various professions Medical eth ...
... Should not cheat, steal, harm others… etc. A set of social principles Wear proper attire, be polite to others, civic duties….etc A set of code of practice derived from religion The 10 Commandments for Christians, no pork for muslims…..etc A set of code of practice for various professions Medical eth ...
Four Types of Ethical Conflict
... factors: the action, the person who performs the action and the action's consequences. If the focus is on the action, we find that some actions are considered to be fundamentally wrong, no matter who performs them or what their consequences are. This focus of normative ethics is called deontology, f ...
... factors: the action, the person who performs the action and the action's consequences. If the focus is on the action, we find that some actions are considered to be fundamentally wrong, no matter who performs them or what their consequences are. This focus of normative ethics is called deontology, f ...
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.