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 ...
The Terrain of Ethics
... 1.God commands us to do what is right, then: a) The actions are right because God commands them or b) God commands them because they are right. 2.If a) then, from moral perspective, God’s commands are arbitrary and the doctrine of goodness of God meaningless. 3.If b) then, admit standard of right a ...
... 1.God commands us to do what is right, then: a) The actions are right because God commands them or b) God commands them because they are right. 2.If a) then, from moral perspective, God’s commands are arbitrary and the doctrine of goodness of God meaningless. 3.If b) then, admit standard of right a ...
Moral Development
... The person questions the laws and values that society has adopted and redefines them in terms of selfchosen universal moral principles that can be justified to any rational individual. The proper laws and values are those to which any reasonable person would be motivated to commit himself or hersel ...
... The person questions the laws and values that society has adopted and redefines them in terms of selfchosen universal moral principles that can be justified to any rational individual. The proper laws and values are those to which any reasonable person would be motivated to commit himself or hersel ...
7AAN2011 Ethics Basic information Module description
... - What are the conditions for moral responsibility? Reading: Strawson, P., ‘Freedom and Resentment’, in his Freedom and Resentment & Other Essays, (1974), ch1. Hart, H. L. A. ‘Postscript: Responsibility and Retribution’ in his Punishment and Responsibility, OUP, 1968. Week 8 (17th November): Res ...
... - What are the conditions for moral responsibility? Reading: Strawson, P., ‘Freedom and Resentment’, in his Freedom and Resentment & Other Essays, (1974), ch1. Hart, H. L. A. ‘Postscript: Responsibility and Retribution’ in his Punishment and Responsibility, OUP, 1968. Week 8 (17th November): Res ...
Morality - Amazon S3
... Online interactive philosophy games: Is your morality based on reason or gut level response? How consistent are you in applying moral principals? ...
... Online interactive philosophy games: Is your morality based on reason or gut level response? How consistent are you in applying moral principals? ...
Relativism, Absolutism and Pluralism
... world with increased travel and communications leads to a much greater degree of interaction so that individuals represent a unique mixture of cultural elements. Intermarriage between social groups also lead to “polyculturalism”. The post-modern world has increased these effects to the extent that s ...
... world with increased travel and communications leads to a much greater degree of interaction so that individuals represent a unique mixture of cultural elements. Intermarriage between social groups also lead to “polyculturalism”. The post-modern world has increased these effects to the extent that s ...
Abraham Lincoln:
... not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to admit to ourselves that we are good in order to survive. ...
... not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to admit to ourselves that we are good in order to survive. ...
A Psychological Approach to Ethics
... carry it out. But if others know that the costs of retaliation are prohibitive, they will realize the threat is empty. Unless, of course, they believe they are dealing with someone who simply likes to retaliate. Such a person may strike back even when it is not in his material interests to do so. Bu ...
... carry it out. But if others know that the costs of retaliation are prohibitive, they will realize the threat is empty. Unless, of course, they believe they are dealing with someone who simply likes to retaliate. Such a person may strike back even when it is not in his material interests to do so. Bu ...
International Conference June 12
... suspects that the youth has been drinking or using drugs, and without informing him, she has arranged for an inpatient assessment in a locked facility to which she asks your supervisee to transport the youth. However, she has directed the supervisee not to inform the youth about where they are headi ...
... suspects that the youth has been drinking or using drugs, and without informing him, she has arranged for an inpatient assessment in a locked facility to which she asks your supervisee to transport the youth. However, she has directed the supervisee not to inform the youth about where they are headi ...
mariah_s_work_1
... from the way of Milesian philosophers practised the discipline by looking at their environment through their seeking explanations to facts of the human life by thought. The first to note about the basic foundation of philosophy is that it all starts with one thing which is a wonder so as to give rat ...
... from the way of Milesian philosophers practised the discipline by looking at their environment through their seeking explanations to facts of the human life by thought. The first to note about the basic foundation of philosophy is that it all starts with one thing which is a wonder so as to give rat ...
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... DAWSON: We must destroy them, before they destroy us. ______________________ SILURIAN JR: The apes have become dangerous. They must be destroyed. SCIENTIST: Our leader seems to have different views. SILURIAN JR: I know. He has taken one of these creatures into our control room. He is talking to it. ...
... DAWSON: We must destroy them, before they destroy us. ______________________ SILURIAN JR: The apes have become dangerous. They must be destroyed. SCIENTIST: Our leader seems to have different views. SILURIAN JR: I know. He has taken one of these creatures into our control room. He is talking to it. ...
Aristotle on Human Excellence
... that if a law is to be morally valid…then it must carry with it absolute necessity. The ground of obligation…must be sought apriori in the concepts of pure reason. ...
... that if a law is to be morally valid…then it must carry with it absolute necessity. The ground of obligation…must be sought apriori in the concepts of pure reason. ...
ILA Powerpoint - Society for Personality and Social Psychology
... These 2 themes, or dimensions, emerged across a number of studies of individual differences in moral judgment ...
... These 2 themes, or dimensions, emerged across a number of studies of individual differences in moral judgment ...
Deontological Ethics - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... To be autonomous, to pursue my ends it must be possible for me to dissent from or consent to what others do with respect to me. Reason therefore tells us that an individual cannot be treated as an end if he is subjected to coercion or deception. C.f. the victim of deceit cannot consent to the deceiv ...
... To be autonomous, to pursue my ends it must be possible for me to dissent from or consent to what others do with respect to me. Reason therefore tells us that an individual cannot be treated as an end if he is subjected to coercion or deception. C.f. the victim of deceit cannot consent to the deceiv ...
Introduction to Ethics Lecture 9 The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
... • 1. Human infants are helpless and cannot survive if they are not given extensive care for a period of years. • 2. Therefore, if a group did not care or its young, the young would not survive, and the older members of the group would not be replaced. • 3. Therefore, any cultural group that continue ...
... • 1. Human infants are helpless and cannot survive if they are not given extensive care for a period of years. • 2. Therefore, if a group did not care or its young, the young would not survive, and the older members of the group would not be replaced. • 3. Therefore, any cultural group that continue ...
File - onlyprogrammerz
... Ethics (cont.) Important Distinctions: • Right, wrong and okay • Negative rights (liberties) – The right to act without interference • Positive rights (claim-rights) – An obligation of some people to provide certain things for others • Difference between wrong and harm • Personal preference and eth ...
... Ethics (cont.) Important Distinctions: • Right, wrong and okay • Negative rights (liberties) – The right to act without interference • Positive rights (claim-rights) – An obligation of some people to provide certain things for others • Difference between wrong and harm • Personal preference and eth ...
Philosophy 100 Lecture 13 Ethics
... Introduction to Philosophy Lecture 15 Ethics #1 (Intro.) By David Kelsey ...
... Introduction to Philosophy Lecture 15 Ethics #1 (Intro.) By David Kelsey ...
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, ...
Environmental ethics
... • Only individuals have a moral standing – Ecosystems or processes in nature are excluded – Animals have only instrumental value • Rights-based theories: – Rights entitle one to make justified claims, but who are obliged to fulfil these rights, e.g., in the case of animals? • Trad. environmental the ...
... • Only individuals have a moral standing – Ecosystems or processes in nature are excluded – Animals have only instrumental value • Rights-based theories: – Rights entitle one to make justified claims, but who are obliged to fulfil these rights, e.g., in the case of animals? • Trad. environmental the ...
Moral Problems
... Thinking an action to be right makes it right for the individual or society that thinks it to be right. Objectivism: beliefs are made true not merely by believing them but by their correspondence to the facts. ...
... Thinking an action to be right makes it right for the individual or society that thinks it to be right. Objectivism: beliefs are made true not merely by believing them but by their correspondence to the facts. ...
Moral Reasoning
... Ethical dilemmas in management are not simple choices between “right” and “wrong”.They are complex judgments on the balance between economic performance and social performance, complicated by the multiple alternatives, extended consequence, uncertain probabilities and career implications that are an ...
... Ethical dilemmas in management are not simple choices between “right” and “wrong”.They are complex judgments on the balance between economic performance and social performance, complicated by the multiple alternatives, extended consequence, uncertain probabilities and career implications that are an ...
Introduction to Ethics Lecture 9 The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
... 5. The moral code of a society determines what is right within that society; that is, if the moral code of a society says that a certain action is right, then that action is right, at least within that society. 6. It is mere arrogance for us to try to judge the conduct of other peoples. We should ad ...
... 5. The moral code of a society determines what is right within that society; that is, if the moral code of a society says that a certain action is right, then that action is right, at least within that society. 6. It is mere arrogance for us to try to judge the conduct of other peoples. We should ad ...
BA 28 Chapter 2
... Case Against Subjective Relativism Blurs distinction between doing what you think is right and doing what you want to do Makes no moral distinction between the actions of different people SR and tolerance are two different things Decisions may not be based on reason Not a workable ethical t ...
... Case Against Subjective Relativism Blurs distinction between doing what you think is right and doing what you want to do Makes no moral distinction between the actions of different people SR and tolerance are two different things Decisions may not be based on reason Not a workable ethical t ...
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.