
COMM 310 A Field Guide to Philosophers
... Mill was born 1806 into a troubled family in Britain – a highly intellectual father and a mother who was not his father’s intellectual equal. Needless to say, his parents didn’t get along well. His father forced him as a child to suppress all feeling and emotion and to feed only his intellect. By ag ...
... Mill was born 1806 into a troubled family in Britain – a highly intellectual father and a mother who was not his father’s intellectual equal. Needless to say, his parents didn’t get along well. His father forced him as a child to suppress all feeling and emotion and to feed only his intellect. By ag ...
On acts, omissions and responsibility
... distinctions between so-called active and passive euthanasia. As a general means of assisting analysts in their studies of different practices, a taxonomy that distinguishes active and passive euthanasia can be useful, principally as we can not usefully argue about these matters unless we are clear ...
... distinctions between so-called active and passive euthanasia. As a general means of assisting analysts in their studies of different practices, a taxonomy that distinguishes active and passive euthanasia can be useful, principally as we can not usefully argue about these matters unless we are clear ...
Ethical Fading - Ethics Unwrapped
... call ethical fading. Imagine that you work for a company in internal audit and your boss asks you to inappropriately massage some earnings numbers. And it happens to be the week that the company ...
... call ethical fading. Imagine that you work for a company in internal audit and your boss asks you to inappropriately massage some earnings numbers. And it happens to be the week that the company ...
Introduction
... (a) Criticism: the harm that good people suffer is in fact not compensated by one’s inner goodness iii) Plato’s second answer: God will reward or punish people on the basis of their virtue or vice (a) Criticism: we do not know for certain whether there is a God or life after death 4) Morality, self- ...
... (a) Criticism: the harm that good people suffer is in fact not compensated by one’s inner goodness iii) Plato’s second answer: God will reward or punish people on the basis of their virtue or vice (a) Criticism: we do not know for certain whether there is a God or life after death 4) Morality, self- ...
Professional Ethics: When Are Engineers Required to “Blow the
... Three Views of Whistle-Blowing • Condemmed as an action taken by disloyal troublemakers who rat on their companies and undermine teamwork based on the hierarchy of authority within the corporation • Affirmed unequivocally as an obligation that is paramount in certain circumstances where it override ...
... Three Views of Whistle-Blowing • Condemmed as an action taken by disloyal troublemakers who rat on their companies and undermine teamwork based on the hierarchy of authority within the corporation • Affirmed unequivocally as an obligation that is paramount in certain circumstances where it override ...
Carr Study Questions
... One might think that Carr is not in fact claiming 3). For example, he says at one point that "decisions in [business] are, in the final test, decisions of strategy not of ethics," and you could take this to mean that business decisions are neither ethical nor unethical, which is to say that ethical ...
... One might think that Carr is not in fact claiming 3). For example, he says at one point that "decisions in [business] are, in the final test, decisions of strategy not of ethics," and you could take this to mean that business decisions are neither ethical nor unethical, which is to say that ethical ...
Ethics and Leadership Responsibility
... appearance. If this really takes place depends on the determined intention as a performance of the will, aiming at letting personal attitude govern one's acting. The individual's self-observation takes over the task of behavioral control that will intervene whenever psychological dynamics start to w ...
... appearance. If this really takes place depends on the determined intention as a performance of the will, aiming at letting personal attitude govern one's acting. The individual's self-observation takes over the task of behavioral control that will intervene whenever psychological dynamics start to w ...
Virtue Ethics - Religious Studies
... have sought to give a single account of the cause of ethics, ignoring the most important aspect: individual practice. MacIntyre argues that having a set of agreed virtues for our society could help to give life purpose and meaning. He suggests: courage, justice, temperance, wisdom, industriousness, ...
... have sought to give a single account of the cause of ethics, ignoring the most important aspect: individual practice. MacIntyre argues that having a set of agreed virtues for our society could help to give life purpose and meaning. He suggests: courage, justice, temperance, wisdom, industriousness, ...
Virtue Ethics
... have sought to give a single account of the cause of ethics, ignoring the most important aspect: individual practice. MacIntyre argues that having a set of agreed virtues for our society could help to give life purpose and meaning. He suggests: courage, justice, temperance, wisdom, industriousness, ...
... have sought to give a single account of the cause of ethics, ignoring the most important aspect: individual practice. MacIntyre argues that having a set of agreed virtues for our society could help to give life purpose and meaning. He suggests: courage, justice, temperance, wisdom, industriousness, ...
answers - Novella
... Proponents of the Rights Approach suggest that the ethical action is the one that best protects and respects the moral rights of those affected. This approach starts from the belief that humans have a dignity based upon human nature, or on their ability to choose freely, and should not be used as ...
... Proponents of the Rights Approach suggest that the ethical action is the one that best protects and respects the moral rights of those affected. This approach starts from the belief that humans have a dignity based upon human nature, or on their ability to choose freely, and should not be used as ...
Unworkable Ethical Theories
... our religious views on others in a mixed society • Some modern moral problems not addressed in scripture or laws • Any/many fallacy: Just because some laws or religious codes benefit society and are ethical, not all of them may be • Based on obedience rather than a form of argumentation grounded in ...
... our religious views on others in a mixed society • Some modern moral problems not addressed in scripture or laws • Any/many fallacy: Just because some laws or religious codes benefit society and are ethical, not all of them may be • Based on obedience rather than a form of argumentation grounded in ...
Ethics
... employee (man or woman) may take a non-paid leave that does not exceed two years, in order to accompany his or her spouse who works abroad. ...
... employee (man or woman) may take a non-paid leave that does not exceed two years, in order to accompany his or her spouse who works abroad. ...
Lecture 5: Consequential and Deontological Ethics:
... . To act morally you must be motivated exclusively by rational commitment to the universal moral law or the categorical Imperative: “Act in conformity with that maxim, and that maxim only, that you can will at the same time be a universal law.” Right actions flow out of right principles Do the act t ...
... . To act morally you must be motivated exclusively by rational commitment to the universal moral law or the categorical Imperative: “Act in conformity with that maxim, and that maxim only, that you can will at the same time be a universal law.” Right actions flow out of right principles Do the act t ...
Chapter 17: Ethical Arguments
... ○ If he does nothing, the overloaded boat will capsize, and all the people will drown ○ If he throws some people overboard, he will save some of the passengers in the lifeboat, but the people thrown overboard will die ...
... ○ If he does nothing, the overloaded boat will capsize, and all the people will drown ○ If he throws some people overboard, he will save some of the passengers in the lifeboat, but the people thrown overboard will die ...
Glossary of Ethics - Lonergan Resource
... premises. ―All persons have a right to life. A fetus is a person. Therefore a fetus has a right to life.‖ This contrasts to various kinds of inductive arguments, which make general statements based on a variety of individual experiences. ―The horror of being raped leads many morally good women to se ...
... premises. ―All persons have a right to life. A fetus is a person. Therefore a fetus has a right to life.‖ This contrasts to various kinds of inductive arguments, which make general statements based on a variety of individual experiences. ―The horror of being raped leads many morally good women to se ...
AIChE Code of Ethics
... Human beings have certain rights Debate has been over what is included in this list. Agreement on life & liberty. Others are in dispute. ...
... Human beings have certain rights Debate has been over what is included in this list. Agreement on life & liberty. Others are in dispute. ...
File - Tallis English & Philosophy
... Suppose I am inclined to hit you but control myself – surely this is more valuable to you than someone who is just nice to you from habit? What role does character play in all this? Would a habitually moral scumbag be possible? The choices necessary to live a good life could involve actions which en ...
... Suppose I am inclined to hit you but control myself – surely this is more valuable to you than someone who is just nice to you from habit? What role does character play in all this? Would a habitually moral scumbag be possible? The choices necessary to live a good life could involve actions which en ...
Management 9e.- Robbins and Coulter
... • The Classical View Management’s only social responsibility is to maximize profits (create a financial return) by operating the business in the best interests of the stockholders (owners of the corporation). We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchi ...
... • The Classical View Management’s only social responsibility is to maximize profits (create a financial return) by operating the business in the best interests of the stockholders (owners of the corporation). We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchi ...
robbins9_ppt05 - WordPress.com
... Research Conclusions: People proceed through the stages of moral development sequentially. There is no guarantee of continued moral development. Most adults are in Stage 4 (“good corporate citizen”). ...
... Research Conclusions: People proceed through the stages of moral development sequentially. There is no guarantee of continued moral development. Most adults are in Stage 4 (“good corporate citizen”). ...
ethical approaches to public relations
... 3. Distributive Justice: The benefits and burdens of any action or policy should be distributed as fairly as possible. These principles are considered prima facie (accepted as correct until proved otherwise), and not absolute. They are principles that hold generally unless they conflict with one ano ...
... 3. Distributive Justice: The benefits and burdens of any action or policy should be distributed as fairly as possible. These principles are considered prima facie (accepted as correct until proved otherwise), and not absolute. They are principles that hold generally unless they conflict with one ano ...
Kant - Def
... never be able to explain how we got to the present. This is because an infinite amount of time would have passed before we got to this year. And an infinite amount of time would take forever, so we could never get here. But… That means time must have a beginning. And this is a problem because if tim ...
... never be able to explain how we got to the present. This is because an infinite amount of time would have passed before we got to this year. And an infinite amount of time would take forever, so we could never get here. But… That means time must have a beginning. And this is a problem because if tim ...
Environmental Ethics
... Technological-scientific worldview – See nature as something to be manipulated ...
... Technological-scientific worldview – See nature as something to be manipulated ...