Engineering without Ethics
... Following crash tests, the conclusion was that the rear end structure was not satisfactory. Suggested changes would have cost about $11 per car. A confidential company memo directed that the safety features not be adopted at that time until required by law. ...
... Following crash tests, the conclusion was that the rear end structure was not satisfactory. Suggested changes would have cost about $11 per car. A confidential company memo directed that the safety features not be adopted at that time until required by law. ...
An ethical question that arose with special force during the Gulf War
... interest, one may also regard victory as impossible, or not worth the attendant moral, economic, and political costs. Second, one cannot always equate the good of one’s country with victory in war. Someone might believe that her country would be better off by ending the war. Third, even if success i ...
... interest, one may also regard victory as impossible, or not worth the attendant moral, economic, and political costs. Second, one cannot always equate the good of one’s country with victory in war. Someone might believe that her country would be better off by ending the war. Third, even if success i ...
Lecture notes in PPT - Lakeside Institute of Theology
... “ideas” assigned by people – either individuals or groups – and therefore subject to change. (Especially evident in materialism and naturalism, popular with some scientists and all atheists today.) ...
... “ideas” assigned by people – either individuals or groups – and therefore subject to change. (Especially evident in materialism and naturalism, popular with some scientists and all atheists today.) ...
幻灯片 1
... expectations or regulations, laws and guidelines. A high degree of compliance is assumed to be a highly moral position. At the postconventional level, morality is understood in terms of conformance with perceived ‘higher’ or ‘universal’ ethical principles. Postconventional assumptions often chanlleg ...
... expectations or regulations, laws and guidelines. A high degree of compliance is assumed to be a highly moral position. At the postconventional level, morality is understood in terms of conformance with perceived ‘higher’ or ‘universal’ ethical principles. Postconventional assumptions often chanlleg ...
PDF version - The Menlo Roundtable
... and survival. This seems like a much more practical use of morality. Instead of rigid rules, morality should be a practical approach to handling tough situations. It also needs to be clear how and by whom moral ideas are to be dictated. The Bible and God’s word are often referenced as a way to defin ...
... and survival. This seems like a much more practical use of morality. Instead of rigid rules, morality should be a practical approach to handling tough situations. It also needs to be clear how and by whom moral ideas are to be dictated. The Bible and God’s word are often referenced as a way to defin ...
Introduction to Moral Theories and Principles that inform ethical
... similar cases and prior experiences, attempting to determine not only the similarities but also the differences. So if a clinical ethics committee were asked to consider whether it was ethical for a clinician to breach his / her duty of confidence, the committee would identify key factors, like the ...
... similar cases and prior experiences, attempting to determine not only the similarities but also the differences. So if a clinical ethics committee were asked to consider whether it was ethical for a clinician to breach his / her duty of confidence, the committee would identify key factors, like the ...
Name: OLADUJA BOLUWAJI Matric no: 14/ENG06/047 College
... the position of utilitarnism mediates between the previous two theories by stating “an action is morally right if it promotes the greatest number of pleasure or happiness for the greatest number of people”. Teleological ethical theories have some short comings such as , they require that we foresee ...
... the position of utilitarnism mediates between the previous two theories by stating “an action is morally right if it promotes the greatest number of pleasure or happiness for the greatest number of people”. Teleological ethical theories have some short comings such as , they require that we foresee ...
Ethics - drfredmugambi.com
... Ethics: “the discipline of what is good or bad, with moral duty / obligation; principles of conduct governing an individual or group” ...
... Ethics: “the discipline of what is good or bad, with moral duty / obligation; principles of conduct governing an individual or group” ...
Basis-for-Medical
... produce the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. Despite their differences, all of these theories give a central place to reason and not much to the role of feeling in moral decisionmaking. An alternative to this is an approach called virtue theory which has become very influential ...
... produce the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. Despite their differences, all of these theories give a central place to reason and not much to the role of feeling in moral decisionmaking. An alternative to this is an approach called virtue theory which has become very influential ...
PHIL 1003: Introduction
... What is morality? Do we really value it? Plato Virtue/happiness, the Polis: Aristotle Religion as basis for moral society: Augustine Rulers/states should not be moral: Machiavelli Society based on rights of men: Locke, Rousseau ...
... What is morality? Do we really value it? Plato Virtue/happiness, the Polis: Aristotle Religion as basis for moral society: Augustine Rulers/states should not be moral: Machiavelli Society based on rights of men: Locke, Rousseau ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics
... from the internet or any other source without citing it. If you write an answer in an assignment or a test, you must be able to explain it to me in person. ...
... from the internet or any other source without citing it. If you write an answer in an assignment or a test, you must be able to explain it to me in person. ...
File - Tallis English & Philosophy
... • Our moral feelings aren’t subjective or personal, necessarily. They are natural, and shared…common reactions to horrific crimes (e.g. the holocaust) suggests the possibility of a reasonable basis for moral behaviour. • reduces moral discussions to a shouting match if we can’t reason about basic mo ...
... • Our moral feelings aren’t subjective or personal, necessarily. They are natural, and shared…common reactions to horrific crimes (e.g. the holocaust) suggests the possibility of a reasonable basis for moral behaviour. • reduces moral discussions to a shouting match if we can’t reason about basic mo ...
Business ethics? I didn`t think there were any!
... there are none!” “A professor of business ethics? Well what on earth do you do all day?!” ...
... there are none!” “A professor of business ethics? Well what on earth do you do all day?!” ...
studies in religion and ethics
... subordinating oneself to the will of God. Therefore, when Christian theologians discussed the virtues, it was in the context of the Divine Law. The ‘theological virtues’ – faith, hope, charity, and, of course, obedience – came to have a central place. This change meant that the end to which virtuous ...
... subordinating oneself to the will of God. Therefore, when Christian theologians discussed the virtues, it was in the context of the Divine Law. The ‘theological virtues’ – faith, hope, charity, and, of course, obedience – came to have a central place. This change meant that the end to which virtuous ...
Deontology
... of your house and says they need protecting because a crazy man is trying to kill them. You hide them in the house. Three minutes later, the crazy man asks if the family is hidden in your ask. What do you say? ...
... of your house and says they need protecting because a crazy man is trying to kill them. You hide them in the house. Three minutes later, the crazy man asks if the family is hidden in your ask. What do you say? ...
MCRTP Responsible Conduct of Research
... Clearly and concisely state issue or issues Ascertain the legitimate decision makers (stakeholders) Describe pertinent facts – medical, psychosocial, ...
... Clearly and concisely state issue or issues Ascertain the legitimate decision makers (stakeholders) Describe pertinent facts – medical, psychosocial, ...
The Nature of Ethical Systems
... countries of the world have a national educational curriculum and a central educational authority. This may be the most consistent position with the current legal processes of the United States. A variation on cultural regulation is to think that the regulations are based on some absolute, whether t ...
... countries of the world have a national educational curriculum and a central educational authority. This may be the most consistent position with the current legal processes of the United States. A variation on cultural regulation is to think that the regulations are based on some absolute, whether t ...
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 ...
Introduction to Ethics Lecture 9 The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
... – 1. All cultural groups must value protecting their infants. • 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 ...
... – 1. All cultural groups must value protecting their infants. • 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 ...
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... But how true is this really? Not entirely. But to the extent that it is...there are two explanations: – Socialization – Evolution ...
... But how true is this really? Not entirely. But to the extent that it is...there are two explanations: – Socialization – Evolution ...
Lec 18 PowerPoint
... But how true is this really? Not entirely. But to the extent that it is...there are two explanations: – Socialization – Evolution ...
... But how true is this really? Not entirely. But to the extent that it is...there are two explanations: – Socialization – Evolution ...
Introduction to Ethics Lecture 9 The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
... – 1. All cultural groups must value protecting their infants. • 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 ...
... – 1. All cultural groups must value protecting their infants. • 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 ...
PHILOSOPHY_6
... metaethics. The issues addressed in metaethics, unlike those of normative ethics, do not concern determining the rightness and wrongness of an action, rather they have to know what terms like “right”, “wrong”, “good”, “bad”, “morality”, “moral judgement”, among others mean. Metaethics is also concer ...
... metaethics. The issues addressed in metaethics, unlike those of normative ethics, do not concern determining the rightness and wrongness of an action, rather they have to know what terms like “right”, “wrong”, “good”, “bad”, “morality”, “moral judgement”, among others mean. Metaethics is also concer ...
Durkheim`s "Moral Education"
... means by which the society perpetually recreates the conditions of its very existence. Education consists of a systematic socialization of the young generation. Durkheim thought it is possible to distinguish analytically (and not in reality) between all those mental states which are private to the i ...
... means by which the society perpetually recreates the conditions of its very existence. Education consists of a systematic socialization of the young generation. Durkheim thought it is possible to distinguish analytically (and not in reality) between all those mental states which are private to the i ...