Good Will, Duty, and the Categorical Imperative
... • A good will is necessary to make sure that what Kant calls “gifts of fortune,” such as wealth and power, do not lead us astray as moral beings. • Even things which are thought to be “good in many respects,” such as “self-control and calm deliberation,” “have no intrinsic unconditional value, but a ...
... • A good will is necessary to make sure that what Kant calls “gifts of fortune,” such as wealth and power, do not lead us astray as moral beings. • Even things which are thought to be “good in many respects,” such as “self-control and calm deliberation,” “have no intrinsic unconditional value, but a ...
Business Ethics for Pharma and Device Companies
... are many situations in which ethics does not pay, and CSR may cover them up, for the best or the worse… ...
... are many situations in which ethics does not pay, and CSR may cover them up, for the best or the worse… ...
Applying Business Ethics
... the serious consequences that can result from decisions made with a lack of regard to ethics. Even if you believe that good business ethics don't contribute to profit levels, you should be able to recognise that poor ethics can have a detrimental effect on your bottom line in the long term. Poor eth ...
... the serious consequences that can result from decisions made with a lack of regard to ethics. Even if you believe that good business ethics don't contribute to profit levels, you should be able to recognise that poor ethics can have a detrimental effect on your bottom line in the long term. Poor eth ...
Presentation
... 1. Relativism: all moral principles are relative, and will vary from culture to culture (= Conventional Ethical Relativism or Conventionalism) or even from person to person (= Subjective Ethical Relativism or Subjectivism) 2. Objectivism, Absolutism: there are universal moral principles that apply t ...
... 1. Relativism: all moral principles are relative, and will vary from culture to culture (= Conventional Ethical Relativism or Conventionalism) or even from person to person (= Subjective Ethical Relativism or Subjectivism) 2. Objectivism, Absolutism: there are universal moral principles that apply t ...
Analyzing Accuracy and Accessibility in Information
... technologies, problems also are arising. In this respect, the computer or ICT use has generated ethical issues that would have been impossible without computer and ICT. And also, the lack of non-computer analogies for moral issues regarding computer supports the uniqueness of computer ethics. There ...
... technologies, problems also are arising. In this respect, the computer or ICT use has generated ethical issues that would have been impossible without computer and ICT. And also, the lack of non-computer analogies for moral issues regarding computer supports the uniqueness of computer ethics. There ...
The Demand for Justification in Ethics - MyWeb
... There is indeed great diversity in the ethical judgments we make, both in subject matter and in epistemic status, a diversity absent from mathematics and physics, at least as they arc known to ordinary thought. There are abstract singular judgments, some of which may deserve to he called axioms of e ...
... There is indeed great diversity in the ethical judgments we make, both in subject matter and in epistemic status, a diversity absent from mathematics and physics, at least as they arc known to ordinary thought. There are abstract singular judgments, some of which may deserve to he called axioms of e ...
Euthanasia - Routledge
... Many of the ethical disagreements about end-of-life decisions can be seen as resulting from differing ethical frameworks, especially Kantian vs. ...
... Many of the ethical disagreements about end-of-life decisions can be seen as resulting from differing ethical frameworks, especially Kantian vs. ...
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) PP 09-14
... contained six principles, but it has been amended over time to its current form. Proposed amendments must be published to the membership and then approved by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Direction. ...
... contained six principles, but it has been amended over time to its current form. Proposed amendments must be published to the membership and then approved by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Direction. ...
Ethical Decisions: A Foundation for Appropriate Problem
... • interpersonal/communication problem? ...
... • interpersonal/communication problem? ...
Globalization versus Relativism: The Imperative of a Universal Ethics
... be seen through many windows, none of them necessarily clear or opaque, less or more distorting than any of the others”. As it relates to globalization therefore, relativism tend to be making two points namely; that globalization threatens the flourishing of unique and distinct cultures and must be ...
... be seen through many windows, none of them necessarily clear or opaque, less or more distorting than any of the others”. As it relates to globalization therefore, relativism tend to be making two points namely; that globalization threatens the flourishing of unique and distinct cultures and must be ...
Humanities 117: Philosophical Perspectives on the Humanities First Paper
... If you want to write on another topic, feel free to do so. It might be a good idea, however, in that case, to check with me and/or Megan first. Note that the topics tend to have many sub-questions. You need not (and probably should not) try to answer all of them. (You certainly should not just answe ...
... If you want to write on another topic, feel free to do so. It might be a good idea, however, in that case, to check with me and/or Megan first. Note that the topics tend to have many sub-questions. You need not (and probably should not) try to answer all of them. (You certainly should not just answe ...
Archetypes of Wisdom
... It is important to note that Kant conceives of the good will as a component of rationality, the only thing which is “good in itself.” Kant argues that “ought implies can” – by which he means it must be possible for human beings to live up to their moral obligations (since circumstances can prevent u ...
... It is important to note that Kant conceives of the good will as a component of rationality, the only thing which is “good in itself.” Kant argues that “ought implies can” – by which he means it must be possible for human beings to live up to their moral obligations (since circumstances can prevent u ...
The Ethics of Caring
... The concept of making moral decisions based on care is not a foreign concept. I believe this is the way that most women, (and some good men), naturally face everyday moral dilemmas. However, this sense of morality stands in contrast to most classical, male-centered, ethical systems. The first, and m ...
... The concept of making moral decisions based on care is not a foreign concept. I believe this is the way that most women, (and some good men), naturally face everyday moral dilemmas. However, this sense of morality stands in contrast to most classical, male-centered, ethical systems. The first, and m ...
Ethical Problems in Physics - University of Hawaii Physics and
... flawed and because new threats exposed by scientists have been ignored, the Bulletin's annual Doomsday clock -which was updated on Tuesday -- still sits at five minutes to midnight. The clock is meant to convey the threats we face not only from nuclear weapons, but also from climate change and the p ...
... flawed and because new threats exposed by scientists have been ignored, the Bulletin's annual Doomsday clock -which was updated on Tuesday -- still sits at five minutes to midnight. The clock is meant to convey the threats we face not only from nuclear weapons, but also from climate change and the p ...
KAUSALITÄT UND MOTIVATION BEI EDITH STEIN
... moral experience, the unconditioned means here an inalienable guideline for acting, since it involves reason, whose judgements strive towards truth, and it does not mean a merely formal universale law with which the maximes of acting had to be measured. But if Husserl’s categorical imperative is not ...
... moral experience, the unconditioned means here an inalienable guideline for acting, since it involves reason, whose judgements strive towards truth, and it does not mean a merely formal universale law with which the maximes of acting had to be measured. But if Husserl’s categorical imperative is not ...
Is it Ethical?
... There is no universally agreed upon definition of “morality” among ethicists and philosophers. So we could say that morality is a system of rules for guiding human conduct and principles for evaluating those rules. The key words are: ...
... There is no universally agreed upon definition of “morality” among ethicists and philosophers. So we could say that morality is a system of rules for guiding human conduct and principles for evaluating those rules. The key words are: ...
Document
... – A bias that results from prejudging someone on the basis of the latter’s particular trait or traits. ...
... – A bias that results from prejudging someone on the basis of the latter’s particular trait or traits. ...
Ethical Gradualism
... This is a field of deep emotions.xi These emotions can easily be explained, just as our discrimination of other species can be explained and understood in various ways, psychologically and sociologically. But the same is true of most acts and attitudes, some of which we would hardly defend morally—l ...
... This is a field of deep emotions.xi These emotions can easily be explained, just as our discrimination of other species can be explained and understood in various ways, psychologically and sociologically. But the same is true of most acts and attitudes, some of which we would hardly defend morally—l ...
Global Business Today, 5e
... ethical behavior: • the business must explicitly articulate values that place a strong emphasis on ethical behavior, perhaps using a code of ethics (a formal statement of the ethical priorities a business adheres to) • leaders in the business should give life and meaning to the code of ethics by rep ...
... ethical behavior: • the business must explicitly articulate values that place a strong emphasis on ethical behavior, perhaps using a code of ethics (a formal statement of the ethical priorities a business adheres to) • leaders in the business should give life and meaning to the code of ethics by rep ...
This paper thus proposes that only moderate forms of
... allowed to live as their culture dictates so long as they avoid violating universal moral values as much as possible. Such a form of intervention echoes Appiah’s emphasis on conversing with other communities to understand them better and to accommodate differences between communities with our best e ...
... allowed to live as their culture dictates so long as they avoid violating universal moral values as much as possible. Such a form of intervention echoes Appiah’s emphasis on conversing with other communities to understand them better and to accommodate differences between communities with our best e ...
Chapter 8 Slides
... David Geffen o David Geffen the son of poor Russian immigrants o Geffen was coming of age as an entrepreneur, he still had to face school o Geffen graduated from high school wanting to get rich in show business o From the mailroom a 21-year-old Geffen launched the career that made him “the richest ...
... David Geffen o David Geffen the son of poor Russian immigrants o Geffen was coming of age as an entrepreneur, he still had to face school o Geffen graduated from high school wanting to get rich in show business o From the mailroom a 21-year-old Geffen launched the career that made him “the richest ...
Academic Planning & Review
... if you’re slow, and risk missing a deadline, you may chance rather than check. if you fluff the right photo, you might be tempted to do a digital manipulation. if your skills are too to poor find and tell good stories, you will be more prone to hyping a story, or to burning a source. ...
... if you’re slow, and risk missing a deadline, you may chance rather than check. if you fluff the right photo, you might be tempted to do a digital manipulation. if your skills are too to poor find and tell good stories, you will be more prone to hyping a story, or to burning a source. ...
Ethical Pluralism as a Framework for Discussing Moral Disagreement
... Ethical relativism has several important insights: The need for tolerance and understanding The fact of moral diversity We should not pass judgment on practices in other cultures when we don’t understand them Sometimes reasonable people may differ on what’s morally acceptable ...
... Ethical relativism has several important insights: The need for tolerance and understanding The fact of moral diversity We should not pass judgment on practices in other cultures when we don’t understand them Sometimes reasonable people may differ on what’s morally acceptable ...
Conscience
... conscience does not lay feelings of guilt upon us. When we do good things because we feel we ‘have to’ or ‘should’, that is the Superego talking. When we do good things because we ‘want to’ and feel a need to do them out of love, it’s our conscience. Which one would Kant believe in, as the guiding f ...
... conscience does not lay feelings of guilt upon us. When we do good things because we feel we ‘have to’ or ‘should’, that is the Superego talking. When we do good things because we ‘want to’ and feel a need to do them out of love, it’s our conscience. Which one would Kant believe in, as the guiding f ...