Philosophy 323
... in the business world. The maximizing implications of U, when approached in terms of efficiency are clearly congenial to business interests. Cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, management by objectives are all business tools significantly influenced by U. The TG of classical utilitarianism ...
... in the business world. The maximizing implications of U, when approached in terms of efficiency are clearly congenial to business interests. Cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, management by objectives are all business tools significantly influenced by U. The TG of classical utilitarianism ...
File - Philosophy For Life
... • “It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do as well as to determine what we shall do” ...
... • “It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do as well as to determine what we shall do” ...
A. Moral Leadership has two aspects
... • While we think we are reasoning to an ethical conclusion, what we are often doing is: rationalizing • Leaders tend to be extroverts prone to impulsive behavior ...
... • While we think we are reasoning to an ethical conclusion, what we are often doing is: rationalizing • Leaders tend to be extroverts prone to impulsive behavior ...
CHAPTER 6
... through a series of stages in which their moral reasoning advances; they are progressively guided by rules (stage 4) and eventually abstract notions of justice (stages 5 and 6). • Gilligan’s criticism: Kohlberg’s scheme reflects male qualities and ignores female ones which are non-abstract and conte ...
... through a series of stages in which their moral reasoning advances; they are progressively guided by rules (stage 4) and eventually abstract notions of justice (stages 5 and 6). • Gilligan’s criticism: Kohlberg’s scheme reflects male qualities and ignores female ones which are non-abstract and conte ...
Chapter Two: Normative Theories of Ethics
... but do not make the universal claim that all individuals should do the same. Impersonal egoists: Claim that the pursuit of one’s self-interest should motivate everyone’s behavior. Egoists do not necessarily care only about pursuing pleasure (hedonism) or behave dishonestly and maliciously toward ...
... but do not make the universal claim that all individuals should do the same. Impersonal egoists: Claim that the pursuit of one’s self-interest should motivate everyone’s behavior. Egoists do not necessarily care only about pursuing pleasure (hedonism) or behave dishonestly and maliciously toward ...
Meta-Ethics
... ethical statements (expressions of a point of is murder view or a statement of fact?)Abortion and whether for Catholics as these are useful or valid. ...
... ethical statements (expressions of a point of is murder view or a statement of fact?)Abortion and whether for Catholics as these are useful or valid. ...
Moral Philosophy and Business
... actions. According to consequentialist theories, the moral rightness of an action is determined by its results. Nonconsequentialist theories, or deontological theories, contend that right and wrong are determined by more than the consequences of the act. ...
... actions. According to consequentialist theories, the moral rightness of an action is determined by its results. Nonconsequentialist theories, or deontological theories, contend that right and wrong are determined by more than the consequences of the act. ...
Criticisms of Kant - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... wishes us to adopt may be possible for factual considerations, but not for practical, moral deliberations Factual considerations have a ‘unity of interest’ – they are not ...
... wishes us to adopt may be possible for factual considerations, but not for practical, moral deliberations Factual considerations have a ‘unity of interest’ – they are not ...
`Virtue ethics lacks a decision-procedure to help us make moral
... person should I be? The argument that virtue ethics has no decision procedure is a fallacious one. Virtue ethics has three decision-making procedures: 1) virtues are demonstrated by consistent virtuous action over a lifetime moral virtues such as honesty, generosity and knowledge are demonstrated by ...
... person should I be? The argument that virtue ethics has no decision procedure is a fallacious one. Virtue ethics has three decision-making procedures: 1) virtues are demonstrated by consistent virtuous action over a lifetime moral virtues such as honesty, generosity and knowledge are demonstrated by ...
Document
... • Since acts (or rules) that do not discriminate result in less harm than those that do, it follows that discrimination is wrong. ...
... • Since acts (or rules) that do not discriminate result in less harm than those that do, it follows that discrimination is wrong. ...
abortion - Quodvultdeus
... life at all costs’ would pass the test of contradiction, and so abortion is wrong, without exception. Mothers would always carry their babies to term out of duty, not out of any other motive. The pleasure (or happiness) or pain (physical and emotional) which may result from always keeping the baby i ...
... life at all costs’ would pass the test of contradiction, and so abortion is wrong, without exception. Mothers would always carry their babies to term out of duty, not out of any other motive. The pleasure (or happiness) or pain (physical and emotional) which may result from always keeping the baby i ...
Kant`s Ethical Theory
... Although we should not “use” others by deceiving or manipulating them, it is permissible to enter into social arrangements with them in which they knowingly and willingly perform services for us. (e.g., the waiter who brings us our food in a restaurant). This is the significance of the word “only” ...
... Although we should not “use” others by deceiving or manipulating them, it is permissible to enter into social arrangements with them in which they knowingly and willingly perform services for us. (e.g., the waiter who brings us our food in a restaurant). This is the significance of the word “only” ...
urpose in Life
... He felt that to get truth, a person must act on personal conviction, not one imposed by someone else. This search for truth causes apprehension, which he called “dread.” Awareness of death and nothingness=existential dread ...
... He felt that to get truth, a person must act on personal conviction, not one imposed by someone else. This search for truth causes apprehension, which he called “dread.” Awareness of death and nothingness=existential dread ...
Ethics – Handout 8 Foot, “What Is Moral Relativism?”
... true-by-ancient-mexican-standards and false-by-our-standards. We should interpret MR as making the same kind of claim: we can’t emply two sets of standards in one breath. (8) Stace’s second claim: a relativist is committed to the conclusion that if someone things something is right, then it’s right ...
... true-by-ancient-mexican-standards and false-by-our-standards. We should interpret MR as making the same kind of claim: we can’t emply two sets of standards in one breath. (8) Stace’s second claim: a relativist is committed to the conclusion that if someone things something is right, then it’s right ...
Chapter Five
... Debating Corporate Responsibility The business-can’t-handle-it argument: Objection to first argument: The social role of corporations does not confine its or its employees’ responsibilities to profit making – often only business has the know-how, talent, experience, and organizational resources ...
... Debating Corporate Responsibility The business-can’t-handle-it argument: Objection to first argument: The social role of corporations does not confine its or its employees’ responsibilities to profit making – often only business has the know-how, talent, experience, and organizational resources ...
Nature of ethics
... In this pattern of moral reasoning one determines what one should do in a particular situation by reference to certain general principles or rules, which one takes as premises from which to deduce a particular conclusion by a kind of practical syllogism, as Aristotle called it. One takes general pri ...
... In this pattern of moral reasoning one determines what one should do in a particular situation by reference to certain general principles or rules, which one takes as premises from which to deduce a particular conclusion by a kind of practical syllogism, as Aristotle called it. One takes general pri ...
Business ethics
... With Right to earn more comes responsibilities to society. Free enterprise system will continue to operate as long as it serves the needs of society. How should business help the needs of society? Is it only economic? If so, is it OK to blatantly discriminate if firm is profitable? Even in the econo ...
... With Right to earn more comes responsibilities to society. Free enterprise system will continue to operate as long as it serves the needs of society. How should business help the needs of society? Is it only economic? If so, is it OK to blatantly discriminate if firm is profitable? Even in the econo ...
Ethics
... 1. Intellectual activities 2. Abstraction of practical action and concretion of theoretical thought 3. Ethical knowledge and moral action 4. Theorized ethics and applied ethics ...
... 1. Intellectual activities 2. Abstraction of practical action and concretion of theoretical thought 3. Ethical knowledge and moral action 4. Theorized ethics and applied ethics ...
Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action
... in a rational and cognitive way 5. - the existence of some universal claims and therefore the importance of universal norms; ...
... in a rational and cognitive way 5. - the existence of some universal claims and therefore the importance of universal norms; ...
Charity as a Moral Duty - DigitalCommons@Cedarville
... another but does nothing, then one is blameworthy. What qualifies as harm prevention? Mere inconvenience to the victim or harm to property is not significant enough harm to warrant duty for another to help (Smith, 1990). The converse should also be true. Inconvenience should not be significant enoug ...
... another but does nothing, then one is blameworthy. What qualifies as harm prevention? Mere inconvenience to the victim or harm to property is not significant enough harm to warrant duty for another to help (Smith, 1990). The converse should also be true. Inconvenience should not be significant enoug ...
Definition in Moral Discourse
... As far as clarifying definitions do not include evaluative terms, substantial issues do not hinge on how they are defined. For example, Beauchamp and Margolis disagrees about whether the clarifying definition of suicide should make certain selfsacrifices the cases of suicide. For example, the defi ...
... As far as clarifying definitions do not include evaluative terms, substantial issues do not hinge on how they are defined. For example, Beauchamp and Margolis disagrees about whether the clarifying definition of suicide should make certain selfsacrifices the cases of suicide. For example, the defi ...