Overview of Ethics
... So act that the maxim of your will could always hold at the same time as a principle establishing universal law. ...
... So act that the maxim of your will could always hold at the same time as a principle establishing universal law. ...
Dewey, John, Theory of the Moral Life
... motive. Acts are good only insofar as they subordinate desire to duty. Even a mother’s love for her child is deficient unless that mother is acting on her obligation to care for her child, rather than her desire to do so. One guides conduct by asking whether the conduct contemplated could be made a ...
... motive. Acts are good only insofar as they subordinate desire to duty. Even a mother’s love for her child is deficient unless that mother is acting on her obligation to care for her child, rather than her desire to do so. One guides conduct by asking whether the conduct contemplated could be made a ...
1. Moral Responsibility and Intelligent Systems
... systems is that they are not considered to have the capacity for mental states like intention [3][4]. Another argument maintains that it is pointless to assign praise or blame to an agent of this type when it has no meaning to the agent [5]. Both these arguments stem from a view in which agents are ...
... systems is that they are not considered to have the capacity for mental states like intention [3][4]. Another argument maintains that it is pointless to assign praise or blame to an agent of this type when it has no meaning to the agent [5]. Both these arguments stem from a view in which agents are ...
Ethical egoism
... placing importance on rules, motives, and the nature of an action. Kant’s moral theory is an example of deontological ethical theories. Immanuel Kant believes ‘we are responsible for our motives to do well or bad, and thus it is for this we are held morally accountable.’ To back up his view that the ...
... placing importance on rules, motives, and the nature of an action. Kant’s moral theory is an example of deontological ethical theories. Immanuel Kant believes ‘we are responsible for our motives to do well or bad, and thus it is for this we are held morally accountable.’ To back up his view that the ...
Ethics and the Professions
... occur, and an understood/expected negative effect followed. Specifically, it seems that employers (in light of the statistics and complaints) know that the effect of pornographic spam on their employees is negative; therefore, employers would be behaving in an immoral way if they did not protect em ...
... occur, and an understood/expected negative effect followed. Specifically, it seems that employers (in light of the statistics and complaints) know that the effect of pornographic spam on their employees is negative; therefore, employers would be behaving in an immoral way if they did not protect em ...
Module 1, Lecture 3 Presentation
... • Harm, Practicality, Publicity, Collegiality, *Reversibility, Theoretical ...
... • Harm, Practicality, Publicity, Collegiality, *Reversibility, Theoretical ...
Ethics and Business
... corporations? • View #1: corporations, like people, act intentionally and have moral rights, and obligations, and are morally responsible. • View #2: it makes no sense to attribute ethical qualities to corporations since they are not like people but more like machines; only humans can have ethical q ...
... corporations? • View #1: corporations, like people, act intentionally and have moral rights, and obligations, and are morally responsible. • View #2: it makes no sense to attribute ethical qualities to corporations since they are not like people but more like machines; only humans can have ethical q ...
Ethics and Business – FTMS
... corporations? • View #1: corporations, like people, act intentionally and have moral rights, and obligations, and are morally responsible. • View #2: it makes no sense to attribute ethical qualities to corporations since they are not like people but more like machines; only humans can have ethical q ...
... corporations? • View #1: corporations, like people, act intentionally and have moral rights, and obligations, and are morally responsible. • View #2: it makes no sense to attribute ethical qualities to corporations since they are not like people but more like machines; only humans can have ethical q ...
Ethics and Business
... corporations? • View #1: corporations, like people, act intentionally and have moral rights, and obligations, and are morally responsible. • View #2: it makes no sense to attribute ethical qualities to corporations since they are not like people but more like machines; only humans can have ethical q ...
... corporations? • View #1: corporations, like people, act intentionally and have moral rights, and obligations, and are morally responsible. • View #2: it makes no sense to attribute ethical qualities to corporations since they are not like people but more like machines; only humans can have ethical q ...
Richard Brandt - Westmont College
... we ought to judge an action by how much it conforms to moral rules that are judged as correct by the Utilitarian standard. For example, although there could be exceptions in particular cases, it is generally better for everyone to be honest. This version did not seem to be judged as harshly as act U ...
... we ought to judge an action by how much it conforms to moral rules that are judged as correct by the Utilitarian standard. For example, although there could be exceptions in particular cases, it is generally better for everyone to be honest. This version did not seem to be judged as harshly as act U ...
Kant and the Moral Will
... Presumably we could not all act on this maxim, for if we are all planning to copy off each other, there will be no work to copy! (Kant actually discusses the example of promising (14-15).) The problem lies in the logical impossibility of treating the maxim of the action as a universal law: Inexperie ...
... Presumably we could not all act on this maxim, for if we are all planning to copy off each other, there will be no work to copy! (Kant actually discusses the example of promising (14-15).) The problem lies in the logical impossibility of treating the maxim of the action as a universal law: Inexperie ...
What is morality and how does it work
... hereby sell my soul, after my death, to ___SCOTT MURPHY______, for the sum of _____. ...
... hereby sell my soul, after my death, to ___SCOTT MURPHY______, for the sum of _____. ...
Bernard Williams: A Critique of Utilitarianism Phil 240, Introduction to
... relation to the world is partly given by such feelings, and by a sense of what we can or cannot ‘live with’, to come to regard those feelings from a purely utilitarian point of view, that is, as happenings outside one’s moral self, is to lose a sense of one’s moral identity; to lose, in the ...
... relation to the world is partly given by such feelings, and by a sense of what we can or cannot ‘live with’, to come to regard those feelings from a purely utilitarian point of view, that is, as happenings outside one’s moral self, is to lose a sense of one’s moral identity; to lose, in the ...
Science in society: Obligations and rights
... application – concern with ‘ends’ rather than ‘means’ – Have an ethical and a scientific component – Scientific component – physical and social effects – what “is” or “will be” - Open to scientific investigation – Ethical component – moral principles used to evaluate effects – e.g., benefit, non-har ...
... application – concern with ‘ends’ rather than ‘means’ – Have an ethical and a scientific component – Scientific component – physical and social effects – what “is” or “will be” - Open to scientific investigation – Ethical component – moral principles used to evaluate effects – e.g., benefit, non-har ...
ethical reasoning
... differ, the fundamental moral principles underlying these practices do not. EXAMPLE In some societies, killing one's parents after they reach a certain age is common practice, stemming from the belief that people are better off in the afterlife if they entered it while still physically active and v ...
... differ, the fundamental moral principles underlying these practices do not. EXAMPLE In some societies, killing one's parents after they reach a certain age is common practice, stemming from the belief that people are better off in the afterlife if they entered it while still physically active and v ...
Ethical & Legal Considerations
... • You’re gouging on your prices if you charge more than the rest. • But it’s unfair competition if you think you can charge less. • A second point that we would make to help avoid confusion: • Don’t try to charge the same amount: • That would be collusion! ...
... • You’re gouging on your prices if you charge more than the rest. • But it’s unfair competition if you think you can charge less. • A second point that we would make to help avoid confusion: • Don’t try to charge the same amount: • That would be collusion! ...
Classical Chinese Philosophies - Fort Thomas Independent Schools
... For Bentham factors include: length, intensity, certainty of result, speed of result, number of people affected, mixture of pleasure/pain For Mill: He insisted that there are different qualities of pleasure and pain as well as different quantities. It is better to be satisfied with a lower amount of ...
... For Bentham factors include: length, intensity, certainty of result, speed of result, number of people affected, mixture of pleasure/pain For Mill: He insisted that there are different qualities of pleasure and pain as well as different quantities. It is better to be satisfied with a lower amount of ...
Lesson 14: Ethics
... 3. What is the difference between moral problems and ethical dilemmas? • Big differences between a moral problem and an ethical dilemma. • Ascertaining the relevant facts can help solve many moral problems. • Moral problems might not involve facts but simply will power (to steal, or not to steal). ...
... 3. What is the difference between moral problems and ethical dilemmas? • Big differences between a moral problem and an ethical dilemma. • Ascertaining the relevant facts can help solve many moral problems. • Moral problems might not involve facts but simply will power (to steal, or not to steal). ...
The ring finger - Stijn Bruers, the rational ethicist
... The middle finger: the mere means principle and the basic right to bodily autonomy. Never use someone’s body as merely a means to someone else’s ends, because that violates the right to bodily autonomy. The two words “mere means” refer to two conditions: 1) if in order to reach an end you force som ...
... The middle finger: the mere means principle and the basic right to bodily autonomy. Never use someone’s body as merely a means to someone else’s ends, because that violates the right to bodily autonomy. The two words “mere means” refer to two conditions: 1) if in order to reach an end you force som ...
Lesson 14: Ethics
... 3. What is the difference between moral problems and ethical dilemmas? • Big differences between a moral problem and an ethical dilemma. • Ascertaining the relevant facts can help solve many moral problems. • Moral problems might not involve facts but simply will power (to steal, or not to steal). ...
... 3. What is the difference between moral problems and ethical dilemmas? • Big differences between a moral problem and an ethical dilemma. • Ascertaining the relevant facts can help solve many moral problems. • Moral problems might not involve facts but simply will power (to steal, or not to steal). ...
Moral Reasoning
... Example: Franklin believed that the United States should attempt to use reason to create its political system. Example: It is illegal to bring glass beverage containers into Bidwell Park. Moral principles may be deeply held and may even be written into law, but because they are always debatable, the ...
... Example: Franklin believed that the United States should attempt to use reason to create its political system. Example: It is illegal to bring glass beverage containers into Bidwell Park. Moral principles may be deeply held and may even be written into law, but because they are always debatable, the ...
natural law questions
... knowledge, to live in an ordered society and to worship God? Are any of these disputable and if so on what grounds? Are there any other purposes that could be added to the list? ...
... knowledge, to live in an ordered society and to worship God? Are any of these disputable and if so on what grounds? Are there any other purposes that could be added to the list? ...
Slide 1
... Automatic excuse-making or defensiveness. Rationalizing “it’s okay to cheat the music industry because…” An absent of “critical thinking” Avoiding Offhand Self-Justification Self-confidence, honesty and maturity that develops over time Excuses are self-defeating and can get us into deeper trouble Wa ...
... Automatic excuse-making or defensiveness. Rationalizing “it’s okay to cheat the music industry because…” An absent of “critical thinking” Avoiding Offhand Self-Justification Self-confidence, honesty and maturity that develops over time Excuses are self-defeating and can get us into deeper trouble Wa ...