PHILOSOPHY 100 (Ted Stolze)
... • In the international arena there is no such authority. • Therefore, it is not rational for states to comply with moral rules because they have no guarantee that others do. • Therefore, there is no morality (moral rules) in the international arena. ...
... • In the international arena there is no such authority. • Therefore, it is not rational for states to comply with moral rules because they have no guarantee that others do. • Therefore, there is no morality (moral rules) in the international arena. ...
Subjectivism in Ethics
... opinions are based on our feelings and nothing more. On this view, there is no such thing as “objective” right and wrong. ...
... opinions are based on our feelings and nothing more. On this view, there is no such thing as “objective” right and wrong. ...
Slide 1
... Virtues should be decided by the community Virtues differ based on time and place Not possible to base judicial system on virtues versus rules ...
... Virtues should be decided by the community Virtues differ based on time and place Not possible to base judicial system on virtues versus rules ...
Ethical Theory Review Sheet
... and tastes of an individual at a particular moment (emotivism). In this case there are no moral standards, since an individual may do whatever he or she feels like doing and there is no basis for challenging the individual or suggesting that his or her moral statements are true or false. So, if I fe ...
... and tastes of an individual at a particular moment (emotivism). In this case there are no moral standards, since an individual may do whatever he or she feels like doing and there is no basis for challenging the individual or suggesting that his or her moral statements are true or false. So, if I fe ...
Andrew Baker - Georgetown Commons
... their own culture. Adolf Hitler’s genocidal actions, so long as they are culturally accepted, are as morally legitimate as Mother Teresa’s works of mercy” (Pojman, 1994, p. 245). Ethical relativists can in no way criticize actions committed by individuals outside of their cultural group. One cannot ...
... their own culture. Adolf Hitler’s genocidal actions, so long as they are culturally accepted, are as morally legitimate as Mother Teresa’s works of mercy” (Pojman, 1994, p. 245). Ethical relativists can in no way criticize actions committed by individuals outside of their cultural group. One cannot ...
Ethics Course Handout - Oklahoma Physical Therapy Association
... 1. Moral Ownership – capacity to feel & show a sense of responsibility to take action when faced with ethical issues. 2. Moral Efficacy – confidence in personal capabilities to develop solutions to ethical issue &/or confront peer or superior once has #1. 3. Moral Courage – to commit to personal mor ...
... 1. Moral Ownership – capacity to feel & show a sense of responsibility to take action when faced with ethical issues. 2. Moral Efficacy – confidence in personal capabilities to develop solutions to ethical issue &/or confront peer or superior once has #1. 3. Moral Courage – to commit to personal mor ...
Document
... The Social Contract —society allows for the creation of corporations and gives them special rights, including a grant of limited liability, so corporations are responsible to our society. Less Government Regulation — by taking a proactive role, corporations create a climate of trust and respect that ...
... The Social Contract —society allows for the creation of corporations and gives them special rights, including a grant of limited liability, so corporations are responsible to our society. Less Government Regulation — by taking a proactive role, corporations create a climate of trust and respect that ...
Kohlberg`s Theory of Moral Development
... First stage: The goodness or badness of an act depends on its consequences (how much trouble will you get into?) Second stage: called “Naïve hedonism:” you conform to rules in order to gain rewards of satisfy personal objectives (e.g., some politicians) ...
... First stage: The goodness or badness of an act depends on its consequences (how much trouble will you get into?) Second stage: called “Naïve hedonism:” you conform to rules in order to gain rewards of satisfy personal objectives (e.g., some politicians) ...
The Moral Argument Revision Notes File
... existence of God based on moral behaviour. Kant believed that we all have innate moral awareness: “Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe… the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.” He said that being moral was a case of following the Categorical Impe ...
... existence of God based on moral behaviour. Kant believed that we all have innate moral awareness: “Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe… the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.” He said that being moral was a case of following the Categorical Impe ...
Chapter 3: Morality and the Moral Life Ethics
... culture to culture, moral standards are relative to culture (there are no objective moral standards).—FALSE 2. People’s moral judgments do differ from culture to culture.—DUBIOUS 3. Therefore, moral standards are relative to culture (there are no objective moral standards).—CONCLUSION UNSUPPORTED ...
... culture to culture, moral standards are relative to culture (there are no objective moral standards).—FALSE 2. People’s moral judgments do differ from culture to culture.—DUBIOUS 3. Therefore, moral standards are relative to culture (there are no objective moral standards).—CONCLUSION UNSUPPORTED ...
Ethics Glossary
... that they know what this absolute truth is. In ethics, absolutism is usually contrasted to relativism. Agnosticism. The conviction that one simply does not know whether God exists or not; it is often accompanied with a further conviction that one need not care whether God exists or not. Altruism. A ...
... that they know what this absolute truth is. In ethics, absolutism is usually contrasted to relativism. Agnosticism. The conviction that one simply does not know whether God exists or not; it is often accompanied with a further conviction that one need not care whether God exists or not. Altruism. A ...
Come Hell and High Water by Paul Keeling According to Plato
... profess to be a moral person. When I got my hands on Moral Ground, I was especially curious to see what the professional philosophers, about 13 of them by my count, had to contribute to this argument. Of particular interest to me was the fact that many of us do take some responsibility for our ongoi ...
... profess to be a moral person. When I got my hands on Moral Ground, I was especially curious to see what the professional philosophers, about 13 of them by my count, had to contribute to this argument. Of particular interest to me was the fact that many of us do take some responsibility for our ongoi ...
What Makes Human Acts Good or Bad
... 1. _____________: the action (Ex: lying, praying, stealing, helping the blind cross the street, etc.) For an act/object to be moral, it must _________________________________. 2. ______________________________: things such as the person involved, the time, the place, and the occasion, which are di ...
... 1. _____________: the action (Ex: lying, praying, stealing, helping the blind cross the street, etc.) For an act/object to be moral, it must _________________________________. 2. ______________________________: things such as the person involved, the time, the place, and the occasion, which are di ...
Box of Convention
... are all trained to fit into them, and most of us manage to do this fairly well. The necessary skills include cognitive, moral, interpersonal, and self-management skills. We learn, for example, to follow directions (requiring cognitive and self-management skills), to obey traffic rules (cognitive, se ...
... are all trained to fit into them, and most of us manage to do this fairly well. The necessary skills include cognitive, moral, interpersonal, and self-management skills. We learn, for example, to follow directions (requiring cognitive and self-management skills), to obey traffic rules (cognitive, se ...
Deontological Ethics - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... To be autonomous, to pursue my ends it must be possible for me to dissent from or consent to what others do with respect to me. Reason therefore tells us that an individual cannot be treated as an end if he is subjected to coercion or deception. C.f. the victim of deceit cannot consent to the deceiv ...
... To be autonomous, to pursue my ends it must be possible for me to dissent from or consent to what others do with respect to me. Reason therefore tells us that an individual cannot be treated as an end if he is subjected to coercion or deception. C.f. the victim of deceit cannot consent to the deceiv ...
Ethical Relativism:
... • Subjectivism treats individuals like billiard balls on a societal pool table where they meet only in radical collisions, each aimed at his or her own goal and strive to do in the others before they themselves are done in. ...
... • Subjectivism treats individuals like billiard balls on a societal pool table where they meet only in radical collisions, each aimed at his or her own goal and strive to do in the others before they themselves are done in. ...
kantian deontology
... conditional on having a particular end (desire, want) willing end entails willing means even if all people want their own happiness, this fact can only be used to derive hypothetical imperatives lack the inescapable, necessary, universal force of moral requirements So cannot base morality in ...
... conditional on having a particular end (desire, want) willing end entails willing means even if all people want their own happiness, this fact can only be used to derive hypothetical imperatives lack the inescapable, necessary, universal force of moral requirements So cannot base morality in ...
Moral Development
... chosen because of their logical comprehensiveness, their universality, and their consistency. These ethical principles are not concrete like the Ten Commandments but abstract universal principles dealing with justice, society’s welfare, the equality of human rights, respect for the dignity of indivi ...
... chosen because of their logical comprehensiveness, their universality, and their consistency. These ethical principles are not concrete like the Ten Commandments but abstract universal principles dealing with justice, society’s welfare, the equality of human rights, respect for the dignity of indivi ...
Call to Faith - OSV Curriculum
... Freedom and Responsibility Session Purpose We are created in God’s image and blessed with the freedom to make choices. With this freedom comes the responsibility to develop well-formed consciences in order to choose what is good. In this session, young people will learn about and practice making goo ...
... Freedom and Responsibility Session Purpose We are created in God’s image and blessed with the freedom to make choices. With this freedom comes the responsibility to develop well-formed consciences in order to choose what is good. In this session, young people will learn about and practice making goo ...
Ethical Leadership and Followership
... • Leaders weigh outcomes • Identifying and evaluating consequences can be difficult • Different leaders may reach different conclusions even when facing the same dilemma ...
... • Leaders weigh outcomes • Identifying and evaluating consequences can be difficult • Different leaders may reach different conclusions even when facing the same dilemma ...
the Meta-Ethics whizz through PowerPoint
... saying “boo to murder” (expressing a feeling). “It’s as if I said, “You stole that money” in a peculiar tone of horror...Ethical terms do not serve only to express feelings, but are calculated also to arouse feeling, and so stimulate action”. Language, Truth & Logic ...
... saying “boo to murder” (expressing a feeling). “It’s as if I said, “You stole that money” in a peculiar tone of horror...Ethical terms do not serve only to express feelings, but are calculated also to arouse feeling, and so stimulate action”. Language, Truth & Logic ...
non-naturalist
... saying “boo to murder” (expressing a feeling). “It’s as if I said, “You stole that money” in a peculiar tone of horror...Ethical terms do not serve only to express feelings, but are calculated also to arouse feeling, and so stimulate action”. Language, Truth & Logic ...
... saying “boo to murder” (expressing a feeling). “It’s as if I said, “You stole that money” in a peculiar tone of horror...Ethical terms do not serve only to express feelings, but are calculated also to arouse feeling, and so stimulate action”. Language, Truth & Logic ...