Relativism—Descriptive and Normative
... Descriptive relativism is a theory in anthropology, not ethics. It is not a theory in ethics because it is not an evaluative or normative view. It does not say, nor does it imply, anything about how anyone ought to behave. Ethical (or normative) relativism says three things: 1. Each of us ought to f ...
... Descriptive relativism is a theory in anthropology, not ethics. It is not a theory in ethics because it is not an evaluative or normative view. It does not say, nor does it imply, anything about how anyone ought to behave. Ethical (or normative) relativism says three things: 1. Each of us ought to f ...
Unit Descriptor - Solent Online Learning
... PRE-REQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES: None UNIT DESCRIPTION This academic unit introduces students to the key theoretical concepts of media ethics and applies them to real journalistic contexts; this is called applied media ethics. Media ethics is a broad term encapsulating many varied ethical discussio ...
... PRE-REQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES: None UNIT DESCRIPTION This academic unit introduces students to the key theoretical concepts of media ethics and applies them to real journalistic contexts; this is called applied media ethics. Media ethics is a broad term encapsulating many varied ethical discussio ...
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... – Negative right – implies one is free from external interference in one’s affairs (state can’t tap phones) – Positive right – implies a requirement that the holder of this right be provided with whatever one needs to pursue legitimate interests (rights to medical care and education) ...
... – Negative right – implies one is free from external interference in one’s affairs (state can’t tap phones) – Positive right – implies a requirement that the holder of this right be provided with whatever one needs to pursue legitimate interests (rights to medical care and education) ...
Aristotle The only true justification of a kingdom is to create the ideal
... Ethics has to be based on laws of freedom and not on laws of nature (facts about the world) But ethics is not empirical, it must be founded on entirely priori principles i.e. principles that are based on reason, not on experience For our ideas to be moral laws, they must pass through our reason and ...
... Ethics has to be based on laws of freedom and not on laws of nature (facts about the world) But ethics is not empirical, it must be founded on entirely priori principles i.e. principles that are based on reason, not on experience For our ideas to be moral laws, they must pass through our reason and ...
02 key concepts
... rest on some solid, universal foundation that is inherent in the nature of reality, and that through some method we can know, with confidence, what that foundational system of ethics is we can make universally valid truth claims about ethics, if we investigate ethical truths in some valid way ...
... rest on some solid, universal foundation that is inherent in the nature of reality, and that through some method we can know, with confidence, what that foundational system of ethics is we can make universally valid truth claims about ethics, if we investigate ethical truths in some valid way ...
Ethics and Moral Values
... anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it. Version ii) If it is in our power to prevent something ...
... anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it. Version ii) If it is in our power to prevent something ...
Philosophy and Ethics
... My logic determines my truth, and it’s mine. My statements can be tested as true or false. Most value statements are nonsense, because they are value-based. Therefore we cannot argue them. But how do we resolve differences? ...
... My logic determines my truth, and it’s mine. My statements can be tested as true or false. Most value statements are nonsense, because they are value-based. Therefore we cannot argue them. But how do we resolve differences? ...
Philosophy and Ethics
... My logic determines my truth, and it’s mine. My statements can be tested as true or false. Most value statements are nonsense, because they are value-based. Therefore we cannot argue them. But how do we resolve differences? ...
... My logic determines my truth, and it’s mine. My statements can be tested as true or false. Most value statements are nonsense, because they are value-based. Therefore we cannot argue them. But how do we resolve differences? ...
IGE 101 - Truth and Service for Holistic Living 27
... Apply the principles Trooper story: driver in truck pinned into cab about to explode, begging to be shot by trooper What looked like a dilemma became a TRI-lemma: a third way emerged: the trooper took time – gun in and out of holster RESOLUTION process can give us time to find a way through the sit ...
... Apply the principles Trooper story: driver in truck pinned into cab about to explode, begging to be shot by trooper What looked like a dilemma became a TRI-lemma: a third way emerged: the trooper took time – gun in and out of holster RESOLUTION process can give us time to find a way through the sit ...
4: Law and Order
... Teen Anxiety and Mood Swings • Stress causes the release of a steroid known as THP which in adult and pre-pubescent individuals increases the "calming" effect of GABA in the limbic system. • THP has two roles, one in the limbic system where it helps to calm things down, and another in the hippocamp ...
... Teen Anxiety and Mood Swings • Stress causes the release of a steroid known as THP which in adult and pre-pubescent individuals increases the "calming" effect of GABA in the limbic system. • THP has two roles, one in the limbic system where it helps to calm things down, and another in the hippocamp ...
Moral Problems
... executives did was immoral,” or “ What the volunteer Red Cross worker did was the moral thing to do.” We use the term “moral” to mean that some issue belongs in the area of morality. Both moral and immoral actions belong in the area of morality. ...
... executives did was immoral,” or “ What the volunteer Red Cross worker did was the moral thing to do.” We use the term “moral” to mean that some issue belongs in the area of morality. Both moral and immoral actions belong in the area of morality. ...
Bernard Williams: A Critique of Utilitarianism Phil 240, Introduction to
... in themselves give solutions to practical dilemmas such as those provided by our examples; but I hope they help to provide other ways of thinking about them … In fact, it is not hard to see that in George’s case, viewed from this perspective, the utilitarian solution would be wrong … Jim’s ...
... in themselves give solutions to practical dilemmas such as those provided by our examples; but I hope they help to provide other ways of thinking about them … In fact, it is not hard to see that in George’s case, viewed from this perspective, the utilitarian solution would be wrong … Jim’s ...
Deontological Ethics - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end (II 66-67). ...
... Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end (II 66-67). ...
PHILOSOPHY 100 (Ted Stolze)
... The Society-of-States Approach “The society-of-states approach argues that the international order is one made up of states and that states are the units of ethical consideration. Accordingly, states have moral duties to other states, not to individuals within those states. Moral duties that states ...
... The Society-of-States Approach “The society-of-states approach argues that the international order is one made up of states and that states are the units of ethical consideration. Accordingly, states have moral duties to other states, not to individuals within those states. Moral duties that states ...
Developmental Theory
... • Preconventional (4 to 10 years): Level of moral reasoning characterized by a focus on the consequence experienced by the person as a result of his/her actions • Conventional (10 to 13 years): Level of moral reasoning reflecting internalized rules and societal conventions • Postconventional (13 yea ...
... • Preconventional (4 to 10 years): Level of moral reasoning characterized by a focus on the consequence experienced by the person as a result of his/her actions • Conventional (10 to 13 years): Level of moral reasoning reflecting internalized rules and societal conventions • Postconventional (13 yea ...
CED 424 B
... “Engineering ethics is part of thinking like an engineer. Teaching engineering ethics is part of teaching future engineers how to practice the profession.” ...
... “Engineering ethics is part of thinking like an engineer. Teaching engineering ethics is part of teaching future engineers how to practice the profession.” ...
COMM 310 A Field Guide to Philosophers
... Munitions. Then he went into academia. Ross was what’s called a “moral realist,” arguing that there are moral truths – such as the claim that something good is true only if it really is good. The philosophy says that we must choose among competing ethical duties, which he identified as fidelity, rep ...
... Munitions. Then he went into academia. Ross was what’s called a “moral realist,” arguing that there are moral truths – such as the claim that something good is true only if it really is good. The philosophy says that we must choose among competing ethical duties, which he identified as fidelity, rep ...
Ethical Decision Making and Ethical Leadership
... the importance you (or the team or the organization) attach to a certain ethical issue. Are you concerned and anxious about lying or cheating. Two people have different levels of concern. Put a weight from 1 to 10 on the level of your concern to the issue of cheating. ...
... the importance you (or the team or the organization) attach to a certain ethical issue. Are you concerned and anxious about lying or cheating. Two people have different levels of concern. Put a weight from 1 to 10 on the level of your concern to the issue of cheating. ...
Christian_Ethics_NML_and_Situation_Ethics_1_
... the fact that it works ('We cannot verify moral choices. They may be vindicated but not validated.' (p.49)). Beginning with the principle of love one makes a decision about the basis upon which one will live which will be vindicated because it is believed to work (consequentialism). However, this me ...
... the fact that it works ('We cannot verify moral choices. They may be vindicated but not validated.' (p.49)). Beginning with the principle of love one makes a decision about the basis upon which one will live which will be vindicated because it is believed to work (consequentialism). However, this me ...
Ethical Challenges
... • What about the inherent paradox? Two rules in direct conflict: how can both be right at the same time? • How can there be morality with no independent rules then? *It is important to distinguish between our opinions of morality and morality itself ...
... • What about the inherent paradox? Two rules in direct conflict: how can both be right at the same time? • How can there be morality with no independent rules then? *It is important to distinguish between our opinions of morality and morality itself ...
Ethos
... to the transient or emotional.” Ethos: 2. “The characteristic spirit of a people, community, culture, or era as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations; the prevailing character of an institution or system.”. Ethics: 2. “The moral principles or system associated with a particular leader, thinker ...
... to the transient or emotional.” Ethos: 2. “The characteristic spirit of a people, community, culture, or era as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations; the prevailing character of an institution or system.”. Ethics: 2. “The moral principles or system associated with a particular leader, thinker ...
Adolescence and Moral Development
... • Stress causes the release of a steroid known as THP which in adult and pre-pubescent individuals increases the "calming" effect of GABA in the limbic system. • THP has two roles, one in the limbic system where it helps to calm things down, and another in the hippocampus where in adolescents it hea ...
... • Stress causes the release of a steroid known as THP which in adult and pre-pubescent individuals increases the "calming" effect of GABA in the limbic system. • THP has two roles, one in the limbic system where it helps to calm things down, and another in the hippocampus where in adolescents it hea ...
Overview of Five Ethical Decision-Making Models
... a. Act on the ethical concerns. (What is my plan of action to follow through on my intent?) Comments: Philosophers, practitioners, and ethicists, and other scholars often commend Rest on the elegant simplicity of his model. However, the model’s parsimonious reduction of a vast array of factors int ...
... a. Act on the ethical concerns. (What is my plan of action to follow through on my intent?) Comments: Philosophers, practitioners, and ethicists, and other scholars often commend Rest on the elegant simplicity of his model. However, the model’s parsimonious reduction of a vast array of factors int ...
Moral Reasoning and Moral Development
... That response orientation is of a higher order than justice rights orientation Because Kohlberg’s theory is hierarchical with justice/rights the basis--women would necessarily show a less reasoned perspective on his scales. First studies of Kohlberg only conducted with men ...
... That response orientation is of a higher order than justice rights orientation Because Kohlberg’s theory is hierarchical with justice/rights the basis--women would necessarily show a less reasoned perspective on his scales. First studies of Kohlberg only conducted with men ...
Engineering without Ethics
... the introduction of the Pinto to the public, it became evident that there was a serious design flaw. The gas tank was so designed that when it was involved in a rear end collision at an impact speed of 20 MPH or greater, the tank was apt to rupture, causing a fire and explosion. The tank was only 5’ ...
... the introduction of the Pinto to the public, it became evident that there was a serious design flaw. The gas tank was so designed that when it was involved in a rear end collision at an impact speed of 20 MPH or greater, the tank was apt to rupture, causing a fire and explosion. The tank was only 5’ ...