Ethical Pluralism as a Framework for Discussing Moral
... In ethics, I have been interested in sketching out a middle ground between absolutism and relativism. In teaching, I have been interested in exploring ways in which we visualize knowledge. ...
... In ethics, I have been interested in sketching out a middle ground between absolutism and relativism. In teaching, I have been interested in exploring ways in which we visualize knowledge. ...
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... Urmson’s” (Heyd 2002, 1) aforementioned article. In fact, moral “philosophy, though much concerned with the notion of duty, has paid little attention to the small yet significant category of actions that ‘go beyond the call of duty’” (Heyd 1980, 1). This is not to say that the concept of supererogat ...
... Urmson’s” (Heyd 2002, 1) aforementioned article. In fact, moral “philosophy, though much concerned with the notion of duty, has paid little attention to the small yet significant category of actions that ‘go beyond the call of duty’” (Heyd 1980, 1). This is not to say that the concept of supererogat ...
The goodness of pleasure: Epicurean ethics
... Stoics identify morality/virtue as the only good. How do they account for the other things in life that people typically value (e.g. wealth, health, honour)? Stoics believe that the goodness of morality has a natural basis. What is this basis? How do humans come to recognize morality as the good? Wh ...
... Stoics identify morality/virtue as the only good. How do they account for the other things in life that people typically value (e.g. wealth, health, honour)? Stoics believe that the goodness of morality has a natural basis. What is this basis? How do humans come to recognize morality as the good? Wh ...
Normativity and Epistemic Intuitions
... color. This is actually a pretty preposterous remark insofar as it is meant to be interpreted causally. SES and skin color turn out to be correlated with different epistemic intuitions on their results, but they aren’t studies that suggest a causal model. Intuitively, one would tend to suspect that ...
... color. This is actually a pretty preposterous remark insofar as it is meant to be interpreted causally. SES and skin color turn out to be correlated with different epistemic intuitions on their results, but they aren’t studies that suggest a causal model. Intuitively, one would tend to suspect that ...
Why Emotivists Love Inconsistency
... here we are concerned with an explanation of the fact that we employ much the same kind of “logical” reasoning in moral matters as we do elsewhere. For clarity, we shall focus on reasoning involving a subclass of our moral opinions (“moral opinions” for short), namely opinions concerned with whether ...
... here we are concerned with an explanation of the fact that we employ much the same kind of “logical” reasoning in moral matters as we do elsewhere. For clarity, we shall focus on reasoning involving a subclass of our moral opinions (“moral opinions” for short), namely opinions concerned with whether ...
2 Booklet 2 Utilitarianism
... Mill believed that his Utilitarian ethic had caught the very spirit of the Golden Rule (to treat others as you could want them to treat us). However, Christian love knows no limit and is prepared to go not one mile but two. To love one’s neighbour as if he or she were oneself, to put oneself in his ...
... Mill believed that his Utilitarian ethic had caught the very spirit of the Golden Rule (to treat others as you could want them to treat us). However, Christian love knows no limit and is prepared to go not one mile but two. To love one’s neighbour as if he or she were oneself, to put oneself in his ...
Was Kant right?
... • Kant believed capital punishment was a form of consistent universalisability. • “An evil deed draws punishment on ...
... • Kant believed capital punishment was a form of consistent universalisability. • “An evil deed draws punishment on ...
The Role of Antagonism in Kant`s Metaphysic of
... unsuccessful” (“Theory” 89). As Kant insists, the fact that something has been unsuccessful does not justify that it will be also unsuccessful in the future. But this Kant’s proper insistence does not declare the irrelevance of empirical evidence to a theoretical claim. This paper examines why Kant ...
... unsuccessful” (“Theory” 89). As Kant insists, the fact that something has been unsuccessful does not justify that it will be also unsuccessful in the future. But this Kant’s proper insistence does not declare the irrelevance of empirical evidence to a theoretical claim. This paper examines why Kant ...
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... • Your choices as a manager build an organizational culture that reflects your decisions and values • Take charge to make changes March 30, 2006 ...
... • Your choices as a manager build an organizational culture that reflects your decisions and values • Take charge to make changes March 30, 2006 ...
International Conference Handouts - Virtue
... to lie as a way to comply with the principles of human rights, dignity, beneficence, wellbeing and social justice; this would be a universal rule to apply in all such situations. Many social work scholars have included autonomy (protect liberty and privacy) along with three additional principles as ...
... to lie as a way to comply with the principles of human rights, dignity, beneficence, wellbeing and social justice; this would be a universal rule to apply in all such situations. Many social work scholars have included autonomy (protect liberty and privacy) along with three additional principles as ...
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: ...
Our responsibility towards future generations
... • We are all part of a trans-generational community – stretches over the generations into the past and the future • Our own identity is formed by being part of this group which provides meaning for our lives • Pro: Fits with our understand of humans as social beings – the community is important for ...
... • We are all part of a trans-generational community – stretches over the generations into the past and the future • Our own identity is formed by being part of this group which provides meaning for our lives • Pro: Fits with our understand of humans as social beings – the community is important for ...
IMMANUEL KANT`S ETHICAL THEORY RIGHTS AND DUTIES DR
... we live our lives. If Kant is correct that moral absolutes cannot be violated, then he prevents any loopholes, self-serving exceptions, and personal biases in the determination of our duties. 2. Intrinsic worth of a human being: In virtue of being a human being, you have rights, dignity, and intrins ...
... we live our lives. If Kant is correct that moral absolutes cannot be violated, then he prevents any loopholes, self-serving exceptions, and personal biases in the determination of our duties. 2. Intrinsic worth of a human being: In virtue of being a human being, you have rights, dignity, and intrins ...
View essay as PDF - Bakersfield College
... Gilligan’s fundamental points. According to Gilligan, the most morally developed thinking involves one thinking of their needs along with others needs. Under Gilligan’s ethical theory, if one is fully morally developed, one would not sacrifice caring for themself in order to care for others. Additio ...
... Gilligan’s fundamental points. According to Gilligan, the most morally developed thinking involves one thinking of their needs along with others needs. Under Gilligan’s ethical theory, if one is fully morally developed, one would not sacrifice caring for themself in order to care for others. Additio ...
Materialy/07/History of Ethics
... Stoicism taught that "the world is independent of our will" and consequently that a life detached from the natural events of life will be calmer and less troubled than a life bound up with false desires for worldly things. ...
... Stoicism taught that "the world is independent of our will" and consequently that a life detached from the natural events of life will be calmer and less troubled than a life bound up with false desires for worldly things. ...
1 Kantian Moral Psychology Michelle A. Schwarze Ph.D. Candidate
... What is more, sentimentalist theories are unfit to ground morality because of their reliance on unreliable passions. Kant claims that moral sense theories “put together from incentives of feeling and inclination and also of rational concepts…must make the mind waver between motives that cannot be br ...
... What is more, sentimentalist theories are unfit to ground morality because of their reliance on unreliable passions. Kant claims that moral sense theories “put together from incentives of feeling and inclination and also of rational concepts…must make the mind waver between motives that cannot be br ...
Ought and Reality - Scandinavian Studies in Law
... idealism had been questioned, it still has an impact in Swedish intellectual life.12 Hägerström was addressing a cultivated and enlightened audience which were rather shocked to listen to the newly appointed professor’s lecture which was understood to announce “that there is and cannot be any scient ...
... idealism had been questioned, it still has an impact in Swedish intellectual life.12 Hägerström was addressing a cultivated and enlightened audience which were rather shocked to listen to the newly appointed professor’s lecture which was understood to announce “that there is and cannot be any scient ...
Word - Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal
... industrialized societies, in which providing civic access, medical support, and other resources to people with disabilities center around cost-benefit analyses. Such models inevitably position those most in need of supports as least beneficial to the social fabric—assumptions built upon medical aut ...
... industrialized societies, in which providing civic access, medical support, and other resources to people with disabilities center around cost-benefit analyses. Such models inevitably position those most in need of supports as least beneficial to the social fabric—assumptions built upon medical aut ...
Ethics for the Information Age - Chapter 2
... Actions should be guided by moral laws Moral laws are universal Morality must be based on reason Can explain why something is right or wrong ...
... Actions should be guided by moral laws Moral laws are universal Morality must be based on reason Can explain why something is right or wrong ...
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... atrocities, genocide, et cetera. O'Toole's call for a more official moral and ethical framework for archivists is grounded in examples of “archivists” who have complied with reprehensible regimes and organizations in order to maintain their power or cover up past crimes. As such, this idea of an “ar ...
... atrocities, genocide, et cetera. O'Toole's call for a more official moral and ethical framework for archivists is grounded in examples of “archivists” who have complied with reprehensible regimes and organizations in order to maintain their power or cover up past crimes. As such, this idea of an “ar ...
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... people who believe strongly in FGC continue to engage in the practice either abroad or behind closed doors (A Ritual of Agony). The fact is that there is no fool-proof method of intervention that will ensure maximum obeisance to moral values. On the other hand, moderate intervention attempts to reac ...
... people who believe strongly in FGC continue to engage in the practice either abroad or behind closed doors (A Ritual of Agony). The fact is that there is no fool-proof method of intervention that will ensure maximum obeisance to moral values. On the other hand, moderate intervention attempts to reac ...
Leadership and ethics in decision making
... Flow from self. Innate desire to live a meaningful life that is guided by personal set principles, values and ethos. One person’s ethical standard might greatly defer depending on the realm of morality, religion, nurture, nature and other associated values. ...
... Flow from self. Innate desire to live a meaningful life that is guided by personal set principles, values and ethos. One person’s ethical standard might greatly defer depending on the realm of morality, religion, nurture, nature and other associated values. ...
Justin Clarke-Doane
... either discourse that are not committed to naturalism, on the other hand, will tend to regard the relevant body of truths as knowable a priori somehow.8 Similarly, realists about ethics or mathematics may hold different positions on the question of whether the entities that are peculiar to the rele ...
... either discourse that are not committed to naturalism, on the other hand, will tend to regard the relevant body of truths as knowable a priori somehow.8 Similarly, realists about ethics or mathematics may hold different positions on the question of whether the entities that are peculiar to the rele ...
Institutional Integrity and Organizational Ethics
... family physicians are also at high risk, although limited data exist in the outpatient setting. N Engl J Med. 2016;374:1661-1669 ...
... family physicians are also at high risk, although limited data exist in the outpatient setting. N Engl J Med. 2016;374:1661-1669 ...
Euthanasia
... Ethical view of Euthanasia Virtue Theory [I]f virtue theory is described as a moral right if the individual is acting in a manner which is in accordance with what a “good model citizen” would do then euthanasia can never be considered as the morally right thing to do. Aristotle also applied this co ...
... Ethical view of Euthanasia Virtue Theory [I]f virtue theory is described as a moral right if the individual is acting in a manner which is in accordance with what a “good model citizen” would do then euthanasia can never be considered as the morally right thing to do. Aristotle also applied this co ...