Does Morality Demand our Very Best? On Moral Prescriptions and the Line of Duty
... Kant was well aware of the common notion that there are acts that go beyond duty, but he was not impressed by it. In the Critique of Practical Reason, he writes, “I wish they [educators] would spare them [students] examples of so-called noble (supermeritorious) actions… and would refer everything to ...
... Kant was well aware of the common notion that there are acts that go beyond duty, but he was not impressed by it. In the Critique of Practical Reason, he writes, “I wish they [educators] would spare them [students] examples of so-called noble (supermeritorious) actions… and would refer everything to ...
Target audience • business practitioners, particularly to directors,
... rapidly growing importance in our society. The Master of Arts in Business Ethics is an interdisciplinary programme bringing together the fields of philosophical ethics, moral theology, business studies, marketing and public policy. It will encompass the social, political, legal, economic and moral a ...
... rapidly growing importance in our society. The Master of Arts in Business Ethics is an interdisciplinary programme bringing together the fields of philosophical ethics, moral theology, business studies, marketing and public policy. It will encompass the social, political, legal, economic and moral a ...
virtue - PushMe Press
... • “We state the function of man to be a certain kind of life, and this to be an activity or actions of the soul implying a rational principle, and the function of a good man to be the good and noble performance of these, and any action is well performed when it is performed in accordance with the ap ...
... • “We state the function of man to be a certain kind of life, and this to be an activity or actions of the soul implying a rational principle, and the function of a good man to be the good and noble performance of these, and any action is well performed when it is performed in accordance with the ap ...
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Immanuel Kant and the moral law[1].
... • Universalisability allows morality to be stable, since if notions of right or wrong vary between individuals, cultures or situations, moral life in society will lack the foundation of trust and coherence for us to develop morally. • Morality therefore has to be rooted in something that is good wit ...
... • Universalisability allows morality to be stable, since if notions of right or wrong vary between individuals, cultures or situations, moral life in society will lack the foundation of trust and coherence for us to develop morally. • Morality therefore has to be rooted in something that is good wit ...
The Intercultural Ethics Agenda from an Objectivist Point of View
... But moral objectivism can coherently pursue the normative goal by giving moral reasons for the goodness of agreement. Moral objectivism also has a viable methodology for producing agreement: Gert’s “common morality” + Rawls “reflective equilibrium” – Much disagreement that appears moral is not about ...
... But moral objectivism can coherently pursue the normative goal by giving moral reasons for the goodness of agreement. Moral objectivism also has a viable methodology for producing agreement: Gert’s “common morality” + Rawls “reflective equilibrium” – Much disagreement that appears moral is not about ...
Euthanasia - Routledge
... Do we have a right to die? Negative right (others may not interfere) Positive right (others must help) Do we own our own bodies and our lives? If we do own our own bodies, does that give us the right to do whatever we want with them? ◦ Isn’t it cruel to let people suffer pointlessly? ...
... Do we have a right to die? Negative right (others may not interfere) Positive right (others must help) Do we own our own bodies and our lives? If we do own our own bodies, does that give us the right to do whatever we want with them? ◦ Isn’t it cruel to let people suffer pointlessly? ...
Kidder: How Good People Make Tough Choices
... pursues his own interests, the social good would automatically emerge. As such, the rights of the individual are to be preserved. By “community” it is meant that the needs of the majority outweigh the interests of the individual. Communities speak to us in a moral voice. They lay claims on their mem ...
... pursues his own interests, the social good would automatically emerge. As such, the rights of the individual are to be preserved. By “community” it is meant that the needs of the majority outweigh the interests of the individual. Communities speak to us in a moral voice. They lay claims on their mem ...
Ethics and Rhetorical Communication
... be trained as a rhetorical communicator. The moral view says that only good people should be trained as rhetoricians or be allowed to voice their opinions. In theory, it is easy to back the amoral perspective. In practice it is much harder. For example, the amoral view says that however objectionabl ...
... be trained as a rhetorical communicator. The moral view says that only good people should be trained as rhetoricians or be allowed to voice their opinions. In theory, it is easy to back the amoral perspective. In practice it is much harder. For example, the amoral view says that however objectionabl ...
Regulating Technologies
... calculation; no regard for legitimate interests of others. Where decision is purely self-regarding, regulatory responsibility is to facilitate informed decision-making. Where decision impacts on others, how do regulators determine level of “acceptable risk”? Is there any reason for regulators to pri ...
... calculation; no regard for legitimate interests of others. Where decision is purely self-regarding, regulatory responsibility is to facilitate informed decision-making. Where decision impacts on others, how do regulators determine level of “acceptable risk”? Is there any reason for regulators to pri ...
Slide 1
... • Numerous activities and decisions to be made • Most will have an ethical dimension ...
... • Numerous activities and decisions to be made • Most will have an ethical dimension ...
Ethical Models
... produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people. • Moral rights model: An ethical decision is one that best maintains and protects the fundamental rights and privileges of the people affected by it. • Justice model: An ethical decision is one that distributes benefits and harm among sta ...
... produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people. • Moral rights model: An ethical decision is one that best maintains and protects the fundamental rights and privileges of the people affected by it. • Justice model: An ethical decision is one that distributes benefits and harm among sta ...
presentation source
... challenge is functionalism. As we shall see, however, plausible candidates for the solution to the challenge have no necessary implications for morals and politics. This is because they are simply explanations of how minds are possible and work in a material universe. They are thus matters of theore ...
... challenge is functionalism. As we shall see, however, plausible candidates for the solution to the challenge have no necessary implications for morals and politics. This is because they are simply explanations of how minds are possible and work in a material universe. They are thus matters of theore ...
lecture outline
... A. ETHICS is a set of moral principles or values that govern behavior. 1. Individuals develop their own set of ethical rules, which help them decide how to behave in difference circumstance. 2. Businesses also develop ethics that reflect the company’s beliefs about what actions are appropriate and f ...
... A. ETHICS is a set of moral principles or values that govern behavior. 1. Individuals develop their own set of ethical rules, which help them decide how to behave in difference circumstance. 2. Businesses also develop ethics that reflect the company’s beliefs about what actions are appropriate and f ...
Ethics and Business
... people are better informed than in others. Similarly, disagreement in ethics might signal nothing more than that some people are less enlightened than others. At the very least, the fact of disagreement does not, by itself, entail that truth does not exist. Why should we assume that, if ethical trut ...
... people are better informed than in others. Similarly, disagreement in ethics might signal nothing more than that some people are less enlightened than others. At the very least, the fact of disagreement does not, by itself, entail that truth does not exist. Why should we assume that, if ethical trut ...
Making Ethical Decisions
... Sometimes people see decisions as dilemmas with only two, mutually exclusive and opposed solutions, either of which would us to sacrifice of important values. ...
... Sometimes people see decisions as dilemmas with only two, mutually exclusive and opposed solutions, either of which would us to sacrifice of important values. ...
Professional Ethics: When Are Engineers Required to “Blow the
... • Blowing the whistle should only be required in extraordinary cases • Doing so in nonextraordinary cases can be undesirable from an ethical point of view because it demands that these engineers to be “moral heroes” ...
... • Blowing the whistle should only be required in extraordinary cases • Doing so in nonextraordinary cases can be undesirable from an ethical point of view because it demands that these engineers to be “moral heroes” ...
Materialy/07/Definition of Ethics
... What is ethics? So it is necessary to constantly examine one's standards to ensure that they are reasonable and well-founded. Ethics also means, then, the continuous effort of studying our own moral beliefs and our moral conduct, and striving to ensure that we, and the institutions we help to sha ...
... What is ethics? So it is necessary to constantly examine one's standards to ensure that they are reasonable and well-founded. Ethics also means, then, the continuous effort of studying our own moral beliefs and our moral conduct, and striving to ensure that we, and the institutions we help to sha ...
Ethical Decision Making Process
... coming into conflict with something else. People usually choose one of ethical approaches to take an ethical decision. What is the difference between ethical dilemma and ethical decision making? A dilemma is the problem itself. The decision making is the course to resolution. ...
... coming into conflict with something else. People usually choose one of ethical approaches to take an ethical decision. What is the difference between ethical dilemma and ethical decision making? A dilemma is the problem itself. The decision making is the course to resolution. ...
Servais Pinckaers: Returning to a Thomisitc Morality of Happiness
... influence of natural human desire and inclinations. Whilst certainly teaching that true happiness is to be found in the higher activity of contemplation of God alone, the genius of Aquinas is that he also recognises the legitimate role of human action in ascending to these great heights of beatitude ...
... influence of natural human desire and inclinations. Whilst certainly teaching that true happiness is to be found in the higher activity of contemplation of God alone, the genius of Aquinas is that he also recognises the legitimate role of human action in ascending to these great heights of beatitude ...
Developing an Organisational Culture
... Individual Integrity ‘an adherence to moral principles or values... a consistency in one’s beliefs or action that endures, despite inducement or temptation to deviate from them.’ (Crane and Matten 2007) ...
... Individual Integrity ‘an adherence to moral principles or values... a consistency in one’s beliefs or action that endures, despite inducement or temptation to deviate from them.’ (Crane and Matten 2007) ...
Professional Ethics: When Are Engineers Required to “Blow the
... • Blowing the whistle should only be required in extraordinary cases • Doing so in nonextraordinary cases can be undesirable from an ethical point of view because it demands that these engineers to be “moral heroes” ...
... • Blowing the whistle should only be required in extraordinary cases • Doing so in nonextraordinary cases can be undesirable from an ethical point of view because it demands that these engineers to be “moral heroes” ...
Immanuel Kant
... • Hypothetical Imperatives claim that a possible action is necessary as a means to the attainment of something one wants. • A Categorical Imperative represents an action as objectively necessary, without regard to a further end. • Kant: Moral requirements derive from a single categorical imperative. ...
... • Hypothetical Imperatives claim that a possible action is necessary as a means to the attainment of something one wants. • A Categorical Imperative represents an action as objectively necessary, without regard to a further end. • Kant: Moral requirements derive from a single categorical imperative. ...
File - Tallis English & Philosophy
... • Maxim: I may refuse to help another person in distress who cannot pay me even though I could do so at little cost to myself. • Generalised: Anyone may refuse to help another person in distress who cannot pay her even though it would cost her little to help. • Can it be conceived without contradict ...
... • Maxim: I may refuse to help another person in distress who cannot pay me even though I could do so at little cost to myself. • Generalised: Anyone may refuse to help another person in distress who cannot pay her even though it would cost her little to help. • Can it be conceived without contradict ...
Consequentialism
Consequentialism is the class of normative ethical theories holding that the consequences of one's conduct are the ultimate basis for any judgment about the rightness or wrongness of that conduct. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right act (or omission from acting) is one that will produce a good outcome, or consequence. In an extreme form, the idea of consequentialism is commonly encapsulated in the English saying, ""the ends justify the means"", meaning that if a goal is morally important enough, any method of achieving it is acceptable.Consequentialism is usually contrasted with deontological ethics (or deontology), in that deontology, in which rules and moral duty are central, derives the rightness or wrongness of one's conduct from the character of the behaviour itself rather than the outcomes of the conduct. It is also contrasted with virtue ethics, which focuses on the character of the agent rather than on the nature or consequences of the act (or omission) itself, and pragmatic ethics which treats morality like science: advancing socially over the course of many lifetimes, such that any moral criterion is subject to revision. Consequentialist theories differ in how they define moral goods.Some argue that consequentialist and deontological theories are not necessarily mutually exclusive. For example, T. M. Scanlon advances the idea that human rights, which are commonly considered a ""deontological"" concept, can only be justified with reference to the consequences of having those rights. Similarly, Robert Nozick argues for a theory that is mostly consequentialist, but incorporates inviolable ""side-constraints"" which restrict the sort of actions agents are permitted to do.