Definition in Moral Discourse
... However, this criticism is misguided because Beauchamp is just trying to do 1., i.e., clarifying what people have been talking about by “suicide”. Beauchamp does not claim that these sacrificial deaths are unjustified. In fact, he later argues that they are justified cases of suicide. ...
... However, this criticism is misguided because Beauchamp is just trying to do 1., i.e., clarifying what people have been talking about by “suicide”. Beauchamp does not claim that these sacrificial deaths are unjustified. In fact, he later argues that they are justified cases of suicide. ...
The Moral Urgency of Action to Protect the World`s Megafauna
... earn these gifts; we have no claim upon them. If they were taken away, there would be nothing we could do but mourn their loss and scramble, perhaps futilely, to replace their ecosystem benefits. What is the appropriate response to a gift? This we know, as our parents taught us: A gift requires, at ...
... earn these gifts; we have no claim upon them. If they were taken away, there would be nothing we could do but mourn their loss and scramble, perhaps futilely, to replace their ecosystem benefits. What is the appropriate response to a gift? This we know, as our parents taught us: A gift requires, at ...
Developing an Effective Ethics Program
... Programs • Scandals in corporate America have reduced trust in businesses • Understanding the factors that influence ethical decision-making can help companies encourage ethical behavior • Employees are not legal experts and need guidance • Organizations should develop an organizational ethics progr ...
... Programs • Scandals in corporate America have reduced trust in businesses • Understanding the factors that influence ethical decision-making can help companies encourage ethical behavior • Employees are not legal experts and need guidance • Organizations should develop an organizational ethics progr ...
Corporations as Moral Agents
... Programs • Scandals in corporate America have reduced trust in businesses • Understanding the factors that influence ethical decision-making can help companies encourage ethical behavior • Employees are not legal experts and need guidance • Organizations should develop an organizational ethics progr ...
... Programs • Scandals in corporate America have reduced trust in businesses • Understanding the factors that influence ethical decision-making can help companies encourage ethical behavior • Employees are not legal experts and need guidance • Organizations should develop an organizational ethics progr ...
Introduction to Ethics & Moral Reasoning
... business action upon society. It has to consider whether the action is likely to promote the public good, to advance the basic beliefs of our society, to contribute to its stability, strength, and harmony.” ...
... business action upon society. It has to consider whether the action is likely to promote the public good, to advance the basic beliefs of our society, to contribute to its stability, strength, and harmony.” ...
HSB218 Intervention theories and methods
... an individual or group to provide rules for right conduct. Morality is concerned with perspectives of right and proper conduct and involves an evaluation of actions on the basis of some broader cultural context or religious standard. ...
... an individual or group to provide rules for right conduct. Morality is concerned with perspectives of right and proper conduct and involves an evaluation of actions on the basis of some broader cultural context or religious standard. ...
The Case for Cultural Diversity
... Michael C. Brannigan ends his discussion of ECR with a list of what he calls its virtues: Its claim that cultures are diverse is indisputable ...
... Michael C. Brannigan ends his discussion of ECR with a list of what he calls its virtues: Its claim that cultures are diverse is indisputable ...
IIA_Kalbers_Ethics_March22_2013
... A corporation is to be held responsible for harmful conduct perpetrated by one of its employees • if the employee was acting under a general grant of authority provided to him or her and • if no measures were taken to prevent the harm, though such measures could have been taken and the harm could ha ...
... A corporation is to be held responsible for harmful conduct perpetrated by one of its employees • if the employee was acting under a general grant of authority provided to him or her and • if no measures were taken to prevent the harm, though such measures could have been taken and the harm could ha ...
Ethics, Corporate Culture, and Business Decisions Lawrence Kalbers, Ph.D., CPA (NY, OH)
... A corporation is to be held responsible for harmful conduct perpetrated by one of its employees • if the employee was acting under a general grant of authority provided to him or her and • if no measures were taken to prevent the harm, though such measures could have been taken and the harm could ha ...
... A corporation is to be held responsible for harmful conduct perpetrated by one of its employees • if the employee was acting under a general grant of authority provided to him or her and • if no measures were taken to prevent the harm, though such measures could have been taken and the harm could ha ...
Science in society: Obligations and rights
... • Public opponents’ arguments are emotional and nonrational – therefore irrelevant to science decision-making • But – this ignores the importance of emotion, and its connection with culture, morality and spirituality in human lives – Implies science advocates of GE are rational and non-emotive about ...
... • Public opponents’ arguments are emotional and nonrational – therefore irrelevant to science decision-making • But – this ignores the importance of emotion, and its connection with culture, morality and spirituality in human lives – Implies science advocates of GE are rational and non-emotive about ...
Ethics and Business
... • Ethical decision should be based on ethical principles and codes rather than on emotions, thoughts, fixed policies. Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. ...
... • Ethical decision should be based on ethical principles and codes rather than on emotions, thoughts, fixed policies. Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. ...
Basic Moral Orientations Overview
... Human interactions should be governed by rules of respect What counts as respect can vary from one culture to another – Examples: • spitting in the sand • showing the soles of one’s shoes-Richardson ...
... Human interactions should be governed by rules of respect What counts as respect can vary from one culture to another – Examples: • spitting in the sand • showing the soles of one’s shoes-Richardson ...
Criticisms of Kant - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... duties are absolute and so we are compelled to obey the command of each duty – where these duties conflict, Kant provides no procedure for resolving this conflict However, for Ross it is essential that prima facie duties are not absolute (this is why they’re called prima facie from the Latin term ...
... duties are absolute and so we are compelled to obey the command of each duty – where these duties conflict, Kant provides no procedure for resolving this conflict However, for Ross it is essential that prima facie duties are not absolute (this is why they’re called prima facie from the Latin term ...
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... It doesn’t recommend equal outcomes, but equal interests being considered equally. ...
... It doesn’t recommend equal outcomes, but equal interests being considered equally. ...
Chapter_5
... • Personal values may be one of the most important determinants of how power is exercised or constrained. • Mere possession of power leads to ethical questions about usage of power. • The challenge of leadership becomes complex in a diverse and global ...
... • Personal values may be one of the most important determinants of how power is exercised or constrained. • Mere possession of power leads to ethical questions about usage of power. • The challenge of leadership becomes complex in a diverse and global ...
Outline of Singer, “Famine, Affluence, and Morality”
... higher standard will influence people to aspire to a higher morality. D. Objection: Singer's view would require us to work fulltime to prevent suffering. Singer: This does not follow necessarily from my principles, but given the current suffering in the world, we are so obligated. E. Objection (prac ...
... higher standard will influence people to aspire to a higher morality. D. Objection: Singer's view would require us to work fulltime to prevent suffering. Singer: This does not follow necessarily from my principles, but given the current suffering in the world, we are so obligated. E. Objection (prac ...
Consider Ethics
... – Hume: sentiments are the vital mainspring for all of our behavior, including moral behavior. But those sentiments do not come from God. – Differing interpretations of Hume: • Rejects all objective ethical standards (ethics is a matter of feelings and not truth) • Sentiments can guide us to correct ...
... – Hume: sentiments are the vital mainspring for all of our behavior, including moral behavior. But those sentiments do not come from God. – Differing interpretations of Hume: • Rejects all objective ethical standards (ethics is a matter of feelings and not truth) • Sentiments can guide us to correct ...
Lecture 4/14: Liberty
... Because this time we are trying to focus on some specific ethical complications that arise from government intervention in liberty. And because it’s important. Mill: the purpose of government is to maximize the attainment of individual liberty. Why? Because it stimulate creativity, which in turn sti ...
... Because this time we are trying to focus on some specific ethical complications that arise from government intervention in liberty. And because it’s important. Mill: the purpose of government is to maximize the attainment of individual liberty. Why? Because it stimulate creativity, which in turn sti ...
ch01_wcr - University of Delaware
... 2) Normative ethics: Development of moral standards (ethical norms) to regulate behavior 3) Applied ethics: The application of ethical norms (morals) to specific situations, such as abortion, euthanasia, etc. ...
... 2) Normative ethics: Development of moral standards (ethical norms) to regulate behavior 3) Applied ethics: The application of ethical norms (morals) to specific situations, such as abortion, euthanasia, etc. ...
Catholic Moral Decision Making
... Scrupulosity and circumvention. When an institution creates a large body of laws, there is always the presence of two extremes in response to those laws. One extreme is scrupulosity and flows from a fear of not perfectly following the law. The other extreme seeks to circumvent the law. Such persons ...
... Scrupulosity and circumvention. When an institution creates a large body of laws, there is always the presence of two extremes in response to those laws. One extreme is scrupulosity and flows from a fear of not perfectly following the law. The other extreme seeks to circumvent the law. Such persons ...
Lord of the Flies Introduction
... More concerned with society as a whole Emphasis on performing one’s duties so that the social order is maintained; desire is to keep society ...
... More concerned with society as a whole Emphasis on performing one’s duties so that the social order is maintained; desire is to keep society ...
Kant’s Ethics of Duty - NCC Courses: Dr. Sarah B. Fowler
... Reason as the source of the moral law (reason "commands") Kant's premise: "nothing in nature is in vain", therefore reason must have some function. • The functions of the preservation of life or the gaining of happiness are better performed by instinct. [examples?] • Thus he concludes that Reason h ...
... Reason as the source of the moral law (reason "commands") Kant's premise: "nothing in nature is in vain", therefore reason must have some function. • The functions of the preservation of life or the gaining of happiness are better performed by instinct. [examples?] • Thus he concludes that Reason h ...
The Splendor of Truth (Veritatis Splendor, John Paul II)
... that call for moral choices. It then presents several moral systems including Christian morality as if all the systems were equally acceptable. Each student is asked to reflect on the situation and choose whichever system they believe is best. This sets the student up as the ultimate authority on wh ...
... that call for moral choices. It then presents several moral systems including Christian morality as if all the systems were equally acceptable. Each student is asked to reflect on the situation and choose whichever system they believe is best. This sets the student up as the ultimate authority on wh ...
Religious Morality 1
... This might involve working with others to arrive at a choices or basing your decisions on many sources of guidance or ...
... This might involve working with others to arrive at a choices or basing your decisions on many sources of guidance or ...
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.