Ethics Glossary - andy gustafson business
... moral obligation or moral value. Thus, an act is said to be moral if it is consistent with judgments about our moral duties (e.g., “keep your promises,” “don't lie,” etc.), or judgments of moral value (e.g., “always honor human dignity,” “support the common good”). ...
... moral obligation or moral value. Thus, an act is said to be moral if it is consistent with judgments about our moral duties (e.g., “keep your promises,” “don't lie,” etc.), or judgments of moral value (e.g., “always honor human dignity,” “support the common good”). ...
Moral Discourse
... can we reach agreement on moral issues? 2. Who am I/Who are we to judge others and to impose my/our values on others? 3. Isn't morality simply a private matter? 4. Isn't morality simply a matter that different cultures and groups should determine for themselves? Let’s practice creating some possible ...
... can we reach agreement on moral issues? 2. Who am I/Who are we to judge others and to impose my/our values on others? 3. Isn't morality simply a private matter? 4. Isn't morality simply a matter that different cultures and groups should determine for themselves? Let’s practice creating some possible ...
Motive Utilitarianism DRAFT - Gwen Bradford
... agents, universally, have these motives, or it could be calculated supposing that only the agent in question has the motives, holding all other features of the world constant. Further, one must consider whether transition costs are also relevant: presumably if one does not currently have motives tha ...
... agents, universally, have these motives, or it could be calculated supposing that only the agent in question has the motives, holding all other features of the world constant. Further, one must consider whether transition costs are also relevant: presumably if one does not currently have motives tha ...
Chapter 2 Discussion: Ethical Principles in Business
... In terms of “means” (methods) versus “ends” (results) in what way does the utilitarian moral principle focus on the “ends” (results)? If an action does me (personally) the most good and the least harm of all actions I can take, that doesn’t mean the action is ethical according to the utilitarian ...
... In terms of “means” (methods) versus “ends” (results) in what way does the utilitarian moral principle focus on the “ends” (results)? If an action does me (personally) the most good and the least harm of all actions I can take, that doesn’t mean the action is ethical according to the utilitarian ...
COMM 310 A Field Guide to Philosophers
... Mill was born 1806 into a troubled family in Britain – a highly intellectual father and a mother who was not his father’s intellectual equal. Needless to say, his parents didn’t get along well. His father forced him as a child to suppress all feeling and emotion and to feed only his intellect. By ag ...
... Mill was born 1806 into a troubled family in Britain – a highly intellectual father and a mother who was not his father’s intellectual equal. Needless to say, his parents didn’t get along well. His father forced him as a child to suppress all feeling and emotion and to feed only his intellect. By ag ...
Morality and Justice Final Paper
... this, Kant would not think that harvesting baby Theresa’s organs would be morally justifiable. Theresa was born with anencephaly, commonly referred to as “babies without brains” (Rachels 1). Important parts of her brain were missing, but autonomic functions like breathing and heartbeat were possible ...
... this, Kant would not think that harvesting baby Theresa’s organs would be morally justifiable. Theresa was born with anencephaly, commonly referred to as “babies without brains” (Rachels 1). Important parts of her brain were missing, but autonomic functions like breathing and heartbeat were possible ...
BUSINESS ETHICS
... Moral reasoning involves two essential components: 1. Moral standards that requires, prohibits, values, or condemns, and 2. The factual evidence or information that a particular person, behavior, policy or institution has the kind of features that the moral standard requires, prohibits, values or c ...
... Moral reasoning involves two essential components: 1. Moral standards that requires, prohibits, values, or condemns, and 2. The factual evidence or information that a particular person, behavior, policy or institution has the kind of features that the moral standard requires, prohibits, values or c ...
A. The Three Main Branches of the Philosophical Study of Ethics 1
... right or wrong, what makes situations or events good or bad and what makes people virtuous or vicious. 2. Normative ethics of behavior: the study of right and wrong. Some theories: c) Kantian deontology: the theory that an action is right if and only if the person performing the act could consistent ...
... right or wrong, what makes situations or events good or bad and what makes people virtuous or vicious. 2. Normative ethics of behavior: the study of right and wrong. Some theories: c) Kantian deontology: the theory that an action is right if and only if the person performing the act could consistent ...
Philosophers in Jesuit Education Eastern APA Meetings, December 2011 Discussion Starter
... sustain virtue. Aristotle famously argues that the best or complete friendship is “friendship of good people similar in virtue.”2 True friends aim at the other’s good in just the same way that they aim at their own. In aiming at my friend’s flourishing, I must necessarily aim at her virtue, since sh ...
... sustain virtue. Aristotle famously argues that the best or complete friendship is “friendship of good people similar in virtue.”2 True friends aim at the other’s good in just the same way that they aim at their own. In aiming at my friend’s flourishing, I must necessarily aim at her virtue, since sh ...
Lawerence Kohlberg:
... pregnancy and birth was an area in women’s lives in which they could emphasize choice, yet it still was an intimate area to which they could relate to. Level 1: Orientation to Personal Survival, focuses solely on the women’s self-interest. The needs and well-being of others are not really considered ...
... pregnancy and birth was an area in women’s lives in which they could emphasize choice, yet it still was an intimate area to which they could relate to. Level 1: Orientation to Personal Survival, focuses solely on the women’s self-interest. The needs and well-being of others are not really considered ...
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... Is Your Conscience Reliable? (Cont’d) If a person’s values are at “Level 2,” they may make decisions based on the situation and what others say and do ...
... Is Your Conscience Reliable? (Cont’d) If a person’s values are at “Level 2,” they may make decisions based on the situation and what others say and do ...
Introduction to Ethics Lecture 9 The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
... • No progress in changing a societies ideals only in the case that the society isn’t living up to its ideals… ...
... • No progress in changing a societies ideals only in the case that the society isn’t living up to its ideals… ...
PHIL 1003: Introduction
... theology, medicine and law • Connotes: – universality (universe), whole – all-encompassing human knowledge, – academic freedom: free and open discussion of ideas without external interference. ...
... theology, medicine and law • Connotes: – universality (universe), whole – all-encompassing human knowledge, – academic freedom: free and open discussion of ideas without external interference. ...
Modern Scholars, Virtuous People and Strengths and Weaknesses
... Virtue Ethics does not consider basic concepts such as rights and obligations, so it could be seen as incapable of dealing with big issues – you cannot use it to decide whether an act is right or wrong Applying Virtue Ethics to moral dilemmas can be difficult. It does not help people facing a crisis ...
... Virtue Ethics does not consider basic concepts such as rights and obligations, so it could be seen as incapable of dealing with big issues – you cannot use it to decide whether an act is right or wrong Applying Virtue Ethics to moral dilemmas can be difficult. It does not help people facing a crisis ...
I. Ethical Systems: An ethical system is….
... An ethical system is the source of one’s moral beliefs and the underlying set of rules from which we make judgments. Once developed, an ethical system is considered a fundamental truth by its owner. Baelz suggests that ethical systems demand or proscribe certain behavior, are authoritative, apply un ...
... An ethical system is the source of one’s moral beliefs and the underlying set of rules from which we make judgments. Once developed, an ethical system is considered a fundamental truth by its owner. Baelz suggests that ethical systems demand or proscribe certain behavior, are authoritative, apply un ...
JJC Smart - Westmont homepage server
... actions, including their possible effects on other people’s actions. Therefore, we summarize from past experience and the accumulated wisdom of our society. We conclude that, in general, it is not a good idea to tell a lie or break a promise, because in most cases such behavior leads to harmful cons ...
... actions, including their possible effects on other people’s actions. Therefore, we summarize from past experience and the accumulated wisdom of our society. We conclude that, in general, it is not a good idea to tell a lie or break a promise, because in most cases such behavior leads to harmful cons ...
Kant and Duty
... Ethical duties should be the same for all in everyday circumstance. Kant: Moral truth stands by itself; it is AUTONOMOUS and Self-Contained Rejects consequentialist ethics. CONSEQUENTIALISM - Relies on what is, it can never get us to ethics (OUGHT). Ethical decision making needs something other than ...
... Ethical duties should be the same for all in everyday circumstance. Kant: Moral truth stands by itself; it is AUTONOMOUS and Self-Contained Rejects consequentialist ethics. CONSEQUENTIALISM - Relies on what is, it can never get us to ethics (OUGHT). Ethical decision making needs something other than ...
EPH 7112 Lecture 10 Research Ethics
... duty to respect. In duty ethics, people have duties, an important one of which is to protect and respect the rights of others. ...
... duty to respect. In duty ethics, people have duties, an important one of which is to protect and respect the rights of others. ...
Ethics - Handout 22 Susan Wolf, "Moral Saints"
... Wolf is unconvinced, given the current state of the world, by the suggestion (found in Mill, for example) that we’d to best to promote the total happiness if we cared mainly for ourselves. It seems more plausible that we’d do better, by utilitarian standards, if we cared about some things non-instru ...
... Wolf is unconvinced, given the current state of the world, by the suggestion (found in Mill, for example) that we’d to best to promote the total happiness if we cared mainly for ourselves. It seems more plausible that we’d do better, by utilitarian standards, if we cared about some things non-instru ...
Ethical Theory - Watford Grammar School For Boys
... Research Research Peter Singer and preference utilitarianism ...
... Research Research Peter Singer and preference utilitarianism ...
Is Morality Natural?
... identifying the factors that influence judgment and the actions that follow. These studies suggest that nature provides a universal moral grammar, designed to generate fast, intuitive and universally held judgments of right and wrong. Consider yourself a subject in an experiment on the Moral Sense T ...
... identifying the factors that influence judgment and the actions that follow. These studies suggest that nature provides a universal moral grammar, designed to generate fast, intuitive and universally held judgments of right and wrong. Consider yourself a subject in an experiment on the Moral Sense T ...
Why Study Engineering Ethics? - CS/ECE 252
... 3. to be honest and realistic in stating claims or estimates based on available data; 4. to reject bribery in all its forms; 5. to improve the understanding of technology, its appropriate application, and potential consequences; 6. to maintain and improve our technical competence and to undertake te ...
... 3. to be honest and realistic in stating claims or estimates based on available data; 4. to reject bribery in all its forms; 5. to improve the understanding of technology, its appropriate application, and potential consequences; 6. to maintain and improve our technical competence and to undertake te ...
Relativism - A Level Philosophy
... Some believe slavery is permissible, some don’t. Some enforce female circumcision, some don’t Some hold that everyone should be treated as equals, some don’t ...
... Some believe slavery is permissible, some don’t. Some enforce female circumcision, some don’t Some hold that everyone should be treated as equals, some don’t ...
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.