Week 2 – Rights and Relativism
... was tried to distinguish between four concepts that he believed were all often referred to as ‘rights’ by creating a ‘table of juridical rights’. We will be concerned primarily with the first two lines of Hohfeld’s table: Relation ...
... was tried to distinguish between four concepts that he believed were all often referred to as ‘rights’ by creating a ‘table of juridical rights’. We will be concerned primarily with the first two lines of Hohfeld’s table: Relation ...
Relativism
... 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 ...
c. virtue ethics - University of San Diego
... pleasures, happiness, or the satisfaction of preferences, utilitarians claim that the only things that have intrinsic moral value in the world are pleasure, happiness, or the satisfaction of preferences. That is, the good of anything can be reduced to the amount of pleasure or happiness it brings, o ...
... pleasures, happiness, or the satisfaction of preferences, utilitarians claim that the only things that have intrinsic moral value in the world are pleasure, happiness, or the satisfaction of preferences. That is, the good of anything can be reduced to the amount of pleasure or happiness it brings, o ...
The Theory of Ethics - University of Hawaii Physics and Astronomy
... 5. The principle of credit: Do not plagiarize the work of other scientists, give credit where credit is due (but not where it is not due). 6. The principle of public responsibility: Report research in the public media when a) the research has an important and direct bearing on human happiness b) the ...
... 5. The principle of credit: Do not plagiarize the work of other scientists, give credit where credit is due (but not where it is not due). 6. The principle of public responsibility: Report research in the public media when a) the research has an important and direct bearing on human happiness b) the ...
File
... Reveals how we can become increasingly sophisticated and critical in our understanding of moral standards we hold People generally progress through the stages in the same sequence and not everyone progresses through all the stages Implies that moral reasoning of people at later stages of moral ...
... Reveals how we can become increasingly sophisticated and critical in our understanding of moral standards we hold People generally progress through the stages in the same sequence and not everyone progresses through all the stages Implies that moral reasoning of people at later stages of moral ...
Moral Development Policy - St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic School
... As they develop a sense of morality, children should become more able to explore the place of reason in ethical matters and acquire value systems which are their own, rather than simply transmitted by others and accepted uncritically. They should also develop an understanding that their behaviour an ...
... As they develop a sense of morality, children should become more able to explore the place of reason in ethical matters and acquire value systems which are their own, rather than simply transmitted by others and accepted uncritically. They should also develop an understanding that their behaviour an ...
Ethics and Business Ethics
... the Greek philosopher Epicurus, but as a specific school of thought, it was originally proposed by Jeremy Bentham. • From the principle of utility, Bentham found pain and pleasure to be the only intrinsic values in the world: "nature has put man under the governance of two sovereign masters: pleasur ...
... the Greek philosopher Epicurus, but as a specific school of thought, it was originally proposed by Jeremy Bentham. • From the principle of utility, Bentham found pain and pleasure to be the only intrinsic values in the world: "nature has put man under the governance of two sovereign masters: pleasur ...
Thou shalt not kill: does morality exist
... argue these less powerful moral statements are intrinsically linked to individual societies: Saudi Arabia mutilates criminals as punishment; we don‟t. However 1000 years ago the law in Saudi Arabia under a Muslim Caliph was probably a lot fairer then Dark Age Britain. This „moral zeitgeist‟ as it is ...
... argue these less powerful moral statements are intrinsically linked to individual societies: Saudi Arabia mutilates criminals as punishment; we don‟t. However 1000 years ago the law in Saudi Arabia under a Muslim Caliph was probably a lot fairer then Dark Age Britain. This „moral zeitgeist‟ as it is ...
4 - MANA Home
... The Friedman doctrine suggests that the only social responsibility of business is to increase profits, so long as the company stays within the rules of law Cultural relativism argues that ethics are culturally determined and that firms should adopt the ethics of the cultures in which they operate, ...
... The Friedman doctrine suggests that the only social responsibility of business is to increase profits, so long as the company stays within the rules of law Cultural relativism argues that ethics are culturally determined and that firms should adopt the ethics of the cultures in which they operate, ...
Philosophy 220
... Employing the concept of VIC, we can easily provide a criterion by which it can be determined if a specific sex act violates the CI’s insistence of personal ...
... Employing the concept of VIC, we can easily provide a criterion by which it can be determined if a specific sex act violates the CI’s insistence of personal ...
Ethics Lesson 1 - The Engquist Teachers
... them? How can we be sure that the impoverished are using the money for appropriate things rather than drugs and alcohol? What do we consider to be “appropriate things?” How can we show that this money will eventually free people from the chains of poverty? Will the impoverished have to meet certain ...
... them? How can we be sure that the impoverished are using the money for appropriate things rather than drugs and alcohol? What do we consider to be “appropriate things?” How can we show that this money will eventually free people from the chains of poverty? Will the impoverished have to meet certain ...
Moral reasoning
... The money is paid and the contract is awarded. The president argues that his action is justifiable because the business, the workers jobs and the town were all saved, the minister was able to pay his debts and the foreign country received the planes it needed. The good produced, he agues, is greater ...
... The money is paid and the contract is awarded. The president argues that his action is justifiable because the business, the workers jobs and the town were all saved, the minister was able to pay his debts and the foreign country received the planes it needed. The good produced, he agues, is greater ...
Biology and Society Unit Three: Ethics Branches of Philosophy
... maximize the general good. But it is consequentialist in that it is the outcome that counts. Divine command theory, in contrast, gives absolute moral rules that must be obeyed without regard to consequences. Moral Particularism is predominately consequentialist but may be guided by moral principles ...
... maximize the general good. But it is consequentialist in that it is the outcome that counts. Divine command theory, in contrast, gives absolute moral rules that must be obeyed without regard to consequences. Moral Particularism is predominately consequentialist but may be guided by moral principles ...
Is Morality Relative or are There Universal Standards?
... • People think the moral perspective of their culture is correct • The “abnormals” of one society are the norms of another society. • Cultural attitudes towards trances, polygamy, and homosexuality • Cultural diversity forces us to accept moral relativism ...
... • People think the moral perspective of their culture is correct • The “abnormals” of one society are the norms of another society. • Cultural attitudes towards trances, polygamy, and homosexuality • Cultural diversity forces us to accept moral relativism ...
No Slide Title
... Moral values reside in performing good or right roles, in maintaining the convention order, and in pleasing others ...
... Moral values reside in performing good or right roles, in maintaining the convention order, and in pleasing others ...
Ethical language - mrslh Philosophy & Ethics
... It is not an ethical theory, but simply an analysis of the nature and content of language Moral judgements are more than expressions of emotion (Rachels - ‘I like smarties needs no reason, moral judgements do, or else they are arbitrary’. It allows everyone to do whatever they like on the grounds th ...
... It is not an ethical theory, but simply an analysis of the nature and content of language Moral judgements are more than expressions of emotion (Rachels - ‘I like smarties needs no reason, moral judgements do, or else they are arbitrary’. It allows everyone to do whatever they like on the grounds th ...
12-7
... Core Idea: We can use our reason to discern that some actions are wrong based on the nature of the action and apart from its practical consequences ...
... Core Idea: We can use our reason to discern that some actions are wrong based on the nature of the action and apart from its practical consequences ...
Teaching Ethical Behavior
... Ethics is a branch of philosophy. Ethics is structured and deliberate. Ethics is critical thinking about moral life. According to Severson (1997), “While ethics cannot replace morality or the law (p. 8), it can help guide and inform our moral instincts; steer us away from compromising positions; and ...
... Ethics is a branch of philosophy. Ethics is structured and deliberate. Ethics is critical thinking about moral life. According to Severson (1997), “While ethics cannot replace morality or the law (p. 8), it can help guide and inform our moral instincts; steer us away from compromising positions; and ...
Traces of Consequentialism and Non
... in this life. Turning now to the term ‘consequentialism’ itself, we should guard against some common misunderstandings of this theoretical category. Later in this section, I characterize consequentialism in relation to its most famous manifestation, utilitarianism (the view that Clayton mainly invo ...
... in this life. Turning now to the term ‘consequentialism’ itself, we should guard against some common misunderstandings of this theoretical category. Later in this section, I characterize consequentialism in relation to its most famous manifestation, utilitarianism (the view that Clayton mainly invo ...
Good - PushMe Press
... world called successful? How on Earth was I to find happiness if I ended up being a nobody… and the impoverished one at that? Ergo, I concluded that Aristotle must be wrong. And everything I read in magazines and watched on the television argued against Aristotle’s conclusions. According to conventi ...
... world called successful? How on Earth was I to find happiness if I ended up being a nobody… and the impoverished one at that? Ergo, I concluded that Aristotle must be wrong. And everything I read in magazines and watched on the television argued against Aristotle’s conclusions. According to conventi ...
Moral judgments must be backed by good reasons.
... Argument against Latimer’s action: Killing Tracy was discrimination against the handicapped. It is wrong to discriminate against the handicapped. -------------------------------------:. Tracy's father did wrong: he shouldn't have ...
... Argument against Latimer’s action: Killing Tracy was discrimination against the handicapped. It is wrong to discriminate against the handicapped. -------------------------------------:. Tracy's father did wrong: he shouldn't have ...
Nature of ethics
... In this pattern of moral reasoning one determines what one should do in a particular situation by reference to certain general principles or rules, which one takes as premises from which to deduce a particular conclusion by a kind of practical syllogism, as Aristotle called it. One takes general pri ...
... In this pattern of moral reasoning one determines what one should do in a particular situation by reference to certain general principles or rules, which one takes as premises from which to deduce a particular conclusion by a kind of practical syllogism, as Aristotle called it. One takes general pri ...
What are Egoism & Altruism? - Fort Thomas Independent Schools
... Egoism vs. Altruism The study of Morality requires that one addresses the dilemma of Psychological Egoism & Altruism as well as focus on Ethical Egoism & Altruism. ...
... Egoism vs. Altruism The study of Morality requires that one addresses the dilemma of Psychological Egoism & Altruism as well as focus on Ethical Egoism & Altruism. ...
Ethical Relativism is Opposed to Absolutism.
... Morality does not exist in a vacuum. Morality must be seen in the context that depends on the wants, goals, beliefs, history, and environment of the society. ...
... Morality does not exist in a vacuum. Morality must be seen in the context that depends on the wants, goals, beliefs, history, and environment of the society. ...
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.