How to approach ethical issues a brief guide
... ‘do not deceive, break promises, cheat, break laws or neglect one’s duty’. An action should not be judged to have been right or wrong by its consequences in individual situations. ...
... ‘do not deceive, break promises, cheat, break laws or neglect one’s duty’. An action should not be judged to have been right or wrong by its consequences in individual situations. ...
Ethics and the Professions
... According to act utilitarianism, pornography could be moral if it brought about the most happiness. There are some circumstances in which people would be happy after viewing pornography. The statistics on the amount of people visiting pornographic websites and buying pornographic magazines might sug ...
... According to act utilitarianism, pornography could be moral if it brought about the most happiness. There are some circumstances in which people would be happy after viewing pornography. The statistics on the amount of people visiting pornographic websites and buying pornographic magazines might sug ...
Chapter 3: Clinical Judgment: Applying Critical Thinking and Ethical
... Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN): Human dignity, integrity, autonomy, altruism, social justice. Ethical Reasoning Ethics and Bioethics deal with moral choices. Ethical Theories and Decision-Making Models o Ethical theories provide the bedrock from which we derive the principles that gui ...
... Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN): Human dignity, integrity, autonomy, altruism, social justice. Ethical Reasoning Ethics and Bioethics deal with moral choices. Ethical Theories and Decision-Making Models o Ethical theories provide the bedrock from which we derive the principles that gui ...
Chapter 3: Morality and the Moral Life Ethics
... underscoring their distinctive experiences and characteristics, and advancing the obvious truth that women and men are morally equal. ...
... underscoring their distinctive experiences and characteristics, and advancing the obvious truth that women and men are morally equal. ...
presentation source
... – Morality as a set of agreements that optimize, not maximize, self-interest. Previous ...
... – Morality as a set of agreements that optimize, not maximize, self-interest. Previous ...
Moral Development - Gordon State College
... 5-year-old children conceptualize the social world in ...
... 5-year-old children conceptualize the social world in ...
02 key concepts
... important even if we can never completely attain them because striving yields positive outcomes some people argue that commitment to ethical ideals is important even if we can never prove their foundations because the only way to gain a reasonable degree of confidence in their foundations is to exam ...
... important even if we can never completely attain them because striving yields positive outcomes some people argue that commitment to ethical ideals is important even if we can never prove their foundations because the only way to gain a reasonable degree of confidence in their foundations is to exam ...
THE NATURE OF MORALITY
... What say should a business have over the off-the-job activities of its employees? What obligations does a worker have to outside parties, such as customers, competitors, or society in general? When, if ever, is an employee morally required to blow the whistle? ...
... What say should a business have over the off-the-job activities of its employees? What obligations does a worker have to outside parties, such as customers, competitors, or society in general? When, if ever, is an employee morally required to blow the whistle? ...
Ethical basis of the potter box, kant, and rawls
... Guidelines should be se and abided by “You do the right thing simply because it is the right thing to do.” We should act as we expect all humans to act ...
... Guidelines should be se and abided by “You do the right thing simply because it is the right thing to do.” We should act as we expect all humans to act ...
Ethics
... Situation, problem, or opportunity in which an individual must choose among several actions that must be evaluated as morally right or wrong ...
... Situation, problem, or opportunity in which an individual must choose among several actions that must be evaluated as morally right or wrong ...
4: Law and Order
... Moral reasoning based on rules, laws, and an orderly society. 5: Social Contract Moral reasoning based on principled agreements among people. 6: Universal Principles Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. ...
... Moral reasoning based on rules, laws, and an orderly society. 5: Social Contract Moral reasoning based on principled agreements among people. 6: Universal Principles Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. ...
Ethics Background on useful readings Asterisks below mark works
... the distinction between “act utilitarianism” and “rule utilitarianism”? Does rule utilitarianism collapse into act utilitarianism? Insofar as it doesn’t, is rule-utilitarianism at all plausible? What roles do moral rules (such as “don’t lie”) play in act utilitarianism? Should a utilitarian advocate ...
... the distinction between “act utilitarianism” and “rule utilitarianism”? Does rule utilitarianism collapse into act utilitarianism? Insofar as it doesn’t, is rule-utilitarianism at all plausible? What roles do moral rules (such as “don’t lie”) play in act utilitarianism? Should a utilitarian advocate ...
Lecture Notes-- Applied Ethics
... -traditionally, the two have been associated with another pair of concepts: intrinsic and extrinsic goods -an intrinsic good is something that has value in and of itself (these have been designated as ends-inthemselves); an extrinsic good (or, instrumental good) is something that is good only becaus ...
... -traditionally, the two have been associated with another pair of concepts: intrinsic and extrinsic goods -an intrinsic good is something that has value in and of itself (these have been designated as ends-inthemselves); an extrinsic good (or, instrumental good) is something that is good only becaus ...
The Ethics of War
... would not be forbidden by the kind of conscience which would maximise long-range expectable utility were it built into people as an internal regulator of their relations with other sentient beings, as contrasted with other kinds of conscience or or not having a conscience at all. ...
... would not be forbidden by the kind of conscience which would maximise long-range expectable utility were it built into people as an internal regulator of their relations with other sentient beings, as contrasted with other kinds of conscience or or not having a conscience at all. ...
Philosophies in Grendel Chapter One Orphism: the teachings of an
... Solipsism: Solipsism is sometimes expressed as the view that "I am the only mind which exists," or "My mental states are the only mental states." However, the sole survivor of a nuclear holocaust might truly come to believe in either of these propositions without thereby being a solipsist. Solipsism ...
... Solipsism: Solipsism is sometimes expressed as the view that "I am the only mind which exists," or "My mental states are the only mental states." However, the sole survivor of a nuclear holocaust might truly come to believe in either of these propositions without thereby being a solipsist. Solipsism ...
Objectivism 101: Life and Happiness
... “I swear—by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” ...
... “I swear—by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” ...
Relativism, Absolutism and Pluralism
... cultural codes, and nothing more. Common arguments for relativism is that is promotes tolerance, respect and understanding of other cultures; it avoids cultural egoism (“my morals are better than your morals”); it accepts the inevitable; it avoids being judgmental; it recognizes that no universally ...
... cultural codes, and nothing more. Common arguments for relativism is that is promotes tolerance, respect and understanding of other cultures; it avoids cultural egoism (“my morals are better than your morals”); it accepts the inevitable; it avoids being judgmental; it recognizes that no universally ...
Lawrence Kohlberg`s Stages of Moral Development from Wikipedia
... Because post-conventional individuals elevate their own moral evaluation of a situation over social conventions, their behavior, especially at stage six, can be confused with that of those at the pre-conventional level. Some theorists have speculated that many people may never reach this level of ab ...
... Because post-conventional individuals elevate their own moral evaluation of a situation over social conventions, their behavior, especially at stage six, can be confused with that of those at the pre-conventional level. Some theorists have speculated that many people may never reach this level of ab ...
the ethics of obligation
... • We can do this because others in society have agreed to do the same thing, because it is in their enlightened (ultimate) self-interest as well. • The social contract is how we create an ordered society, escaping anarchy. ...
... • We can do this because others in society have agreed to do the same thing, because it is in their enlightened (ultimate) self-interest as well. • The social contract is how we create an ordered society, escaping anarchy. ...
Adolescence and Moral Development
... Moral reasoning based on rules, laws, and an orderly society. 5: Social Contract Moral reasoning based on principled agreements among people. 6: Universal Principles Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. ...
... Moral reasoning based on rules, laws, and an orderly society. 5: Social Contract Moral reasoning based on principled agreements among people. 6: Universal Principles Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. ...
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... people who commit such acts feel no remorse when they are apprehended because their ethical standards differ from those of society as a whole. ...
... people who commit such acts feel no remorse when they are apprehended because their ethical standards differ from those of society as a whole. ...
This might not be accurate. For clarity, I suggest a concise definition
... suggest a concise definition of Divine Command Ethics, followed by the analysis. ...
... suggest a concise definition of Divine Command Ethics, followed by the analysis. ...
Pojman against Relativism
... In addition, relativism (in both forms) entails tolerance. If so, then relativism entails at least one objective moral value (tolerance). If so, then relativism is not true for all moral values. ...
... In addition, relativism (in both forms) entails tolerance. If so, then relativism entails at least one objective moral value (tolerance). If so, then relativism is not true for all moral values. ...
Chapter 4 - Constitutional Authority to Regulate Business
... answer to this question depends on which approach to ethical reasoning you are using. Under the outcome-based approach of utilitarianism, it is simply not possible for selfish motives to be unethical if they result in good conduct. A good outcome is moral regardless of the nature of the action itsel ...
... answer to this question depends on which approach to ethical reasoning you are using. Under the outcome-based approach of utilitarianism, it is simply not possible for selfish motives to be unethical if they result in good conduct. A good outcome is moral regardless of the nature of the action itsel ...
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.