
Strong and Weak Culture
... get at this point. Sadly, it turns out that the same problem occurred with Columbia. The script through which one saw the foam strike determined whether one saw it as significant.) And, importantly, agents consequently often act without full awareness of their own institutionally grounded motivation ...
... get at this point. Sadly, it turns out that the same problem occurred with Columbia. The script through which one saw the foam strike determined whether one saw it as significant.) And, importantly, agents consequently often act without full awareness of their own institutionally grounded motivation ...
Lecture notes in PPT - Lakeside Institute of Theology
... appear to be common sense principles which apply to ethical decision making: principle of autonomy – people should be allowed to be self-determining. The principle of utility – maximize pleasure and minimize pain. The principle of justice – all people should be treated fairly and equally. The ...
... appear to be common sense principles which apply to ethical decision making: principle of autonomy – people should be allowed to be self-determining. The principle of utility – maximize pleasure and minimize pain. The principle of justice – all people should be treated fairly and equally. The ...
10 Moral Philosophy STUDENT GUIDE
... 27. Aristotle made the distinction between an instrumental end (an act performed as a means to other ends) and an intrinsic end (an act performed for its own sake). When one comes to understand what the natural function of people is, then one finally knows what is intrinsically the “Good of Man.” 28 ...
... 27. Aristotle made the distinction between an instrumental end (an act performed as a means to other ends) and an intrinsic end (an act performed for its own sake). When one comes to understand what the natural function of people is, then one finally knows what is intrinsically the “Good of Man.” 28 ...
Ethics - David Kelsey`s Philosophy Home Page
... 1. What is believed to be right and wrong may differ from group to group, society to society, or culture to culture. 2. What is right and wrong may differ from group to group, society to society, or culture to culture. ...
... 1. What is believed to be right and wrong may differ from group to group, society to society, or culture to culture. 2. What is right and wrong may differ from group to group, society to society, or culture to culture. ...
Environmental ethics
... • If all animals are of same value as humans, why only humans are required to behave morally responsibly? • What does it mean “to take ethically into consideration”? What does moral standing actually mean? – Is an experience by an animal ever understandable to humans? How do we translate an experien ...
... • If all animals are of same value as humans, why only humans are required to behave morally responsibly? • What does it mean “to take ethically into consideration”? What does moral standing actually mean? – Is an experience by an animal ever understandable to humans? How do we translate an experien ...
An ethical question that arose with special force during the Gulf War
... that a person should support what is good for one’s country, and during time of war victory is such a good. Therefore, according to this argument, one should always support the victory of one’s country in war. This argument, however, is mistaken. First, even if one agrees that victory is one’s count ...
... that a person should support what is good for one’s country, and during time of war victory is such a good. Therefore, according to this argument, one should always support the victory of one’s country in war. This argument, however, is mistaken. First, even if one agrees that victory is one’s count ...
Lecture 9, Traditional Ethical Theories, Kant
... Virtue consists of realizing our natural human potential as rational animals (our telos). The cultivation of human virtues ...
... Virtue consists of realizing our natural human potential as rational animals (our telos). The cultivation of human virtues ...
Immanuel Kant (1724 * 1804)
... yet in as far as it rests even in the least degree on an empirical basis, perhaps only as to a motive, such a precept, while it may be a practical rule, can never be called a moral law. ...
... yet in as far as it rests even in the least degree on an empirical basis, perhaps only as to a motive, such a precept, while it may be a practical rule, can never be called a moral law. ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics
... Cultural relativism is the descriptive view that different groups of people have different moral standards for evaluating acts as right or wrong, hence, it is an ethical doctrine, sociological or observational conclusion. 4. Describe ethics as subjectivism. ...
... Cultural relativism is the descriptive view that different groups of people have different moral standards for evaluating acts as right or wrong, hence, it is an ethical doctrine, sociological or observational conclusion. 4. Describe ethics as subjectivism. ...
Literary Theory and Methodology
... Ethical criticism • Liberal humanism • The author (and the text) – Complex experience of life – Moral intensity, moral intelligence ...
... Ethical criticism • Liberal humanism • The author (and the text) – Complex experience of life – Moral intensity, moral intelligence ...
OCR Document - Francis Bennion
... not 'good' for the germs. . . Value consists of whatever is valuable to human beings" (Tarkunde). "Humanist morality is, or should be, the 'institution' of concern for the suffering of all beings that suffer, which of course includes other than human beings" (Hannay once more). "We have here a genui ...
... not 'good' for the germs. . . Value consists of whatever is valuable to human beings" (Tarkunde). "Humanist morality is, or should be, the 'institution' of concern for the suffering of all beings that suffer, which of course includes other than human beings" (Hannay once more). "We have here a genui ...
Ethics for Computer Forensics
... good and helps all participate more fully in the goods we share as a society, as a community, as a company or agency, as a family? • Virtue: Which option would enable the deepening or development of those virtues or traits that we value as individuals, as a profession, or as a society? ...
... good and helps all participate more fully in the goods we share as a society, as a community, as a company or agency, as a family? • Virtue: Which option would enable the deepening or development of those virtues or traits that we value as individuals, as a profession, or as a society? ...
Common Ethical Theories
... • The best ethical course of action is the one that brings the greatest good for the greatest number • An action is good if it benefits someone ...
... • The best ethical course of action is the one that brings the greatest good for the greatest number • An action is good if it benefits someone ...
Judging the Ethics of Ethics Education
... ror current ethics instruction may en courage. As Hugo asserts, "Probity, sin cerity, candor, conviction, the idea of duty are things that, when in error, can turn hideous . what might be called the evil of good."2 The evil of this approach to being good is that it can, for example, pro vide the bas ...
... ror current ethics instruction may en courage. As Hugo asserts, "Probity, sin cerity, candor, conviction, the idea of duty are things that, when in error, can turn hideous . what might be called the evil of good."2 The evil of this approach to being good is that it can, for example, pro vide the bas ...
Bahamas bird deaths raise fears avian flu has reached Americas
... How should we be guided when taking the moral point of view? Seek out and act on reasons/rationale: One should try to justify rules set by good reasons. Impartiality: One should think about the interests of others as worthy of consideration and ascribe all interests equal weight in deciding what to ...
... How should we be guided when taking the moral point of view? Seek out and act on reasons/rationale: One should try to justify rules set by good reasons. Impartiality: One should think about the interests of others as worthy of consideration and ascribe all interests equal weight in deciding what to ...
ARISTOTLE Why be ethical
... A good person would use reason to control desire and would be moderate in all things in an attempt to aim towards the good or happiness for oneself and the ...
... A good person would use reason to control desire and would be moderate in all things in an attempt to aim towards the good or happiness for oneself and the ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics
... Ans: Cultural Relativism is the view that moral or ethical systems, which vary from culture to culture, are all equally valid and no one system is really “better” than any other. This is based on the idea that there is no ultimate standard of good or evil, so every judgment about right and wrong is ...
... Ans: Cultural Relativism is the view that moral or ethical systems, which vary from culture to culture, are all equally valid and no one system is really “better” than any other. This is based on the idea that there is no ultimate standard of good or evil, so every judgment about right and wrong is ...
Ethics
... branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such ...
... branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such ...
introdcution to ethics - MDC Faculty Home Pages
... • Kant thinks that certain moral rules apply to everyone all the time. A rule such as lying is wrong, applies to everyone, and therefore morality commands that we never lie no matter what situation we find ourselves in. The beneficial consequences of our action do not justify any action that violat ...
... • Kant thinks that certain moral rules apply to everyone all the time. A rule such as lying is wrong, applies to everyone, and therefore morality commands that we never lie no matter what situation we find ourselves in. The beneficial consequences of our action do not justify any action that violat ...
Kant`s Ethical Theory
... moral rules rather than following the dictates of some authority or other—e.g., government, society, or even God. Since our maxims must be universalizable, in giving ourselves those moral rules, we are, in effect, legislating for everyone else as well. Objections to Kant’s Ethical Theory 1. It is ...
... moral rules rather than following the dictates of some authority or other—e.g., government, society, or even God. Since our maxims must be universalizable, in giving ourselves those moral rules, we are, in effect, legislating for everyone else as well. Objections to Kant’s Ethical Theory 1. It is ...
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.