Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong
... obligation such as God, human reason, or the desire to be happy Seeks to establish principles of right behavior that may serve as action guides for individuals and groups ...
... obligation such as God, human reason, or the desire to be happy Seeks to establish principles of right behavior that may serve as action guides for individuals and groups ...
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... Using the example that human beings often act in their own selfinterest, normative ethical philosophers would go beyond the description and conclusion of the psychologists and would want to know whether human beings should or ought to act in their own self interest. ...
... Using the example that human beings often act in their own selfinterest, normative ethical philosophers would go beyond the description and conclusion of the psychologists and would want to know whether human beings should or ought to act in their own self interest. ...
Stace on ethical absolutism
... offer any solution/refutation here. (there is an ellipsis, however… who knows what the editors omitted.) Arguments against ethical relativism the problem of critique. We believe that we can properly say that something is morally praiseworthy or not, that one moral system is better than another or ...
... offer any solution/refutation here. (there is an ellipsis, however… who knows what the editors omitted.) Arguments against ethical relativism the problem of critique. We believe that we can properly say that something is morally praiseworthy or not, that one moral system is better than another or ...
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 ...
Three types of modern virtue ethics
... • People who campaign for justice are often destroyed and end up being sacrificed for their pursuit of it, e.g. Socrates, Jesus, ...
... • People who campaign for justice are often destroyed and end up being sacrificed for their pursuit of it, e.g. Socrates, Jesus, ...
Curriculum Vitae - Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics
... thinking. This project will draw out the implications of a range of neuroscientific findings for key questions in moral theory and also consider how the normative and conceptual claims made by such theories, about what must be true of a moral judgment, are connected to descriptive claims about the p ...
... thinking. This project will draw out the implications of a range of neuroscientific findings for key questions in moral theory and also consider how the normative and conceptual claims made by such theories, about what must be true of a moral judgment, are connected to descriptive claims about the p ...
philosophy (phil) - Cuyamaca College
... 160 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY 3 UNITS 3 hours lecture Study of the main traditions of American philosophical thought with an emphasis on the philosophers, their works, and systems of philosophy peculiar to the United States. Includes American philosophy from the earliest time to the present. AA/AS GE, C ...
... 160 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY 3 UNITS 3 hours lecture Study of the main traditions of American philosophical thought with an emphasis on the philosophers, their works, and systems of philosophy peculiar to the United States. Includes American philosophy from the earliest time to the present. AA/AS GE, C ...
Course Descriptions
... 160 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY 3 UNITS 3 hours lecture Study of the main traditions of American philosophical thought with an emphasis on the philosophers, their works, and systems of philosophy peculiar to the United States. Includes American philosophy from the earliest time to the present. AA/AS GE, C ...
... 160 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY 3 UNITS 3 hours lecture Study of the main traditions of American philosophical thought with an emphasis on the philosophers, their works, and systems of philosophy peculiar to the United States. Includes American philosophy from the earliest time to the present. AA/AS GE, C ...
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... unconsciously as we learn to walk and hear and breathe, and [we] never know any reason why the [morals] are what they are. The justification of them is that when we wake to consciousness of life we find the facts which already hold us in the bonds of tradition, custom and habit.” ...
... unconsciously as we learn to walk and hear and breathe, and [we] never know any reason why the [morals] are what they are. The justification of them is that when we wake to consciousness of life we find the facts which already hold us in the bonds of tradition, custom and habit.” ...
Adolescence
... 6. Abstract, autonomous moral principle—“Saving a life takes precedence over everything else, including the law.” ...
... 6. Abstract, autonomous moral principle—“Saving a life takes precedence over everything else, including the law.” ...
Thou shalt not kill: does morality exist
... history2 - these moral statements don‟t seem as powerful as the one prohibiting murder. These statements can be loosely categorised as supporting human rights, but the concept of human rights is a relatively recent one in our nation. In short I would argue these less powerful moral statements are i ...
... history2 - these moral statements don‟t seem as powerful as the one prohibiting murder. These statements can be loosely categorised as supporting human rights, but the concept of human rights is a relatively recent one in our nation. In short I would argue these less powerful moral statements are i ...
the Meta-Ethics whizz through PowerPoint
... observable features of an action. Utilitarians argue that pain and pleasure can be observed and experienced as a posteriori truth. Virtue ethicists like MacIntyre argue that goodness exists as an a posteriori feature of flourishing. Natural Law theorists like Aquinas argue that goodness is a n ...
... observable features of an action. Utilitarians argue that pain and pleasure can be observed and experienced as a posteriori truth. Virtue ethicists like MacIntyre argue that goodness exists as an a posteriori feature of flourishing. Natural Law theorists like Aquinas argue that goodness is a n ...
non-naturalist
... observable features of an action. Utilitarians argue that pain and pleasure can be observed and experienced as a posteriori truth. Kantians argue that goodness exists as a priori truth. Natural Law theorists like Aquinas argue that goodness is a natural feature of action defined by the ends we ...
... observable features of an action. Utilitarians argue that pain and pleasure can be observed and experienced as a posteriori truth. Kantians argue that goodness exists as a priori truth. Natural Law theorists like Aquinas argue that goodness is a natural feature of action defined by the ends we ...
Alasdair MacIntyre
... • Outcome of a three-stage history: – First: Moral practice embodies genuine objective and impersonal standards which provide rational justification for actions and can themselves be rationally justified. – Second: unsuccessful attempts to maintain objectivity of ethics but rational justification br ...
... • Outcome of a three-stage history: – First: Moral practice embodies genuine objective and impersonal standards which provide rational justification for actions and can themselves be rationally justified. – Second: unsuccessful attempts to maintain objectivity of ethics but rational justification br ...
Session 15: Introduction to Utilitarianism
... John Rawls’ contractualism holds that the moral acts are those that we would all agree to if we were unbiased. ...
... John Rawls’ contractualism holds that the moral acts are those that we would all agree to if we were unbiased. ...
Week 2 – Rights and Relativism
... attitudes intended to persuade those who hear the attitude expressed ...
... attitudes intended to persuade those who hear the attitude expressed ...
Ethics part 2
... reason, but from Emotion Our emotions enable us to evaluate the difference between virtue and vice ...
... reason, but from Emotion Our emotions enable us to evaluate the difference between virtue and vice ...
Introductory Lecture
... in the society or culture we happen to be dealing with. • The ‘moral facts’ are relative to culture. • The ‘moral facts’ may change over time. • There’s no such thing as right or wrong period. ...
... in the society or culture we happen to be dealing with. • The ‘moral facts’ are relative to culture. • The ‘moral facts’ may change over time. • There’s no such thing as right or wrong period. ...
Meta-ethics - Bloomsbury
... Requires that the makers of moral judgements be committed to acting in line with the implicit prescriptions of their judgements, which are universal. ...
... Requires that the makers of moral judgements be committed to acting in line with the implicit prescriptions of their judgements, which are universal. ...
Document
... “Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find.” “Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.” --Colin Powell ...
... “Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find.” “Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.” --Colin Powell ...
The Science of Morality
... When asked, many rescuers didn’t feel like they did anything extraordinary They could not of imagined doing anything different ...
... When asked, many rescuers didn’t feel like they did anything extraordinary They could not of imagined doing anything different ...
Meta-Ethics - Este blog no existe
... principles relative? Do moral facts exist?) Normative Ethics is interested in determining the content of our moral behavior. (What ought I do? Which actions are good?) Applied Ethics attemps to deal with specific realms of human action and to craft criteria for discussing issues that might arise wit ...
... principles relative? Do moral facts exist?) Normative Ethics is interested in determining the content of our moral behavior. (What ought I do? Which actions are good?) Applied Ethics attemps to deal with specific realms of human action and to craft criteria for discussing issues that might arise wit ...
Four Types of Ethical Conflict
... factors: the action, the person who performs the action and the action's consequences. If the focus is on the action, we find that some actions are considered to be fundamentally wrong, no matter who performs them or what their consequences are. This focus of normative ethics is called deontology, f ...
... factors: the action, the person who performs the action and the action's consequences. If the focus is on the action, we find that some actions are considered to be fundamentally wrong, no matter who performs them or what their consequences are. This focus of normative ethics is called deontology, f ...
P H I L O S O P H Y
... nonconsequentialist position that states this: always act in such a way that your reasons for acting are reasons you could will to have everyone act on in similar circumstances, and always treat persons as ends and not merely as means. ...
... nonconsequentialist position that states this: always act in such a way that your reasons for acting are reasons you could will to have everyone act on in similar circumstances, and always treat persons as ends and not merely as means. ...
The Sovereignty of Good
The Sovereignty of Good is a book of moral philosophy by Iris Murdoch. First published in 1970, it comprises three previously published papers, all of which were originally delivered as lectures. Murdoch argued against the prevailing consensus in moral philosophy, proposing instead a Platonist approach. The Sovereignty of Good is Murdoch's best known philosophy book.