Moral Responsibilities and Extreme Poverty: Rethinking Our Affluent
... starvation and preventable diseases claimed 18 times that; deaths due to poverty-related causes, such as malnutrition and diseases that can be prevented or cured cheaply, account for one-third of all human deaths.2 And the problem is only worsening; according to philosopher Thomas Pogge, “The number ...
... starvation and preventable diseases claimed 18 times that; deaths due to poverty-related causes, such as malnutrition and diseases that can be prevented or cured cheaply, account for one-third of all human deaths.2 And the problem is only worsening; according to philosopher Thomas Pogge, “The number ...
Moral Rationalism and Rational Amoralism
... moved by what they believe is most reasonable to do, the lack of motivation would appear to count as a species of irrationality. But that is not always how the cases strike us. Huck Finn’s refusal to turn in his friend Jim was not a failure of rationality. It is partly on the basis of such examples ...
... moved by what they believe is most reasonable to do, the lack of motivation would appear to count as a species of irrationality. But that is not always how the cases strike us. Huck Finn’s refusal to turn in his friend Jim was not a failure of rationality. It is partly on the basis of such examples ...
Consequentialism and our special relationship to self
... accurately, when morality requires these actions of us, it does not require them because they are best for us. Indeed, sometimes actions that do not benefit ourselves are morally praiseworthy or supererogatory, even when overall value would be impersonally maximized by our receiving the benefit. Sel ...
... accurately, when morality requires these actions of us, it does not require them because they are best for us. Indeed, sometimes actions that do not benefit ourselves are morally praiseworthy or supererogatory, even when overall value would be impersonally maximized by our receiving the benefit. Sel ...
Ethical Decision Making
... would follow if everyone in a society performed the act under consideration. ...
... would follow if everyone in a society performed the act under consideration. ...
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIO-MORAL MEANING MAKING
... In Kohlberg‘s work two contrary positions can be distinguished with regard to the concept and the meaning of perspective taking in moral judgment. In his earlier statements, Kohlberg (1976) distinguished a descriptive social perspective and a prescriptive socio-moral perspective: „From our point of ...
... In Kohlberg‘s work two contrary positions can be distinguished with regard to the concept and the meaning of perspective taking in moral judgment. In his earlier statements, Kohlberg (1976) distinguished a descriptive social perspective and a prescriptive socio-moral perspective: „From our point of ...
Euthanasia
... function of a human is to thrive and flourish in well being, then a morally good human would be one that is fulfilled. (Aristotle’s Moral Theory). Consented self-termination can not produce any enrichment in ones life or society… ...
... function of a human is to thrive and flourish in well being, then a morally good human would be one that is fulfilled. (Aristotle’s Moral Theory). Consented self-termination can not produce any enrichment in ones life or society… ...
information ethics in the knowledge society
... internet etc. This paper highlights a brief history of information ethics, its nature and scope in the knowledge society along with some specific topics in computer ethics. ...
... internet etc. This paper highlights a brief history of information ethics, its nature and scope in the knowledge society along with some specific topics in computer ethics. ...
Institutional Integrity and Organizational Ethics
... decisions and behave in light of our identity ...
... decisions and behave in light of our identity ...
Chapter 2
... • • What can and cannot be done in resolving the conflict under professional standards? • • Which ethical reasoning methods apply to help reason through alternatives (i.e., rights theory, utilitarianism, justice, and virtue)? • 3. Reflect on the core professional values, ethics, and attitudes to hel ...
... • • What can and cannot be done in resolving the conflict under professional standards? • • Which ethical reasoning methods apply to help reason through alternatives (i.e., rights theory, utilitarianism, justice, and virtue)? • 3. Reflect on the core professional values, ethics, and attitudes to hel ...
On Three Defenses of Sentimentalism
... moral rules exist in all cultures.” Wilson argues against this idea. Take murder: in all societies there is a rule that unjustifiable homicide is wrong and deserving of punishment. To justify an exception requires making reasonable arguments. My critics will rejoin that if only unjustifiable homicid ...
... moral rules exist in all cultures.” Wilson argues against this idea. Take murder: in all societies there is a rule that unjustifiable homicide is wrong and deserving of punishment. To justify an exception requires making reasonable arguments. My critics will rejoin that if only unjustifiable homicid ...
Business Ethics: Case study of Primark Topic
... organisation and its employees. Business ethics are based on principle moral values that a business and its employees embrace while conducting the business and pursuing business goals and objectives. Most businesses have a code of ethics that is shared throughout the organisation and is followed by ...
... organisation and its employees. Business ethics are based on principle moral values that a business and its employees embrace while conducting the business and pursuing business goals and objectives. Most businesses have a code of ethics that is shared throughout the organisation and is followed by ...
ethics training
... The workshop facilitator can introduce employees to the most common ethical problems experienced in the industry, explore the extent to which attendees have witnessed the problem, and guide them in how best to respond to the most prominent issues ...
... The workshop facilitator can introduce employees to the most common ethical problems experienced in the industry, explore the extent to which attendees have witnessed the problem, and guide them in how best to respond to the most prominent issues ...
ETHICS-BASED LEADERSHIP THEORIES Ethic based approaches
... Most of Aristotle’s work on ethics is set in a leadership context (Aristotle 1953). His virtue based perspective of ethics emphasizes the rational process that leaders exercise. People of good character ethical leaders engage in three primary practices. First, people of good character recognize ethi ...
... Most of Aristotle’s work on ethics is set in a leadership context (Aristotle 1953). His virtue based perspective of ethics emphasizes the rational process that leaders exercise. People of good character ethical leaders engage in three primary practices. First, people of good character recognize ethi ...
This paper thus proposes that only moderate forms of
... adulthood by making them ‘informed, courageous, capable of dealing with pain, mature and womanly’ (18). In other communities, FGC is done to protect a woman’s chastity as insurance for a good marriage (A Ritual of Agony). Even though pain and bleeding are a matter of course in the practice, many wom ...
... adulthood by making them ‘informed, courageous, capable of dealing with pain, mature and womanly’ (18). In other communities, FGC is done to protect a woman’s chastity as insurance for a good marriage (A Ritual of Agony). Even though pain and bleeding are a matter of course in the practice, many wom ...
Note - Cara Gillis
... IE: regardless of my other desires, I will always act in accordance to my moral code. o Upshot: As a descriptive account, this interpretation allows me to describe an individual’s morality without endorsing it. IE: The Passionate Vegan When we talk about morality, we aren’t always using in a d ...
... IE: regardless of my other desires, I will always act in accordance to my moral code. o Upshot: As a descriptive account, this interpretation allows me to describe an individual’s morality without endorsing it. IE: The Passionate Vegan When we talk about morality, we aren’t always using in a d ...
Ethics and HRM Processes - Personal web pages for people of
... Bullying and Harassment Bullying refers to offensive, intimidating, malicious or insulting behavior, an abuse or misuse of power through means intended to undermine, humiliate, denigrate or injure the recipient Harassment :Unwanted conduct affecting the dignity of men and women in the workplace. Cl ...
... Bullying and Harassment Bullying refers to offensive, intimidating, malicious or insulting behavior, an abuse or misuse of power through means intended to undermine, humiliate, denigrate or injure the recipient Harassment :Unwanted conduct affecting the dignity of men and women in the workplace. Cl ...
The Role of Antagonism in Kant`s Metaphysic of
... merges two totally different things, emotions and rational moral judgment, into a moral disposition, moral virtue: a virtuous person has an emotional motivation, pleasure, in acting in accordance with moral principles. And during the mergence, good generates morality. Kant distinguishes duty from vi ...
... merges two totally different things, emotions and rational moral judgment, into a moral disposition, moral virtue: a virtuous person has an emotional motivation, pleasure, in acting in accordance with moral principles. And during the mergence, good generates morality. Kant distinguishes duty from vi ...
Ch. 4: Deontology
... o We do not get rights simply by wanting something very badly, but too few rights, reverts to Utilitarianism. ...
... o We do not get rights simply by wanting something very badly, but too few rights, reverts to Utilitarianism. ...
Word - Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal
... “The capacity that elevates humans to the status of moral agents, [Kant] thought, is the rationality by which we judge if we can universalize maxims we choose for our own actions. Rational agency, he maintained, not our mere species membership, gives us the dignity of moral beings” (p. 262). This pr ...
... “The capacity that elevates humans to the status of moral agents, [Kant] thought, is the rationality by which we judge if we can universalize maxims we choose for our own actions. Rational agency, he maintained, not our mere species membership, gives us the dignity of moral beings” (p. 262). This pr ...
187 “Goodness itself must change” – Anthroponomy in an age of
... Thesis 1: Aggregate collectives and unintended consequences To change in concept, not simply in application, is to invoke John Rawls’s distinction between “concept” and “conception” (Rawls, 1999).4 The concept of justice articulates its logic – e.g., what each is due. Conceptions of justice specify ...
... Thesis 1: Aggregate collectives and unintended consequences To change in concept, not simply in application, is to invoke John Rawls’s distinction between “concept” and “conception” (Rawls, 1999).4 The concept of justice articulates its logic – e.g., what each is due. Conceptions of justice specify ...
5e_09p - Homework Market
... Leaders are largely responsible for creating the organizations we admire for their ethical behavior. Leaders are the ethics officers of their organizations, casting light or shadow in large part through the example they set. Leaders are generally seen as legitimate, credible, and attractive beca ...
... Leaders are largely responsible for creating the organizations we admire for their ethical behavior. Leaders are the ethics officers of their organizations, casting light or shadow in large part through the example they set. Leaders are generally seen as legitimate, credible, and attractive beca ...
MARGINAL HUMANS, THE ARGUMENT FROM
... But I think that non-paradigmatic could mean any number of things, any number of ways in which humans are unusual, including being an albino or being physically disabled – such people are not what is usually meant by MH. So I will not use non-paradigmatic. It may also be objected that some so called ...
... But I think that non-paradigmatic could mean any number of things, any number of ways in which humans are unusual, including being an albino or being physically disabled – such people are not what is usually meant by MH. So I will not use non-paradigmatic. It may also be objected that some so called ...
Is There Moral High Ground?
... we must relativize truth. The only other option is to accept both ours and the Taliban’s claims and conclude that there are true moral contradictions: it is both true and not true that it is good to educate women. Pace dialethism, we should assume that true moral contradictions are untenable. We may ...
... we must relativize truth. The only other option is to accept both ours and the Taliban’s claims and conclude that there are true moral contradictions: it is both true and not true that it is good to educate women. Pace dialethism, we should assume that true moral contradictions are untenable. We may ...
MORALITY AND RELIGION IN AFRICAN THOUGHT
... there is also a more far-reaching inadequacy of the terminology used. In common scholarly discourse, knowledge is embraced in conceptual treatises by way of representational modes of knowledge, which implies that the concepts used represent knowledge of the world. Therefore, such concepts form the c ...
... there is also a more far-reaching inadequacy of the terminology used. In common scholarly discourse, knowledge is embraced in conceptual treatises by way of representational modes of knowledge, which implies that the concepts used represent knowledge of the world. Therefore, such concepts form the c ...
Ethics in Information Technology, Second Edition
... • Directors of company are expected to – Conduct themselves according to the highest standards of personal and professional integrity – Set standard for company-wide ethical conduct – Ensure compliance with laws and regulations ...
... • Directors of company are expected to – Conduct themselves according to the highest standards of personal and professional integrity – Set standard for company-wide ethical conduct – Ensure compliance with laws and regulations ...
Alasdair MacIntyre
Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (born 1929) is a Scottish philosopher primarily known for his contribution to moral and political philosophy but known also for his work in history of philosophy and theology. He is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP) at London Metropolitan University, and an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. During his lengthy academic career, he also taught at Brandeis University, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and Boston University. Macintyre's After Virtue (1981) is widely recognised as one of the most important works of Anglophone moral and political philosophy in the 20th century.