Three types of modern virtue ethics
... inbuilt into rational humans. • It means “practical wisdom”. • It involves rational reflection, and deciding how to put reflection into practice. • He argued that humans use phronesis to discover the best way of applying moral concepts to the real world. ...
... inbuilt into rational humans. • It means “practical wisdom”. • It involves rational reflection, and deciding how to put reflection into practice. • He argued that humans use phronesis to discover the best way of applying moral concepts to the real world. ...
International Conference June 12
... • Focuses on the actor’s moral qualities (the other two approaches focus primarily on morality of actions) • Virtues = Strengths of Character that Lead to Excellence and Human Flourishing • No single virtue is key, not piecemeal but constellation as needed in particular situation and over a lifetime ...
... • Focuses on the actor’s moral qualities (the other two approaches focus primarily on morality of actions) • Virtues = Strengths of Character that Lead to Excellence and Human Flourishing • No single virtue is key, not piecemeal but constellation as needed in particular situation and over a lifetime ...
Overview of Ethics
... Ethics is that branch of philosophy and theology which concerns the theoretical formulation, epistemic justification, and application or practice of moral obligations of human beings to God, themselves, others, and other aspects of the created order (animals and material world). Ethics is that branc ...
... Ethics is that branch of philosophy and theology which concerns the theoretical formulation, epistemic justification, and application or practice of moral obligations of human beings to God, themselves, others, and other aspects of the created order (animals and material world). Ethics is that branc ...
The Science of Morality
... staying alone in a cabin near the beach. They decide that it would be interesting and fun if they tried making love. At the very least it would be a new experience for each of them. Julie was already taking birth control pills, but Mark uses a condom too, just to be safe. They both enjoy making love ...
... staying alone in a cabin near the beach. They decide that it would be interesting and fun if they tried making love. At the very least it would be a new experience for each of them. Julie was already taking birth control pills, but Mark uses a condom too, just to be safe. They both enjoy making love ...
Ethics
... To what extent do our belifs about human nature affect our moral belifs? Consider, for example, ...
... To what extent do our belifs about human nature affect our moral belifs? Consider, for example, ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics
... Beginning to Understand Ethics In two or three brief, clear sentences answer the following questions. ...
... Beginning to Understand Ethics In two or three brief, clear sentences answer the following questions. ...
Moral Saints
... • Though we would certainly praise each of these persons for their moral commitments, we would not necessarily want them as friends, nor would we want out loved ones to be moral saints. ...
... • Though we would certainly praise each of these persons for their moral commitments, we would not necessarily want them as friends, nor would we want out loved ones to be moral saints. ...
SOCRATES
... • Topic: the nature of some moral virtue (areté), such as courage, piety, self-control or justice. • Aims: Testing ideas for logical consistency; proving that politicians and others who have claimed to have ‘wisdom’ about human affairs in fact lacked it; drawing attention to at least apparent errors ...
... • Topic: the nature of some moral virtue (areté), such as courage, piety, self-control or justice. • Aims: Testing ideas for logical consistency; proving that politicians and others who have claimed to have ‘wisdom’ about human affairs in fact lacked it; drawing attention to at least apparent errors ...
Chapter One: Moral Reasons
... liberty compatible with similar liberty for others – Inequalities are to everyone’s advantage and attached to positions open to all ...
... liberty compatible with similar liberty for others – Inequalities are to everyone’s advantage and attached to positions open to all ...
Branches of Philosophy Handout
... Deals with issues of reality, God, freedom and the soul Typical Metaphysical questions: What is reality? Does God exist, and if so, can we prove it? The problem of evil Are human actions free, or are they determined by some forces outside of our control? Do minds/souls exist, or are humans simply co ...
... Deals with issues of reality, God, freedom and the soul Typical Metaphysical questions: What is reality? Does God exist, and if so, can we prove it? The problem of evil Are human actions free, or are they determined by some forces outside of our control? Do minds/souls exist, or are humans simply co ...
L/O: To understand the coursework task. To understand different
... L/O: To understand different types of moral decision making. ...
... L/O: To understand different types of moral decision making. ...
moral philosophy
... "the judgements in which Natural Law is made manifest to practical Reason do not proceed from any conceptual, discursive, rational exercise of reason; they proceed from that connaturality or congeniality through which what is consonant with the essential inclinations of human nature is grasped by th ...
... "the judgements in which Natural Law is made manifest to practical Reason do not proceed from any conceptual, discursive, rational exercise of reason; they proceed from that connaturality or congeniality through which what is consonant with the essential inclinations of human nature is grasped by th ...
YR-12-RE
... The term ‘ethics’ comes from the Greek word ethikos, meaning ‘character’. It can be translated as ‘custom’ and refers to the customary way people act in society. Ethics is a branch of philosophy concerned with morality. Today modern ethics is concerned with 4 fundamental questions: ...
... The term ‘ethics’ comes from the Greek word ethikos, meaning ‘character’. It can be translated as ‘custom’ and refers to the customary way people act in society. Ethics is a branch of philosophy concerned with morality. Today modern ethics is concerned with 4 fundamental questions: ...
Ethics and Enhancing the Life of the Dying Sulmasy, Daniel
... Graduate Seminar on Ethics and Enhancing the Life of the Dying In this course we will explore how one might enhance the lives of those who are dying by investigating the ethical choices we make with respect to their medical care. A fundamental assumption for the course is that those who are dying ar ...
... Graduate Seminar on Ethics and Enhancing the Life of the Dying In this course we will explore how one might enhance the lives of those who are dying by investigating the ethical choices we make with respect to their medical care. A fundamental assumption for the course is that those who are dying ar ...
Marketing Ethics
... Concern for law, order. of consequences action defined by Adult. Concern for Right universal moral others & adherence to principles that apply to universal moral all persons. principles ...
... Concern for law, order. of consequences action defined by Adult. Concern for Right universal moral others & adherence to principles that apply to universal moral all persons. principles ...
Lecture Notes-- Applied Ethics
... view and the means to its achievement. An end is a goal, or aim-- it's what we're trying to achieve in our actions or policies; a means is what we do to achieve our goals -traditionally, the two have been associated with another pair of concepts: intrinsic and extrinsic goods -an intrinsic good is s ...
... view and the means to its achievement. An end is a goal, or aim-- it's what we're trying to achieve in our actions or policies; a means is what we do to achieve our goals -traditionally, the two have been associated with another pair of concepts: intrinsic and extrinsic goods -an intrinsic good is s ...
Chapter 6
... subjectively from experience • Descriptive relativism relates to observing cultures • Metaethical relativists understand that people naturally see situations from their own perspectives – No objective way of resolving ethical disputes between cultures • Normative relativists assume that one person’s ...
... subjectively from experience • Descriptive relativism relates to observing cultures • Metaethical relativists understand that people naturally see situations from their own perspectives – No objective way of resolving ethical disputes between cultures • Normative relativists assume that one person’s ...
Alasdair MacIntyre on the Enlightenment Project
... project from the outset” (49). MacIntyre seeks to portray accurately what the transition to modernity was and to show how great a gulf there is between it and the classical and the medieval theistic worldview, as Peirce understood ancient Greeks and Romans proceeding, the Scholastics emerging in the ...
... project from the outset” (49). MacIntyre seeks to portray accurately what the transition to modernity was and to show how great a gulf there is between it and the classical and the medieval theistic worldview, as Peirce understood ancient Greeks and Romans proceeding, the Scholastics emerging in the ...
clouds
... Divine Command Theory -- “Any position in ethics which claims that the rightness or wrongness of actions depends on whether they correspond to God’s commands or not.” ...
... Divine Command Theory -- “Any position in ethics which claims that the rightness or wrongness of actions depends on whether they correspond to God’s commands or not.” ...
Virtue Ethics
... philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre wrote a hugely influential book After Virtue. Essentially, he considers the history of Virtue Ethics and attempts to produce a version of the system which can work in the modern age. MacIntyre observes that ancient societies developed a series of virtues agreed by thei ...
... philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre wrote a hugely influential book After Virtue. Essentially, he considers the history of Virtue Ethics and attempts to produce a version of the system which can work in the modern age. MacIntyre observes that ancient societies developed a series of virtues agreed by thei ...
Virtue Ethics - Religious Studies
... philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre wrote a hugely influential book After Virtue. Essentially, he considers the history of Virtue Ethics and attempts to produce a version of the system which can work in the modern age. MacIntyre observes that ancient societies developed a series of virtues agreed by thei ...
... philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre wrote a hugely influential book After Virtue. Essentially, he considers the history of Virtue Ethics and attempts to produce a version of the system which can work in the modern age. MacIntyre observes that ancient societies developed a series of virtues agreed by thei ...
Modern Scholars, Virtuous People and Strengths and Weaknesses
... He set about developing a virtue theory for modern readers. In his influential book ‘After Virtue’ (1981) he argued that we live today in ethical confusion a type of moral vacuum where to use moral language such as good, bad, right and wrong no longer makes any sense. ...
... He set about developing a virtue theory for modern readers. In his influential book ‘After Virtue’ (1981) he argued that we live today in ethical confusion a type of moral vacuum where to use moral language such as good, bad, right and wrong no longer makes any sense. ...
How Actions Can Be Morally Evaluated
... following rules but in seeing one’s place in the universe ...
... following rules but in seeing one’s place in the universe ...
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.