The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Truth about Morality
... torturing cats is okay, this activity would, by the lights of most people, still be wrong. In answering these questions in the negative, one expresses an implicit theory concerning the metaphysics of morals. Moral claims, some of them anyway, are not merely subjective, dependent for their validity o ...
... torturing cats is okay, this activity would, by the lights of most people, still be wrong. In answering these questions in the negative, one expresses an implicit theory concerning the metaphysics of morals. Moral claims, some of them anyway, are not merely subjective, dependent for their validity o ...
Moral Beauty as An Overriding Imperative in
... apprehending the aesthetics of these moral laws. Through ritualistic, spiritual and educational practices, Confucius wants to develop his ability to apprehend and experience of moral aesthetics. Through these endeavors, he could cultivate that ...
... apprehending the aesthetics of these moral laws. Through ritualistic, spiritual and educational practices, Confucius wants to develop his ability to apprehend and experience of moral aesthetics. Through these endeavors, he could cultivate that ...
Objective Morality_final
... Objective morality, insofar as it is fundamental, determines whether our actions in fact conform to that which we are morally required to do. If OSM is correct, when asking “Did I do the right thing?” we are asking “Did I conform to my objective moral obligations?” But moral assessment goes beyond a ...
... Objective morality, insofar as it is fundamental, determines whether our actions in fact conform to that which we are morally required to do. If OSM is correct, when asking “Did I do the right thing?” we are asking “Did I conform to my objective moral obligations?” But moral assessment goes beyond a ...
Enhancing Moral Conformity and Enhancing Moral Worth
... concept cannot be moral enhancement properly so called at all”. An intervention that operates in this way “is hardly an enhancement, and certainly not one that has much to do with morality” [5:4]. Indeed, he maintains that “the notion of moral behaviour has been attenuated to a vanishing point” once ...
... concept cannot be moral enhancement properly so called at all”. An intervention that operates in this way “is hardly an enhancement, and certainly not one that has much to do with morality” [5:4]. Indeed, he maintains that “the notion of moral behaviour has been attenuated to a vanishing point” once ...
Is There Moral High Ground?
... views be infected by his own personal and good normative moral nature. 1 The reader may take this for what it is worth, but it is my sense that Mark Timmons is a good person (given a number of professional and personal interactions) and that when he categorically tells us to be good he is in fact te ...
... views be infected by his own personal and good normative moral nature. 1 The reader may take this for what it is worth, but it is my sense that Mark Timmons is a good person (given a number of professional and personal interactions) and that when he categorically tells us to be good he is in fact te ...
A Plea for Moral Deference
... I need not insist on this point, however, because the objection is also confused; and its confusion alone is adequate for my purposes. To see this, let us stipulate that every normal adult human being is equally capable (in principle) of working out the requirements of morality. Moral truths are the ...
... I need not insist on this point, however, because the objection is also confused; and its confusion alone is adequate for my purposes. To see this, let us stipulate that every normal adult human being is equally capable (in principle) of working out the requirements of morality. Moral truths are the ...
1 Are Empathy and Morality Linked? Insights from Moral Psychology
... accepted common ground than basing them on more erratic, individual emotions. Due to the conclusion that morality requires both emotional and rational components, scholars who argued that emotion and rationality mutually exclude each other in moral judgments ran into the logical impossibility of ma ...
... accepted common ground than basing them on more erratic, individual emotions. Due to the conclusion that morality requires both emotional and rational components, scholars who argued that emotion and rationality mutually exclude each other in moral judgments ran into the logical impossibility of ma ...
Thesis edit2 - University of Tilburg
... Although the question of moral innateness is of importance for understanding morality and ourselves, it is not novel. Over time, many philosophers and scientists have asked themselves the very same question. Biologists have tried to find answers in the search for a moral faculty in the brain (see e. ...
... Although the question of moral innateness is of importance for understanding morality and ourselves, it is not novel. Over time, many philosophers and scientists have asked themselves the very same question. Biologists have tried to find answers in the search for a moral faculty in the brain (see e. ...
Introduction to Moral Reasoning in Sport
... Kindred Terminology Amoral - not dealing with moral issues... outside the realm of morality. Immoral - Knows right, chooses to do wrong for own benefit... Dr. Stoll,Director and Professor ...
... Kindred Terminology Amoral - not dealing with moral issues... outside the realm of morality. Immoral - Knows right, chooses to do wrong for own benefit... Dr. Stoll,Director and Professor ...
Moral Reasoning - University of Idaho
... Amoral - not dealing with moral issues... outside the realm of morality. Immoral - Knows right, chooses to do wrong for own benefit... Dr. Stoll,Director and Professor ...
... Amoral - not dealing with moral issues... outside the realm of morality. Immoral - Knows right, chooses to do wrong for own benefit... Dr. Stoll,Director and Professor ...
Rightness and Responsibility
... without yet accepting that conclusions about what is morally right and wrong have any normative significance at all for us (or perhaps for any agent). Thus we might accept that we are morally obligated to help the locally oppressed without granting that this fact by itself counts in favor of our doi ...
... without yet accepting that conclusions about what is morally right and wrong have any normative significance at all for us (or perhaps for any agent). Thus we might accept that we are morally obligated to help the locally oppressed without granting that this fact by itself counts in favor of our doi ...
Introduction
... iii) The study of ethics draws on three subdivisions (a) Descriptive morality: actual beliefs, customs, principles, and practices of people and cultures (b) Moral philosophy (ethical theory): the systematic effort to understand moral concepts and justify moral principles and theories (c) Applied eth ...
... iii) The study of ethics draws on three subdivisions (a) Descriptive morality: actual beliefs, customs, principles, and practices of people and cultures (b) Moral philosophy (ethical theory): the systematic effort to understand moral concepts and justify moral principles and theories (c) Applied eth ...
Street`s Evolutionary Debunking Argument: Nuancing A Moral
... I begin without the assumption that there are moral truths simply because this is not an argument, like Street’s, for the existence or non-existence of independent moral truths. And what is more, I can safely assume that moral truths have to do with the ends of moral individuals simply because this ...
... I begin without the assumption that there are moral truths simply because this is not an argument, like Street’s, for the existence or non-existence of independent moral truths. And what is more, I can safely assume that moral truths have to do with the ends of moral individuals simply because this ...
haidt.bjorklund.2008.. - Faculty Web Sites at the University of Virginia
... are actually deliberations about what she should do. Not a single one involves deliberations about whether another person did something right versus wrong. We have focused our writings on moral judgment, but we have never before been explicit that the SIM as published applies only to moral judgment, ...
... are actually deliberations about what she should do. Not a single one involves deliberations about whether another person did something right versus wrong. We have focused our writings on moral judgment, but we have never before been explicit that the SIM as published applies only to moral judgment, ...
Introduction
... iii) The study of ethics draws on three subdivisions (a) Descriptive morality: actual beliefs, customs, principles, and practices of people and cultures (b) Moral philosophy (ethical theory): the systematic effort to understand moral concepts and justify moral principles and theories (c) Applied eth ...
... iii) The study of ethics draws on three subdivisions (a) Descriptive morality: actual beliefs, customs, principles, and practices of people and cultures (b) Moral philosophy (ethical theory): the systematic effort to understand moral concepts and justify moral principles and theories (c) Applied eth ...
"Nihilism" encyclopedia entry - Victoria University of Wellington
... Karamazov) that “if God is dead, then everything is permissible.” Advocates of nihilism seem drawn to this claim; opponents seem to fear its repercussions. In L’Homme révolté [The Rebel] (1951), Camus writes: “If one believes in nothing, if nothing makes sense, if we can assert no value whatsoever, ...
... Karamazov) that “if God is dead, then everything is permissible.” Advocates of nihilism seem drawn to this claim; opponents seem to fear its repercussions. In L’Homme révolté [The Rebel] (1951), Camus writes: “If one believes in nothing, if nothing makes sense, if we can assert no value whatsoever, ...
Does Morality Demand our Very Best? On Moral Prescriptions and the Line of Duty
... Consider the example of a soldier who might jump on a grenade in order to save two others. That the soldier will lose his life will contribute negatively to the neutral value that the act has. However, this negative contribution will (other things equal) be outweighed by the positive contribution re ...
... Consider the example of a soldier who might jump on a grenade in order to save two others. That the soldier will lose his life will contribute negatively to the neutral value that the act has. However, this negative contribution will (other things equal) be outweighed by the positive contribution re ...
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... There is no way to get outside of one’s own “values system” to judge which view is ultimately right or wrong, better or worse, without begging the question of what should be valued the most Objective arguments can only be made based on whether the reasons used to justify putting some value into prac ...
... There is no way to get outside of one’s own “values system” to judge which view is ultimately right or wrong, better or worse, without begging the question of what should be valued the most Objective arguments can only be made based on whether the reasons used to justify putting some value into prac ...
Moral Leadership - Regent University
... the goodness or badness of human character (Merriam-Webster). In spite of the prevailing moral relativism or pluralism, if everybody always knows, wants, and expects to be treated fairly and seeks after personal justice, then morality is universally established. In consequence, moral leadership, in ...
... the goodness or badness of human character (Merriam-Webster). In spite of the prevailing moral relativism or pluralism, if everybody always knows, wants, and expects to be treated fairly and seeks after personal justice, then morality is universally established. In consequence, moral leadership, in ...
This paper thus proposes that only moderate forms of
... ‘[evaluate] stories together’ to ‘align [their] responses to the world’ (Appiah 29). Values which are determined to be fundamentally good through a global consensus are what Appiah defines to be universal moral values (28). Actions that violate universal moral values are therefore wrong, which leads ...
... ‘[evaluate] stories together’ to ‘align [their] responses to the world’ (Appiah 29). Values which are determined to be fundamentally good through a global consensus are what Appiah defines to be universal moral values (28). Actions that violate universal moral values are therefore wrong, which leads ...
The Role of Antagonism in Kant`s Metaphysic of
... unsuccessful” (“Theory” 89). As Kant insists, the fact that something has been unsuccessful does not justify that it will be also unsuccessful in the future. But this Kant’s proper insistence does not declare the irrelevance of empirical evidence to a theoretical claim. This paper examines why Kant ...
... unsuccessful” (“Theory” 89). As Kant insists, the fact that something has been unsuccessful does not justify that it will be also unsuccessful in the future. But this Kant’s proper insistence does not declare the irrelevance of empirical evidence to a theoretical claim. This paper examines why Kant ...
boss1_ppt_ch_09
... morality. Some acts are morally obligatory regardless of their consequences. Moral principles or duties apply to everyone regardless of a person’s feelings or culture. A famous example of this is the Golden Rule, or the principle of reciprocity, which exists in every major world religion and ethical ...
... morality. Some acts are morally obligatory regardless of their consequences. Moral principles or duties apply to everyone regardless of a person’s feelings or culture. A famous example of this is the Golden Rule, or the principle of reciprocity, which exists in every major world religion and ethical ...
Dieter Birnbacher - Kultura i Wartości
... meaning of “morality” is identified with a certain type of morality or even with a particular morality held to be the only valid one. By defining morality in a highly specific way, this approach misses out on the plurality and diversity of moral systems. Ironically, the historically most influential ...
... meaning of “morality” is identified with a certain type of morality or even with a particular morality held to be the only valid one. By defining morality in a highly specific way, this approach misses out on the plurality and diversity of moral systems. Ironically, the historically most influential ...
Moral Absolutism: a Response to Relativists
... foundations of moral relativism2, the philosophical position that ethical propositions do not reflect universal moral truths, but rather make judgments and claims relative to social and cultural circumstances, practices, and beliefs.3 Many anthropologists, such as Ruth Benedict, have appealed to mor ...
... foundations of moral relativism2, the philosophical position that ethical propositions do not reflect universal moral truths, but rather make judgments and claims relative to social and cultural circumstances, practices, and beliefs.3 Many anthropologists, such as Ruth Benedict, have appealed to mor ...
Is Procreative Beneficence Obligatory?
... always wrong for them to adopt an external perspective towards their ...
... always wrong for them to adopt an external perspective towards their ...
The Moral Landscape
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values is a book by Sam Harris. In it, he promotes a science of morality and argues that many thinkers have long confused the relationship between morality, facts, and science. He aims to carve a third path between secularists who say morality is subjective (e.g. moral relativists), and religionists who say that morality is given by God and scripture. Harris contends that the only moral framework worth talking about is one where ""morally good"" things pertain to increases in the ""well-being of conscious creatures"". He then argues that, problems with philosophy of science and reason in general notwithstanding, 'moral questions' will have objectively right and wrong answers which are grounded in empirical facts about what causes people to flourish.Challenging the age-old philosophical notion that we can never get an 'ought' from an 'is', Harris argues that moral questions are best pursued using, not just philosophy, but the methods of science. Thus, ""science can determine human values"" translates to ""science can tell us which values lead to human flourishing"". It is in this sense that Harris advocates that scientists begin conversations about a normative science of ""morality"".