Nature of ethics
... with, we must not let our decision be determined by our emotions, but must examine the question and follow the best reasoning. We must try to get our facts straight and to keep our minds clear. Questions like this can and should be settled by reason. Secondly, we cannot answer such questions by appe ...
... with, we must not let our decision be determined by our emotions, but must examine the question and follow the best reasoning. We must try to get our facts straight and to keep our minds clear. Questions like this can and should be settled by reason. Secondly, we cannot answer such questions by appe ...
Divine Command Moral Ontology - SPARK: Scholarship at Parkland
... duties in the natural realm. While it is impossible to consider every particular attempt, it is possible to consider the general categories of attempts that there are, because if those categories fail to adequately ground morality, then the particulars contained therein will fail as well. The two pr ...
... duties in the natural realm. While it is impossible to consider every particular attempt, it is possible to consider the general categories of attempts that there are, because if those categories fail to adequately ground morality, then the particulars contained therein will fail as well. The two pr ...
Ethics
... member of society; behavior in terms of duties, obligations and functions of a citizen” (Ethics Glossary) society creates laws that citizens are expected to follow “dutiful citizen” ...
... member of society; behavior in terms of duties, obligations and functions of a citizen” (Ethics Glossary) society creates laws that citizens are expected to follow “dutiful citizen” ...
Deontological ethics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... with our considered case judgments while also relying heavily on Kant's Categorical Imperative. [21] The Principle states that one may harm in order to save more if and only if the harm is an effect or an aspect of the greater good itself. This principle is meant to address what Kamm feels are most ...
... with our considered case judgments while also relying heavily on Kant's Categorical Imperative. [21] The Principle states that one may harm in order to save more if and only if the harm is an effect or an aspect of the greater good itself. This principle is meant to address what Kamm feels are most ...
the Meta-Ethics whizz through PowerPoint
... view reduces language to something less than it is. We may be referring to a fact in the real world, like pain. If most people are doing this, how can it be ruled out by definition, as in Hume’s fork? It cannot arbitrate between the statement “genocide is wrong” and “genocide is fine”. The ver ...
... view reduces language to something less than it is. We may be referring to a fact in the real world, like pain. If most people are doing this, how can it be ruled out by definition, as in Hume’s fork? It cannot arbitrate between the statement “genocide is wrong” and “genocide is fine”. The ver ...
non-naturalist
... view reduces language to something less than it is. We may be referring to a fact in the real world, like pain. If most people are doing this, how can it be ruled out by definition, as in Hume’s fork? It cannot arbitrate between the statement “genocide is wrong” and “genocide is fine”. The ver ...
... view reduces language to something less than it is. We may be referring to a fact in the real world, like pain. If most people are doing this, how can it be ruled out by definition, as in Hume’s fork? It cannot arbitrate between the statement “genocide is wrong” and “genocide is fine”. The ver ...
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... 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.” ...
... 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.” ...
ILA Powerpoint - Society for Personality and Social Psychology
... These 2 themes, or dimensions, emerged across a number of studies of individual differences in moral judgment ...
... These 2 themes, or dimensions, emerged across a number of studies of individual differences in moral judgment ...
PDF version - The Menlo Roundtable
... masks any specific details about one’s position in life. Gender, race, age, wealth, and so on are unknown to the decider. This means that the one in the “original position” wearing the “veil of ignorance” is always going to pick what benefits everyone, or at least the most people, because the decide ...
... masks any specific details about one’s position in life. Gender, race, age, wealth, and so on are unknown to the decider. This means that the one in the “original position” wearing the “veil of ignorance” is always going to pick what benefits everyone, or at least the most people, because the decide ...
chapter 5. cultural relativism.
... down there is always a single correct ethical norm and that nothing more than skepticism would be justified if fundamental conflict were discovered. Should one accept ethical relativism, serious thought about and the resolution of moral problems would be impossible – in fact, a discussion of ethical ...
... down there is always a single correct ethical norm and that nothing more than skepticism would be justified if fundamental conflict were discovered. Should one accept ethical relativism, serious thought about and the resolution of moral problems would be impossible – in fact, a discussion of ethical ...
Document
... “Will people ever be wise enough to refuse…to take away the freedom of others?” --Eleanor Roosevelt ...
... “Will people ever be wise enough to refuse…to take away the freedom of others?” --Eleanor Roosevelt ...
Ethical egoism
... placing importance on rules, motives, and the nature of an action. Kant’s moral theory is an example of deontological ethical theories. Immanuel Kant believes ‘we are responsible for our motives to do well or bad, and thus it is for this we are held morally accountable.’ To back up his view that the ...
... placing importance on rules, motives, and the nature of an action. Kant’s moral theory is an example of deontological ethical theories. Immanuel Kant believes ‘we are responsible for our motives to do well or bad, and thus it is for this we are held morally accountable.’ To back up his view that the ...
Introduction to Moral Heteronomy. History, Proposals, Arguments
... Nonetheless, moral knowledge finds its legitimate measure into the transcendent existence of eternal divine knowledge. Such a claim allows for assuming that the notions of autonomy and heteronomy are complementary. That is, being morally autonomous for a human being is to self-discover her core adhe ...
... Nonetheless, moral knowledge finds its legitimate measure into the transcendent existence of eternal divine knowledge. Such a claim allows for assuming that the notions of autonomy and heteronomy are complementary. That is, being morally autonomous for a human being is to self-discover her core adhe ...
SEEING THE LIGHT
... Ask yourself if you would have all others act the same in similar circumstances. If so, that’s the right moral decision—if not, stop right there! If you don’t want others to choose as you would, then the decision is morally unacceptable. ...
... Ask yourself if you would have all others act the same in similar circumstances. If so, that’s the right moral decision—if not, stop right there! If you don’t want others to choose as you would, then the decision is morally unacceptable. ...
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... or bad, right or wrong in relation to a range of characteristics. For example, does moral goodness involve some relation to happiness or pleasure? Does the good involve excellence of some sort? Or harmony and creativity? Is it possible to be amoral – that is, indifferent to right and wrong? What thi ...
... or bad, right or wrong in relation to a range of characteristics. For example, does moral goodness involve some relation to happiness or pleasure? Does the good involve excellence of some sort? Or harmony and creativity? Is it possible to be amoral – that is, indifferent to right and wrong? What thi ...
Moral Development Policy - St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic School
... Children will be taught the process of reflecting on an event or experience and taking into account what should happen to best promote the gospel values of love, honesty and fairness. Children will be encouraged to make decisions based on their own beliefs and values recognising that other people’s ...
... Children will be taught the process of reflecting on an event or experience and taking into account what should happen to best promote the gospel values of love, honesty and fairness. Children will be encouraged to make decisions based on their own beliefs and values recognising that other people’s ...
Meta-Ethics - Este blog no existe
... moral truths or principles are knowable independently from experience, by reason alone. Empiricism: is the view that our knowledge of moral truths or principles depends on experience, would that be human nature (naturalism) or individual opinions (subjectivism) or social conventions (conventionalism ...
... moral truths or principles are knowable independently from experience, by reason alone. Empiricism: is the view that our knowledge of moral truths or principles depends on experience, would that be human nature (naturalism) or individual opinions (subjectivism) or social conventions (conventionalism ...
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 ...
Adolescence
... Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. An act is moral if it is consistent with an abstract principle that transcends an individual’s society. ...
... Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. An act is moral if it is consistent with an abstract principle that transcends an individual’s society. ...
A. The Three Main Branches of the Philosophical Study of Ethics 1
... Is it based on reason, intuition, scientific experimentation or something else? 6. What is the connection (if any) between morality and religion? If God exists, is God's will the basis of morality? Can there be morality if God doesn't exist? ...
... Is it based on reason, intuition, scientific experimentation or something else? 6. What is the connection (if any) between morality and religion? If God exists, is God's will the basis of morality? Can there be morality if God doesn't exist? ...
Moral Enhancement and the Duty to Eliminate Evildoing
... the problem. First, what is the target of moral enhancement? More precisely, what is being enhanced and to what extent? I argue against the perfectionist view that we should create moral saints or at least maximally improve people morally. The argument rests on the moral imperative to respect the se ...
... the problem. First, what is the target of moral enhancement? More precisely, what is being enhanced and to what extent? I argue against the perfectionist view that we should create moral saints or at least maximally improve people morally. The argument rests on the moral imperative to respect the se ...
Ethics - Check Out Philosophy
... that tells us what means to use to achieve a desires end Categorical Imperative - A rule that tells us without qualifications what we should do ...
... that tells us what means to use to achieve a desires end Categorical Imperative - A rule that tells us without qualifications what we should do ...
is there a moral code regardless of time and place?
... In our study, we have constantly made reference to the religions. Because it is impossible to discuss a value such as morality without philosophy of religion. As you can see, there is no harm in reviewing the religions since they unify the religious and atheists in the same principle ("to be done fo ...
... In our study, we have constantly made reference to the religions. Because it is impossible to discuss a value such as morality without philosophy of religion. As you can see, there is no harm in reviewing the religions since they unify the religious and atheists in the same principle ("to be done fo ...