making sense of divine simplicity
... defenses of the doctrine continue to fall on deaf ears. My purpose in this paper is two-fold: to explain why this is case, and to mount a new defense, one that succeeds where the others have failed to resolve contemporary concerns about the doctrine's coherence. As will become clear when I discuss t ...
... defenses of the doctrine continue to fall on deaf ears. My purpose in this paper is two-fold: to explain why this is case, and to mount a new defense, one that succeeds where the others have failed to resolve contemporary concerns about the doctrine's coherence. As will become clear when I discuss t ...
Ethics – Handout 3 Ayer`s Emotivism
... If we accept that ethical statements are not literally meaningful because they are synthetic and not empirically verifiable, then we’ll also have to judge a lot of other statements as not meaningful or truth-apt: e.g., every event has a cause, or the future will behave like the past… ...
... If we accept that ethical statements are not literally meaningful because they are synthetic and not empirically verifiable, then we’ll also have to judge a lot of other statements as not meaningful or truth-apt: e.g., every event has a cause, or the future will behave like the past… ...
Alasdair MacIntyre on the Enlightenment Project
... achieve that good of rational happiness which it is peculiarly ours as a species to pursue. The desires and emotions which we possess are to be put in order and educated by the use of such precepts and by the cultivation of those habits of action which the study of ethics prescribes; reason instruct ...
... achieve that good of rational happiness which it is peculiarly ours as a species to pursue. The desires and emotions which we possess are to be put in order and educated by the use of such precepts and by the cultivation of those habits of action which the study of ethics prescribes; reason instruct ...
Relativism—Descriptive and Normative
... Descriptive relativism—This is the view that different cultures have different moral codes. The moral codes of traditional Eskimos, of feudal Japanese, of modern Western Europeans, of ancient Greeks, of New Guinea headhunters, etc. differ in some fairly significant ways. The ancient Greeks thought i ...
... Descriptive relativism—This is the view that different cultures have different moral codes. The moral codes of traditional Eskimos, of feudal Japanese, of modern Western Europeans, of ancient Greeks, of New Guinea headhunters, etc. differ in some fairly significant ways. The ancient Greeks thought i ...
Traditional Moral TheoryPosted09
... Treat people as ends in themselves and never solely as means to an end (people should never be simply instruments for my own ends) Act so that you treat the will of every rational being as one that makes universal law (respect for the autonomy of others) Act in such a way that you would have all oth ...
... Treat people as ends in themselves and never solely as means to an end (people should never be simply instruments for my own ends) Act so that you treat the will of every rational being as one that makes universal law (respect for the autonomy of others) Act in such a way that you would have all oth ...
Moral Enhancement - Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
... causes of behavior allegedly undermines personal accountability But moral enhancement technologies make us even more responsible Did you take your pill? Using moral enhancement tech will be both motivated by social control and be an exercise in selfcontrol ...
... causes of behavior allegedly undermines personal accountability But moral enhancement technologies make us even more responsible Did you take your pill? Using moral enhancement tech will be both motivated by social control and be an exercise in selfcontrol ...
The Impact of Moral Education on Religious Life
... considered very important. In addition, ethic is a set of spirits, mental traits and characteristics. Therefore, it can be concluded that ethic is one of the most important results of education, and it has a two-side effect. On the one hand, education should lead to the recognition of moral virtues ...
... considered very important. In addition, ethic is a set of spirits, mental traits and characteristics. Therefore, it can be concluded that ethic is one of the most important results of education, and it has a two-side effect. On the one hand, education should lead to the recognition of moral virtues ...
Servais Pinckaers: Returning to a Thomisitc Morality of Happiness
... contemporary Christian ethics come at a significant time of global renewal and refreshment within the Catholic Church owing to the extensive achievements of the Second Vatican Council. In fact, some of the key insights of the Council Fathers occupy a central place in much of Pinckaers’ work, thus pr ...
... contemporary Christian ethics come at a significant time of global renewal and refreshment within the Catholic Church owing to the extensive achievements of the Second Vatican Council. In fact, some of the key insights of the Council Fathers occupy a central place in much of Pinckaers’ work, thus pr ...
Ethical Relativism 2 Kinds of Relativism: ethical relativism and social
... rationally defended or criticized. She wants to know: is the moral system in question itself justified, objectively true or good? Shaw denies that moral systems are objectively justified, but he is also not very worried about this. He accepts meta-ethical relativism. Moral values and principles are ...
... rationally defended or criticized. She wants to know: is the moral system in question itself justified, objectively true or good? Shaw denies that moral systems are objectively justified, but he is also not very worried about this. He accepts meta-ethical relativism. Moral values and principles are ...
Ethics for the Information Age - Chapter 2
... Cons – Line between belief and behavior is fuzzy – No moral distinction – Inconsistent to state that I will do what I think is right as long as no one is harmed – Not the same as tolerance – Idea of what is right may be based on anything, not necessarily reason ...
... Cons – Line between belief and behavior is fuzzy – No moral distinction – Inconsistent to state that I will do what I think is right as long as no one is harmed – Not the same as tolerance – Idea of what is right may be based on anything, not necessarily reason ...
Minimal Ethics
... as a form of scepticism, not Phyrronian but moderate, shall we say, which calls for intellectual modesty, since “nothing can avoid being challenged and revised” (p. 301). Each case requires a current reflection that is not limited to being merely an update of an abstract concept or intuition that ap ...
... as a form of scepticism, not Phyrronian but moderate, shall we say, which calls for intellectual modesty, since “nothing can avoid being challenged and revised” (p. 301). Each case requires a current reflection that is not limited to being merely an update of an abstract concept or intuition that ap ...
Darwinian ethics and error - Victoria University of Wellington
... be reason to resist thinking that this property is the referent of a familiar moral term of positive appraisal? Yes. For such a property cannot (at least as far as I can see) underwrite the notion of moral requirement—and what is moral rightness, if not something we are required to pursue? Consider ...
... be reason to resist thinking that this property is the referent of a familiar moral term of positive appraisal? Yes. For such a property cannot (at least as far as I can see) underwrite the notion of moral requirement—and what is moral rightness, if not something we are required to pursue? Consider ...
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS ETHICS?
... by the work or lives of the mankind. They are the potentials of human ontology manifested by individuals. ...
... by the work or lives of the mankind. They are the potentials of human ontology manifested by individuals. ...
Introduction to Ethics Lecture 10 Ayer and Emotivism
... us is in the right. For neither of us is asserting a genuine proposition.” ...
... us is in the right. For neither of us is asserting a genuine proposition.” ...
Introduction to Ethics Lecture 10 Ayer and Emotivism
... He thinks moral disagreements are reducible to factual disagreements. • When someone disagrees with a moral judgment we have made we attempt to show “that he is mistaken about the facts of the case. We argue that he has misconceived the agent’s motive: or that he has misjudged the effects of the act ...
... He thinks moral disagreements are reducible to factual disagreements. • When someone disagrees with a moral judgment we have made we attempt to show “that he is mistaken about the facts of the case. We argue that he has misconceived the agent’s motive: or that he has misjudged the effects of the act ...
Ethical Theory - Watford Grammar School For Boys
... method of moral decision-making whether or not an ethical judgement about something being good, bad, right or wrong can be based on the extent to which, in any given situation, agape is best served whether Fletcher’s understanding of agape is really religious or whether it means nothing more than wa ...
... method of moral decision-making whether or not an ethical judgement about something being good, bad, right or wrong can be based on the extent to which, in any given situation, agape is best served whether Fletcher’s understanding of agape is really religious or whether it means nothing more than wa ...
When Soldiers Aren`t Heroes: An Essay
... Utilitarianism, in all its forms, likewise, takes it as an essential component of moral life that persons determine for themselves, what they must do as moral agents in any given situation. Mill famously asserted that we are all free to do whatever we want to do so long as it does not harm another. ...
... Utilitarianism, in all its forms, likewise, takes it as an essential component of moral life that persons determine for themselves, what they must do as moral agents in any given situation. Mill famously asserted that we are all free to do whatever we want to do so long as it does not harm another. ...
Moral reasoning
... – We owe obedience to our Creator. – God is all-good and all-knowing. – God is the ultimate authority. ...
... – We owe obedience to our Creator. – God is all-good and all-knowing. – God is the ultimate authority. ...
The Ethic of Care and the Dialectic of Enlightenment
... Feminists’ ethics embodies that request for enlightening the enlightenment about itself, since constitutes a reflection on morality and on dominant modern conceptualization of morality. In essence, feminist philosophers extend Adorno and Horkheimer’s critique on enlightenment’s morality. Starting f ...
... Feminists’ ethics embodies that request for enlightening the enlightenment about itself, since constitutes a reflection on morality and on dominant modern conceptualization of morality. In essence, feminist philosophers extend Adorno and Horkheimer’s critique on enlightenment’s morality. Starting f ...
BUSINESS ETHICS
... parties. Shortly after the parents made their decision, Lawrence Washburn, a lawyer associated with some conservative right-to-life groups, petitioned the courts to set aside the parents’ wishes and order that surgery be performed. The New York State Supreme Court granted that request, but a higher ...
... parties. Shortly after the parents made their decision, Lawrence Washburn, a lawyer associated with some conservative right-to-life groups, petitioned the courts to set aside the parents’ wishes and order that surgery be performed. The New York State Supreme Court granted that request, but a higher ...
Note - Cara Gillis
... Main Goal: Gert is clarifying two distinct uses of “morality,” namely the descriptive and normative uses. Although the two senses are fundamentally different, they both refer to guides to behaviour. Upon finding that the descriptive sense fails to really capture how we use the term “morality, Gert o ...
... Main Goal: Gert is clarifying two distinct uses of “morality,” namely the descriptive and normative uses. Although the two senses are fundamentally different, they both refer to guides to behaviour. Upon finding that the descriptive sense fails to really capture how we use the term “morality, Gert o ...
Constitutional Law - Mercer University
... followed so that human behavior and conduct may be morally right It is primarily concerned with establishing standards or norms for conduct and is commonly associated with investigating how one ought to act It involves the critical study of major moral precepts, such as what things are right, wh ...
... followed so that human behavior and conduct may be morally right It is primarily concerned with establishing standards or norms for conduct and is commonly associated with investigating how one ought to act It involves the critical study of major moral precepts, such as what things are right, wh ...
Outline of Singer, “Famine, Affluence, and Morality”
... entitlements: rights and desert. For example, you have a right to your body parts because they are yours, even if better consequences would come about from your giving them away. A person who works hard may deserve more food than a neighbor who does not work, even if the neighbor will suffer more wi ...
... entitlements: rights and desert. For example, you have a right to your body parts because they are yours, even if better consequences would come about from your giving them away. A person who works hard may deserve more food than a neighbor who does not work, even if the neighbor will suffer more wi ...
EM1 - Providence University College
... emulating the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In the life of Jesus, Christians find an expression of the highest virtue—love. They love when they perform selfless acts, develop a keen social conscience, and realize that human beings are creatures of God and therefore intrinsically worthwhile. pg 10 ...
... emulating the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In the life of Jesus, Christians find an expression of the highest virtue—love. They love when they perform selfless acts, develop a keen social conscience, and realize that human beings are creatures of God and therefore intrinsically worthwhile. pg 10 ...