Right
... securing of liberties or other benefits from rights holders. The PRC for RBT insists that, “An action is right iff (and because) in performing it either (a) one does not violate the fundamental moral rights of other, or (b) in cases where [there are conflicting rights, the most important are protect ...
... securing of liberties or other benefits from rights holders. The PRC for RBT insists that, “An action is right iff (and because) in performing it either (a) one does not violate the fundamental moral rights of other, or (b) in cases where [there are conflicting rights, the most important are protect ...
Moral Saints
... indicates that our moral theories must also make a better account of what is amoral. • The amoral is that in life that morality has nothing to say about one way or another. ...
... indicates that our moral theories must also make a better account of what is amoral. • The amoral is that in life that morality has nothing to say about one way or another. ...
VIRTUAL ANIMAL DISSECTIONS Worksheet
... 2. Select three different animals from the list. 3. Use the information and photos provided of the dissections to examine the similarities and the differences between the body systems in each. 4. Fill in the tables below. Make sure to be specific and include detailed answers. For each animal you wil ...
... 2. Select three different animals from the list. 3. Use the information and photos provided of the dissections to examine the similarities and the differences between the body systems in each. 4. Fill in the tables below. Make sure to be specific and include detailed answers. For each animal you wil ...
MORAL AND NONMORAL JUDGMENTS
... and represents a frame of reference along with these others. And whatever the most plausible ...
... and represents a frame of reference along with these others. And whatever the most plausible ...
Video Notes: Shape of Life III – Flatworms All animals need to obtain
... -had a head (cephalization) associated with its ability to move with directionality Although we may never know exactly what this animal was (it was pretty clearly a worm of some sort), there is no doubt about its legacy. Today, most animals are built on this same basic design; namely, cephalization ...
... -had a head (cephalization) associated with its ability to move with directionality Although we may never know exactly what this animal was (it was pretty clearly a worm of some sort), there is no doubt about its legacy. Today, most animals are built on this same basic design; namely, cephalization ...
Lecture Notes URL
... Sartre and Camus are the two most important French Existentialists (there were many others, but this is when the philosophy gets a name) Did not believe that there is any “essential nature”. Believed that our “nature” is constructed by the choices that we make ...
... Sartre and Camus are the two most important French Existentialists (there were many others, but this is when the philosophy gets a name) Did not believe that there is any “essential nature”. Believed that our “nature” is constructed by the choices that we make ...
Echinodermata “spiny skin” - cosee-os
... o Skeleton composed of calcium carbonate and protein. Calcium is deposited as sponge-like structures called ossicles. These ossicles are really an endoskeleton but they act more like an exoskeleton just under the epidermis and enclosing most other tissues. Collagen connects the ossicles of echinoder ...
... o Skeleton composed of calcium carbonate and protein. Calcium is deposited as sponge-like structures called ossicles. These ossicles are really an endoskeleton but they act more like an exoskeleton just under the epidermis and enclosing most other tissues. Collagen connects the ossicles of echinoder ...
Introduction to the Animal Kingdom
... Introduction to the Animal Kingdom • Animals are multicellular eukaryotic heterotroph whose cells lack cell walls • Vertebrates: 5% of animal species with backbones • Invertebrates: 95% of animal species WITHOUT backbones • Cell specialization – special shape, physical structure, and chemical compo ...
... Introduction to the Animal Kingdom • Animals are multicellular eukaryotic heterotroph whose cells lack cell walls • Vertebrates: 5% of animal species with backbones • Invertebrates: 95% of animal species WITHOUT backbones • Cell specialization – special shape, physical structure, and chemical compo ...
Prescriptivism
... So Hare argues that descriptive meaning and prescriptive meaning are logically distinct. Nothing about being honest (i.e. telling the truth: descriptive meaning) can make me commend honesty (telling the truth is how to behave: prescriptive). More generally, nothing about the facts can entail a mora ...
... So Hare argues that descriptive meaning and prescriptive meaning are logically distinct. Nothing about being honest (i.e. telling the truth: descriptive meaning) can make me commend honesty (telling the truth is how to behave: prescriptive). More generally, nothing about the facts can entail a mora ...
Animals - Trunity
... Content Learning Goals • Students will be able to explain why some living things are considered “animals” and how scientists tell them apart. ...
... Content Learning Goals • Students will be able to explain why some living things are considered “animals” and how scientists tell them apart. ...
Major Aquatic Invertebrate Taxa
... --Unsegmented, round worms that range in size from microscopic to 250 um. --Live almost anywhere and are a major taxa of sediment fauna. Can even live in hot springs at 62˚ C! --Estimates of 10,000 to 30,000 species but may be up to 20 times higher. --Many species are parasitic on plants and animal ...
... --Unsegmented, round worms that range in size from microscopic to 250 um. --Live almost anywhere and are a major taxa of sediment fauna. Can even live in hot springs at 62˚ C! --Estimates of 10,000 to 30,000 species but may be up to 20 times higher. --Many species are parasitic on plants and animal ...
Handout
... In this session I will discuss the relevance and importance of critical thinking the context of ethical decision-making. In the course of this discussion, I will elaborate on the model of moral reasoning taught in SPC's Applied Ethics courses and suggest that we encourage and foster such thinking in ...
... In this session I will discuss the relevance and importance of critical thinking the context of ethical decision-making. In the course of this discussion, I will elaborate on the model of moral reasoning taught in SPC's Applied Ethics courses and suggest that we encourage and foster such thinking in ...
Sample Syllabus: Introduction to Ethics Course Description: This 10
... Sample Syllabus: Introduction to Ethics Course Description: This 10-week course serves as an introduction to philosophy through a number of central issues in moral philosophy. We sometimes say that an action is morally right or wrong. In this course we will ask a number of questions about such claim ...
... Sample Syllabus: Introduction to Ethics Course Description: This 10-week course serves as an introduction to philosophy through a number of central issues in moral philosophy. We sometimes say that an action is morally right or wrong. In this course we will ask a number of questions about such claim ...
Right
... Construed merely negatively, rights seem to be limited, but when we consider the range of positive rights, their number expands considerably. ...
... Construed merely negatively, rights seem to be limited, but when we consider the range of positive rights, their number expands considerably. ...
Existence and Needs: A case for the equal moral considerability of
... first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world – and defines himself afterwards. If man as the existentialist sees him is not definable, it is because to begin with he is nothing. He will not be anything until later, and then he will be what he makes of himself15. The existentialist ...
... first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world – and defines himself afterwards. If man as the existentialist sees him is not definable, it is because to begin with he is nothing. He will not be anything until later, and then he will be what he makes of himself15. The existentialist ...
Chapter 26
... f. Movement – many animals have muscles that provide movement of body and some internal organs g. Reproduction – most reproduce sexually - this maintains genetic diversity; some reproduce asexually – this allows animals to increase their numbers rapidly C. Homestasis - all the body systems work toge ...
... f. Movement – many animals have muscles that provide movement of body and some internal organs g. Reproduction – most reproduce sexually - this maintains genetic diversity; some reproduce asexually – this allows animals to increase their numbers rapidly C. Homestasis - all the body systems work toge ...
A Critique of Personhood Author(s): S. F. Sapontzis Source: Ethics
... rights to life, dignity, and a fulfilling life.'0 (Henceforth, this identity will be referred to as "the humanist, egalitarian principle.") However, just what sort of identity is involved here and what the basis of it may be are not at all clear. Many humanists, perhaps influenced by the fact that o ...
... rights to life, dignity, and a fulfilling life.'0 (Henceforth, this identity will be referred to as "the humanist, egalitarian principle.") However, just what sort of identity is involved here and what the basis of it may be are not at all clear. Many humanists, perhaps influenced by the fact that o ...
Deontology
... same time will that it should become a universal law without contradiction." "Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, always at the same time as an end and never merely as a means to an end” "Therefore, every rational being must so act as ...
... same time will that it should become a universal law without contradiction." "Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, always at the same time as an end and never merely as a means to an end” "Therefore, every rational being must so act as ...
What is Morality --
... one’s conduct by reason -- that is, to do what there are the best reasons for doing-- while giving equal weight to the interests of each individual who will be affected by what one does -- James Rachels. ...
... one’s conduct by reason -- that is, to do what there are the best reasons for doing-- while giving equal weight to the interests of each individual who will be affected by what one does -- James Rachels. ...
Kingdom Protista
... They (usually) have roots, stems and leaves 295,000 species, most are ‘flowering plants’ All plant cells are surrounded by a cell wall made of cellulose. Green parts of plants have cells housing chloroplasts, which contains the major pigments (chlorophyll a and b) Most plants store Starch as an ...
... They (usually) have roots, stems and leaves 295,000 species, most are ‘flowering plants’ All plant cells are surrounded by a cell wall made of cellulose. Green parts of plants have cells housing chloroplasts, which contains the major pigments (chlorophyll a and b) Most plants store Starch as an ...
CONSENSUS MORALITY
... placing restraints based on internationally or universally accepted ethical rights. The United Nations, public opinion in the democratic states and the decisions of area blocs attempt to impose such limits. ...
... placing restraints based on internationally or universally accepted ethical rights. The United Nations, public opinion in the democratic states and the decisions of area blocs attempt to impose such limits. ...
Rights-Based Moral Theory and Pornography
... benefits from rights holders. • The PRC for RBT insists that, “An action is right iff (and because) in performing it either (a) one does not violate the fundamental moral rights of other, or (b) in cases where [there are conflicting rights, the most important are protected]” (p. 24). ...
... benefits from rights holders. • The PRC for RBT insists that, “An action is right iff (and because) in performing it either (a) one does not violate the fundamental moral rights of other, or (b) in cases where [there are conflicting rights, the most important are protected]” (p. 24). ...
Ethical Theory and Environment - III Lecture #5 Major Ethical
... 1. An act is right if it fulfills duty and respects rights in situations that we can control or in which we have freely reasoned and chosen (intended) our actions to occur 2. One is not held responsible for consequences he/she can=t control (unlike utilitarian) 3. Immanuel Kant=s categorical imperat ...
... 1. An act is right if it fulfills duty and respects rights in situations that we can control or in which we have freely reasoned and chosen (intended) our actions to occur 2. One is not held responsible for consequences he/she can=t control (unlike utilitarian) 3. Immanuel Kant=s categorical imperat ...
An Introduction to Development Ethics
... the quality of a moral dialogue on substantive issues depends upon uncommon tolerance, reflection, mutual respect, and a deliberative ethos • If this claim were accepted, it would be difficult to imagine a society’s moral progress over time • Leadership of morally virtuous persons is not a necessary ...
... the quality of a moral dialogue on substantive issues depends upon uncommon tolerance, reflection, mutual respect, and a deliberative ethos • If this claim were accepted, it would be difficult to imagine a society’s moral progress over time • Leadership of morally virtuous persons is not a necessary ...