Regulating Technologies
... balancing exercise that we cannot resolve because of the inherent uncertainty. ...
... balancing exercise that we cannot resolve because of the inherent uncertainty. ...
Kantian Ethics
... explaining what he thought was right or wrong, only that we should develop an internal ‘voice’ which would tell us what we should do in any given situation. ...
... explaining what he thought was right or wrong, only that we should develop an internal ‘voice’ which would tell us what we should do in any given situation. ...
Immanuel Kant and the moral law[1].
... • Universalisability allows morality to be stable, since if notions of right or wrong vary between individuals, cultures or situations, moral life in society will lack the foundation of trust and coherence for us to develop morally. • Morality therefore has to be rooted in something that is good wit ...
... • Universalisability allows morality to be stable, since if notions of right or wrong vary between individuals, cultures or situations, moral life in society will lack the foundation of trust and coherence for us to develop morally. • Morality therefore has to be rooted in something that is good wit ...
Introduction
... (a) Natural law: morality is a function of human nature, and reason can discover valid moral principles by looking at the nature of humanity and society (b) Three features of natural law theory 1. Human beings have an essential rational nature established by God, who designed us to live and flourish ...
... (a) Natural law: morality is a function of human nature, and reason can discover valid moral principles by looking at the nature of humanity and society (b) Three features of natural law theory 1. Human beings have an essential rational nature established by God, who designed us to live and flourish ...
Psychological Egoism - David Kelsey`s Philosophy Home Page
... – All human actions are motivated by selfish desires. – The only thing anyone is capable of desiring as an end in itself is his own self interest. – “…men are capable of desiring the happiness of others only when they take it to be a means to their own happiness.” (section 1) • Thus, purely altruist ...
... – All human actions are motivated by selfish desires. – The only thing anyone is capable of desiring as an end in itself is his own self interest. – “…men are capable of desiring the happiness of others only when they take it to be a means to their own happiness.” (section 1) • Thus, purely altruist ...
Contemporary Ethical Theories and Jurisprudence
... legal norms in contrast to others. They are, rather, requests for the causal explanation of legal norms by appeal to their source in such factors as the will of the electorate or the dynamics of individual and social psychology or autonomous cultural determinants. These are empirical, not philosophi ...
... legal norms in contrast to others. They are, rather, requests for the causal explanation of legal norms by appeal to their source in such factors as the will of the electorate or the dynamics of individual and social psychology or autonomous cultural determinants. These are empirical, not philosophi ...
Ethical Leadership and Angelina Jolie
... could use the money, to help justify taking it? Or do you tell her and give the money back to her? Situations like these are situations that we as humans face regularly. What we decide ...
... could use the money, to help justify taking it? Or do you tell her and give the money back to her? Situations like these are situations that we as humans face regularly. What we decide ...
Ethical Gradualism
... animals has any awareness of its own death, except when a higher animal is threatened by death (and that is one of the painful experiences which humans should try not to inflict on animals). What started as human self-defense here ends in embarrassment: some of our patients, as well as early human f ...
... animals has any awareness of its own death, except when a higher animal is threatened by death (and that is one of the painful experiences which humans should try not to inflict on animals). What started as human self-defense here ends in embarrassment: some of our patients, as well as early human f ...
DOC - A Level Philosophy
... relative to my society, then morality has no authority over me (or anyone else). I can do whatever I like, as long as I don’t get caught. ‘Morality’ becomes no more than a matter of taste. And if this is so, then morality cannot provide any firm grounds for morally judging the practices of other peo ...
... relative to my society, then morality has no authority over me (or anyone else). I can do whatever I like, as long as I don’t get caught. ‘Morality’ becomes no more than a matter of taste. And if this is so, then morality cannot provide any firm grounds for morally judging the practices of other peo ...
Ethical Dimensions in Responsible Professionalism
... Hunter (1991) identified two competing moral visions (orthodox and progressive) that relate to the two ethical systems (deontological and teleological) discussed. The orthodox view is a moral reasoning perspective that defines moral authority in terms of an external transcendent force; while the pro ...
... Hunter (1991) identified two competing moral visions (orthodox and progressive) that relate to the two ethical systems (deontological and teleological) discussed. The orthodox view is a moral reasoning perspective that defines moral authority in terms of an external transcendent force; while the pro ...
Frankfurt and Rationalism
... others for personal gain, note that she is contradicting her will, and then conclude that “she ought to act differently” is a proper response. Rational agents already disapprove of such actions, and on being told of another agents’ inconsistency only learn of a new instantiation of what they alread ...
... others for personal gain, note that she is contradicting her will, and then conclude that “she ought to act differently” is a proper response. Rational agents already disapprove of such actions, and on being told of another agents’ inconsistency only learn of a new instantiation of what they alread ...
boss1_ppt_ch_09
... Deontology claims that duty is the foundation of 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 ...
... Deontology claims that duty is the foundation of 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 ...
Chapter Five
... individuals within the structure can act morally or immorally, and can be consequently held morally responsible for their actions. So philosophers disagree as to whether the structure as a whole can be liable for criminal offenses and punishable by the law. It seems that not every form of punish ...
... individuals within the structure can act morally or immorally, and can be consequently held morally responsible for their actions. So philosophers disagree as to whether the structure as a whole can be liable for criminal offenses and punishable by the law. It seems that not every form of punish ...
Criticisms of Kant - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... duties are absolute and so we are compelled to obey the command of each duty – where these duties conflict, Kant provides no procedure for resolving this conflict However, for Ross it is essential that prima facie duties are not absolute (this is why they’re called prima facie from the Latin term ...
... duties are absolute and so we are compelled to obey the command of each duty – where these duties conflict, Kant provides no procedure for resolving this conflict However, for Ross it is essential that prima facie duties are not absolute (this is why they’re called prima facie from the Latin term ...
PowerPoint - Terasem Movement, Inc.
... nanomedical enhancements, then we will have gone far towards learning how to safely and morally handle other, more dangerous applications of nanotechnology [national security]. On the other hand, if we do not understand these new technologies and their moral implications, and if our values are selfc ...
... nanomedical enhancements, then we will have gone far towards learning how to safely and morally handle other, more dangerous applications of nanotechnology [national security]. On the other hand, if we do not understand these new technologies and their moral implications, and if our values are selfc ...
Nozick and Bentham Reading Study Guide Phil 240 Introduction to
... 1. Why does Nozick claim that plugging in to the machine is 'a kind of suicide'? 2. What does he think we should conclude from the experience machine thought experiment? 3. What does he think that we desire that the experience machine can't provide? 4. Critically reflect on Nozick’s argument. Which ...
... 1. Why does Nozick claim that plugging in to the machine is 'a kind of suicide'? 2. What does he think we should conclude from the experience machine thought experiment? 3. What does he think that we desire that the experience machine can't provide? 4. Critically reflect on Nozick’s argument. Which ...
Teaching Research Ethics: Changing the Culture of Science
... research and get on with the research. The activity focuses on developing a judgment to guide future action as opposed to merely making a retrospective judgment of actions already taken. By contrast, the task of the moral judge, Hampshire argues, does not involving devising a solution to a practical ...
... research and get on with the research. The activity focuses on developing a judgment to guide future action as opposed to merely making a retrospective judgment of actions already taken. By contrast, the task of the moral judge, Hampshire argues, does not involving devising a solution to a practical ...
The relevance of Kom ethics to African development
... Western philosophical and anthropological categorization of Africans as primitive and lack the capacity for rationality, the concept of good and evil, right and wrong, and virtue and vice, on which morality is rooted, are cultural universals. The survival of any society depends on such guiding moral ...
... Western philosophical and anthropological categorization of Africans as primitive and lack the capacity for rationality, the concept of good and evil, right and wrong, and virtue and vice, on which morality is rooted, are cultural universals. The survival of any society depends on such guiding moral ...
Moral realism - A Level Philosophy
... morally permitted in some tribal societies, that makes murder, or female circumcision, or sati right, even in those societies. The moral realist believes that statements like ‘Euthanasia is not wrong’ are expressions of beliefs, which can be true or false. Whether such statements are true or false d ...
... morally permitted in some tribal societies, that makes murder, or female circumcision, or sati right, even in those societies. The moral realist believes that statements like ‘Euthanasia is not wrong’ are expressions of beliefs, which can be true or false. Whether such statements are true or false d ...
Part II: There`s more to morality than harm and fairness Central
... something more like the Analects of Confucius, a collection of aphorisms and anecdotes that can’t be reduced to a single rule.7 Confucius talks about a variety of relationship-specific duties and virtues (such as filial piety and the proper treatment of one’s subordinates). If WEIRD and non-WEIRD pe ...
... something more like the Analects of Confucius, a collection of aphorisms and anecdotes that can’t be reduced to a single rule.7 Confucius talks about a variety of relationship-specific duties and virtues (such as filial piety and the proper treatment of one’s subordinates). If WEIRD and non-WEIRD pe ...
Ethics – Handout 8 Foot, “What Is Moral Relativism?”
... A. What is moral relativism (MR) and what does it entail? Foot begins by assessing various claims about what the moral relativist is committed to, largely by means of drawing an analogy to the more plausible relativism about taste. She thinks that thinking about the analogy with taste can show us th ...
... A. What is moral relativism (MR) and what does it entail? Foot begins by assessing various claims about what the moral relativist is committed to, largely by means of drawing an analogy to the more plausible relativism about taste. She thinks that thinking about the analogy with taste can show us th ...