PDF version - Studies in the History of Ethics
... feelings of love or fear, but because God’s perfect will commands what we objectively ought to do, or if we seek the perfection precisely of our volition as rational beings, then these principles might get it right in practice about what we ought to do. But on that interpretation they “pass the buck ...
... feelings of love or fear, but because God’s perfect will commands what we objectively ought to do, or if we seek the perfection precisely of our volition as rational beings, then these principles might get it right in practice about what we ought to do. But on that interpretation they “pass the buck ...
Virtue Ethics and the Challenge of Relativity
... extent that practical reason seeks to avoid its inherent historical character, it relinquished any power to enable us to order our lives in accordance with our true ends. We thus become alienated from ourselves, we lose the ability to locate the history of which we are a part.2 Hauerwas’ belief that ...
... extent that practical reason seeks to avoid its inherent historical character, it relinquished any power to enable us to order our lives in accordance with our true ends. We thus become alienated from ourselves, we lose the ability to locate the history of which we are a part.2 Hauerwas’ belief that ...
The Transplantation Revolution: From Vital to Non
... commit suicide) that covered the nasal, facial, and lip defects resulting from her trauma. Why all the publicity, one might ask? Since hand and larynx transplants began a few years ago, transplantation has again entered unprecedented territory. Those transplanting hands, larynxes, and faces must now ...
... commit suicide) that covered the nasal, facial, and lip defects resulting from her trauma. Why all the publicity, one might ask? Since hand and larynx transplants began a few years ago, transplantation has again entered unprecedented territory. Those transplanting hands, larynxes, and faces must now ...
a paradox of virtue
... a decrease in virtue or goodness. We may compare this phenomenon with the distinction between the criterion of rightness and decision procedure in the discussion of modern utilitarianism. As a teleological (or consequentialist) moral theory, utilitarianism identifies the maximization of happiness or ...
... a decrease in virtue or goodness. We may compare this phenomenon with the distinction between the criterion of rightness and decision procedure in the discussion of modern utilitarianism. As a teleological (or consequentialist) moral theory, utilitarianism identifies the maximization of happiness or ...
Moral Inquiry - Blackwell Publishing
... implanted certain ends and purposes in human beings by nature, so that all people share certain moral aims. Desire for a goal, even if it is universally shared, does not explain why we are morally required to pursue it. Kant’s theory thus disposes of a pattern of argument, based on the universal hum ...
... implanted certain ends and purposes in human beings by nature, so that all people share certain moral aims. Desire for a goal, even if it is universally shared, does not explain why we are morally required to pursue it. Kant’s theory thus disposes of a pattern of argument, based on the universal hum ...
Reductionism in Ethics (for IEE, second submission)
... that the naturalistic terms that it says refer to moral properties will capture the full meaning of the moral terms that also refer to these properties. Such theories, which, as noted, are often modeled after a posteriori scientific reductions, such as the theory that water is identical to H2O, face ...
... that the naturalistic terms that it says refer to moral properties will capture the full meaning of the moral terms that also refer to these properties. Such theories, which, as noted, are often modeled after a posteriori scientific reductions, such as the theory that water is identical to H2O, face ...
the machiavellian concept of civic virtues
... either with their enemies or with their own citizens, may be allowed to lie for the public good. Plato 2004: 389b). The aim for both philosophers is a common one: the city’s safety, the state’s safety and the citizens’ welfare (the common good). The common good is not a utilitarian concept, but the ...
... either with their enemies or with their own citizens, may be allowed to lie for the public good. Plato 2004: 389b). The aim for both philosophers is a common one: the city’s safety, the state’s safety and the citizens’ welfare (the common good). The common good is not a utilitarian concept, but the ...
ETHICS-BASED LEADERSHIP THEORIES Ethic based approaches
... involvement of many people, which in turn require trust, empathy, and nurturance. One type of substantial contribution might be the accomplishment of a specific project or good work of some magnitude. A second type of substantial contribution involves raising the moral consciousness of followers or ...
... involvement of many people, which in turn require trust, empathy, and nurturance. One type of substantial contribution might be the accomplishment of a specific project or good work of some magnitude. A second type of substantial contribution involves raising the moral consciousness of followers or ...
ARISTOTLEAN VIRTUE AND CONTEMPORARY PUNISHMENT
... Harm done in ignorance which is due to intoxication or negligence is blameworthy, and the ascription of responsibility is proper because of that blameworthiness.40 Although this Aristotelian concept might not seem consistent with his earlier theory of the preclusion of punishment without voluntarin ...
... Harm done in ignorance which is due to intoxication or negligence is blameworthy, and the ascription of responsibility is proper because of that blameworthiness.40 Although this Aristotelian concept might not seem consistent with his earlier theory of the preclusion of punishment without voluntarin ...
References - University of Leeds
... As both Blum (1980) and Nussbaum (2001) argue persuasively, the characteristic interest in the well-being of another gives compassionate empathy its moral content. As Blum puts it “any interest in the welfare of others is morally good, especially when it promotes the sense of equality is (ceteris pa ...
... As both Blum (1980) and Nussbaum (2001) argue persuasively, the characteristic interest in the well-being of another gives compassionate empathy its moral content. As Blum puts it “any interest in the welfare of others is morally good, especially when it promotes the sense of equality is (ceteris pa ...
9 Deontology*
... egoism is an agent-relative theory – it holds that each agent has reason to promote only her own good, whereas actconsequentialism is an agent-neutral theory – it holds that each of us has reason to promote everyone’s good. Another way of making this point (which we owe to Parfit (1987) is that cons ...
... egoism is an agent-relative theory – it holds that each agent has reason to promote only her own good, whereas actconsequentialism is an agent-neutral theory – it holds that each of us has reason to promote everyone’s good. Another way of making this point (which we owe to Parfit (1987) is that cons ...
Servais Pinckaers: Returning to a Thomisitc Morality of Happiness
... concrete action. In this process, he shows the need to be governed by the objective voice of truth which is presented through practical reason, informed by the virtues and perfected by prudence. He argues for the need to develop the moral personality, and above all authentic human freedom, through a ...
... concrete action. In this process, he shows the need to be governed by the objective voice of truth which is presented through practical reason, informed by the virtues and perfected by prudence. He argues for the need to develop the moral personality, and above all authentic human freedom, through a ...
when supererogation is supererogatory. a case of medical ethics
... In this paper I analyze critically real cases of actions, often deemed “supererogatory” in the context of bioethics and medical ethics, in order to assess whether it is appropriate to classify them in this way. More specifically, I try to discuss the moral legitimacy of a consequence of In Vitro Fer ...
... In this paper I analyze critically real cases of actions, often deemed “supererogatory” in the context of bioethics and medical ethics, in order to assess whether it is appropriate to classify them in this way. More specifically, I try to discuss the moral legitimacy of a consequence of In Vitro Fer ...
Word - Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal
... industrialized societies, in which providing civic access, medical support, and other resources to people with disabilities center around cost-benefit analyses. Such models inevitably position those most in need of supports as least beneficial to the social fabric—assumptions built upon medical aut ...
... industrialized societies, in which providing civic access, medical support, and other resources to people with disabilities center around cost-benefit analyses. Such models inevitably position those most in need of supports as least beneficial to the social fabric—assumptions built upon medical aut ...
Ethics and Boundaries
... • The interpreter limits personal involvement with all parties during the interpreting assignment. For example, an interpreter does not share or elicit overly personal information in conversations with a patient. • The interpreter limits his or her professional activity to interpreting within an enc ...
... • The interpreter limits personal involvement with all parties during the interpreting assignment. For example, an interpreter does not share or elicit overly personal information in conversations with a patient. • The interpreter limits his or her professional activity to interpreting within an enc ...
Religious Morality 1
... – Moral values are grounded in religious belief – The interpretation of sacred writings guided by faith, tradition and/or reason ...
... – Moral values are grounded in religious belief – The interpretation of sacred writings guided by faith, tradition and/or reason ...
The semantic development of virtue
... ocean of the concept’s significance. That will be a subject for inquiry in chapters two through four of this thesis. But virtue touches other areas of life and in its development to modern English it has kept its broad or comprehensive meaning. The Oxford Thesaurus (2008) makes the attempt to descri ...
... ocean of the concept’s significance. That will be a subject for inquiry in chapters two through four of this thesis. But virtue touches other areas of life and in its development to modern English it has kept its broad or comprehensive meaning. The Oxford Thesaurus (2008) makes the attempt to descri ...
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 ...
Ethical Decision Making and Personality Type – Leo Klug
... principles, such as autonomy, beneficence and justice, which for many of us are faith-based. However, when it comes to the hands-on process of ethical reasoning, we could profit from intentionally using the four distinct, interrelated steps mentioned earlier. When using this process, most of us will ...
... principles, such as autonomy, beneficence and justice, which for many of us are faith-based. However, when it comes to the hands-on process of ethical reasoning, we could profit from intentionally using the four distinct, interrelated steps mentioned earlier. When using this process, most of us will ...
Film Clip analysis assessment
... Offers insights about film technique beyond what a casual viewer would notice (tip: view clip at least three times) Analyzes the relation between effect (film technique) and our understanding of the development of the character Cites and uses an important idea from one of the resources in our study ...
... Offers insights about film technique beyond what a casual viewer would notice (tip: view clip at least three times) Analyzes the relation between effect (film technique) and our understanding of the development of the character Cites and uses an important idea from one of the resources in our study ...
Comment on Floridi`s The Ethics of Information
... The ethics of information is the second in Floridi’s planned series of five books on the philosophy of information and this volume comprehensively develops and explores Information Ethics. Information Ethics is based on perceiving the whole of reality in terms of informational entities with certain ...
... The ethics of information is the second in Floridi’s planned series of five books on the philosophy of information and this volume comprehensively develops and explores Information Ethics. Information Ethics is based on perceiving the whole of reality in terms of informational entities with certain ...
Ethical theories Lecture 2, MS008A 1
... reinen Vernunft"; the second, the critical period, extends from 1781 to 1794. Good Will and the Categorical Imperative Peoples actions should be governed by moral laws that are universal Principles of morality must be based on reason Kantianism explains why an action is right or - Siri Fagernes - Hi ...
... reinen Vernunft"; the second, the critical period, extends from 1781 to 1794. Good Will and the Categorical Imperative Peoples actions should be governed by moral laws that are universal Principles of morality must be based on reason Kantianism explains why an action is right or - Siri Fagernes - Hi ...
The Case for Cultural Diversity
... us must be wrong: we have said of one thing, Alaska, that it has and does not have some feature at the same time and in the same respect So, if cultures disagree in this latter sense, both may be wrong, or perhaps just one is wrong, but both cannot be right ...
... us must be wrong: we have said of one thing, Alaska, that it has and does not have some feature at the same time and in the same respect So, if cultures disagree in this latter sense, both may be wrong, or perhaps just one is wrong, but both cannot be right ...
Charity as a Moral Duty - DigitalCommons@Cedarville
... human lives, making it a duty rather than a supererogatory act. I will now consider ethical arguments against Singer’s thesis based on the larger circumstance, proximity, and the theory’s extreme nature. Smith argues that emergencies create a duty to help, but chronic problems or what she calls “chr ...
... human lives, making it a duty rather than a supererogatory act. I will now consider ethical arguments against Singer’s thesis based on the larger circumstance, proximity, and the theory’s extreme nature. Smith argues that emergencies create a duty to help, but chronic problems or what she calls “chr ...