Political Conservatism as Motivated Social
... Idson, Camacho, & Higgins, 1999), and (b) some people might adopt conservative beliefs out of a desire for certainty, whereas others adopt the same beliefs because of a threat to self-esteem or an ideological threat to the system. From our theoretical perspective, motivational and informational infl ...
... Idson, Camacho, & Higgins, 1999), and (b) some people might adopt conservative beliefs out of a desire for certainty, whereas others adopt the same beliefs because of a threat to self-esteem or an ideological threat to the system. From our theoretical perspective, motivational and informational infl ...
Class #9 - 8/5/10
... It seems to help each of us engage our fellow humans (who may be outside our “own group”) with more respect, admiration, and appreciation. ...
... It seems to help each of us engage our fellow humans (who may be outside our “own group”) with more respect, admiration, and appreciation. ...
4: Law and Order
... Moral reasoning based on rules, laws, and an orderly society. 5: Social Contract Moral reasoning based on principled agreements among people. 6: Universal Principles Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. ...
... Moral reasoning based on rules, laws, and an orderly society. 5: Social Contract Moral reasoning based on principled agreements among people. 6: Universal Principles Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. ...
Adolescence and Moral Development
... Moral reasoning based on rules, laws, and an orderly society. 5: Social Contract Moral reasoning based on principled agreements among people. 6: Universal Principles Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. ...
... Moral reasoning based on rules, laws, and an orderly society. 5: Social Contract Moral reasoning based on principled agreements among people. 6: Universal Principles Moral reasoning based on abstract principles. ...
Ethical Relativism 2 Kinds of Relativism: ethical relativism and social
... and bad, right and wrong, to apply to a society’s mores themselves. Right and wrong, good and bad, just and unjust, virtuous and vicious are relative to, and determined by, social beliefs about what is right and wrong, good and bad, just and ...
... and bad, right and wrong, to apply to a society’s mores themselves. Right and wrong, good and bad, just and unjust, virtuous and vicious are relative to, and determined by, social beliefs about what is right and wrong, good and bad, just and ...
Class #10 - 5/14/12
... The Utilitarianism approach of Bentham and the greatest happiness principle is deeply flawed. “Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.” In response to Bentham, John Stuart Mill claims that happiness is an intellectual achievement, not merely pleasure. Mill argued that you cannot s ...
... The Utilitarianism approach of Bentham and the greatest happiness principle is deeply flawed. “Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.” In response to Bentham, John Stuart Mill claims that happiness is an intellectual achievement, not merely pleasure. Mill argued that you cannot s ...
Political ethics
... regulations, assumptions and presuppositions about society, even the deepest human psychological conditions through observations of political behaviours, attitudes, decisions, actions and policies. • Political ethics scrutinizes the norms that legitimize policies for their consistency with the inter ...
... regulations, assumptions and presuppositions about society, even the deepest human psychological conditions through observations of political behaviours, attitudes, decisions, actions and policies. • Political ethics scrutinizes the norms that legitimize policies for their consistency with the inter ...
Chapter_3_Weston
... Moral values are those values that give voice to the needs and legitimate expectations of others as well as ourselves Ourselves and our needs are built into the definition of morality. However, your own needs cannot be the whole story. Contrary to the bumper sticker: “It is all about me, so deal wit ...
... Moral values are those values that give voice to the needs and legitimate expectations of others as well as ourselves Ourselves and our needs are built into the definition of morality. However, your own needs cannot be the whole story. Contrary to the bumper sticker: “It is all about me, so deal wit ...
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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.” ...
BUSINESS ETHICS
... In late 1983 there was a great public controversy over an infant known to the public only as Baby Jane Doe. This unfortunate baby, born in New York State, suffered from multiple defects including spina bifida (a broken and protruding spine), hydrocephaly (excess fluid on the brain), and perhaps wors ...
... In late 1983 there was a great public controversy over an infant known to the public only as Baby Jane Doe. This unfortunate baby, born in New York State, suffered from multiple defects including spina bifida (a broken and protruding spine), hydrocephaly (excess fluid on the brain), and perhaps wors ...
Moral Discourse
... Evaluate the content of the moral discourse in a discussion with other students 1. Let’s study this presentation in “Slide Show”. 2. At the end of the presentation there will be one discussion question. Decide on one of the specific discussion stopper (1, 2, 3, or 4) that you would like to interpr ...
... Evaluate the content of the moral discourse in a discussion with other students 1. Let’s study this presentation in “Slide Show”. 2. At the end of the presentation there will be one discussion question. Decide on one of the specific discussion stopper (1, 2, 3, or 4) that you would like to interpr ...
Chapter 3: Morality and the Moral Life Ethics
... Ethics (moral philosophy): The study of morality using the methods of philosophy. ...
... Ethics (moral philosophy): The study of morality using the methods of philosophy. ...
Part II: There`s more to morality than harm and fairness Central
... is that “culture and psyche make each other up.”10 In other words, you can’t study the mind while ignoring culture, as psychologists usually do, because minds function only once they’ve been filled out by a particular culture. And you can’t study culture while ignoring psychology, as anthropologists ...
... is that “culture and psyche make each other up.”10 In other words, you can’t study the mind while ignoring culture, as psychologists usually do, because minds function only once they’ve been filled out by a particular culture. And you can’t study culture while ignoring psychology, as anthropologists ...
Political Theory Working Paper - e
... individuals. Yet these individuals differ with regard to how they deal with shared needs, and not all needs are shared. There are a number of “universal evils” (slavery, torture, genocide, etc.) which foster a certain “universalism” regarding what should be avoided, but no moral conception can claim ...
... individuals. Yet these individuals differ with regard to how they deal with shared needs, and not all needs are shared. There are a number of “universal evils” (slavery, torture, genocide, etc.) which foster a certain “universalism” regarding what should be avoided, but no moral conception can claim ...
it is the right thing to do.
... The Utilitarianism approach of Bentham and the greatest happiness principle is deeply flawed. “Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.” In response to Bentham, John Stuart Mill claims that happiness is an intellectual achievement, not merely pleasure. Mill argued that you cannot s ...
... The Utilitarianism approach of Bentham and the greatest happiness principle is deeply flawed. “Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.” In response to Bentham, John Stuart Mill claims that happiness is an intellectual achievement, not merely pleasure. Mill argued that you cannot s ...
Moral Enhancement and the Duty to Eliminate Evildoing
... of eliminating evildoing: the moral enhancement of human beings through biomedical and biotechnological means. Assuming the efficacy and relative safety of moral enhancement, do we have a duty to use biomedical and biotechnological interventions to reduce the probability that we would become involve ...
... of eliminating evildoing: the moral enhancement of human beings through biomedical and biotechnological means. Assuming the efficacy and relative safety of moral enhancement, do we have a duty to use biomedical and biotechnological interventions to reduce the probability that we would become involve ...
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... The norms about the kinds of actions believed to be morally right and wrong as well as the values placed on the kinds of objects believed to be ...
... The norms about the kinds of actions believed to be morally right and wrong as well as the values placed on the kinds of objects believed to be ...
Relativism—Descriptive and Normative
... cultures against each other and say that some are more enlightened, humane, etc. than others. And because no such principles exist, it makes no sense to talk about “moral progress” within a single culture or civilization over time. 3. Everyone has a moral duty to “tolerate” the moral codes of other ...
... cultures against each other and say that some are more enlightened, humane, etc. than others. And because no such principles exist, it makes no sense to talk about “moral progress” within a single culture or civilization over time. 3. Everyone has a moral duty to “tolerate” the moral codes of other ...
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... The need for tolerance and understanding We should not pass judgment on practices in other cultures when we don’t understand ...
... The need for tolerance and understanding We should not pass judgment on practices in other cultures when we don’t understand ...
Kerns Relativism and Essentialism
... if they haven’t fully defined it that way for themselves, and even if they haven’t thought about the matter very consciously. What we will want to do here is just identify what each of these two schools is so that we can use these terms in our future classroom discussions. Both ethical relativism an ...
... if they haven’t fully defined it that way for themselves, and even if they haven’t thought about the matter very consciously. What we will want to do here is just identify what each of these two schools is so that we can use these terms in our future classroom discussions. Both ethical relativism an ...
Alasdair MacIntyre on the Enlightenment Project
... between man-as-he-happens-to-be and man-as-he-could-be-if-herealized-his-essential-nature. Ethics is the science which is to enable men to understand how they make the transition from the former state to the latter. Ethics therefore on this view presupposes some telos. The precepts which enjoin the ...
... between man-as-he-happens-to-be and man-as-he-could-be-if-herealized-his-essential-nature. Ethics is the science which is to enable men to understand how they make the transition from the former state to the latter. Ethics therefore on this view presupposes some telos. The precepts which enjoin the ...
Do - Cloudfront.net
... Are destructive emotions, leading to pain or suffering, the result of errors of judgement? ...
... Are destructive emotions, leading to pain or suffering, the result of errors of judgement? ...
Alasdair MacIntyre
... – First: Moral practice embodies genuine objective and impersonal standards which provide rational justification for actions and can themselves be rationally justified. – Second: unsuccessful attempts to maintain objectivity of ethics but rational justification breaks down. – Third: Emotivism widely ...
... – First: Moral practice embodies genuine objective and impersonal standards which provide rational justification for actions and can themselves be rationally justified. – Second: unsuccessful attempts to maintain objectivity of ethics but rational justification breaks down. – Third: Emotivism widely ...
Common Ethical Theories
... • It provides a clear ethical analysis of some important moral issues regarding the relationship between people and their government ...
... • It provides a clear ethical analysis of some important moral issues regarding the relationship between people and their government ...