The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Truth about Morality
... In this essay I argue that ordinary moral thought and language is, while very natural, highly counterproductive and that as a result we would be wise to change the way we think and talk about moral matters. First, I argue on metaphysical grounds against moral realism, the view according to which the ...
... In this essay I argue that ordinary moral thought and language is, while very natural, highly counterproductive and that as a result we would be wise to change the way we think and talk about moral matters. First, I argue on metaphysical grounds against moral realism, the view according to which the ...
Moral Beauty as An Overriding Imperative in
... individual might want to pursue a career that can actualize their potential but doing so might jeopardize both the roles they are expected to enact in society and the lives of people dependent on the proper execution of those roles. A good example would be a student of art who would like to pursue t ...
... individual might want to pursue a career that can actualize their potential but doing so might jeopardize both the roles they are expected to enact in society and the lives of people dependent on the proper execution of those roles. A good example would be a student of art who would like to pursue t ...
Enhancing Moral Conformity and Enhancing Moral Worth
... World War to the Final Solution to the Cultural Revolution—were made possible by the ordinary moral failures of ordinary people [1–3]. It is plausible that we have reasons to correct our moral failures, bringing it about that we better conform to morality.3 However, this is not to say that we ought ...
... World War to the Final Solution to the Cultural Revolution—were made possible by the ordinary moral failures of ordinary people [1–3]. It is plausible that we have reasons to correct our moral failures, bringing it about that we better conform to morality.3 However, this is not to say that we ought ...
Rightness and Responsibility
... they grant this normative dimension of morality but irrationally fail to do what they themselves acknowledge that they have reason to do. Conversely, when we form intentions that are in compliance with moral principles, our being motivated in this way is not a mere optional extra, something that jus ...
... they grant this normative dimension of morality but irrationally fail to do what they themselves acknowledge that they have reason to do. Conversely, when we form intentions that are in compliance with moral principles, our being motivated in this way is not a mere optional extra, something that jus ...
Is There Moral High Ground?
... there is no such thing as moral truth. This would be the result if one assumed a correspondence theory of truth, for from this point of view the naturalistic irrealist is denying the existence of what would normally be the naturalized truth-makers of moral claims. And no such moral truth-makers mean ...
... there is no such thing as moral truth. This would be the result if one assumed a correspondence theory of truth, for from this point of view the naturalistic irrealist is denying the existence of what would normally be the naturalized truth-makers of moral claims. And no such moral truth-makers mean ...
On Three Defenses of Sentimentalism
... follows: “To find what is universal about human nature, we must look behind the rules and the circumstances that shape them to discover what fundamental dispositions, if any, animate them and to decide whether those dispositions are universal” (1993: 226). Thus, Wilson distinguishes moral dispositio ...
... follows: “To find what is universal about human nature, we must look behind the rules and the circumstances that shape them to discover what fundamental dispositions, if any, animate them and to decide whether those dispositions are universal” (1993: 226). Thus, Wilson distinguishes moral dispositio ...
Introduction
... there is a conflict of interest or a moment of moral laziness (c) Solution: we need social rules (formed over the ages and internalized within us) to hold us back and defeat the devil in society iii) Social Order and the Benefits of Morality (a) Five social benefits of establishing and following mor ...
... there is a conflict of interest or a moment of moral laziness (c) Solution: we need social rules (formed over the ages and internalized within us) to hold us back and defeat the devil in society iii) Social Order and the Benefits of Morality (a) Five social benefits of establishing and following mor ...
Introduction
... there is a conflict of interest or a moment of moral laziness (c) Solution: we need social rules (formed over the ages and internalized within us) to hold us back and defeat the devil in society iii) Social Order and the Benefits of Morality (a) Five social benefits of establishing and following mor ...
... there is a conflict of interest or a moment of moral laziness (c) Solution: we need social rules (formed over the ages and internalized within us) to hold us back and defeat the devil in society iii) Social Order and the Benefits of Morality (a) Five social benefits of establishing and following mor ...
Dieter Birnbacher - Kultura i Wartości
... meaning of “morality” is identified with a certain type of morality or even with a particular morality held to be the only valid one. By defining morality in a highly specific way, this approach misses out on the plurality and diversity of moral systems. Ironically, the historically most influential ...
... meaning of “morality” is identified with a certain type of morality or even with a particular morality held to be the only valid one. By defining morality in a highly specific way, this approach misses out on the plurality and diversity of moral systems. Ironically, the historically most influential ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... Values are indicative of a sense of refinement and well being. The term value derives its origin from the self-reflective nature of human reason. It is humans alone who can transcend the animal instincts and have the knowledge of right and wrong, good and evil, ends and means etc.Morality or moral c ...
... Values are indicative of a sense of refinement and well being. The term value derives its origin from the self-reflective nature of human reason. It is humans alone who can transcend the animal instincts and have the knowledge of right and wrong, good and evil, ends and means etc.Morality or moral c ...
"Nihilism" encyclopedia entry - Victoria University of Wellington
... nihilist about just about anything: A philosopher who does not believe in the existence of knowledge, for example, might be called an “epistemological nihilist”; an atheist might be called a “religious nihilist.” In the vicinity of ethics, one should take care to distinguish moral nihilism from poli ...
... nihilist about just about anything: A philosopher who does not believe in the existence of knowledge, for example, might be called an “epistemological nihilist”; an atheist might be called a “religious nihilist.” In the vicinity of ethics, one should take care to distinguish moral nihilism from poli ...
Euthanasia
... Virtue Theory [I]f virtue theory is described as a moral right if the individual is acting in a manner which is in accordance with what a “good model citizen” would do then euthanasia can never be considered as the morally right thing to do. Aristotle also applied this concept to a manner of functio ...
... Virtue Theory [I]f virtue theory is described as a moral right if the individual is acting in a manner which is in accordance with what a “good model citizen” would do then euthanasia can never be considered as the morally right thing to do. Aristotle also applied this concept to a manner of functio ...
haidt.bjorklund.2008.. - Faculty Web Sites at the University of Virginia
... Marcus (2004) uses the metaphor that genes create the first draft of the brain, and experience edits it: “Nature bestows upon the newborn a considerably complex brain, but one that is best seen as prewired – flexible and subject to change – rather than hardwired, fixed, and immutable” (Marcus, 2004, ...
... Marcus (2004) uses the metaphor that genes create the first draft of the brain, and experience edits it: “Nature bestows upon the newborn a considerably complex brain, but one that is best seen as prewired – flexible and subject to change – rather than hardwired, fixed, and immutable” (Marcus, 2004, ...
Document
... In the case of abortion, a very strong justification is offered in terms of the rights a woman has over her own body [4]. In the case of after-birth abortion, this justification is lost. So even if the foetus and the newborn have the same moral status as only potential persons with similar time rela ...
... In the case of abortion, a very strong justification is offered in terms of the rights a woman has over her own body [4]. In the case of after-birth abortion, this justification is lost. So even if the foetus and the newborn have the same moral status as only potential persons with similar time rela ...
Relativism - Creighton University
... What about the claim that CR has the advantage of promoting tolerance? Rachels: One can criticize the moral values of other cultures & still be appreciative of many of their beliefs. [Cultural relativists are often very intolerant of those who claim that there are some universal moral truths. Ind ...
... What about the claim that CR has the advantage of promoting tolerance? Rachels: One can criticize the moral values of other cultures & still be appreciative of many of their beliefs. [Cultural relativists are often very intolerant of those who claim that there are some universal moral truths. Ind ...
Good Will, Duty, and the Categorical Imperative
... • We have seen that Kant thinks that the goodness of an act does not lie in its effects, but in the conception of the moral law according to which all rational agents should act, and so Kant is not a utilitarian or consequentialist. • In addition, Kant says that the conception of the correct moral l ...
... • We have seen that Kant thinks that the goodness of an act does not lie in its effects, but in the conception of the moral law according to which all rational agents should act, and so Kant is not a utilitarian or consequentialist. • In addition, Kant says that the conception of the correct moral l ...
The Intercultural Ethics Agenda from an Objectivist Point of View
... producing agreement: Gert’s “common morality” + Rawls “reflective equilibrium” – Much disagreement that appears moral is not about fundamental moral principles at all: much disagreement involves disagreement about how to apply shared principles or disagreement about factual matters that condition ap ...
... producing agreement: Gert’s “common morality” + Rawls “reflective equilibrium” – Much disagreement that appears moral is not about fundamental moral principles at all: much disagreement involves disagreement about how to apply shared principles or disagreement about factual matters that condition ap ...
Cultural Relativism
... idea that what is true and real exists independently of the mind. This opposition between realism and relativism was influenced by the work of Immanuel Kant in his (1788) Critique of Pure Reason, who argued that the material and social world is mediated through our minds: that people’s experience of ...
... idea that what is true and real exists independently of the mind. This opposition between realism and relativism was influenced by the work of Immanuel Kant in his (1788) Critique of Pure Reason, who argued that the material and social world is mediated through our minds: that people’s experience of ...
This paper thus proposes that only moderate forms of
... freedom of choice and the right to good health. According to Appiah, we would expect intervention to curb the practices of FGC to only have positive impacts since it is a form of wrongdoing. The case on FGC however differs from the case of the Tormentor as it is not a clear-cut violation of universa ...
... freedom of choice and the right to good health. According to Appiah, we would expect intervention to curb the practices of FGC to only have positive impacts since it is a form of wrongdoing. The case on FGC however differs from the case of the Tormentor as it is not a clear-cut violation of universa ...
Globalization versus Relativism: The Imperative of a Universal Ethics
... be seen through many windows, none of them necessarily clear or opaque, less or more distorting than any of the others”. As it relates to globalization therefore, relativism tend to be making two points namely; that globalization threatens the flourishing of unique and distinct cultures and must be ...
... be seen through many windows, none of them necessarily clear or opaque, less or more distorting than any of the others”. As it relates to globalization therefore, relativism tend to be making two points namely; that globalization threatens the flourishing of unique and distinct cultures and must be ...
Moral Inquiry - Blackwell Publishing
... Kant and Nietzsche are two of the most important moral theorists in terms of their impact on religious thought, but they hardly exhaust the possibilities for moral theory. The study of moral theory in the West since the seventeenth century has produced a variety of competing accounts of the basic pr ...
... Kant and Nietzsche are two of the most important moral theorists in terms of their impact on religious thought, but they hardly exhaust the possibilities for moral theory. The study of moral theory in the West since the seventeenth century has produced a variety of competing accounts of the basic pr ...
Minimal Ethics
... dealing with intuitions in moral philosophy brings us back to the problem of the use of facts in prescriptive theories. Moral intuitions, even if they have a prescriptive element (they point out what should be done, and what is allowed or forbidden), can also been dealt with as simple psychological ...
... dealing with intuitions in moral philosophy brings us back to the problem of the use of facts in prescriptive theories. Moral intuitions, even if they have a prescriptive element (they point out what should be done, and what is allowed or forbidden), can also been dealt with as simple psychological ...
Dr. Keith YN Ng
... – Right action comes to be defined in terms of moral principles chosen because of their logical comprehensiveness, universality and consistency – The ethical principles are abstract general principles dealing with justice, society’s welfare, equality of human rights, respect for the dignity of indiv ...
... – Right action comes to be defined in terms of moral principles chosen because of their logical comprehensiveness, universality and consistency – The ethical principles are abstract general principles dealing with justice, society’s welfare, equality of human rights, respect for the dignity of indiv ...
KV Institute of Management and Information Studies BA7402
... joint efforts and team spirit can lead an all round prosperity and success to everyone. 4. Self management: Indian ethos states that man should be able to control himself before he controls others. So every manager must manage himself before controlling his subordinates. He must know what are his st ...
... joint efforts and team spirit can lead an all round prosperity and success to everyone. 4. Self management: Indian ethos states that man should be able to control himself before he controls others. So every manager must manage himself before controlling his subordinates. He must know what are his st ...
DOC - A Level Philosophy
... than before because we are discovering real moral truths.) There are two responses noncognitivists can give. First, they can claim that there can be very real improvements in people’s moral views (individually or as a culture) if they become more rational. This can happen in several different ways. ...
... than before because we are discovering real moral truths.) There are two responses noncognitivists can give. First, they can claim that there can be very real improvements in people’s moral views (individually or as a culture) if they become more rational. This can happen in several different ways. ...