Theory of Moral Development
... adults and presenting them with stories where the main character faced a moral dilemma. • Best known dilemma – “Heinz case” ...
... adults and presenting them with stories where the main character faced a moral dilemma. • Best known dilemma – “Heinz case” ...
File - Tallis English & Philosophy
... and so can’t be known to be true or false. • If moral judgments aren’t true or false, we can’t reason about basic moral principles. • “X is good” simply means “Hurrah for X!” • so goodness and immorality are limited to our (societal?) preferences. – For example, the death penalty makes me feel nasty ...
... and so can’t be known to be true or false. • If moral judgments aren’t true or false, we can’t reason about basic moral principles. • “X is good” simply means “Hurrah for X!” • so goodness and immorality are limited to our (societal?) preferences. – For example, the death penalty makes me feel nasty ...
Abraham Lincoln:
... Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil. Civilization and Ethics, 1949 ...
... Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil. Civilization and Ethics, 1949 ...
Course curriculum - Wydział Prawa, Administracji i Ekonomii
... So act that you use humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, always at the same time as an end, never merely as a means. ...
... So act that you use humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, always at the same time as an end, never merely as a means. ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics
... In two or three brief, clear sentences answer the following questions. ...
... In two or three brief, clear sentences answer the following questions. ...
Alasdair MacIntyre
... • Outcome of a three-stage history: – 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 br ...
... • Outcome of a three-stage history: – 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 br ...
moraltheory
... • Aristotle: “fine” [able to make small distinctions] emotions part of identifying & resolving moral dilemmas. ...
... • Aristotle: “fine” [able to make small distinctions] emotions part of identifying & resolving moral dilemmas. ...
The Semantic Structure of Language
... The communication situation The meaning which is chosen will be influenced by the communication situation, e.g., by who the speaker is, who the audience is, the tradition of the culture. For example, a mother who is angry with her son for not doing his part of the family chores, may desire to tel ...
... The communication situation The meaning which is chosen will be influenced by the communication situation, e.g., by who the speaker is, who the audience is, the tradition of the culture. For example, a mother who is angry with her son for not doing his part of the family chores, may desire to tel ...
Cases 2: Critical reasoning
... personal taste? – In reality we do seem to treat moral positions as if they could be either true or false (eg when we try to convince someone of our conclusion). – Morals do seem to be based on reason as much as feeling – Where we use an evaluative adjective (like the cruel treatment of the mouse in ...
... personal taste? – In reality we do seem to treat moral positions as if they could be either true or false (eg when we try to convince someone of our conclusion). – Morals do seem to be based on reason as much as feeling – Where we use an evaluative adjective (like the cruel treatment of the mouse in ...
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
... Abstract questions about justification, i.e. what makes an action “right” or “good” What justifies infringing on another’s freedom? Appeal to principles or concepts to justify an act ...
... Abstract questions about justification, i.e. what makes an action “right” or “good” What justifies infringing on another’s freedom? Appeal to principles or concepts to justify an act ...
Kantian Ethics Kant was a deontologist – actions are right and
... Key example – [highlights a negative of Kantian theory] if a murderer was pursuing a friend who was hiding in your house and the murderer asked you if they were there, according to Kant it is your duty to be honest so you must tell them they are there. This would likely lead to your friend being mur ...
... Key example – [highlights a negative of Kantian theory] if a murderer was pursuing a friend who was hiding in your house and the murderer asked you if they were there, according to Kant it is your duty to be honest so you must tell them they are there. This would likely lead to your friend being mur ...
Moral Problems
... Thinking something to be so makes it so for the person who believes it. Individual relativism (pp.34-35) = collective relativism Thinking an action to be right makes it right for the individual or society that thinks it to be right. Objectivism: beliefs are made true not merely by believing them but ...
... Thinking something to be so makes it so for the person who believes it. Individual relativism (pp.34-35) = collective relativism Thinking an action to be right makes it right for the individual or society that thinks it to be right. Objectivism: beliefs are made true not merely by believing them but ...
Moral realism - A Level Philosophy
... disagree about whether it is right, we cannot appeal to any more ‘facts’ in the same way. What we would call ‘the facts’ seem to be all agreed, but the dispute about values remains. Value judgements always go beyond the facts. Of course, the realist will say there is one fact that has not been agree ...
... disagree about whether it is right, we cannot appeal to any more ‘facts’ in the same way. What we would call ‘the facts’ seem to be all agreed, but the dispute about values remains. Value judgements always go beyond the facts. Of course, the realist will say there is one fact that has not been agree ...
Moral judgments must be backed by good reasons.
... “We have to be careful who we take organs from, because there are a lot more than anencephalic infants out there.” ...
... “We have to be careful who we take organs from, because there are a lot more than anencephalic infants out there.” ...
Meta-ethics - Bloomsbury
... Nor can it be used to support the view that ‘ought’ can’t be derived from ‘is’. ...
... Nor can it be used to support the view that ‘ought’ can’t be derived from ‘is’. ...
Chapter 13 Theories Strengths and Weaknesses
... Limits the development of self; ignores the responsibility we have to others. Suggests people are slaves to selfinterest and lack freedom to make choices. ...
... Limits the development of self; ignores the responsibility we have to others. Suggests people are slaves to selfinterest and lack freedom to make choices. ...
An Internalist Dilemma - University of Colorado Boulder
... whereas it is less clear whether externalism is able to do so. At the same time, there is disagreement within the internalist camp about how strong the necessary relation between moral judgments and motivation should be understood to be. On strong internalism, it holds for all persons whereas it on ...
... whereas it is less clear whether externalism is able to do so. At the same time, there is disagreement within the internalist camp about how strong the necessary relation between moral judgments and motivation should be understood to be. On strong internalism, it holds for all persons whereas it on ...
Document
... The following is for educational purposes. Always seek professional advice regarding potential legal issues or ethical concerns. ...
... The following is for educational purposes. Always seek professional advice regarding potential legal issues or ethical concerns. ...
Introduction to Ethics Lecture 9 The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
... • 1. Human infants are helpless and cannot survive if they are not given extensive care for a period of years. • 2. Therefore, if a group did not care or its young, the young would not survive, and the older members of the group would not be replaced. • 3. Therefore, any cultural group that continue ...
... • 1. Human infants are helpless and cannot survive if they are not given extensive care for a period of years. • 2. Therefore, if a group did not care or its young, the young would not survive, and the older members of the group would not be replaced. • 3. Therefore, any cultural group that continue ...
Categorical Imperative
... • Kant argued that each person had a fundamental dignity that gives each person a value beyond price. • Thus, it is wrong to use people without their consent for our own selfish desires. • Morality requires that we always give others the opportunity to decide for themselves whether they wish to join ...
... • Kant argued that each person had a fundamental dignity that gives each person a value beyond price. • Thus, it is wrong to use people without their consent for our own selfish desires. • Morality requires that we always give others the opportunity to decide for themselves whether they wish to join ...
Subjectivism in Ethics
... according to Ethical Subjectivism, .it is not a fact that what they did was evil. When we say their actions were evil we are only saying that we have only negative feelings towards them. The same applies to any moral judgment whatever. ...
... according to Ethical Subjectivism, .it is not a fact that what they did was evil. When we say their actions were evil we are only saying that we have only negative feelings towards them. The same applies to any moral judgment whatever. ...
Moral Saints
... these persons for their moral commitments, we would not necessarily want them as friends, nor would we want out loved ones to be moral saints. ...
... these persons for their moral commitments, we would not necessarily want them as friends, nor would we want out loved ones to be moral saints. ...
lesson 8. Prescriptivism
... statements are not just expressions of our feelings. Moral language is also prescriptive, which means that it tells us how we ought to behave. ...
... statements are not just expressions of our feelings. Moral language is also prescriptive, which means that it tells us how we ought to behave. ...