Ethics Course Handout - Oklahoma Physical Therapy Association
... getting one's way by cheating and manipulating. It appears to mean serving the dictates of greed and advantage rather than those of goodness and the desire to see justice prevail in the world. If that is the 'professionalism' you refer to, sir, I don't care much for it and have no wish to acquire it ...
... getting one's way by cheating and manipulating. It appears to mean serving the dictates of greed and advantage rather than those of goodness and the desire to see justice prevail in the world. If that is the 'professionalism' you refer to, sir, I don't care much for it and have no wish to acquire it ...
Is Procreative Beneficence Obligatory?
... unqualified claims, such as “those reasons [to select the child likely to ...
... unqualified claims, such as “those reasons [to select the child likely to ...
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 ...
Alasdair MacIntyre on the Enlightenment Project
... no substantial fundamental moral norm can be derived from an is and with that a denial that you can base ethics on an appeal to human nature. The claim to autonomy can either take the form of a Kantian rationalism where fundamental moral norms are taken to be a priori truths or a HumeanKierkegaardia ...
... no substantial fundamental moral norm can be derived from an is and with that a denial that you can base ethics on an appeal to human nature. The claim to autonomy can either take the form of a Kantian rationalism where fundamental moral norms are taken to be a priori truths or a HumeanKierkegaardia ...
Does Morality Demand our Very Best? On Moral Prescriptions and the Line of Duty
... wish they [educators] would spare them [students] examples of so-called noble (supermeritorious) actions… and would refer everything to duty only…”x Kant is here making a point about moral instruction. He claims that examples of the super-meritorious lead students to flights of moral fancy and self- ...
... wish they [educators] would spare them [students] examples of so-called noble (supermeritorious) actions… and would refer everything to duty only…”x Kant is here making a point about moral instruction. He claims that examples of the super-meritorious lead students to flights of moral fancy and self- ...
Nature of ethics
... thinking we imagined that Socrates would have come to if he had been challenged to the limit in the justification of his normative judgments. He did, in fact, arrive at this sort of thinking in other dialogues. It does not consist of empirical or historical inquiries and theories, nor does it involv ...
... thinking we imagined that Socrates would have come to if he had been challenged to the limit in the justification of his normative judgments. He did, in fact, arrive at this sort of thinking in other dialogues. It does not consist of empirical or historical inquiries and theories, nor does it involv ...
Moral Enhancement - Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
... Immorality of intoxication when it endangers others Immorality of not drinking coffee or taking modafinil when it endangers others ...
... Immorality of intoxication when it endangers others Immorality of not drinking coffee or taking modafinil when it endangers others ...
Set 6: Kantian Ethics
... MORAL DUTIES & OBLIGATIONS Kant focuses on what we ought to do, the moral duties that should guide our decision-making. • Even if the consequences are undesirable— unpleasant or even horrific—moral duty rules. • No exceptions! This bugs his critics! ...
... MORAL DUTIES & OBLIGATIONS Kant focuses on what we ought to do, the moral duties that should guide our decision-making. • Even if the consequences are undesirable— unpleasant or even horrific—moral duty rules. • No exceptions! This bugs his critics! ...
is there a moral code regardless of time and place?
... Spinoza's being a Jew theologian and Kant's being a Christian theologian may not be interesting. However, for example, Walter Benjamin among the Frankfurt School thinkers, quoting from Kant, says "if any action is to be morally good it is not enough that it should conform to the moral law, but it mu ...
... Spinoza's being a Jew theologian and Kant's being a Christian theologian may not be interesting. However, for example, Walter Benjamin among the Frankfurt School thinkers, quoting from Kant, says "if any action is to be morally good it is not enough that it should conform to the moral law, but it mu ...
Ethics and the Professions
... occur, and an understood/expected negative effect followed. Specifically, it seems that employers (in light of the statistics and complaints) know that the effect of pornographic spam on their employees is negative; therefore, employers would be behaving in an immoral way if they did not protect em ...
... occur, and an understood/expected negative effect followed. Specifically, it seems that employers (in light of the statistics and complaints) know that the effect of pornographic spam on their employees is negative; therefore, employers would be behaving in an immoral way if they did not protect em ...
Three types of modern virtue ethics
... the supermarket placing ingredients into his basket. Suppose he acts impulsively, ignores his list and buys what he wants. He leaves the supermarket and returns home. He has bought the wrong ingredients. He cannot blame his list, whether he or his partner wrote it. It is his fault. ...
... the supermarket placing ingredients into his basket. Suppose he acts impulsively, ignores his list and buys what he wants. He leaves the supermarket and returns home. He has bought the wrong ingredients. He cannot blame his list, whether he or his partner wrote it. It is his fault. ...
What is Fundamental Moral Theology? Lecture Dr. Thomas B
... An especially critical or discursive introduction prefaced to a literary work; preliminary remark; figurative: serving as an introduction to something. Fundamental moral theology—explains the why behind the judgments of concrete issues; examines the foundational concerns that underlie concrete judgm ...
... An especially critical or discursive introduction prefaced to a literary work; preliminary remark; figurative: serving as an introduction to something. Fundamental moral theology—explains the why behind the judgments of concrete issues; examines the foundational concerns that underlie concrete judgm ...
Memento`s Revenge: The Extended Mind
... world. This was the case of Otto and Inga. Inga hears of an intriguing exhibition at MOMA (the Museum of Modern Art in New York). She thinks, recalls it's on 53rd St, and sets off. Otto suffers from a mild form of Alzheimer's, and as a result he always carries a thick notebook. When Otto learns usef ...
... world. This was the case of Otto and Inga. Inga hears of an intriguing exhibition at MOMA (the Museum of Modern Art in New York). She thinks, recalls it's on 53rd St, and sets off. Otto suffers from a mild form of Alzheimer's, and as a result he always carries a thick notebook. When Otto learns usef ...
The `normativity of content` thesis is not about the normativity of
... is subject to a norm. In other words, the thesis deserves ‘the normativity of belief’ for what is subject to a norm is the activity of forming belief. There are two main further premises in the argument for CUCA. The second premise concerns the conceptual priority of belief to desire (and of course ...
... is subject to a norm. In other words, the thesis deserves ‘the normativity of belief’ for what is subject to a norm is the activity of forming belief. There are two main further premises in the argument for CUCA. The second premise concerns the conceptual priority of belief to desire (and of course ...
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... conception, which argues…. to an increased emphasis on the use of examples, for instance… He asks us to consider other key ideas such as foundationalism (……) and coherentism (….). Jamieson concludes that moral theories derive from moral theorising which is part of everyday life. ...
... conception, which argues…. to an increased emphasis on the use of examples, for instance… He asks us to consider other key ideas such as foundationalism (……) and coherentism (….). Jamieson concludes that moral theories derive from moral theorising which is part of everyday life. ...
Definition in Moral Discourse
... different ideas about what is (un)justified, (im)permissible etc, they will talk past each other even if they agree with the words of the definitions. (2) More seriously, these definitions beg the questions. Because the clarifying definitions are made for talking about the morality of lying, suicide ...
... different ideas about what is (un)justified, (im)permissible etc, they will talk past each other even if they agree with the words of the definitions. (2) More seriously, these definitions beg the questions. Because the clarifying definitions are made for talking about the morality of lying, suicide ...
introdcution to ethics - MDC Faculty Home Pages
... “ For me, as for others, faith provided the meaning of life and the possibility of living”. ~ Leo Tolstoy ...
... “ For me, as for others, faith provided the meaning of life and the possibility of living”. ~ Leo Tolstoy ...
Ethics – Handout 3 Ayer`s Emotivism
... anything more than if I had simply said, ‘You stole that money.’ In adding that this action is wrong, I am not making any further statement about it, I am simply evincing my moral disapproval about it. It is as if I had said, ‘You stole that money,’ in a peculiar tone of horror, or written with the ...
... anything more than if I had simply said, ‘You stole that money.’ In adding that this action is wrong, I am not making any further statement about it, I am simply evincing my moral disapproval about it. It is as if I had said, ‘You stole that money,’ in a peculiar tone of horror, or written with the ...
Four Types of Ethical Conflict
... factors: the action, the person who performs the action and the action's consequences. If the focus is on the action, we find that some actions are considered to be fundamentally wrong, no matter who performs them or what their consequences are. This focus of normative ethics is called deontology, f ...
... factors: the action, the person who performs the action and the action's consequences. If the focus is on the action, we find that some actions are considered to be fundamentally wrong, no matter who performs them or what their consequences are. This focus of normative ethics is called deontology, f ...
9 Deontology*
... rest on a common foundation. For Ross there is no test that principles must pass to earn their place on the list. Of the two deontological theories we have looked at so far, Kant’s and Ross’s, which is the more attractive? This depends, in part, on what one is looking for in a moral theory. Kant’s p ...
... rest on a common foundation. For Ross there is no test that principles must pass to earn their place on the list. Of the two deontological theories we have looked at so far, Kant’s and Ross’s, which is the more attractive? This depends, in part, on what one is looking for in a moral theory. Kant’s p ...
Shafer-Landua and Ethical Subjectivism - K
... 1. Suppose God legislates the moral rules. 2. Either He does so because these are the right rules, or not. 3. Suppose not. 4. Then God’s commands are arbitrary, and supply no authoritative moral reasons for actions (at most the reasons are prudential—one serve’s one’s best interests by obeying them; ...
... 1. Suppose God legislates the moral rules. 2. Either He does so because these are the right rules, or not. 3. Suppose not. 4. Then God’s commands are arbitrary, and supply no authoritative moral reasons for actions (at most the reasons are prudential—one serve’s one’s best interests by obeying them; ...
lecture
... • Kant’s main insight is this: If all men are rational and morality is rooted in reason, then morality will have the same content for all and make the same demand on everyone. Perfectly objective moral theory… ...
... • Kant’s main insight is this: If all men are rational and morality is rooted in reason, then morality will have the same content for all and make the same demand on everyone. Perfectly objective moral theory… ...
MORAL DEVELOPMENT and Kohlberg`s Theory of Moral
... difference between what a child can achieve independently and what a child can achieve with guidance and encouragement from a skilled partner or teacher. MORAL DEVELOPMENT and Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Reasoning Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg developed a theory that explained the development of mor ...
... difference between what a child can achieve independently and what a child can achieve with guidance and encouragement from a skilled partner or teacher. MORAL DEVELOPMENT and Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Reasoning Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg developed a theory that explained the development of mor ...
Review Article Reasons Consequentialism Benjamin Sachs Journal of Moral Philosophy 10 (2013) 671–682
... for one to desire or prefer it, then in fact act-consequentialism instructs us act in accordance with our reasons for preference or desire. And this is just what Portmore’s Act-Consequentialism says. By employing this reductionist theory of goodness Portmore renders consequentialism compatible with ...
... for one to desire or prefer it, then in fact act-consequentialism instructs us act in accordance with our reasons for preference or desire. And this is just what Portmore’s Act-Consequentialism says. By employing this reductionist theory of goodness Portmore renders consequentialism compatible with ...
Relativism—Descriptive and Normative
... Descriptive relativism is a theory in anthropology, not ethics. It is not a theory in ethics because it is not an evaluative or normative view. It does not say, nor does it imply, anything about how anyone ought to behave. Ethical (or normative) relativism says three things: 1. Each of us ought to f ...
... Descriptive relativism is a theory in anthropology, not ethics. It is not a theory in ethics because it is not an evaluative or normative view. It does not say, nor does it imply, anything about how anyone ought to behave. Ethical (or normative) relativism says three things: 1. Each of us ought to f ...