Philosophers in Jesuit Education Eastern APA Meetings, December 2011 Discussion Starter
... of moral self-improvement as a deeply personal undertaking, one into which other people, for the most part, have no business sticking their collective noses. I will conclude the opposite—that we have moral reason to try to improve not just our own characters, but the characters of our friends as wel ...
... of moral self-improvement as a deeply personal undertaking, one into which other people, for the most part, have no business sticking their collective noses. I will conclude the opposite—that we have moral reason to try to improve not just our own characters, but the characters of our friends as wel ...
Group1 - Southern University College
... 6. Deontology focuses on the consequences of others' actions. 7. According to Sartre, we cannot commit ourselves to any particular belief or religion. 8. The intensity of pleasure, according to Bentham, is simply a measure of how intense a pleasure is estimated to be. 9. The doctrine of the mean sta ...
... 6. Deontology focuses on the consequences of others' actions. 7. According to Sartre, we cannot commit ourselves to any particular belief or religion. 8. The intensity of pleasure, according to Bentham, is simply a measure of how intense a pleasure is estimated to be. 9. The doctrine of the mean sta ...
Humanist Discussion Group
... differentiation of intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are "good" (or right) and those that are "bad" (or wrong). The philosophy of morality is ethics. A moral code is a system of morality (according to a particular philosophy, religion, culture, etc.) and a moral is any one practi ...
... differentiation of intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are "good" (or right) and those that are "bad" (or wrong). The philosophy of morality is ethics. A moral code is a system of morality (according to a particular philosophy, religion, culture, etc.) and a moral is any one practi ...
Phil 160
... maxim. It is too specific. Only a general principle of action is a maxim. Anybody at any given time, could in principle go to a Chipotle, so it can be universal. ...
... maxim. It is too specific. Only a general principle of action is a maxim. Anybody at any given time, could in principle go to a Chipotle, so it can be universal. ...
Reasons and Beliefs
... second of these views – we’ll call it ‘statism’.2 Among those who endorse statism, Jonathan Dancy enjoys a prominent position, partly because of the innovativeness of his argumentation, and partly because of the extremeness of his position. Dancy argues (especially in his book Practical Reality) th ...
... second of these views – we’ll call it ‘statism’.2 Among those who endorse statism, Jonathan Dancy enjoys a prominent position, partly because of the innovativeness of his argumentation, and partly because of the extremeness of his position. Dancy argues (especially in his book Practical Reality) th ...
BUSINESS ETHICS
... than cheating, although cheating can make me graduate. 4. Moral standards are based on impartial considerations. Another way of expressing this is ‘universalizable’ or taking the point of view of an ‘ideal observer.’ Still, this impartiality must be balanced with partiality towards those we have a s ...
... than cheating, although cheating can make me graduate. 4. Moral standards are based on impartial considerations. Another way of expressing this is ‘universalizable’ or taking the point of view of an ‘ideal observer.’ Still, this impartiality must be balanced with partiality towards those we have a s ...
Basis-for-Medical
... that it makes the moral agent, the person who must act, the centre of moral concern. He/she must do what is morally required by the rules even if, for instance, the breaking of one of these rules would give the patient what he wants and chooses, and even if it would result in a decrease in suffering ...
... that it makes the moral agent, the person who must act, the centre of moral concern. He/she must do what is morally required by the rules even if, for instance, the breaking of one of these rules would give the patient what he wants and chooses, and even if it would result in a decrease in suffering ...
James Rachels: The Debate over Utilitarianism
... 1. Explain the legend of Gyges. What questions about morality are raised by the story? The Legend of Gyses is all about a shepherd who found a ring in a fissure cause by an earthquake, which the ring can make the wearer invisible and enable him to go anywhere and do anything undetected. Gyges use th ...
... 1. Explain the legend of Gyges. What questions about morality are raised by the story? The Legend of Gyses is all about a shepherd who found a ring in a fissure cause by an earthquake, which the ring can make the wearer invisible and enable him to go anywhere and do anything undetected. Gyges use th ...
Moral Discourse
... The objective of this 10 slide presentation is to: Identify “roadblocks” to moral discourse. Give your “roadblock” in class 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 ...
... The objective of this 10 slide presentation is to: Identify “roadblocks” to moral discourse. Give your “roadblock” in class 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 ...
Introduction to Ethics Lecture 10 Ayer and Emotivism
... Emotivism fails to capture two of our key intuitions about morality: 1-the objectivity of morality. ...
... Emotivism fails to capture two of our key intuitions about morality: 1-the objectivity of morality. ...
Liberal Neutrality: A Compelling and Radical Principle
... take it that this includes all but the most severely injured, insane or psychopathic personalities.20 In any event, we shall see that this narrowing of the set of agents serves only to make the principle of neutrality less radical; those who seek to broaden the set will also even further radicalize ...
... take it that this includes all but the most severely injured, insane or psychopathic personalities.20 In any event, we shall see that this narrowing of the set of agents serves only to make the principle of neutrality less radical; those who seek to broaden the set will also even further radicalize ...
The Demand for Justification in Ethics - MyWeb
... The fundamental answer, I suggest, is the first one Sidgwick in effect gave: we have a stake in ethics that we do not have in mathematics or in physics. Our inclinations, whether egoistic or altruistic or neither, often conflict with our moral intuitions, with our putative awareness of moral truth, ...
... The fundamental answer, I suggest, is the first one Sidgwick in effect gave: we have a stake in ethics that we do not have in mathematics or in physics. Our inclinations, whether egoistic or altruistic or neither, often conflict with our moral intuitions, with our putative awareness of moral truth, ...
Ethics – Handout 8 Foot, “What Is Moral Relativism?”
... true-by-ancient-mexican-standards and false-by-our-standards. We should interpret MR as making the same kind of claim: we can’t emply two sets of standards in one breath. (8) Stace’s second claim: a relativist is committed to the conclusion that if someone things something is right, then it’s right ...
... true-by-ancient-mexican-standards and false-by-our-standards. We should interpret MR as making the same kind of claim: we can’t emply two sets of standards in one breath. (8) Stace’s second claim: a relativist is committed to the conclusion that if someone things something is right, then it’s right ...
Introduction to Ethics Lecture 10 Ayer and Emotivism
... Emotivism fails to capture two of our key intuitions about morality: 1-the objectivity of morality. ...
... Emotivism fails to capture two of our key intuitions about morality: 1-the objectivity of morality. ...
Applied Ethics/Critical Thinking
... Why Be Moral? • The question really asks: – Why should I judge my actions by any standard other than how they affect my own self-interest? • Ethical Egoism: The pursuit and promotion of one’s own self-interest and well-being are the only criteria of right action. ...
... Why Be Moral? • The question really asks: – Why should I judge my actions by any standard other than how they affect my own self-interest? • Ethical Egoism: The pursuit and promotion of one’s own self-interest and well-being are the only criteria of right action. ...
Thou shalt not kill: does morality exist
... Judaeo-Christian God exist rather then Odin or Baal?); and finally I personally do not believe in the existence of a God who is interested in human society (I can‟t rule out the possibility of an Aristotelian Prime Mover: it is a meaningless proposition as it can‟t be falsified). ...
... Judaeo-Christian God exist rather then Odin or Baal?); and finally I personally do not believe in the existence of a God who is interested in human society (I can‟t rule out the possibility of an Aristotelian Prime Mover: it is a meaningless proposition as it can‟t be falsified). ...
Moral Reasoning
... It’s only “natural” to accept this conclusion if one holds certain beliefs about traditional mystical spiritual principles and modern communities. These beliefs, which are assumed in the example above, would need to be stated as premises in the fully explicit version of the argument. ...
... It’s only “natural” to accept this conclusion if one holds certain beliefs about traditional mystical spiritual principles and modern communities. These beliefs, which are assumed in the example above, would need to be stated as premises in the fully explicit version of the argument. ...
dworkin on external skepticism
... If I am right that this is the best way to understand at least some of the arguments for external error skepticism, then Dworkin’s guiding argument that external error skepticism about morality actually rests on a substantive moral claim should begin to look quite implausible. What, for example, is ...
... If I am right that this is the best way to understand at least some of the arguments for external error skepticism, then Dworkin’s guiding argument that external error skepticism about morality actually rests on a substantive moral claim should begin to look quite implausible. What, for example, is ...
ayers emotivism - mrslh Philosophy & Ethics
... determined simply by understanding the terms that occur in them. Examples of analytic statements are statements of mathematics or logic. E.g. ‘All bachelors are unmarried men.’ ‘All red parrots are red.’ ‘All triangles have three sides’ S Synthetic statements – the truth of falsity of the statement ...
... determined simply by understanding the terms that occur in them. Examples of analytic statements are statements of mathematics or logic. E.g. ‘All bachelors are unmarried men.’ ‘All red parrots are red.’ ‘All triangles have three sides’ S Synthetic statements – the truth of falsity of the statement ...
Ethics - David Kelsey`s Philosophy Home Page
... – non-factual claims that assert that some moral property such as Rightness is instantiated in some object or action or event. ...
... – non-factual claims that assert that some moral property such as Rightness is instantiated in some object or action or event. ...
Morality as a Value Criterion and a Social Fact
... there is no necessity to set any end, as the setting is by supposition free, i.e. must not be unavoidable. Freedom is the capacity to do something in a way that would not happen without action. Values are the product of freedom – all values, both positive and negative ones. We may distinguish moral ...
... there is no necessity to set any end, as the setting is by supposition free, i.e. must not be unavoidable. Freedom is the capacity to do something in a way that would not happen without action. Values are the product of freedom – all values, both positive and negative ones. We may distinguish moral ...
Slide 1
... In moral decision making, asking the question what reminds us that moral decision making occurs only when real people make choices in concrete situations (p.126) ◦ We need to know more about the situation, whether it is opinion, observation based on fact ◦ What allows us to “know” what we are talkin ...
... In moral decision making, asking the question what reminds us that moral decision making occurs only when real people make choices in concrete situations (p.126) ◦ We need to know more about the situation, whether it is opinion, observation based on fact ◦ What allows us to “know” what we are talkin ...
The Ethics of War
... • Is Vènuste reponsible for his brother’s death? • Did he do the right thing? ...
... • Is Vènuste reponsible for his brother’s death? • Did he do the right thing? ...
A vague statement - David Kelsey`s Philosophy Home Page
... – it is unclear what proposition the sentence asserts at all. – It could be any one of a number of propositions ...
... – it is unclear what proposition the sentence asserts at all. – It could be any one of a number of propositions ...