Ethics - Lagemaat - TOK-eisj
... possibility of moral knowledge claim that moral values and judgements are simply matters of taste. • We expect people to justify their valuejudgements and support them with reasons. • A simple model: Commonly agreed moral principle. • Cheating on a test is wrong • Tom cheated on the test • Therefore ...
... possibility of moral knowledge claim that moral values and judgements are simply matters of taste. • We expect people to justify their valuejudgements and support them with reasons. • A simple model: Commonly agreed moral principle. • Cheating on a test is wrong • Tom cheated on the test • Therefore ...
chapter 5. cultural relativism.
... culture to determine whether an action is right or wrong. For instance, some years ago South Africa’s culture supported discrimination against black people (apartheid) but such cultural belief did not make apartheid moral. Some cultures supported slavery and antiSemitism but not to condemn such prac ...
... culture to determine whether an action is right or wrong. For instance, some years ago South Africa’s culture supported discrimination against black people (apartheid) but such cultural belief did not make apartheid moral. Some cultures supported slavery and antiSemitism but not to condemn such prac ...
ILA Powerpoint - Society for Personality and Social Psychology
... decide what is right vs. wrong? • When (and why) do people act in ways that are ...
... decide what is right vs. wrong? • When (and why) do people act in ways that are ...
What is Ethical Relativism?
... Against: Uncertainty, even not knowing, does not prove there is nothing to know. In a complex moral situation, I may be uncertain about what is the right thing to do. I may indeed have to simply act according to my conscience, i.e., what I believe to be right. But this does not prove that morality i ...
... Against: Uncertainty, even not knowing, does not prove there is nothing to know. In a complex moral situation, I may be uncertain about what is the right thing to do. I may indeed have to simply act according to my conscience, i.e., what I believe to be right. But this does not prove that morality i ...
Cultural Relativism
... Where there are many different kinds of relativism—epistemological, moral, cultural, cognitive—they have two features in common: • They assert that one thing (e.g. moral values, knowledge, meaning) is relative to a particular framework (e.g. the individual subject, a culture, an era, or a language) ...
... Where there are many different kinds of relativism—epistemological, moral, cultural, cognitive—they have two features in common: • They assert that one thing (e.g. moral values, knowledge, meaning) is relative to a particular framework (e.g. the individual subject, a culture, an era, or a language) ...
Introduction to Ethical Theory II
... matters is an action's consequences. They claim that what matters is the kind of action it is. What matters is doing our duty. There are many kinds of deontological theory ...
... matters is an action's consequences. They claim that what matters is the kind of action it is. What matters is doing our duty. There are many kinds of deontological theory ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics
... ANS: The real foundation or roots of ethics to me come from ones culture; also it could be what our creator already hid in our hearts, even what one have learn in studying different cultures. This answer is great. It indicates that you are considering what the real answer might be for you. As we lea ...
... ANS: The real foundation or roots of ethics to me come from ones culture; also it could be what our creator already hid in our hearts, even what one have learn in studying different cultures. This answer is great. It indicates that you are considering what the real answer might be for you. As we lea ...
Rough draft of Test #1 PHL 205 Relativism: Please answer one of
... What is Rachels’s problem with Emotivism? How does an Emotivist (like Stevenson, as described by Rachels) understand ethical disagreement? Why did Wittgenstein think there are no truths about ethics? Try to put his reasons in your own words. ...
... What is Rachels’s problem with Emotivism? How does an Emotivist (like Stevenson, as described by Rachels) understand ethical disagreement? Why did Wittgenstein think there are no truths about ethics? Try to put his reasons in your own words. ...
Ethical Principles
... then determine on a case by case basis whether an action is morally right or wrong i.e. wasting time by watching TV is morally wrong since our time could be spent on charity work for greater ...
... then determine on a case by case basis whether an action is morally right or wrong i.e. wasting time by watching TV is morally wrong since our time could be spent on charity work for greater ...
Ethics – Handout 8 Foot, “What Is Moral Relativism?”
... (4) Question: In those situations in which the differences in the applications of concepts between different societies are so widespread and irresolvable as to make relativism tempting, why are we so confident that at different times and in different places the judgments are about the same thing? ( ...
... (4) Question: In those situations in which the differences in the applications of concepts between different societies are so widespread and irresolvable as to make relativism tempting, why are we so confident that at different times and in different places the judgments are about the same thing? ( ...
BA 28 Chapter 2
... Based on the premise that people can use reasoning to reach ethical decisions. This theory would have people behave according to the categorical imperative: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” ...
... Based on the premise that people can use reasoning to reach ethical decisions. This theory would have people behave according to the categorical imperative: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” ...
Ethics in a Pluralist World
... Descriptive Moral Relativism establishes only that there are deeply held disagreements. Morality is either a culturally-rooted and tradition-specific, or a personal and highly subjective affair: Descriptive Moral Relativism (DMR). As a matter of empirical fact, there are deep and widespread moral di ...
... Descriptive Moral Relativism establishes only that there are deeply held disagreements. Morality is either a culturally-rooted and tradition-specific, or a personal and highly subjective affair: Descriptive Moral Relativism (DMR). As a matter of empirical fact, there are deep and widespread moral di ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics
... ANS: what ethical subjectivism is compatible with moral absolutism, in that the individual or society to whose attitudes moral propositions refer can hold some moral principle to apply regardless of circumstances? (That is, a moral principle can be relative to an individual, but not relative to circ ...
... ANS: what ethical subjectivism is compatible with moral absolutism, in that the individual or society to whose attitudes moral propositions refer can hold some moral principle to apply regardless of circumstances? (That is, a moral principle can be relative to an individual, but not relative to circ ...
Relativism - Creighton University
... Rachels on Cultural Relativism Another argument for a connection between Mill’s ideas and the current relativism is rooted in Mill’s individualism. Extreme individualism fosters the view that each person’s beliefs and values are valid for him or her; there are no objective beliefs and values. Eac ...
... Rachels on Cultural Relativism Another argument for a connection between Mill’s ideas and the current relativism is rooted in Mill’s individualism. Extreme individualism fosters the view that each person’s beliefs and values are valid for him or her; there are no objective beliefs and values. Eac ...
Department of Language Linguistics and Philosophy
... Can fatalism, determinism and freedom co-exist in reality? If you believe they can, explain their compatibility. If you do not believe they can, justify your reasons. ...
... Can fatalism, determinism and freedom co-exist in reality? If you believe they can, explain their compatibility. If you do not believe they can, justify your reasons. ...
Kerns Relativism and Essentialism
... Almost everyone who thinks about it will probably find that they are already in one of the two camps, even 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 tw ...
... Almost everyone who thinks about it will probably find that they are already in one of the two camps, even 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 tw ...
Chapter One: Moral Reasons
... Individual relativism: Moral truths are not absolute but relative to individuals. – Whether an act is right or wrong depends on the convictions of the person performing it and not on an absolute standard. ...
... Individual relativism: Moral truths are not absolute but relative to individuals. – Whether an act is right or wrong depends on the convictions of the person performing it and not on an absolute standard. ...
Ethical Challenges
... • What about the inherent paradox? Two rules in direct conflict: how can both be right at the same time? • How can there be morality with no independent rules then? *It is important to distinguish between our opinions of morality and morality itself ...
... • What about the inherent paradox? Two rules in direct conflict: how can both be right at the same time? • How can there be morality with no independent rules then? *It is important to distinguish between our opinions of morality and morality itself ...
Strategic Leadership
... – Are there Universal rules & Ethics – Or are all ethics relative to culture? ...
... – Are there Universal rules & Ethics – Or are all ethics relative to culture? ...
Andrew Baker - Georgetown Commons
... (Pojman, 1994, p.240). Pojman asserts that this anthropological thesis is fairly self evident. There are few, if any, universal moral codes that apply within all cultures. Conventional ethical relativism uses cultural relativism as its base, and further states that “all valid moral principles are ju ...
... (Pojman, 1994, p.240). Pojman asserts that this anthropological thesis is fairly self evident. There are few, if any, universal moral codes that apply within all cultures. Conventional ethical relativism uses cultural relativism as its base, and further states that “all valid moral principles are ju ...
CRITICAL THINKING REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM
... Giving the results of a study Possible ways a causal hypothesis can be wrong Reverse cause and effect Ignore coincidence Overlooking the possibility that both items mentioned might have a third common cause Distinguishing between arguments and explanations ...
... Giving the results of a study Possible ways a causal hypothesis can be wrong Reverse cause and effect Ignore coincidence Overlooking the possibility that both items mentioned might have a third common cause Distinguishing between arguments and explanations ...
Absolute Truth - Tom Parnelle.Com
... have they become angry? What basis do they have for their anger? You can't be appalled by an injustice, or anything else for that matter, unless an absolute has somehow been violated. Relativists often argue, "Everybody can believe whatever they want!" It makes us wonder, why are they arguing? We fi ...
... have they become angry? What basis do they have for their anger? You can't be appalled by an injustice, or anything else for that matter, unless an absolute has somehow been violated. Relativists often argue, "Everybody can believe whatever they want!" It makes us wonder, why are they arguing? We fi ...
pragmatism and relativism
... Furthermore, since there are no objective independent moral standards we can appeal to, we can’t settle the issue of what is right and wrong by evoking such standards. Does this mean that everything goes? That there is no difference between right and wrong? Some absolutists are eager to attack relat ...
... Furthermore, since there are no objective independent moral standards we can appeal to, we can’t settle the issue of what is right and wrong by evoking such standards. Does this mean that everything goes? That there is no difference between right and wrong? Some absolutists are eager to attack relat ...
Moral Problems
... 3. Religious ethics makes it difficult for non-religious people, or people of a different religion, to be ethical. ...
... 3. Religious ethics makes it difficult for non-religious people, or people of a different religion, to be ethical. ...