Practice Quiz - General Ethics
... d) Bentham and Mill were bossy people. e) self-improvement is its first goal. ...
... d) Bentham and Mill were bossy people. e) self-improvement is its first goal. ...
John Stuart Mill
... would be any contradiction, any logical (not to say physical) impossibility, in the adoption by all rational beings of the most outrageously immoral rules of conduct. (Mill) Questions of ultimate ends are not amenable to direct proof. Whatever can be proved to be good, must be so by being shown to b ...
... would be any contradiction, any logical (not to say physical) impossibility, in the adoption by all rational beings of the most outrageously immoral rules of conduct. (Mill) Questions of ultimate ends are not amenable to direct proof. Whatever can be proved to be good, must be so by being shown to b ...
Utilitarianism
... • A leader in the legal reform movement in England; founding father of utilitarianism • His principle of utility, that one should act to produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people, was the central theme of utilitarianism and slowly worked its way into the confusion of rules and stat ...
... • A leader in the legal reform movement in England; founding father of utilitarianism • His principle of utility, that one should act to produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people, was the central theme of utilitarianism and slowly worked its way into the confusion of rules and stat ...
Epicurus and Lucretius
... Several of my sources point out that he is the first person to have developed a contractarian theory of justice: society is based upon mutual agreement to neither harm nor be harmed, his definition of justice. Men are not by nature just, but reason tells us that it is desirable to enter into such ag ...
... Several of my sources point out that he is the first person to have developed a contractarian theory of justice: society is based upon mutual agreement to neither harm nor be harmed, his definition of justice. Men are not by nature just, but reason tells us that it is desirable to enter into such ag ...
Aristotle on Human Excellence
... theory will require the use of unjust means whenever doing so is likely to produce a greater balance of pleasure. This would permit a policy of punishing the innocent to avert a riot, to deter wrongdoers, etc. Utilitarians may respond by pointing out that, in fact, no society which falsely accuses i ...
... theory will require the use of unjust means whenever doing so is likely to produce a greater balance of pleasure. This would permit a policy of punishing the innocent to avert a riot, to deter wrongdoers, etc. Utilitarians may respond by pointing out that, in fact, no society which falsely accuses i ...
Moral Reasoning
... Note that universalizability is not the same as universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If yo ...
... Note that universalizability is not the same as universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If yo ...
Moral Reasoning
... Note that universalizability is not the same as universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If yo ...
... Note that universalizability is not the same as universality. Kant’s point is not that we would all agree on some rule if it is moral. Instead, we must be able to will that it be made universal; the idea is very much like the golden rule – “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” If yo ...
Document
... from the Greek word for dog, originally because Antisthenes taught at the Cynosarges (Dogfish) gymnasium, which had been set up for the poor of Athens. • involves living the simple life in order that the soul can be set free. • “back to nature” type of philosophy • eliminating one’s needs and posses ...
... from the Greek word for dog, originally because Antisthenes taught at the Cynosarges (Dogfish) gymnasium, which had been set up for the poor of Athens. • involves living the simple life in order that the soul can be set free. • “back to nature” type of philosophy • eliminating one’s needs and posses ...
File - Philosophy For Life
... • Application: How easy is the theory to apply to real world situations? • Realism: How realistic is the theory in its view of human nature? • Motivation: How does this theory answer the question: why should I be moral? Acronym D(/C).A.R.M learn and apply to any theory ...
... • Application: How easy is the theory to apply to real world situations? • Realism: How realistic is the theory in its view of human nature? • Motivation: How does this theory answer the question: why should I be moral? Acronym D(/C).A.R.M learn and apply to any theory ...
Philosophical Schools of Thought
... circumstances Moral judgments are neither true or false Truth & false can only be interpreted by each individual ...
... circumstances Moral judgments are neither true or false Truth & false can only be interpreted by each individual ...