Ch.14 Lecture Notes
... Consequences-decisions and commitments people make based on their beliefs, rituals, knowledge, or experience Consequences can be: Public: opposing abortion Private: sexual abstinence DISCUSS: What other consequences can you think of in popular religions? Religion in the United States Ch. 14, Sec ...
... Consequences-decisions and commitments people make based on their beliefs, rituals, knowledge, or experience Consequences can be: Public: opposing abortion Private: sexual abstinence DISCUSS: What other consequences can you think of in popular religions? Religion in the United States Ch. 14, Sec ...
Lesson 14: Ethics
... • Morality: The behavior of making value judgments. • We are faced with ethical decisions every day. • What is right or wrong, good or bad, ethical or not? • People make decisions based a set of values established early in life. • Values are beliefs, principles, standards, and qualities considered d ...
... • Morality: The behavior of making value judgments. • We are faced with ethical decisions every day. • What is right or wrong, good or bad, ethical or not? • People make decisions based a set of values established early in life. • Values are beliefs, principles, standards, and qualities considered d ...
Do you display ethical deeds?
... Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. It takes a person of strong character to treat others better then the way they are treated. ...
... Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. It takes a person of strong character to treat others better then the way they are treated. ...
Lesson Title
... nevertheless acting wrongly, as the Nuremburg Trials recognized, and the trial of Adolf Eichmann showed. - An unjust law, such as one that discriminates on the basis of race, is not a law (Martin Luther King Jr). - Slavery is wrong, and always was wrong, even when it had legal sanction. ...
... nevertheless acting wrongly, as the Nuremburg Trials recognized, and the trial of Adolf Eichmann showed. - An unjust law, such as one that discriminates on the basis of race, is not a law (Martin Luther King Jr). - Slavery is wrong, and always was wrong, even when it had legal sanction. ...
Philosophical Ethics - Bucknell University
... Do I ride the bus or drive my car in a gas shortage? ...
... Do I ride the bus or drive my car in a gas shortage? ...
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 ...
Ethics and Leadership
... Definition: Originally, doing the most loving thing in any situation. Love of neighbor is the supreme good. Fletcher’s original system saw love as the supreme ethic among many ethical demands Today, it has come to mean no absolutes at all, so everything is situational. ...
... Definition: Originally, doing the most loving thing in any situation. Love of neighbor is the supreme good. Fletcher’s original system saw love as the supreme ethic among many ethical demands Today, it has come to mean no absolutes at all, so everything is situational. ...
CHAPTER 1 - WHAT IS MORALITY
... 1. Supernatural existence cannot be proven. 2. Non religious people can be moral. 3. Religious foundation for ethics is difficult to establish. 4. Which religion would be best ethically? 5. How could it be shown that one religion is best? Therefore, no necessary connection between ethics and religio ...
... 1. Supernatural existence cannot be proven. 2. Non religious people can be moral. 3. Religious foundation for ethics is difficult to establish. 4. Which religion would be best ethically? 5. How could it be shown that one religion is best? Therefore, no necessary connection between ethics and religio ...
Thou shalt not kill: does morality exist
... history2 - these moral statements don‟t seem as powerful as the one prohibiting murder. These statements can be loosely categorised as supporting human rights, but the concept of human rights is a relatively recent one in our nation. In short I would argue these less powerful moral statements are i ...
... history2 - these moral statements don‟t seem as powerful as the one prohibiting murder. These statements can be loosely categorised as supporting human rights, but the concept of human rights is a relatively recent one in our nation. In short I would argue these less powerful moral statements are i ...
Lesson 14: Ethics
... • Morality: The behavior of making value judgments. • We are faced with ethical decisions every day. • What is right or wrong, good or bad, ethical or not? • People make decisions based a set of values established early in life. • Values are beliefs, principles, standards, and qualities considered d ...
... • Morality: The behavior of making value judgments. • We are faced with ethical decisions every day. • What is right or wrong, good or bad, ethical or not? • People make decisions based a set of values established early in life. • Values are beliefs, principles, standards, and qualities considered d ...
Aristotle on Human Excellence
... pleasures (like using one’s mind, creativity, doing good deeds, having friends) are more desirable and make life more worth living than mere bodily sensations. ...
... pleasures (like using one’s mind, creativity, doing good deeds, having friends) are more desirable and make life more worth living than mere bodily sensations. ...
Chapter 6
... perspective and allow for the well being of others • Utilitarianism: Seeks the greatest good for the greatest number of people – Rule utilitarians determine behavior based on principles designed to promote the greatest utility – Act utilitarians examine a specific action itself, ...
... perspective and allow for the well being of others • Utilitarianism: Seeks the greatest good for the greatest number of people – Rule utilitarians determine behavior based on principles designed to promote the greatest utility – Act utilitarians examine a specific action itself, ...
Moral judgments must be backed by good reasons.
... Rachels’ response: Discrimination against the handicapped? ...
... Rachels’ response: Discrimination against the handicapped? ...
Ethical problems with sacred texts
... the word of God,the supreme moral authority. But as Jews who are mandated to imitate the divine moral attributes we cannot simply dispose of our intellectual and ethical difficulties by rejecting our own reason and conscience. After all, the Talmud mandates the utilization of our intelligence for th ...
... the word of God,the supreme moral authority. But as Jews who are mandated to imitate the divine moral attributes we cannot simply dispose of our intellectual and ethical difficulties by rejecting our own reason and conscience. After all, the Talmud mandates the utilization of our intelligence for th ...
OBJECTIONS TO CHRISTIANITY RELATIVISM
... How could a good all powerful God allow evil? How can you prove God exists? Evolution disproves Christianity Miracles are not possible so Christianity is false Truth is relative All Christians are hypocrites so Christianity is false How could a loving God send people to hell? The Bible is just a boo ...
... How could a good all powerful God allow evil? How can you prove God exists? Evolution disproves Christianity Miracles are not possible so Christianity is false Truth is relative All Christians are hypocrites so Christianity is false How could a loving God send people to hell? The Bible is just a boo ...
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... is great harm in both, although they have some benefits for men; but their harm is far greater than their benefits.” They ask you what they should give in alms. Say: “What you can spare.” Thus God makes plain to you His revelations so that you may reflect upon this world and the hereafter. They ques ...
... is great harm in both, although they have some benefits for men; but their harm is far greater than their benefits.” They ask you what they should give in alms. Say: “What you can spare.” Thus God makes plain to you His revelations so that you may reflect upon this world and the hereafter. They ques ...
Lecture 9, Traditional Ethical Theories, Kant
... Virtue consists of realizing our natural human potential as rational animals (our telos). The cultivation of human virtues ...
... Virtue consists of realizing our natural human potential as rational animals (our telos). The cultivation of human virtues ...
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
... Do we require a unique environmental ethics? What is the scope of our obligations? Agent and patient: The “really hard question” of the beings in the class of moral patients. Widening the circle of moral considerability! ...
... Do we require a unique environmental ethics? What is the scope of our obligations? Agent and patient: The “really hard question” of the beings in the class of moral patients. Widening the circle of moral considerability! ...
Virtue Ethics
... Virtue consists of realizing our natural human potential as rational animals (our telos) Eudemonia (happiness, the good life) is achieved through the cultivation of human virtues, such as wisdom, justice, courage, generosity, kindness and moderation. ...
... Virtue consists of realizing our natural human potential as rational animals (our telos) Eudemonia (happiness, the good life) is achieved through the cultivation of human virtues, such as wisdom, justice, courage, generosity, kindness and moderation. ...
Medical Ethics
... Problem of Consistency, conflicting guidance in and between codes Problem of Questionable Morality, on abortion, euthanasia, lies Codes are more to do with etiquette, social and economic niceties and maintaining a monopoly than with morality Codes are not normative, ANACHRONISTIC and thus objectiona ...
... Problem of Consistency, conflicting guidance in and between codes Problem of Questionable Morality, on abortion, euthanasia, lies Codes are more to do with etiquette, social and economic niceties and maintaining a monopoly than with morality Codes are not normative, ANACHRONISTIC and thus objectiona ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics
... Cultural relativism is the descriptive view that different groups of people have different moral standards for evaluating acts as right or wrong, hence, it is an ethical doctrine, sociological or observational conclusion. 4. Describe ethics as subjectivism. ...
... Cultural relativism is the descriptive view that different groups of people have different moral standards for evaluating acts as right or wrong, hence, it is an ethical doctrine, sociological or observational conclusion. 4. Describe ethics as subjectivism. ...