Introduction to Ethics Lecture 9 The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
... – 2. We could decide whether actions are right or wrong just by consulting the standards of our society. • To find right action we must simply consult our societies moral code. • But then on this view we cannot even criticize our own societies moral code. • But is our societies moral code really per ...
... – 2. We could decide whether actions are right or wrong just by consulting the standards of our society. • To find right action we must simply consult our societies moral code. • But then on this view we cannot even criticize our own societies moral code. • But is our societies moral code really per ...
Ethics in Dentistry:
... Descends from Classical Hellenistic tradition: • Instead of looking at rules of obligation, we should be focusing on making good people, cultivating people of good character. • Moral virtues are understood as morally praiseworthy character traits, such as courage, compassion, sincerity, reliability, ...
... Descends from Classical Hellenistic tradition: • Instead of looking at rules of obligation, we should be focusing on making good people, cultivating people of good character. • Moral virtues are understood as morally praiseworthy character traits, such as courage, compassion, sincerity, reliability, ...
Relativism - A Level Philosophy
... Becoming more consistent (applying principles more broadly) Suppose it were true that slaves have lower IQs – should all people who have lower IQs be enslaved? Treatment of animals (pets v. laboratory experiments v. food) ...
... Becoming more consistent (applying principles more broadly) Suppose it were true that slaves have lower IQs – should all people who have lower IQs be enslaved? Treatment of animals (pets v. laboratory experiments v. food) ...
Relativism
... Becoming more consistent (applying principles more broadly) Suppose it were true that slaves have lower IQs – should all people who have lower IQs be enslaved? Treatment of animals (pets v. laboratory experiments v. food) ...
... Becoming more consistent (applying principles more broadly) Suppose it were true that slaves have lower IQs – should all people who have lower IQs be enslaved? Treatment of animals (pets v. laboratory experiments v. food) ...
Morality Quotient
... they be “made up for” with “extra” moral actions. We humans are not programmed to be able to accept some unethical behavior along with some that is ethical. Think about a time when you experienced a breach of trust. Did you decide that the person who created the breach was basically an OK guy or gal ...
... they be “made up for” with “extra” moral actions. We humans are not programmed to be able to accept some unethical behavior along with some that is ethical. Think about a time when you experienced a breach of trust. Did you decide that the person who created the breach was basically an OK guy or gal ...
Three Independent Factors in Morals
... however could law and obligation be identified, without the exercise of mere dialectical skill, with a rational adaptation of means to ends. Moreover the failure of the Greeks to achieve success in practical political administration, their irreparable factiousness and instability, was calculated to ...
... however could law and obligation be identified, without the exercise of mere dialectical skill, with a rational adaptation of means to ends. Moreover the failure of the Greeks to achieve success in practical political administration, their irreparable factiousness and instability, was calculated to ...
Morality as a Value Criterion and a Social Fact
... is a very peculiar criterion of evaluation, and, second, it is a social fact. These two parts are both necessarily present in morality. One aspect of the specificity of morality is visible in the domain of its application: the acts and their aggregates, practices and policies. There are two demarcat ...
... is a very peculiar criterion of evaluation, and, second, it is a social fact. These two parts are both necessarily present in morality. One aspect of the specificity of morality is visible in the domain of its application: the acts and their aggregates, practices and policies. There are two demarcat ...
Cultural Relativism
... views and that our own moral views as well as those of our society may be mistaken. ...
... views and that our own moral views as well as those of our society may be mistaken. ...
Deontological Ethics - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals trans. H.J. Paton as The Moral Law. Thought developed in the later, Metaphysic of Morals. Key reading – Brad Hooker, ‘Kant’s normative ethics’, RJP issue 1 The need for 'pure ethics'. The certainty of our status as free agents. The Enlightenment goal of overcom ...
... Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals trans. H.J. Paton as The Moral Law. Thought developed in the later, Metaphysic of Morals. Key reading – Brad Hooker, ‘Kant’s normative ethics’, RJP issue 1 The need for 'pure ethics'. The certainty of our status as free agents. The Enlightenment goal of overcom ...
Introduction to Ethics Lecture 9 The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
... – 1. All cultural groups must value protecting their infants. • 1. Human infants are helpless and cannot survive if they are not given extensive care for a period of years. • 2. Therefore, if a group did not care or its young, the young would not survive, and the older members of the group would not ...
... – 1. All cultural groups must value protecting their infants. • 1. Human infants are helpless and cannot survive if they are not given extensive care for a period of years. • 2. Therefore, if a group did not care or its young, the young would not survive, and the older members of the group would not ...
moral development and speeding
... educational programs that promote more appropriate behavior.” The research conducted by THIELEN (2002) confirms the speeding behavior with two groups of drivers: one with tickets and the other one without them. The author presents data which reveals that the behavior of the drivers is decided throug ...
... educational programs that promote more appropriate behavior.” The research conducted by THIELEN (2002) confirms the speeding behavior with two groups of drivers: one with tickets and the other one without them. The author presents data which reveals that the behavior of the drivers is decided throug ...
Topic: Introduction
... the behaviors of individuals or groups. (b) Ethics is also the study of morality. In other words, ethics studies or investigates the morality of some conduct. 2. Morality: It is the standards that an individual or a group has about what is right and wrong, or good and evil. ...
... the behaviors of individuals or groups. (b) Ethics is also the study of morality. In other words, ethics studies or investigates the morality of some conduct. 2. Morality: It is the standards that an individual or a group has about what is right and wrong, or good and evil. ...
Ethical Relativism
... beyond CR and claims that each of these different moral principles/codes is equally correct. Diplomatic Immunity Laws are based on this reasoning. Why think that our moral codes are the only correct ones - different people have be raised differently and we cannot judge them or their moral codes/stan ...
... beyond CR and claims that each of these different moral principles/codes is equally correct. Diplomatic Immunity Laws are based on this reasoning. Why think that our moral codes are the only correct ones - different people have be raised differently and we cannot judge them or their moral codes/stan ...
Powerpoint5B. - People Server at UNCW
... • Man = an emergent reality, free to define his own ends and rules of living • Each individual has the right to redefine morality himself; there is no ‘objective’ ethics • Sartre: this = existential truth and authenticity ...
... • Man = an emergent reality, free to define his own ends and rules of living • Each individual has the right to redefine morality himself; there is no ‘objective’ ethics • Sartre: this = existential truth and authenticity ...
What is morality and how does it work
... natural selection. At all times throughout the world tribes have supplanted other tribes; and … morality is one important element in their success --Descent of Man, Ch. V ...
... natural selection. At all times throughout the world tribes have supplanted other tribes; and … morality is one important element in their success --Descent of Man, Ch. V ...
Introductory Lecture
... legitimate they must ultimately be ethically defensible. • Some legally prohibited things are clearly immoral (e.g., killing for fun), others only because the legal prohibition is broadly ethically defensible (e.g., driving when the light is ...
... legitimate they must ultimately be ethically defensible. • Some legally prohibited things are clearly immoral (e.g., killing for fun), others only because the legal prohibition is broadly ethically defensible (e.g., driving when the light is ...
Circle of Moral Regard - Society for Industrial and Organizational
... » How do work-related experiences shape our moral views? What are the processes? Over the course of a career… » Does CSR expand (or restrict) the breadth of our circles of moral regard? If so, how? ...
... » How do work-related experiences shape our moral views? What are the processes? Over the course of a career… » Does CSR expand (or restrict) the breadth of our circles of moral regard? If so, how? ...
Professional Character Formation
... Moral Character and Competence • Using real-life enactments of situations that are likely to occur in practice, students are required to plan strategies for handling the case, try out dialog on a peer, then submit a case write-up that includes (1) key facts and their interpretation that influenced ...
... Moral Character and Competence • Using real-life enactments of situations that are likely to occur in practice, students are required to plan strategies for handling the case, try out dialog on a peer, then submit a case write-up that includes (1) key facts and their interpretation that influenced ...
Set 6: Kantian Ethics
... The Categorical Imperative offers a way to doing the right thing by asking, “What if everyone did it?” By universalizing moral reasoning, Kant thought we’d all do what’s best. The Humanitarian Principle underscored the importance of not just using others for our ends. Kant saw the individual more im ...
... The Categorical Imperative offers a way to doing the right thing by asking, “What if everyone did it?” By universalizing moral reasoning, Kant thought we’d all do what’s best. The Humanitarian Principle underscored the importance of not just using others for our ends. Kant saw the individual more im ...
Moral Enhancement - Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
... causes of behavior allegedly undermines personal accountability But moral enhancement technologies make us even more responsible Did you take your pill? Using moral enhancement tech will be both motivated by social control and be an exercise in selfcontrol ...
... causes of behavior allegedly undermines personal accountability But moral enhancement technologies make us even more responsible Did you take your pill? Using moral enhancement tech will be both motivated by social control and be an exercise in selfcontrol ...
Fairy Tales Terms
... message or teach a lesson. Allegory is typically used to teach moral, ethical, or religious lessons but is sometimes used for satiric or political purposes. ...
... message or teach a lesson. Allegory is typically used to teach moral, ethical, or religious lessons but is sometimes used for satiric or political purposes. ...
Morality and Ethics
... Thus, at its most basic, ethics is the study of what it means to be a good person and the rules or norms that appropriately guide our actions. ...
... Thus, at its most basic, ethics is the study of what it means to be a good person and the rules or norms that appropriately guide our actions. ...
Slide 1
... • A set of moral principles or values; a theory or system of moral values. • The discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation. ...
... • A set of moral principles or values; a theory or system of moral values. • The discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation. ...
Ethics
... acceptable practices codes of ethics • Finally, it is also the obligation, justification and principles to be endorsed. ...
... acceptable practices codes of ethics • Finally, it is also the obligation, justification and principles to be endorsed. ...