Durkheim`s "Moral Education"
... education, itself a social phenomenon, and drives there from the consequent percepts of pedagogy (ibid). What is morality? "Mores refers to moral rules or ways of behaving that most members of a society believe are essential for maintaining standards of decency. Mores are vigorously enforced and tr ...
... education, itself a social phenomenon, and drives there from the consequent percepts of pedagogy (ibid). What is morality? "Mores refers to moral rules or ways of behaving that most members of a society believe are essential for maintaining standards of decency. Mores are vigorously enforced and tr ...
Using Case Studies to Teach Business Ethics in a High
... Principle Orientation Laws are necessary to preserve social order and ensure basic rights ...
... Principle Orientation Laws are necessary to preserve social order and ensure basic rights ...
File - Philosophy For Life
... • This is a moral fact because pleasure and pain identify what is a good or a bad action • For humans the sole good is pleasure and the sole evil is pain. ...
... • This is a moral fact because pleasure and pain identify what is a good or a bad action • For humans the sole good is pleasure and the sole evil is pain. ...
ETH_REL252_WK2_Lecture
... 9. The reading identifies three examples of perfect duties, what are they? The reading states that imperfect duties promote two goals, what are they? 10. What is the difference between beneficence and nonmaleficence? What is the “duty of beneficence” and is this duty perfect or imperfect? ...
... 9. The reading identifies three examples of perfect duties, what are they? The reading states that imperfect duties promote two goals, what are they? 10. What is the difference between beneficence and nonmaleficence? What is the “duty of beneficence” and is this duty perfect or imperfect? ...
Ethics – Handout 3 Ayer`s Emotivism
... our emotional reactions to the thing we’re judging. But it seems possible to judge something is morally wrong without having any emotional reaction to it, or even feeling positive about it. Examples: the “amoralist” – a person who knows what’s right and wrong but doesn’t care – seems imaginable; we’ ...
... our emotional reactions to the thing we’re judging. But it seems possible to judge something is morally wrong without having any emotional reaction to it, or even feeling positive about it. Examples: the “amoralist” – a person who knows what’s right and wrong but doesn’t care – seems imaginable; we’ ...
ch01_wcr - University of Delaware
... character trait each person adopts as relevant for his or her life” (Purtilo) 1. Integrity: acting in accordance with personal morality (integrity=oneness, wholeness, unity) (tells the truth weather painful or not) 2. Ethical integrity: doing the morally right thing (issue is: not everyone will agre ...
... character trait each person adopts as relevant for his or her life” (Purtilo) 1. Integrity: acting in accordance with personal morality (integrity=oneness, wholeness, unity) (tells the truth weather painful or not) 2. Ethical integrity: doing the morally right thing (issue is: not everyone will agre ...
Applied Ethics/Critical Thinking
... of others should be considered in determining the moral rightness of one’s actions. • Being concerned about oneself hardly needs justification. – It’s simply part of being human that each individual seeks, at least in part, to attain his/her own well-being. • Are there, however, any justifications f ...
... of others should be considered in determining the moral rightness of one’s actions. • Being concerned about oneself hardly needs justification. – It’s simply part of being human that each individual seeks, at least in part, to attain his/her own well-being. • Are there, however, any justifications f ...
Moral Reasoning
... Thus morality is seen as being an objective requirement, independent of what anyone may want. ...
... Thus morality is seen as being an objective requirement, independent of what anyone may want. ...
Criticisms of Kant - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... step on the cracks in the pavement’ – it is not inconsistent to will everyone to do so ...
... step on the cracks in the pavement’ – it is not inconsistent to will everyone to do so ...
Document
... individuals look to a central authority or set of rules to guide them in ethical decision making. Ethical Relativism — actions must be judged by what individuals subjectively feel is right or wrong for themselves. Situational Ethics — one must judge a person's actions by first putting oneself in ...
... individuals look to a central authority or set of rules to guide them in ethical decision making. Ethical Relativism — actions must be judged by what individuals subjectively feel is right or wrong for themselves. Situational Ethics — one must judge a person's actions by first putting oneself in ...
Meta-Ethics
... No definition can be given to the word ‘ought’ however everyone can recognise when we ought to do a certain action. Two types of thinking – reason (looks at the facts if a situation) and intuition (decides what to do). However, due to the fact we have different morals to each other, it is not always ...
... No definition can be given to the word ‘ought’ however everyone can recognise when we ought to do a certain action. Two types of thinking – reason (looks at the facts if a situation) and intuition (decides what to do). However, due to the fact we have different morals to each other, it is not always ...
Ethics 481 2008 3
... the moral life, one that promises to reduce or eliminate moral disagreement. If ...
... the moral life, one that promises to reduce or eliminate moral disagreement. If ...
Environmental ethics
... • If all animals are of same value as humans, why only humans are required to behave morally responsibly? • What does it mean “to take ethically into consideration”? What does moral standing actually mean? – Is an experience by an animal ever understandable to humans? How do we translate an experien ...
... • If all animals are of same value as humans, why only humans are required to behave morally responsibly? • What does it mean “to take ethically into consideration”? What does moral standing actually mean? – Is an experience by an animal ever understandable to humans? How do we translate an experien ...
Ethics and Leadership Responsibility
... Reasonably enough, Kant still stipulates that the fulfillment of a duty "should never become a habit but emerge always right from the beginning and genuinely from one's way of thinking." The habit of educated people to quote, whenever the opportunity arises, one of the three versions of the 'Categor ...
... Reasonably enough, Kant still stipulates that the fulfillment of a duty "should never become a habit but emerge always right from the beginning and genuinely from one's way of thinking." The habit of educated people to quote, whenever the opportunity arises, one of the three versions of the 'Categor ...
Theories of Morality - Fort Thomas Independent Schools
... Kant believed that our actions were not as important as our intentions in morality Kant also believed all humans were capable, through reason, of figuring out right/wrong. Reason is an authority ‘in’ us but it transcends us Why be Moral?: “It is the rationale thing to do.” ...
... Kant believed that our actions were not as important as our intentions in morality Kant also believed all humans were capable, through reason, of figuring out right/wrong. Reason is an authority ‘in’ us but it transcends us Why be Moral?: “It is the rationale thing to do.” ...
Basics of Ethics CS 215 ©Denbigh Starkey
... opinions are inherently wrong, and that people who hold them should be persuaded that their views are wrong, even if they are strongly held. Issues like gay marriage, the war in Iraq, Terri Schiavo, abortion, and so on, tend to lead to strongly held views on both sides, where each side is intoleran ...
... opinions are inherently wrong, and that people who hold them should be persuaded that their views are wrong, even if they are strongly held. Issues like gay marriage, the war in Iraq, Terri Schiavo, abortion, and so on, tend to lead to strongly held views on both sides, where each side is intoleran ...
Ethics
... - Ethicist and moralist - Morals (or morality) and ethics - The moral, immoral and nonmoral - Habitual morality and reflective morality - Descriptive ethics - Normative ethics and non-normative ethics - Persona; ethics and social ethics F. Seven Separations - From politics - From law - From theology ...
... - Ethicist and moralist - Morals (or morality) and ethics - The moral, immoral and nonmoral - Habitual morality and reflective morality - Descriptive ethics - Normative ethics and non-normative ethics - Persona; ethics and social ethics F. Seven Separations - From politics - From law - From theology ...
Slide 1
... The attraction of ethical relativism 1. The option that absolutism and relativism are the only alternatives. 2. Objectiviam is confused with realism. 3. The move from descriptive cultural relativism to normative ethical relativism. 4. Drive to moral nihilism and relativism because of the decline of ...
... The attraction of ethical relativism 1. The option that absolutism and relativism are the only alternatives. 2. Objectiviam is confused with realism. 3. The move from descriptive cultural relativism to normative ethical relativism. 4. Drive to moral nihilism and relativism because of the decline of ...
Class #10 - 5/14/12
... That is, does one do the right thing because one has a virtuous character, or does one have a virtuous character because they consistently do the right thing? Or, saying this another way, in studying ethics should we focus on acts of conduct and determine what makes an act moral, or should we focus ...
... That is, does one do the right thing because one has a virtuous character, or does one have a virtuous character because they consistently do the right thing? Or, saying this another way, in studying ethics should we focus on acts of conduct and determine what makes an act moral, or should we focus ...
Chapter 1 Discussion
... Are there some moral standards that a society must accept if it is to survive? Examples? Do apparent differences in moral standards across different societies sometimes disappear on closer examination? Examples? If two people disagree on moral standards, does that mean they both have to be rig ...
... Are there some moral standards that a society must accept if it is to survive? Examples? Do apparent differences in moral standards across different societies sometimes disappear on closer examination? Examples? If two people disagree on moral standards, does that mean they both have to be rig ...
Class #9 - 8/5/10
... • Note that Utilitarians generally are arguing a normative claim. A utilitarian may accept the view that we often act from psychological egoism, but would say that when we do so, we may be acting unethically. • Note that Utilitarians are hard absolutists. • The principle of utility is sometimes refe ...
... • Note that Utilitarians generally are arguing a normative claim. A utilitarian may accept the view that we often act from psychological egoism, but would say that when we do so, we may be acting unethically. • Note that Utilitarians are hard absolutists. • The principle of utility is sometimes refe ...
Ethical Relativism 2 Kinds of Relativism: ethical relativism and social
... thinks is right, or (b) whatever a society accepts is right. It is normative rather than descriptive in the sense that it is a theory about how we ought to behave. We all ought to do either (a) whatever each of us thinks is right, or (b) whatever our society thinks is right. I have a moral obligatio ...
... thinks is right, or (b) whatever a society accepts is right. It is normative rather than descriptive in the sense that it is a theory about how we ought to behave. We all ought to do either (a) whatever each of us thinks is right, or (b) whatever our society thinks is right. I have a moral obligatio ...
