Three types of modern virtue ethics
... find that one of your houseplants is limp through lack of water. What do you do? You give it the water that it lacks and hopefully the plant recovers. This is a common sense understanding of is/ought. Just because the plant is limp does not mean that it ought to be so. The plant is limp because it l ...
... find that one of your houseplants is limp through lack of water. What do you do? You give it the water that it lacks and hopefully the plant recovers. This is a common sense understanding of is/ought. Just because the plant is limp does not mean that it ought to be so. The plant is limp because it l ...
Lesson 13: Ethics
... 1. What is morality? continued C. Value judgments involve a moral duty. - Example: You should not harm others. D. Making moral judgments is part of what it means to be human. E. How does one make moral judgments? 1. Religion: Involves deference to religious authority or scripture that directs decis ...
... 1. What is morality? continued C. Value judgments involve a moral duty. - Example: You should not harm others. D. Making moral judgments is part of what it means to be human. E. How does one make moral judgments? 1. Religion: Involves deference to religious authority or scripture that directs decis ...
Lesson 14: Ethics
... • Big differences between a moral problem and an ethical dilemma. • Ascertaining the relevant facts can help solve many moral problems. • Moral problems might not involve facts but simply will power (to steal, or not to steal). • Ethical dilemma: Two mutually exclusive moral duties. • Ethical situat ...
... • Big differences between a moral problem and an ethical dilemma. • Ascertaining the relevant facts can help solve many moral problems. • Moral problems might not involve facts but simply will power (to steal, or not to steal). • Ethical dilemma: Two mutually exclusive moral duties. • Ethical situat ...
kantian deontology
... lack the inescapable, necessary, universal force of moral requirements So cannot base morality in any subjective, contingent or empirical feature of human beings; cannot base morality on any subjective theory of the good. DUTIES: perfect and imperfect; to self and others. Onora O’Neill Kant’s End ...
... lack the inescapable, necessary, universal force of moral requirements So cannot base morality in any subjective, contingent or empirical feature of human beings; cannot base morality on any subjective theory of the good. DUTIES: perfect and imperfect; to self and others. Onora O’Neill Kant’s End ...
Introduction to Moral Theories and Principles that inform ethical
... frameworks that have informed the development of medical ethics. In this section we provide a brief introduction to some of the key moral theories and ethical frameworks that have had an important influence on health care practice, particularly in Western medicine. ...
... frameworks that have informed the development of medical ethics. In this section we provide a brief introduction to some of the key moral theories and ethical frameworks that have had an important influence on health care practice, particularly in Western medicine. ...
spinellochapter01
... Improve the lot of others with respect to virtue, intelligence and happiness (beneficence) 5. Improve oneself with respect to virtue, intelligence and happiness (self-improvement) 6. Exhibit gratitude when appropriate (gratitude) 7. Avoid injury to others (noninjury) ...
... Improve the lot of others with respect to virtue, intelligence and happiness (beneficence) 5. Improve oneself with respect to virtue, intelligence and happiness (self-improvement) 6. Exhibit gratitude when appropriate (gratitude) 7. Avoid injury to others (noninjury) ...
Vocabulary for the Hans Jonas reading, Chapter 1 from The
... agency (n). A means of exerting control, power or influence, as in “nominated by the agency of friends.” Moral agency is the capacity for making moral judgments and taking actions that comport with morality. Most philosophers suggest that only rational beings (generally taken to mean competent human ...
... agency (n). A means of exerting control, power or influence, as in “nominated by the agency of friends.” Moral agency is the capacity for making moral judgments and taking actions that comport with morality. Most philosophers suggest that only rational beings (generally taken to mean competent human ...
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... Heteronomous morality is conformity to external rules that are simply accepted and followed without question. Examples of heteronomous morality derived from power and authority or other sources of guidance are parents, teachers, community, religion etc. ...
... Heteronomous morality is conformity to external rules that are simply accepted and followed without question. Examples of heteronomous morality derived from power and authority or other sources of guidance are parents, teachers, community, religion etc. ...
8 Ethics Teories
... law to be kept yet the other to be broken? Regrettably yes! See Sophocles’ Antigone: following God’s law, meant breaking the King’s law. Can there be actions that break the law, yet are moral? See the actions of Alabama black activists in the 1960, not leaving the Woolworth cafeteria counter when ...
... law to be kept yet the other to be broken? Regrettably yes! See Sophocles’ Antigone: following God’s law, meant breaking the King’s law. Can there be actions that break the law, yet are moral? See the actions of Alabama black activists in the 1960, not leaving the Woolworth cafeteria counter when ...
Professional Ethics
... Morality refers to guidelines that you can use to determine what you ought to do in a particular situation. Morality also allows you to figure out whether a particular decision or action is right or wrong. Ethics is the philosophical study of morality. ...
... Morality refers to guidelines that you can use to determine what you ought to do in a particular situation. Morality also allows you to figure out whether a particular decision or action is right or wrong. Ethics is the philosophical study of morality. ...
An Introduction to Medical Ethics
... o The individual becomes aware that while rules/laws might exist for the good of the greatest number, there are times when they will work against the individual (Heinz’s dilemma) ...
... o The individual becomes aware that while rules/laws might exist for the good of the greatest number, there are times when they will work against the individual (Heinz’s dilemma) ...
Nature of ethics
... thinking we imagined that Socrates would have come to if he had been challenged to the limit in the justification of his normative judgments. He did, in fact, arrive at this sort of thinking in other dialogues. It does not consist of empirical or historical inquiries and theories, nor does it involv ...
... thinking we imagined that Socrates would have come to if he had been challenged to the limit in the justification of his normative judgments. He did, in fact, arrive at this sort of thinking in other dialogues. It does not consist of empirical or historical inquiries and theories, nor does it involv ...
Lesson 14: Ethics
... • Big differences between a moral problem and an ethical dilemma. • Ascertaining the relevant facts can help solve many moral problems. • Moral problems might not involve facts but simply will power (to steal, or not to steal). • Ethical dilemma: Two mutually exclusive moral duties. • Ethical situat ...
... • Big differences between a moral problem and an ethical dilemma. • Ascertaining the relevant facts can help solve many moral problems. • Moral problems might not involve facts but simply will power (to steal, or not to steal). • Ethical dilemma: Two mutually exclusive moral duties. • Ethical situat ...
Chapter 2 Discussion: Ethical Principles in Business
... What is the utilitarian moral principle? In terms of “means” (methods) versus “ends” (results) in what way does the utilitarian moral principle focus on the “ends” (results)? If an action does me (personally) the most good and the least harm of all actions I can take, that doesn’t mean the act ...
... What is the utilitarian moral principle? In terms of “means” (methods) versus “ends” (results) in what way does the utilitarian moral principle focus on the “ends” (results)? If an action does me (personally) the most good and the least harm of all actions I can take, that doesn’t mean the act ...
Teaching moral values and ethics
... dents, the parents of their stu dents, their colleagues and the community they serve. fession has to shoulder towards the To respond to the Teachers' Day building of an intellectual and theme and ethics of the teaching ...
... dents, the parents of their stu dents, their colleagues and the community they serve. fession has to shoulder towards the To respond to the Teachers' Day building of an intellectual and theme and ethics of the teaching ...
Philosophy 220
... ends proper to human beings, or in feelings. In contrast, Kant seeks the conditions of the possibility of morality and locates them in the autonomy, the self-legislation, of the will. When we think about moral obligation, he argued, what we need to account for is its categorical character, the fact ...
... ends proper to human beings, or in feelings. In contrast, Kant seeks the conditions of the possibility of morality and locates them in the autonomy, the self-legislation, of the will. When we think about moral obligation, he argued, what we need to account for is its categorical character, the fact ...
Ethics and Ethical Theories
... • Rules that can be universally binding for all people. • One person or group should not be privileged over all others. ...
... • Rules that can be universally binding for all people. • One person or group should not be privileged over all others. ...
Sample File - 2
... a. [c] Racism and sexism are wrong, (because) [p] all people deserve equal respect. b. [c] It is immoral to use rabbits in cosmetic experiments, (because) [p] causing pain is immoral and [p] animals such as rabbits are capable of feeling pain. c. [p] People need to pass a driving test to get a licen ...
... a. [c] Racism and sexism are wrong, (because) [p] all people deserve equal respect. b. [c] It is immoral to use rabbits in cosmetic experiments, (because) [p] causing pain is immoral and [p] animals such as rabbits are capable of feeling pain. c. [p] People need to pass a driving test to get a licen ...
Beginning to Understand Ethics
... Ans: Ethical Subjectivism holds that there are no objective moral properties and that ethical statement are in fact arbitrary because they do not express immutable truths. Instead, moral statements are made true or false by the attitudes and/or conventions of the observers, and any ethical sentence ...
... Ans: Ethical Subjectivism holds that there are no objective moral properties and that ethical statement are in fact arbitrary because they do not express immutable truths. Instead, moral statements are made true or false by the attitudes and/or conventions of the observers, and any ethical sentence ...
Subjectivism in Ethics
... feelings, their moral judgments will always be correct and indisputable. o Falwell: “Homosexuality is immoral.” o Subjectivist: “You’re right.” (For the subjectivist, this still merely means: “It is true that you have feelings of disapproval toward homosexuality.” The subjectivist’s own feelings are ...
... feelings, their moral judgments will always be correct and indisputable. o Falwell: “Homosexuality is immoral.” o Subjectivist: “You’re right.” (For the subjectivist, this still merely means: “It is true that you have feelings of disapproval toward homosexuality.” The subjectivist’s own feelings are ...
OBJECTIONS TO CHRISTIANITY RELATIVISM
... • Wrongly assumes that cultural bias prevents objectivity – self defeating – The blind men and the elephant ...
... • Wrongly assumes that cultural bias prevents objectivity – self defeating – The blind men and the elephant ...
Ethics Part 1
... Unfortunately, not too long afterward a second caveperson was born free. Since this caveperson can do whatever she wants to do, as it turns out she wants to come beat you up and take your firewood. So now what you want is revenge. So you go and hit the gym and a few weeks later you go back to cavepe ...
... Unfortunately, not too long afterward a second caveperson was born free. Since this caveperson can do whatever she wants to do, as it turns out she wants to come beat you up and take your firewood. So now what you want is revenge. So you go and hit the gym and a few weeks later you go back to cavepe ...
Kant and Respect for Persons
... positively evil when not combined with a good will. 2. A good will is one that habitually wills rightly. 3. The rightness or wrongness of a volition depends wholly on its motive. ...
... positively evil when not combined with a good will. 2. A good will is one that habitually wills rightly. 3. The rightness or wrongness of a volition depends wholly on its motive. ...
Objectivism 101: Life and Happiness
... “I swear—by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” ...
... “I swear—by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” ...