Alasdair MacIntyre
... – First: Moral practice embodies genuine objective and impersonal standards which provide rational justification for actions and can themselves be rationally justified. – Second: unsuccessful attempts to maintain objectivity of ethics but rational justification breaks down. – Third: Emotivism widely ...
... – First: Moral practice embodies genuine objective and impersonal standards which provide rational justification for actions and can themselves be rationally justified. – Second: unsuccessful attempts to maintain objectivity of ethics but rational justification breaks down. – Third: Emotivism widely ...
UNDERSTANDING PHILOSOPHY AND ITS
... Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that subjects to rigorous analysis issues and problems relating to the origin, nature, justification and limit of human knowledge. What is the distinction between knowledge and belief? Is experience the most reliable source of our knowledge, or is it reason? ...
... Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that subjects to rigorous analysis issues and problems relating to the origin, nature, justification and limit of human knowledge. What is the distinction between knowledge and belief? Is experience the most reliable source of our knowledge, or is it reason? ...
Lecture Presentation Chapter 5
... • Be kind to your parents if one or both of them attain old age in thy life, say not a word of contempt nor repel them but address them in terms of honor. • If anyone has killed one person it is as if he had killed the whole ...
... • Be kind to your parents if one or both of them attain old age in thy life, say not a word of contempt nor repel them but address them in terms of honor. • If anyone has killed one person it is as if he had killed the whole ...
Is there a Universal Ethic?
... The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it which obliges every one; and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it that, being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions... ...
... The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it which obliges every one; and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it that, being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions... ...
Ethics and the CTRS
... We are capable of acting toward others in such a way as to increase or decrease the quality of their lives We experience ethics on personal, professional , and organizational levels Ethical dilemmas occur when a decision/action must be made/taken that has 2 or more competing courses of action based ...
... We are capable of acting toward others in such a way as to increase or decrease the quality of their lives We experience ethics on personal, professional , and organizational levels Ethical dilemmas occur when a decision/action must be made/taken that has 2 or more competing courses of action based ...
Ethics Theories
... According to Kant, we must not only act out of a right motivation, but must also do the right thing. Both the motive and the act must be morally relevant. (Any contradiction with the previous condition that as long as the motive is good the consequences of the act is not important?) Categorical im ...
... According to Kant, we must not only act out of a right motivation, but must also do the right thing. Both the motive and the act must be morally relevant. (Any contradiction with the previous condition that as long as the motive is good the consequences of the act is not important?) Categorical im ...
Philosophies in Grendel Chapter One Orphism: the teachings of an
... Chapter One Orphism: the teachings of an ancient Greek philosophical cult which exerted great influence on Greek culture, and later on Western mysticism and occultism. It began in the sixth century BC, and is attributed to the mythical Orpheus. The chief teachings are of reincarnation, a Greek versi ...
... Chapter One Orphism: the teachings of an ancient Greek philosophical cult which exerted great influence on Greek culture, and later on Western mysticism and occultism. It began in the sixth century BC, and is attributed to the mythical Orpheus. The chief teachings are of reincarnation, a Greek versi ...
Lesson 13: Ethics
... can help solve many moral problems. C. Moral problems might not involve facts but simply will power (to steal, or not to steal). D. Ethical dilemma: Two mutually exclusive moral duties. E. Ethical situations or dilemmas are conflicts in values (own values conflict with organization’s). ...
... can help solve many moral problems. C. Moral problems might not involve facts but simply will power (to steal, or not to steal). D. Ethical dilemma: Two mutually exclusive moral duties. E. Ethical situations or dilemmas are conflicts in values (own values conflict with organization’s). ...
Basis-for-Medical
... these theories give a central place to reason and not much to the role of feeling in moral decisionmaking. An alternative to this is an approach called virtue theory which has become very influential in ethics literature recently but is, in fact, based on the writings of Aristotle (384-322 BC). For ...
... these theories give a central place to reason and not much to the role of feeling in moral decisionmaking. An alternative to this is an approach called virtue theory which has become very influential in ethics literature recently but is, in fact, based on the writings of Aristotle (384-322 BC). For ...
Sample Syllabus: Introduction to Ethics Course Description: This 10
... we are doing when we say that an action is wrong: are we expressing a negative emotional reaction to it, offering our personal opinion, or making an objective claim about the action that it is possible to be mistaken about? Second, we will ask what makes actions right or wrong: is it the consequence ...
... we are doing when we say that an action is wrong: are we expressing a negative emotional reaction to it, offering our personal opinion, or making an objective claim about the action that it is possible to be mistaken about? Second, we will ask what makes actions right or wrong: is it the consequence ...
Introduction to Ethics
... offers us standards of action that will help us determine what we should do. These standards are called ethical standards or ethical theories, and include such standards as Aristotle’s virtue standard, or Mill’s utilitarian standard. That is what we will be concerned in this course. How should we li ...
... offers us standards of action that will help us determine what we should do. These standards are called ethical standards or ethical theories, and include such standards as Aristotle’s virtue standard, or Mill’s utilitarian standard. That is what we will be concerned in this course. How should we li ...
Online Privacy Issues Overview
... Some of these slides are derived from Sherry Clark, A Gift of Fire; Prof. John Nestor, Lafayette College; Russell Gayle, UNC; H. Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University, Michael J. Quinn, Ethics for the Information Age ...
... Some of these slides are derived from Sherry Clark, A Gift of Fire; Prof. John Nestor, Lafayette College; Russell Gayle, UNC; H. Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University, Michael J. Quinn, Ethics for the Information Age ...
moral philosophy - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... false or whether moral judgements are instead basically subjective expressions of feeling, attitude or agreement. The implications for moral knowledge and moral psychology (motivation). ...
... false or whether moral judgements are instead basically subjective expressions of feeling, attitude or agreement. The implications for moral knowledge and moral psychology (motivation). ...
What is Fundamental Moral Theology? Lecture Dr. Thomas B
... Traditional concerns of fundamental moral theology include the ultimate end of humans, the nature of human acts, the grounds for judging human acts, sin, and virtue. These concerns have been and are being rethought in light of how the intelligibility of theological and moral convictions is rooted in ...
... Traditional concerns of fundamental moral theology include the ultimate end of humans, the nature of human acts, the grounds for judging human acts, sin, and virtue. These concerns have been and are being rethought in light of how the intelligibility of theological and moral convictions is rooted in ...
Three Independent Factors in Morals
... reigning philosophy of Greece viewed the universe as a cosmos in which all natural processes tended to fulfil themselves in rational or ideal forms, so that this view of human conduct was but an extension of the idea entertained about the universe in which we live. Law was conceived of simply as an ...
... reigning philosophy of Greece viewed the universe as a cosmos in which all natural processes tended to fulfil themselves in rational or ideal forms, so that this view of human conduct was but an extension of the idea entertained about the universe in which we live. Law was conceived of simply as an ...
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. ...
Boda_globalization_ethics
... attorneys to file a tax return that misstated income and expenses and consequently grossly underestimated actual taxes due. The firm learned, however, that most other Russian companies regarded the practice as standard operating procedure and merely a first move in a complex negotiating process with ...
... attorneys to file a tax return that misstated income and expenses and consequently grossly underestimated actual taxes due. The firm learned, however, that most other Russian companies regarded the practice as standard operating procedure and merely a first move in a complex negotiating process with ...
File
... Case Study #1: Why be moral? Many well-known answers to the question “Why be moral?” have been offered throughout history. All are subject to serious problems and objections. That we should be moral at all, given the hardships of life and pressures we’re often put under, is obvious only to the naiv ...
... Case Study #1: Why be moral? Many well-known answers to the question “Why be moral?” have been offered throughout history. All are subject to serious problems and objections. That we should be moral at all, given the hardships of life and pressures we’re often put under, is obvious only to the naiv ...
Just Business
... community requires that you use the power of reason to understand and follow moral law • You recognize the moral law as an imperative • But you are useless to Kant if you are outside the moral community – Ex. There is nothing immoral about torturing an animal, since they have no moral standing, exce ...
... community requires that you use the power of reason to understand and follow moral law • You recognize the moral law as an imperative • But you are useless to Kant if you are outside the moral community – Ex. There is nothing immoral about torturing an animal, since they have no moral standing, exce ...
Applied Ethics/Critical Thinking
... unjust man] will hold offices of state, ally himself by marriage to any family he may choose, become a partner in any business, and, having no scruples about being dishonest, turn all these advantages to profit. [H]e will get the better of his opponents, grow rich on the proceeds, and be able to hel ...
... unjust man] will hold offices of state, ally himself by marriage to any family he may choose, become a partner in any business, and, having no scruples about being dishonest, turn all these advantages to profit. [H]e will get the better of his opponents, grow rich on the proceeds, and be able to hel ...
What is Computer Ethics?
... Society or administration of society imposes ethics. Normally every religion emphasizes on an Ethical Society. So if a Society is really a religious society then these Norms and Rules are imposed by the religion. Today in west, as religion has been separated from daily life so we find so many u ...
... Society or administration of society imposes ethics. Normally every religion emphasizes on an Ethical Society. So if a Society is really a religious society then these Norms and Rules are imposed by the religion. Today in west, as religion has been separated from daily life so we find so many u ...
Moral Reasoning and Moral Development
... That response orientation is of a higher order than justice rights orientation Because Kohlberg’s theory is hierarchical with justice/rights the basis--women would necessarily show a less reasoned ...
... That response orientation is of a higher order than justice rights orientation Because Kohlberg’s theory is hierarchical with justice/rights the basis--women would necessarily show a less reasoned ...
Thomas Hill Green
Thomas Hill Green (7 April 1836 – 15 March 1882) was an English philosopher, political radical and temperance reformer, and a member of the British idealism movement. Like all the British idealists, Green was influenced by the metaphysical historicism of G.W.F. Hegel. He was one of the thinkers behind the philosophy of social liberalism.