Chapter_3_Weston
... Paying Attention to Values Moral issues arise from conflicting or unclear moral values Definitions: Values and Moral Values What are values? Those things we care about Those things that matter to us Those goals or ideals to which we aspire and by which we measure ourselves or others or our society. ...
... Paying Attention to Values Moral issues arise from conflicting or unclear moral values Definitions: Values and Moral Values What are values? Those things we care about Those things that matter to us Those goals or ideals to which we aspire and by which we measure ourselves or others or our society. ...
Professional Ethics: When Are Engineers Required to “Blow the
... a greater position to do certain kinds of social harm ...
... a greater position to do certain kinds of social harm ...
Understanding Ethics - The Open University
... The charge is that moral theory is exclusive, reductively narrow in its approach to the practical questions that we need to answer; and that these features of moral theory make it boring, because monotonous, and corrupting, because they encourage us to see this monotony, wrongly, as a good thing; th ...
... The charge is that moral theory is exclusive, reductively narrow in its approach to the practical questions that we need to answer; and that these features of moral theory make it boring, because monotonous, and corrupting, because they encourage us to see this monotony, wrongly, as a good thing; th ...
3031 F2008 Chpt 5
... • Focuses on the distribution of benefits and harms to all stakeholders with the view to maximizing benefits. • “The greatest good for the greatest number.” ...
... • Focuses on the distribution of benefits and harms to all stakeholders with the view to maximizing benefits. • “The greatest good for the greatest number.” ...
Chapter 5: Personal Values Influence Ethical Choices
... Make sure your values are in harmony with those of your employer ...
... Make sure your values are in harmony with those of your employer ...
Is Procreative Beneficence Obligatory?
... because, in so doing, they are “preparing for the role of parent”.[8, p. ...
... because, in so doing, they are “preparing for the role of parent”.[8, p. ...
William Moran Ethics: Virtue Dr. Faulders Character It is often said
... inform his thoughts and not rely on feelings. Feelings are indeed real and need not be discarded but they must not be the sole guide of our actions. For example: if I feel cold and it is the middle of summer with temperatures in the 90 degree range my feelings would indicate I may have an illness an ...
... inform his thoughts and not rely on feelings. Feelings are indeed real and need not be discarded but they must not be the sole guide of our actions. For example: if I feel cold and it is the middle of summer with temperatures in the 90 degree range my feelings would indicate I may have an illness an ...
Phil 160
... damages the fabric of civil society and morality itself. • The consequences to truth and lies are irrelevant. It is the nature of the action itself that determines its rightness. • If you tell the truth you are not legally (or morally) responsible for what happens as a result, while if you tell a li ...
... damages the fabric of civil society and morality itself. • The consequences to truth and lies are irrelevant. It is the nature of the action itself that determines its rightness. • If you tell the truth you are not legally (or morally) responsible for what happens as a result, while if you tell a li ...
1. Moral Responsibility and Intelligent Systems
... liability, accountability, control, privacy, self, (human) rights, and similar [2]. This article deals specifically with the issue of (moral) responsibility in artificial intelligent systems. We argue that this should be handled by adopting a pragmatic approach, where responsibility is seen as a soc ...
... liability, accountability, control, privacy, self, (human) rights, and similar [2]. This article deals specifically with the issue of (moral) responsibility in artificial intelligent systems. We argue that this should be handled by adopting a pragmatic approach, where responsibility is seen as a soc ...
Does Liberalism Need Natural Rights?
... issue of whether one has a right to do moral wrong. However we divide the public and private aspects of morality, and however we distinguish between actions and conditions of actions, the upshot of a rights claim is that someone else is morally bound to do or to refrain from doing something with res ...
... issue of whether one has a right to do moral wrong. However we divide the public and private aspects of morality, and however we distinguish between actions and conditions of actions, the upshot of a rights claim is that someone else is morally bound to do or to refrain from doing something with res ...
Evangelical Models of Ethics
... Are there actual objective facts in ethics, or is it all just a matter of opinion? ...
... Are there actual objective facts in ethics, or is it all just a matter of opinion? ...
A Bit About Ethics - A Biology.ie Guide
... contributes to the whole biosphere. It also helps us to understand our place in the biosphere. You can see that the plants and animals need the marsh whereas the humans just want the road. People who have no interest in the natural world will find these arguments difficult to understand; especially ...
... contributes to the whole biosphere. It also helps us to understand our place in the biosphere. You can see that the plants and animals need the marsh whereas the humans just want the road. People who have no interest in the natural world will find these arguments difficult to understand; especially ...
Social, Ethical, and Economic Aspects of Advertising and Promotion
... Advertising as untruthful or deceptive Advertising as offensive or in bad taste– Advertising of personal products–Sexual appeals Advertising and Children Social and Cultural Consequences–Making people buy things they don’t need–Encouraging materialism– Stereotyping–Advertisings’ influence on the med ...
... Advertising as untruthful or deceptive Advertising as offensive or in bad taste– Advertising of personal products–Sexual appeals Advertising and Children Social and Cultural Consequences–Making people buy things they don’t need–Encouraging materialism– Stereotyping–Advertisings’ influence on the med ...
16. Ethics
... • Legitimate authority must be derived from the consent of the governed • All members of a society are bound to respect a sovereign will by the social contract • We surrender some freedoms to a sovereign in return for the benefits of the rule of law that protect individuals from being harmed by othe ...
... • Legitimate authority must be derived from the consent of the governed • All members of a society are bound to respect a sovereign will by the social contract • We surrender some freedoms to a sovereign in return for the benefits of the rule of law that protect individuals from being harmed by othe ...
Chapter 15
... • Ethical relativism: each society’s view of ethics must be considered legitimate and ethical • Can be used to justify child labor, etc. • Ethical universalism: basic moral principles that transcend cultural and national boundaries • No agreement on what those principles should be Copyright© 2005 So ...
... • Ethical relativism: each society’s view of ethics must be considered legitimate and ethical • Can be used to justify child labor, etc. • Ethical universalism: basic moral principles that transcend cultural and national boundaries • No agreement on what those principles should be Copyright© 2005 So ...
Document
... Moral consciousness is the universal ground from which moral value grows; but paradoxically also supplies the ground from which moral difference, even incommensurable conflict, takes root There is no way to get outside of one’s own “values system” to judge which view is ultimately right or wrong, be ...
... Moral consciousness is the universal ground from which moral value grows; but paradoxically also supplies the ground from which moral difference, even incommensurable conflict, takes root There is no way to get outside of one’s own “values system” to judge which view is ultimately right or wrong, be ...
Note - Cara Gillis
... o a) Cara has four letters. o b) “Cara” has four letters. The Definition of Morality Main Goal: Gert is clarifying two distinct uses of “morality,” namely the descriptive and normative uses. Although the two senses are fundamentally different, they both refer to guides to behaviour. Upon finding tha ...
... o a) Cara has four letters. o b) “Cara” has four letters. The Definition of Morality Main Goal: Gert is clarifying two distinct uses of “morality,” namely the descriptive and normative uses. Although the two senses are fundamentally different, they both refer to guides to behaviour. Upon finding tha ...
"Nihilism" encyclopedia entry - Victoria University of Wellington
... thinks that in making moral judgments we do not even try to state facts (because, for example, these judgments are really veiled commands or expressions of desire). (In characterizing noncognitivism in this way, I am sidelining various linguistic permissions that may be earned via the quasi-realist ...
... thinks that in making moral judgments we do not even try to state facts (because, for example, these judgments are really veiled commands or expressions of desire). (In characterizing noncognitivism in this way, I am sidelining various linguistic permissions that may be earned via the quasi-realist ...
Study Guide to Go - Cengage Learning
... • Corporate social responsibility is the idea that management has broader responsibilities than just making a profit. - A strict interpretation holds that an action must be voluntary to qualify as socially responsible. - Accordingly, reluctantly submitting to court orders or government coercion is n ...
... • Corporate social responsibility is the idea that management has broader responsibilities than just making a profit. - A strict interpretation holds that an action must be voluntary to qualify as socially responsible. - Accordingly, reluctantly submitting to court orders or government coercion is n ...
Documentary Research
... This version (Version #2) of your essay builds on the first. In the first, you defined the term documentary research. Through that process of definition you identified the inevitable struggles in the practices of documentary research. This version requires that you write a 5-6 page essay defining an ...
... This version (Version #2) of your essay builds on the first. In the first, you defined the term documentary research. Through that process of definition you identified the inevitable struggles in the practices of documentary research. This version requires that you write a 5-6 page essay defining an ...
Ethics: Establishing the Imaginary Line BEFORE You Cross It
... Abstract. In today’s business climate, it seems surprising that there are many companies that do not have a written ethics policy. They usually don’t think about what is ethical and what’s not, until after they see or hear of the line being crossed. There are probably many more companies that have a ...
... Abstract. In today’s business climate, it seems surprising that there are many companies that do not have a written ethics policy. They usually don’t think about what is ethical and what’s not, until after they see or hear of the line being crossed. There are probably many more companies that have a ...
Virtue Ethicspp
... Now the end of every activity is conformity to the corresponding state of character. This is true, therefore, of the brave man as well as of others. But courage is noble. Therefore the end also is noble; for each thing is defined by its end. Therefore it is for a noble end that the brave man endures ...
... Now the end of every activity is conformity to the corresponding state of character. This is true, therefore, of the brave man as well as of others. But courage is noble. Therefore the end also is noble; for each thing is defined by its end. Therefore it is for a noble end that the brave man endures ...
IMMANUEL KANT AND THE CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE
... of view if we assume that morality is simply the consensus of the general will. This certainly might help us in determining what is a moral act, but it does no good to provide a general will as the foundation for such morality. I also think there are good reasons to abandon morality as a brute fact: ...
... of view if we assume that morality is simply the consensus of the general will. This certainly might help us in determining what is a moral act, but it does no good to provide a general will as the foundation for such morality. I also think there are good reasons to abandon morality as a brute fact: ...