THEORIES ABOUT RIGHT ACTION (ETHICAL THEORIES)
... as we do not violate the rights of others. The right not to be injured: We have the right not to be harmed or injured unless we freely and knowingly do something to deserve punishment or we freely and knowingly choose to risk such injuries. The right to what is agreed: We have a right to what has be ...
... as we do not violate the rights of others. The right not to be injured: We have the right not to be harmed or injured unless we freely and knowingly do something to deserve punishment or we freely and knowingly choose to risk such injuries. The right to what is agreed: We have a right to what has be ...
a brief summary of history of ethics
... problems. Applied Ethics deals with more concrete subjects, like the Family, Profession, State/ Politics. Therefore applied Ethics cannot altogether be regarded a distinct science. It is rather the application of Science, Art, and the other results of human experience intelligently, in accordance wi ...
... problems. Applied Ethics deals with more concrete subjects, like the Family, Profession, State/ Politics. Therefore applied Ethics cannot altogether be regarded a distinct science. It is rather the application of Science, Art, and the other results of human experience intelligently, in accordance wi ...
Moral Reasoning
... imperative, two are particularly worth noting. 1)Always act in such a way that you can also will that the maxim of your action should become a universal law. 2)Or act so that you treat humanity, both in your own person and in that of another, always as an end and never merely as a means. Thus morali ...
... imperative, two are particularly worth noting. 1)Always act in such a way that you can also will that the maxim of your action should become a universal law. 2)Or act so that you treat humanity, both in your own person and in that of another, always as an end and never merely as a means. Thus morali ...
Carl Levy - Anarchist Studies Network
... If Marxism was a convergence of German philosophy, British political economy and French socialism, the traditional assumption, by contrast, that revolutionary syndicalism was simply an outgrowth of anarchism would be an over-simplification although the two were certainly directly related in a number ...
... If Marxism was a convergence of German philosophy, British political economy and French socialism, the traditional assumption, by contrast, that revolutionary syndicalism was simply an outgrowth of anarchism would be an over-simplification although the two were certainly directly related in a number ...
I Myths of Individualism - - - - - by
... be w1iversal or particular. Individuals, w hoever and wherever they may be (i.e., in abstraction from particular circumstances), have an enforceable obliga tion to all other persons: not to harm them in their lives, li berties, health, or possessions. In jolm Locke's terms, " Being all equal and ind ...
... be w1iversal or particular. Individuals, w hoever and wherever they may be (i.e., in abstraction from particular circumstances), have an enforceable obliga tion to all other persons: not to harm them in their lives, li berties, health, or possessions. In jolm Locke's terms, " Being all equal and ind ...
ethical reasoning
... differ, the fundamental moral principles underlying these practices do not. EXAMPLE In some societies, killing one's parents after they reach a certain age is common practice, stemming from the belief that people are better off in the afterlife if they entered it while still physically active and v ...
... differ, the fundamental moral principles underlying these practices do not. EXAMPLE In some societies, killing one's parents after they reach a certain age is common practice, stemming from the belief that people are better off in the afterlife if they entered it while still physically active and v ...
Value Based Decision Making
... For Kant, reason is the final authority for morality. Blind beliefs or rituals cannot be foundations for morality. No matter how much good it might result from the act, lying is always wrong. The two corner stones of this theory are: To act only in ways that one would wish others to act when faced w ...
... For Kant, reason is the final authority for morality. Blind beliefs or rituals cannot be foundations for morality. No matter how much good it might result from the act, lying is always wrong. The two corner stones of this theory are: To act only in ways that one would wish others to act when faced w ...
Plato: The Ring of Gyges (Republic Book 2) Imagine there is a
... 5. According to Glaucon, how does the practice of justice arise? On the view he expresses, would there be any reason prior to living in a society to do the right thing? Does the practice of ethics only make sense in the context of living in a society? Glaucon believes human beings practice justice i ...
... 5. According to Glaucon, how does the practice of justice arise? On the view he expresses, would there be any reason prior to living in a society to do the right thing? Does the practice of ethics only make sense in the context of living in a society? Glaucon believes human beings practice justice i ...
Online Privacy Issues Overview
... We ought to adopt moral rules which, if followed by everyone, will lead to the greatest increase in total happiness ◦ Act utilitarianism applies Principle of Utility to individual actions ◦ Rule utilitarianism applies Principle of Utility to moral rules ...
... We ought to adopt moral rules which, if followed by everyone, will lead to the greatest increase in total happiness ◦ Act utilitarianism applies Principle of Utility to individual actions ◦ Rule utilitarianism applies Principle of Utility to moral rules ...
Does Liberalism Need Natural Rights?
... action covered by the right is truly perfective of human beings, (ii) whether it has moral rectitude, and (iii) whether it is sufficiently important to warrant a "trump" on their common business. Surely an "Aristotelian" defense of liberalism would not overlook the force of these questions. As a tok ...
... action covered by the right is truly perfective of human beings, (ii) whether it has moral rectitude, and (iii) whether it is sufficiently important to warrant a "trump" on their common business. Surely an "Aristotelian" defense of liberalism would not overlook the force of these questions. As a tok ...
Ethics in Criminal Justice
... • Begin developing critical thinking skills • Become more personally responsible • Understand how the system is engaged in a process of coercion • Develop wholesight (exploring with your heart and mind) ...
... • Begin developing critical thinking skills • Become more personally responsible • Understand how the system is engaged in a process of coercion • Develop wholesight (exploring with your heart and mind) ...
Ethics in a Pluralist World
... Immanuel Kant draws a distinction between ethics and right (Recht) or law. The reason for this distinction is his division of freedom into internal and external. This distinction, on which the main division of the doctrine of morals as a whole also rests, is based on this: that the concept of freedo ...
... Immanuel Kant draws a distinction between ethics and right (Recht) or law. The reason for this distinction is his division of freedom into internal and external. This distinction, on which the main division of the doctrine of morals as a whole also rests, is based on this: that the concept of freedo ...
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... be for others who receive the action; in other words in determining the rightness or wrongness of an action the scale of preference should prioritise that action that will favor the individual performing the action. Teleological ethical theories have some shortcomings.pne require that we foresee the ...
... be for others who receive the action; in other words in determining the rightness or wrongness of an action the scale of preference should prioritise that action that will favor the individual performing the action. Teleological ethical theories have some shortcomings.pne require that we foresee the ...
Week 2 – Rights and Relativism
... C1 (P2): Therefore, there are no universal moral truths. C2: Therefore, moral standards are a function of the societies that accept them 2. The Demonstrability Argument P1: There is no means by which to demonstrate the correctness of any specific moral standard (like the scientific method). C: Ther ...
... C1 (P2): Therefore, there are no universal moral truths. C2: Therefore, moral standards are a function of the societies that accept them 2. The Demonstrability Argument P1: There is no means by which to demonstrate the correctness of any specific moral standard (like the scientific method). C: Ther ...
The enlighTenmenT period – a conTinuous source of “lighT” or The
... liberalism (1992). In the former book, he presented his theory of justice as fairness. It starts with the assumption that justice constitutes “the first virtue of social institutions,” which is that “the rights secured by justice are not subject to political bargaining or to the calculus of social i ...
... liberalism (1992). In the former book, he presented his theory of justice as fairness. It starts with the assumption that justice constitutes “the first virtue of social institutions,” which is that “the rights secured by justice are not subject to political bargaining or to the calculus of social i ...
Meta-Ethics
... reparation, gratitude, justice, helping others, self-improvement, not harming others. If these conflict, follow the one we think is right in that situation. However, he doesn’t say how we decide this. ...
... reparation, gratitude, justice, helping others, self-improvement, not harming others. If these conflict, follow the one we think is right in that situation. However, he doesn’t say how we decide this. ...
What is ethics
... the needs and rights of others • Choice or decision affect single person’s interest (no consideration of other people’s interest) • Actions done from a perspective of self-interest • Action is moral conduct if it produces favorable consequences to the individual • One can pursue good but motive is o ...
... the needs and rights of others • Choice or decision affect single person’s interest (no consideration of other people’s interest) • Actions done from a perspective of self-interest • Action is moral conduct if it produces favorable consequences to the individual • One can pursue good but motive is o ...
The Moral Point of View - Seattle Preparatory School
... Compassion Other philosophers have seen the origin of the moral life to be in compassion, feeling for the suffering of other sentient beings. Josiah Royce: “Such as that is for me, so is it for him, nothing less.” ...
... Compassion Other philosophers have seen the origin of the moral life to be in compassion, feeling for the suffering of other sentient beings. Josiah Royce: “Such as that is for me, so is it for him, nothing less.” ...
the ethics of obligation
... • We can do this because others in society have agreed to do the same thing, because it is in their enlightened (ultimate) self-interest as well. • The social contract is how we create an ordered society, escaping anarchy. ...
... • We can do this because others in society have agreed to do the same thing, because it is in their enlightened (ultimate) self-interest as well. • The social contract is how we create an ordered society, escaping anarchy. ...
Milestone Education Review
... There are certain forces which are responsible for the breakdown of customary morality and reinforcing the reflective morality instead. These factors and causes have been subjected to a keen analysis and investigation by John Dewey and Tuft. Morality in Personal Life The function of personal moralit ...
... There are certain forces which are responsible for the breakdown of customary morality and reinforcing the reflective morality instead. These factors and causes have been subjected to a keen analysis and investigation by John Dewey and Tuft. Morality in Personal Life The function of personal moralit ...
Moral Development - University of Puget Sound
... might save her life, but it was rare, and hard to obtain. A local pharmacist had the drug (which cost $200 to produce) and was selling it for $2000 for a dose that might save the woman’s life. Her husband was able to scrounge $1000 by borrowing from friends, but could not scrape up rest of the money ...
... might save her life, but it was rare, and hard to obtain. A local pharmacist had the drug (which cost $200 to produce) and was selling it for $2000 for a dose that might save the woman’s life. Her husband was able to scrounge $1000 by borrowing from friends, but could not scrape up rest of the money ...
Comparison of Ethical Theories
... God, sometimes religions command what seems to be evil… SOPHISTICATED: God and good may be identified, religion is the source of ethics for many people; rational theology attempts to resolve difficulties and contradictions. Ethics based on society or culture CRUDE: cultural commands often radically ...
... God, sometimes religions command what seems to be evil… SOPHISTICATED: God and good may be identified, religion is the source of ethics for many people; rational theology attempts to resolve difficulties and contradictions. Ethics based on society or culture CRUDE: cultural commands often radically ...
READING #1: “What This Book is About”
... no better than our initial assumptions, then our conclusions seem as arbitrary as our assumptions. This problematic leads to the position of ethical skepticism: “We cannot really know anything in ethics. We can only deliberate with others about what is right or wrong if we already agree with them ab ...
... no better than our initial assumptions, then our conclusions seem as arbitrary as our assumptions. This problematic leads to the position of ethical skepticism: “We cannot really know anything in ethics. We can only deliberate with others about what is right or wrong if we already agree with them ab ...