Alasdair MacIntyre on the Enlightenment Project
... Hume’s or Kierkegaard’s arguments were not astute enough or rigorous enough, but, beyond arguing back and forth whether this is so, what is crucially at issue according to MacIntyre is whether the very idea of so rationally justifying morality, characterized roughly as modernity has characterized mo ...
... Hume’s or Kierkegaard’s arguments were not astute enough or rigorous enough, but, beyond arguing back and forth whether this is so, what is crucially at issue according to MacIntyre is whether the very idea of so rationally justifying morality, characterized roughly as modernity has characterized mo ...
Chapter Two: Normative Theories of Ethics
... Definition: The moral theory that we should act in in ways that produce the most pleasure or happiness for the greatest number of people affected by our actions. Main representatives: The British philosophers Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) and John Stuart Mill (1806–1873). The principle of utility ...
... Definition: The moral theory that we should act in in ways that produce the most pleasure or happiness for the greatest number of people affected by our actions. Main representatives: The British philosophers Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) and John Stuart Mill (1806–1873). The principle of utility ...
Slide 1
... help us answer the question “What would Jesus do?” That will help our conscience come to its last and best judgment about what we should or should not do. This process of moral discernment and decision making will be applied to specific areas of morality addressed in the second part of this book. ...
... help us answer the question “What would Jesus do?” That will help our conscience come to its last and best judgment about what we should or should not do. This process of moral discernment and decision making will be applied to specific areas of morality addressed in the second part of this book. ...
Philosophy as Therapy for Recovering (Unrestrained) Omnivores
... health ideal we have in mind is a moral life in which an agent reflects on and feels appropriately satisfied with the degree of harmony between her beliefs and actions, and in which she has the tools to identify and assume beliefs and actions that authentically reflect her values. The malaises in q ...
... health ideal we have in mind is a moral life in which an agent reflects on and feels appropriately satisfied with the degree of harmony between her beliefs and actions, and in which she has the tools to identify and assume beliefs and actions that authentically reflect her values. The malaises in q ...
Ch. 33
... Trematodes parasitize a wide range of hosts, and most species have complex life cycles with alternation of sexual and asexual stages. Many trematodes require an intermediate host in which the larvae develop before infecting the final hosts (usually a vertebrate) where the adult worm lives. o The blo ...
... Trematodes parasitize a wide range of hosts, and most species have complex life cycles with alternation of sexual and asexual stages. Many trematodes require an intermediate host in which the larvae develop before infecting the final hosts (usually a vertebrate) where the adult worm lives. o The blo ...
CHAPTER 33
... Trematodes parasitize a wide range of hosts, and most species have complex life cycles with alternation of sexual and asexual stages. Many trematodes require an intermediate host in which the larvae develop before infecting the final hosts (usually a vertebrate) where the adult worm lives. o The blo ...
... Trematodes parasitize a wide range of hosts, and most species have complex life cycles with alternation of sexual and asexual stages. Many trematodes require an intermediate host in which the larvae develop before infecting the final hosts (usually a vertebrate) where the adult worm lives. o The blo ...
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.” ...
Ethics – Handout 8 Foot, “What Is Moral Relativism?”
... as making the same kind of claim: we can’t emply two sets of standards in one breath. (8) Stace’s second claim: a relativist is committed to the conclusion that if someone things something is right, then it’s right for him, or alternatively, that someone who acts in accordance with his conscience al ...
... as making the same kind of claim: we can’t emply two sets of standards in one breath. (8) Stace’s second claim: a relativist is committed to the conclusion that if someone things something is right, then it’s right for him, or alternatively, that someone who acts in accordance with his conscience al ...
Chapter 11
... • The pharynx contains a unique structure called a mastax (jaws) • The mastax is a muscular organ that ...
... • The pharynx contains a unique structure called a mastax (jaws) • The mastax is a muscular organ that ...
James Rachels: The Debate over Utilitarianism
... According to Arthur, this means that if Dewey is correct, then it seems clear there is an important sense in which morality not only can be taught but must be. Besides early moral training, moral thinking depends on our ability to imagine others’ reactions and to imaginatively put ourselves into the ...
... According to Arthur, this means that if Dewey is correct, then it seems clear there is an important sense in which morality not only can be taught but must be. Besides early moral training, moral thinking depends on our ability to imagine others’ reactions and to imaginatively put ourselves into the ...
The Case for Cultural Diversity
... we would disagree in a way in which at least one of us must be wrong: we have said of one thing, Alaska, that it has and does not have some feature at the same time and in the same respect So, if cultures disagree in this latter sense, both may be wrong, or perhaps just one is wrong, but both cannot ...
... we would disagree in a way in which at least one of us must be wrong: we have said of one thing, Alaska, that it has and does not have some feature at the same time and in the same respect So, if cultures disagree in this latter sense, both may be wrong, or perhaps just one is wrong, but both cannot ...
chapter 2 - TEST BANK 360
... For the consequentialist, the key to determining whether an action or rule is ethically proper or improper is a determination of the consequences of performing the action or following the rule. Here you should distinguish between egoism, where the scope is very narrow -- viz. the individual -- and u ...
... For the consequentialist, the key to determining whether an action or rule is ethically proper or improper is a determination of the consequences of performing the action or following the rule. Here you should distinguish between egoism, where the scope is very narrow -- viz. the individual -- and u ...
Section 29–2 Form and Function in
... 10. How do the smallest and thinnest animals meet the requirement of supplying oxygen and nutrients to cells and removing metabolic wastes? They meet the requirement by simple diffusion between their body surface and the environment. ...
... 10. How do the smallest and thinnest animals meet the requirement of supplying oxygen and nutrients to cells and removing metabolic wastes? They meet the requirement by simple diffusion between their body surface and the environment. ...
What is the difference between Vertebrates and Invertebrates?
... Life on Earth began more than 3 billion years ago, evolving from the most basic of microbes into a dazzling array of complexity over time. But how did the first organisms on the only known home to life in the universe develop from the primordial soup? ...
... Life on Earth began more than 3 billion years ago, evolving from the most basic of microbes into a dazzling array of complexity over time. But how did the first organisms on the only known home to life in the universe develop from the primordial soup? ...
The World`s Largest Dinosaurs: Activities for Grades 9-12
... Next have them plot the sauropod data on three graphs: Adult Body Weight, Daily Food Intake, and Heart Rate. Students should then independently answer the following questions, and share their answers in a class discussion. • How do sauropods fit into the predictive patterns you made before your visi ...
... Next have them plot the sauropod data on three graphs: Adult Body Weight, Daily Food Intake, and Heart Rate. Students should then independently answer the following questions, and share their answers in a class discussion. • How do sauropods fit into the predictive patterns you made before your visi ...
CHAPTER 6
... • Charity: a rule denying charity would deny love, and would thus be in conflict with our need for love. ...
... • Charity: a rule denying charity would deny love, and would thus be in conflict with our need for love. ...
Chapter 3: Morality and the Moral Life Ethics
... culture to culture, moral standards are relative to culture (there are no objective moral standards).—FALSE 2. People’s moral judgments do differ from culture to culture.—DUBIOUS 3. Therefore, moral standards are relative to culture (there are no objective moral standards).—CONCLUSION UNSUPPORTED ...
... culture to culture, moral standards are relative to culture (there are no objective moral standards).—FALSE 2. People’s moral judgments do differ from culture to culture.—DUBIOUS 3. Therefore, moral standards are relative to culture (there are no objective moral standards).—CONCLUSION UNSUPPORTED ...
Biology and Society Unit Three: Ethics Branches of Philosophy
... What ethical principles can we agree to use in a system of moral particularism such as mediational ethics? ----------------------Reciprocity “the principle of equal consideration of the interests of all.” (Singer 1981) Ethical cooperation between rational like-kinds can be based on the logical assu ...
... What ethical principles can we agree to use in a system of moral particularism such as mediational ethics? ----------------------Reciprocity “the principle of equal consideration of the interests of all.” (Singer 1981) Ethical cooperation between rational like-kinds can be based on the logical assu ...
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... 1. Discuss the body functions that are important for living things. (Student should have previously learned about the major systems, the circulatory, digestive, and respiratory systems in the human should have been taught.) Review the systems. 2. Ask the students, “Do all animals have the same syste ...
... 1. Discuss the body functions that are important for living things. (Student should have previously learned about the major systems, the circulatory, digestive, and respiratory systems in the human should have been taught.) Review the systems. 2. Ask the students, “Do all animals have the same syste ...
biol1030_kingdom_animalia_invertebrates
... into the sponge through the pores, it is filtered of small particles of food • Collar cells are cells that line the inner body cavity; they have flagella which beat to draw water through the sponge and out the osculum, filtering the water in the process • Spicules are needle-like structures that sup ...
... into the sponge through the pores, it is filtered of small particles of food • Collar cells are cells that line the inner body cavity; they have flagella which beat to draw water through the sponge and out the osculum, filtering the water in the process • Spicules are needle-like structures that sup ...
Animal structure and function
... • Shares many features of embryonic development with echinoderms • having, at some time in their life cycle, A) a notochord korda (fexible londitudial axial rod), B) a hollow dorsal nerve cord, nervrör C) a filterfeeding pharynx with gill slit (organ for feeding and gas exchange) and an endostyle ( ...
... • Shares many features of embryonic development with echinoderms • having, at some time in their life cycle, A) a notochord korda (fexible londitudial axial rod), B) a hollow dorsal nerve cord, nervrör C) a filterfeeding pharynx with gill slit (organ for feeding and gas exchange) and an endostyle ( ...
Introduction to Animals
... The excretory system consists of two metanephridia most of the segments that function to remove excess water and to rid the body of nitrogenous wastes. Gas exchange occurs across the skin, so the body must remain moist. Earthworms are hermaphroditic but cross-fertilize with another individual. Sperm ...
... The excretory system consists of two metanephridia most of the segments that function to remove excess water and to rid the body of nitrogenous wastes. Gas exchange occurs across the skin, so the body must remain moist. Earthworms are hermaphroditic but cross-fertilize with another individual. Sperm ...
Why Does Ovarian Cancer Occur? Identifying Genetic and
... But we are not equal! We are all different with different abilities and needs. ...
... But we are not equal! We are all different with different abilities and needs. ...