ayers emotivism - mrslh Philosophy & Ethics
... determined simply by understanding the terms that occur in them. Examples of analytic statements are statements of mathematics or logic. E.g. ‘All bachelors are unmarried men.’ ‘All red parrots are red.’ ‘All triangles have three sides’ S Synthetic statements – the truth of falsity of the statement ...
... determined simply by understanding the terms that occur in them. Examples of analytic statements are statements of mathematics or logic. E.g. ‘All bachelors are unmarried men.’ ‘All red parrots are red.’ ‘All triangles have three sides’ S Synthetic statements – the truth of falsity of the statement ...
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 ...
ETHICAL THEORIES AND BIOETHICS
... general than a rule or value -Framework; skeleton of ethical decision making -Provides boundaries that should not be exceeded without justified reasons THEORY ...
... general than a rule or value -Framework; skeleton of ethical decision making -Provides boundaries that should not be exceeded without justified reasons THEORY ...
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... ● Denies the absolute, universal nature of morality ● Moral values change from society to society throughout time and throughout the world ...
... ● Denies the absolute, universal nature of morality ● Moral values change from society to society throughout time and throughout the world ...
Subjectivism in Ethics
... Accordingly, we may agree in all our judgments about our attitudes, yet disagree in our attitudes. For the emotivist, moral disagreements are disagreements in attitudes, not about attitudes. They are disagreements in which one’s desires (rather than beliefs) conflict with those of another. ...
... Accordingly, we may agree in all our judgments about our attitudes, yet disagree in our attitudes. For the emotivist, moral disagreements are disagreements in attitudes, not about attitudes. They are disagreements in which one’s desires (rather than beliefs) conflict with those of another. ...
Ethical Relativism:
... Although cultural relativism may seem to be fact, it does not by itself establish the truth of ethical relativism. Deep inside any society, there are always certain things that are considered norms, even if you can’t see them at first. ...
... Although cultural relativism may seem to be fact, it does not by itself establish the truth of ethical relativism. Deep inside any society, there are always certain things that are considered norms, even if you can’t see them at first. ...
the Meta-Ethics whizz through PowerPoint
... observable features of an action. Utilitarians argue that pain and pleasure can be observed and experienced as a posteriori truth. Virtue ethicists like MacIntyre argue that goodness exists as an a posteriori feature of flourishing. Natural Law theorists like Aquinas argue that goodness is a n ...
... observable features of an action. Utilitarians argue that pain and pleasure can be observed and experienced as a posteriori truth. Virtue ethicists like MacIntyre argue that goodness exists as an a posteriori feature of flourishing. Natural Law theorists like Aquinas argue that goodness is a n ...
Ethics
... • Principle of universality: act only according to the maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law. ...
... • Principle of universality: act only according to the maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law. ...
Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong
... Limitations of Religion, Law, & Etiquette Religion –Rests on authority that may lack certainty or agreement on authority credentials or how authority would rule in new cases. Reason may not be able to persuade. Law – Every social ill cannot have a law and not all rules can be enforced Etiquette ...
... Limitations of Religion, Law, & Etiquette Religion –Rests on authority that may lack certainty or agreement on authority credentials or how authority would rule in new cases. Reason may not be able to persuade. Law – Every social ill cannot have a law and not all rules can be enforced Etiquette ...
Ethics and Business
... – Person caused or helped cause the injury, or failed to prevent it when he or she could and should have (causality). – Person did so knowing what he or she was doing (knowledge). – Person did so of his or her own free will (freedom). ...
... – Person caused or helped cause the injury, or failed to prevent it when he or she could and should have (causality). – Person did so knowing what he or she was doing (knowledge). – Person did so of his or her own free will (freedom). ...
Ethics and the Professions
... occur, and an understood/expected negative effect followed. Specifically, it seems that employers (in light of the statistics and complaints) know that the effect of pornographic spam on their employees is negative; therefore, employers would be behaving in an immoral way if they did not protect em ...
... occur, and an understood/expected negative effect followed. Specifically, it seems that employers (in light of the statistics and complaints) know that the effect of pornographic spam on their employees is negative; therefore, employers would be behaving in an immoral way if they did not protect em ...
pdf2011 Nature Protection – an ethical obligation E. Stanciu
... Conformance to a recognized code, doctrine, or system of rules of what is right or wrong and to behave accordingly. No system of morality is accepted as universal, and the answers to the question "What is morality?" differ sharply from place to place, group to group, and time to time. For some it me ...
... Conformance to a recognized code, doctrine, or system of rules of what is right or wrong and to behave accordingly. No system of morality is accepted as universal, and the answers to the question "What is morality?" differ sharply from place to place, group to group, and time to time. For some it me ...
Week 2 – Rights and Relativism
... attitudes intended to persuade those who hear the attitude expressed ...
... attitudes intended to persuade those who hear the attitude expressed ...
Philosophy 224
... 2. Theoretical Aim: identify the features of actions or persons that make them right or wrong, good or bad. ...
... 2. Theoretical Aim: identify the features of actions or persons that make them right or wrong, good or bad. ...
Religious Language - the Redhill Academy
... of Religious Ethics as an ethical approach to business. (35) ...
... of Religious Ethics as an ethical approach to business. (35) ...
Ethics
... What is acceptably good for all people, good without qualification? Intelligence, courage may be good, but applied to rob a bank is not good Good will, e.g. “noble intentions” may be good, but Stalin in his actions ...
... What is acceptably good for all people, good without qualification? Intelligence, courage may be good, but applied to rob a bank is not good Good will, e.g. “noble intentions” may be good, but Stalin in his actions ...
Class #9 - 8/5/10
... • The greatest pleasures are “acquired tastes” and derive from achievement -- the joy of solving a mathematical problem, of writing an opera, of playing a violin, etc. • Thus, Mill emphasized the necessary role of education for all. Social equality is achieved by providing opportunity for all to ach ...
... • The greatest pleasures are “acquired tastes” and derive from achievement -- the joy of solving a mathematical problem, of writing an opera, of playing a violin, etc. • Thus, Mill emphasized the necessary role of education for all. Social equality is achieved by providing opportunity for all to ach ...
Introduction to Medical Ethics
... • Moral theories that judge right / correct behavior based upon a particular goal or purpose or consequences of the action ...
... • Moral theories that judge right / correct behavior based upon a particular goal or purpose or consequences of the action ...
Is Morality Natural?
... On Jan. 2, 2007, a large woman entered the Cango caves of South Africa and wedged herself into the only exit, trapping 22 tourists behind her. Digging her out appeared not to be an option, which left a terrible moral dilemma: take the woman's life to free the 22, or leave her to die along with her f ...
... On Jan. 2, 2007, a large woman entered the Cango caves of South Africa and wedged herself into the only exit, trapping 22 tourists behind her. Digging her out appeared not to be an option, which left a terrible moral dilemma: take the woman's life to free the 22, or leave her to die along with her f ...
natural law questions
... 4) Is it clear that the purpose of humanity is to preserve self and the innocent, to reproduce, to acquire knowledge, to live in an ordered society and to worship God? Are any of these disputable and if so on what grounds? Are there any other purposes that could be added to the list? ...
... 4) Is it clear that the purpose of humanity is to preserve self and the innocent, to reproduce, to acquire knowledge, to live in an ordered society and to worship God? Are any of these disputable and if so on what grounds? Are there any other purposes that could be added to the list? ...
Are There Objective Values and Ethics?
... All moral claims are meaningful only as based on an individuals opinion, experience, desires, and inclinations. ...
... All moral claims are meaningful only as based on an individuals opinion, experience, desires, and inclinations. ...
non-naturalist
... observable features of an action. Utilitarians argue that pain and pleasure can be observed and experienced as a posteriori truth. Kantians argue that goodness exists as a priori truth. Natural Law theorists like Aquinas argue that goodness is a natural feature of action defined by the ends we ...
... observable features of an action. Utilitarians argue that pain and pleasure can be observed and experienced as a posteriori truth. Kantians argue that goodness exists as a priori truth. Natural Law theorists like Aquinas argue that goodness is a natural feature of action defined by the ends we ...
Class #10 - 5/14/12
... persons as ends in themselves, never as means to an end. Treat someone as they agree to be treated. ...
... persons as ends in themselves, never as means to an end. Treat someone as they agree to be treated. ...
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... – Moral judgment is motivated by a need to not be criticized by a true authority figure (“Kohlberg’s Levels and Stages”) ...
... – Moral judgment is motivated by a need to not be criticized by a true authority figure (“Kohlberg’s Levels and Stages”) ...
Ethics - Learningshark!
... but organizational constraints make it difficult to take the right course of action. • Moral outrage occurs when an individual witnesses the immoral act of another but feels powerless to stop it. ...
... but organizational constraints make it difficult to take the right course of action. • Moral outrage occurs when an individual witnesses the immoral act of another but feels powerless to stop it. ...
Bernard Williams
Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams, FBA (21 September 1929 – 10 June 2003) was an English moral philosopher, described by The Times as the ""most brilliant and most important British moral philosopher of his time."" His publications include Problems of the Self (1973), Moral Luck (1981), Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985), and Truth and Truthfulness (2002). He was knighted in 1999.As Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and Deutsch Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, Williams became known internationally for his attempt to reorient the study of moral philosophy to history and culture, politics and psychology, and in particular to the Greeks. Described as an analytic philosopher with the soul of a humanist, he saw himself as a synthesist, drawing together ideas from fields that seemed increasingly unable to communicate with one another. He rejected scientism, and scientific or evolutionary reductionism, calling the ""morally unimaginative kind of evolutionary reductionists"" ""the people I really do dislike."" For Williams, complexity was irreducible, beautiful, and meaningful.He became known as a supporter of women in academia; the American philosopher Martha Nussbaum wrote that he was ""as close to being a feminist as a powerful man of his generation could be."" He was also famously sharp in conversation. Oxford philosopher Gilbert Ryle once said of him that he ""understands what you're going to say better than you understand it yourself, and sees all the possible objections to it, all the possible answers to all the possible objections, before you've got to the end of your sentence.""