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Dec 14, 2021 · The deterministic sciences of psychology, behaviorism, neuroscience, sociology, and politics are incapable of dealing with human values. There is a variety of ethical first principles available for the choosing, including three forms of ethical relativism, Descriptive, Normative, and Metaethical.
Jan 1, 2023 · In addition to defining key terms, an account of ethical values and personal integrity must explain where ethical values can exist and where they originate; question whether values are ephemeral or enduring, and explain why some values endure while others do not; examine whether there is one greatest ethical value or if there are many values of ...
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In ethical naturalism and virtue ethics, discovering moral values requires understanding one’s nature, which must be based on an objective understanding of human life. Connections The chapter on normative moral theory explores virtue ethics in greater depth.
Nov 22, 2009 · Knowledge refers to an understanding of the world around us that helps us to lead our life as a member of society. It helps to predict events and hence to mitigate the suffering or enhance the well-being of individuals and groups.
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Our contemporary understanding of “truth” is closely aligned with the “correspondence theory of truth,” the idea that “what we believe or say is true if it corresponds to the way things actually are — to the facts.”1 But, how do we know what the facts are? How can you tell a lie from a truth?
May 6, 2021 · Understanding is the epistemic benefit we receive from idealizations, and understanding and truth can come apart. On this view, understanding (unlike knowledge) can therefore be “non-factive” (Elgin 2004, 2017; Potochnik 2017; cf. Sullivan & Khalifa 2019).
Mar 16, 2012 · We said that, ethical matters aside, what is primarily needed is knowledge about causal structure in human matters: knowing oneself, knowing how to tame one’s elephant, knowing others, both particular ones and societal structures, going all the way to knowledge of human nature, and of possibilities of meaningful life.
