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Dec 19, 2005 · 1. Categories of Rights A right to life, a right to choose; a right to vote, to work, to strike; a right to one phone call, to dissolve parliament, to operate a forklift, to asylum, to equal treatment before the law, to feel proud of what one has done; a right to exist, to sentence an offender to death, to launch a nuclear first strike, to castle kingside, to a distinct genetic identity; a ...
Jun 9, 2003 · Students of Plato and other ancient philosophers divide philosophy into three parts: Ethics, Epistemology and Metaphysics. While generally accurate and certainly useful for pedagogical purposes, no rigid boundary separates the parts. Ethics, for example, concerns how one ought to live and focuses on pleasure, virtue, and happiness.
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Feb 23, 2004 · 1. Aims and Methods of Moral Philosophy. The most basic aim of moral philosophy, and so also of the Groundwork, is, in Kant’s view, to “seek out” the foundational principle of a “metaphysics of morals,” which Kant understands as a system of a priori moral principles that apply the CI to human persons in all times and cultures.
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Jan 15, 2021 · 5.1.1 The Language of Ethics. Ethics is about values, what is right and wrong, or better or worse. Ethics makes claims, or judgments, that establish values. Evaluative claims are referred to as normative, or prescriptive, claims. Normative claims tell us, or affirm, what ought to be the case.
Jan 23, 2007 · Metaethics. First published Tue Jan 23, 2007; substantive revision Tue Jan 24, 2023. Metaethics is the attempt to understand the metaphysical, epistemological, semantic, and psychological, presuppositions and commitments of moral thought, talk, and practice. As such, it counts within its domain a broad range of questions and puzzles, including ...
Metaphysics would have little to do with ethical values. Ethical values differ from culture to culture. If common values are found, these can be explained as arising from the evolutionary development of values that are basic to the survival of societies. There is no need to posit metaphysical foundations for Ethics.
Mar 23, 2023 · It intends to inquire concerning the degree of dependence of ethics upon metaphysics. Is the position of ethics similar, for example, to that of mathematics or physics or logic, fields of inquiry which, although involving metaphysical assumptions, are nevertheless relatively autonomous and internally intelligible; or is the relation of ...
