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Consequentialist vs. non-consequentialist theories of ethics. There are two broad categories of ethical theories concerning the source of value: consquentialist and non-consequentialist. A consequentialist theory of value judges the rightness or wrongness of an action based on the consequences that action has.
Feb 23, 2004 · Kant’s Moral Philosophy. First published Mon Feb 23, 2004; substantive revision Fri Jan 21, 2022. Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) argued that the supreme principle of morality is a principle of practical rationality that he dubbed the “Categorical Imperative” (CI). Kant characterized the CI as an objective, rationally necessary and ...
Aug 26, 2022 · Consequentialism and virtue ethics are two normative traditions that were not tested as standalone normative deliberation conditions within our experiments but could be the focus of future research. To study consequentialism, for example, researchers could substitute “best consequences” for “obligations” in future experiments.
Mar 27, 2009 · The History of Utilitarianism. First published Fri Mar 27, 2009; substantive revision Mon Sep 22, 2014. Utilitarianism is one of the most powerful and persuasive approaches to normative ethics in the history of philosophy. Though not fully articulated until the 19 th century, proto-utilitarian positions can be discerned throughout the history ...
Nov 11, 2020 · Marcel Jahn is a PhD student in the Department of Philosophy at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His research interests include moral philosophy, the foundations of normativity, and the philosophy of the social sciences. In this paper, we explore an under-investigated question concerning the class of formal models that aim at providing ...
ethics, Branch of philosophy that seeks to determine the correct application of moral notions such as good and bad and right and wrong or a theory of the application or nature of such notions. Ethics is traditionally subdivided into normative ethics, metaethics, and applied ethics. Normative ethics seeks to establish norms or standards of ...
5 days ago · Ethics matters because (1) it is part of how many groups define themselves and thus part of the identity of their individual members, (2) other-regarding values in most ethical systems both reflect and foster close human relationships and mutual respect and trust, and (3) it could be “rational” for a self-interested person to be moral, because his or her self-interest is arguably best ...
