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1 day ago · Ethics. Ethics is concerned with the moral status of entities, for example, whether an act is obligatory or prohibited. [1] Ethics or moral philosophy is the philosophical study of moral phenomena. It investigates normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right.
3 days ago · According to Alicea, natural law, which is most closely associated with philosophers like Aristotle, Cicero, and Thomas Aquinas, rejects cultural relativism in favor of the idea that there are both objective goods and objective wrongs, which are “understandable in light of human nature,” and can be identified through reason.
3 days ago · Define and appropriately use important terms such as relativism, virtue, duty, rights, utilitarianism, natural law, egoism, altruism, autonomy, and care ethics. Demonstrate knowledge of major arguments and problems in ethics. Present and discuss well-reasoned ethical positions in writing.
- Elaine M. Patton
- 2017
1 day ago · In the normative framework of negative utilitarianism, I think only judgments/conduct which (actively or passively) (a) prevents or reduces harm or (b) inflicts or increases harm are moral; however, those activities which are neither (a) nor (b) are non-moral (e.g. phatic, instrumental, involuntary) so that most "human acts", in fact, are non ...
2 days ago · One of the most relevant issues in the civil engagement of valuation concerns the contribution it can make to a more equitable distribution model. In this capacity, the science of evaluation takes on a normative function that appears in three aspects: the contents of the value judgement in the light of the dialectic between evidence and ...
5 days ago · Interpretation of what is moral is influenced by cultural norms, and different cultures can have different beliefs about what is right and wrong. According to the theory of cultural relativism, there is no singular truth on which to base ethical or moral behavior, as our interpretations of truths are influenced by our own culture. Terms ...
4 days ago · My reply, ‘ Ambiguously Normative Testimony ’, argues that (i) it can be perfectly reasonable and innocuous to revise some moral beliefs on the basis of oracular pronouncements about the distribution of non-natural properties; and (ii) the fundamental structure of the ‘dilemma’ has nothing to do with non-naturalism.
