PHIL 230A (921) Introduction to Moral Theory Summer 2013 MW 7pm-10pm BUCH D222 Instructor: Doran Smolkin‚ Ph. D. Email: through the UBC Connect Website or doran.smolkin@ubc.ca or doran.smolkin@kwantlen.ca Office Location: Buchanan E275 Office Hours: MW 12:10-1:00‚ 6:30-7:00 and by appt. Required Text: Ethical Theory: An Anthology‚ 2nd ed. Shafer-Landau‚ Wiley-Blackwell‚ 2013. Course Description: The purpose of Philosophy 230 is to introduce you to the study of philosophical
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may do if you want d) Looked for “science of right and wrong in human action” (Boylan‚ 2009‚ p. 176). e) Supreme principle of morality 1) Categorical imperatives 2) Hypothetical imperatives 4) Major criticisms of theory a) Not enough substance b) Major practitioner‚ Kant‚ contradicts himself in his two different forms of categorical imperatives. c. Virtue theory 1) What it means to be good
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Rolbin Flores Assignment 4 Since 2001‚ same sex marriages have been big issues in the US and other countries like (Argentina‚ Canada‚ Iceland‚ the Netherlands‚ Belgium‚ Sweden‚ Portugal‚ Mexico City‚ Spain‚ South Africa‚ and some regions within the United States). It is always a debate in the US based on the fact if we don’t allow same sex marriage‚ it affect our right constitutional demand of equality established by our founding fathers. Same sex couples been trying to get married
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Deciding if an action is moral can vary greatly depending on which theory is applied in order to make a decision. A Divine Command Theorist would evaluate morality by consulting religious or sacred texts and by possibility consulting a religious authority on said texts. Through this approach the Divine Command Theorist would be looking for guidance from the “word of God” on the matter. A Natural Law Theorist on the other hand would attempt to decide if an action is moral by deciding the action’s
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duty (1785/2012). A person’s decisions are made by respecting others; this is our duty as humans. Kant further expanded on duty by distinguishing two types‚ hypothetical and categorical imperatives. Categorical imperatives are duties that are pure‚ outright and absolute. There are two questions Kant formulated in relation to categorical imperatives that can be asked when deciding if an action is right or wrong. Can this action be applied to every circumstance as universal law? Is the action being taken
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Paper #1 In A Critique of Utilitarianism‚ Bernard Williams argues that when following a Utilitarian approach for moral dilemmas‚ Utilitarianism might have us sacrifice or modify our moral integrity. Williams explains this argument with a hypothetical execution situation with protagonist Jim. Jim‚ who is a botanical expeditionary‚ accidentally wanders in the central square of a small South American town. There‚ he finds twenty Indians tied up in a row‚ with several armed soldiers standing in front
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and its limitation. He entwined the ideologies of empiricism with rationalism‚ and attempted to examine the limits and extents of human intelligence. He always placed much emphasis on moralities‚ and formed his own moral law‚ entitled ‘Categorical imperative’‚ which proposed that morality is taken from rationality and‚ the sense of right doing and wrong doing is only obtained from rational thinking. Kant divided moral judgments into three distinct classes: analytic a priori‚ synthetic a posteriori and
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Kantian and Utilitarian Theories Kantian and Utilitarian Theories Applying philosophical concepts to social issues can test the relevance of philosophy in contemporary society. Such application may also help to resolve present-day social issues‚ as philosophy can draw light on moral concerns. In this paper‚ the Kantian and Utilitarian moral theories are applied to the Nestle advertising controversy which began in 1970‚ and which lingers
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Through the egalitarian reasoning of John Rawls and the act-utilitarianist perspective of J.J.C. Smart‚ I will analyze the concept of justice. In accordance with Rawls‚ I intend to argue that any changes in society that will increase the burden carried by the poorest 5% are unjust‚ even if these changes increase the average level of happiness for the other 95%. With regard to ethics‚ justice is defined as fairness‚ where all situations should be treated alike. For one to exhibit justice‚ one must
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