PHIL 1103: Ethics End-Term Exam Name:_____________________________________________ Class ___________ Date:____________ I. Identify the following kinds of theories of philosophical ethics. (1 point each for a total of 7 points) 1.) Moral goodness consists in the collective cultivation of the virtues‚ such as courage‚ honesty‚ justice‚ generosity‚ etc. in human agents. 2.) The moral goodness of acts (and their agents) is determined by the nature of those
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DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS OF GOD Pantheism: God exists in nature‚ everything is God and God is everything. Deism: The universe follows God’s Laws of order‚ also believed that God created the universe and its physical laws‚ set the universe into motion and then moved away‚ and also believed that god has no personal relationship with his humans. Theism: God and humans have a personal relationship and direct communication through prayers‚ meditations‚ etc.. Theism can be polytheistic (belief in one God)
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will such that the maxim of your will could become a universal law for all men." Kant is saying your actions‚ based on good will‚ can apply to all; so that good moral judgments made can become universal for everyone. Kant believed a person’s motive‚ his intentions of an action are what decides if the action is morally right or wrong—not the end result of that action or decision. Kant’s categorical imperative approach says a person has the moral duty to do what is right‚ because it is the right
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Gone Baby Gone Analysis According to Kant Theory I’m going to talk in this assignment about the movie: Gone Baby Gone; which is an incredible‚ fresh‚ and real film‚ and its relation with Kant theory. In this movie characters are rich and alive; the story is compelling‚ surprising‚ and not at all predictable. Kant said that one must have a respect for the moral law that is expressed in the intention‚ and I think that Patrick’s intentions were good because he did not want for the kidnapped girl
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is to act out of duty to the moral law of reason-which kant calls Categorical Imperative(the law of practical reason) Deontological ethics- Duty ethics Non-consequential ethical theory It is not the consequences that are morally relevant. It is the reason or motive underlying the act. Man’s transcendental freedom and dignity Hypothetical imperatives If you desire x_________ then you ought to do x________. Categorical Imperatives Do x__________ because it’s your duty to do x______. A
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Martin Jason Sevilla ETHICS bah 203 Justice and Fairness has a categorical imperative has two criteria for determining moral rights and wrong. It is called universalizability and reversibility. Universalizability means the person’s reasons for acting must be reasons that everyone could act on at least in principle and Reversibility means the person’s reasons for acting must be reasons that he or she would be willing to have all others use‚ even as a basis
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morally right without having a good intention is not ethical moral. He had a great strength with moral theory‚ the categorical imperative that mean the principle that if a moral rule applies to someone‚ then it applies to everyone‚ and that an act is immoral if it cannot be made into a rule for all humankind to follow. Kant views don’t make exceptions for anything. I think that Kant would think that Socrates was a fool for not escaping prison because he believed that a consequence of an action not
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perfectly fine‚ until it becomes part of the third party (the local citizens).. second Therefore by hiding information from the government‚ the local fishers‚ local citizens . therefore‚ BP has breached the second categorical imperative standing for respect of the individual. * According to Kant BP should have fixed the problem that it was aware of before continuing on with the project‚ even if this would not make the company profitable. * The
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Week 3 Assignment:1 1. In what ways is the need to calculate utility a problem for utilitarianism? In my opinion the meaning of calculation of utility not so curtain and understandable. We know that some actions produce more pleasure for us than others but it is not difficult for us to rank actions in order of the pleasure they give us. Same time it is impossible to accurately measure how much pleasure they give us. What is the measurement of this action and how we can measure it? It has
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Teleological ethical theories vs. Deontological ethical theories By: Jesse Coleman There are two theories that have generally been used to analyze ethical questions. They are teleological ethics and deontological ethics. There are similarities and differences between the two that I will explain in more detail‚ but first I will define a few terms that need explaining. The telo in teleological is translated as ends or goals. So in essence teleological ethics are decided by the ends not the actions
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