UNIT THREE MORAL AGENT A) Definition: MORAL AGENT A being whose actions are capable of moral evaluation. A competent and reasonably mature human somebody that has a capacity for making moral judgments and for taking actions that comport with morality. What characteristics does a moral agent has? Exist no universal / standard definition of a moral agent Moral agent possesses three criteria Moral Content
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Ethics and Philosophy- Paige Stewart a) Explain how Natural Moral Law can be used to decide the right moral action Plan: Explain the basic principles of Natural Moral Law Explain about the purpose and that everything seems to be striving to fulfil its purpose Link Aquinas to Aristotle ‘Do good and avoid evil’ Primary precepts and the use of reason to establish the secondary precepts Difference between real and apparent goods and interior and exterior acts Thomas Aquinas used his understanding
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individuals in that they believe in this concept to make a loss better. Many individuals will see law enforcement agencies‚ especially the officers that work for an agency‚ to be the tool that will be used to garner their justice. Kohlberg’s stages of moral development theory can help to explain criminal behavior in that a criminal that acts out for a particular reason will not be able to understand the stages that are beyond the one that they are in‚ such as only being interested in pleasing themselves
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Kant’s Moral Theory Immanuel Kant is a German deontologist in the eighteenth century. He believed that the only test of whether a decision is right or wrong is whether it could be applied to everyone. Would it be all right for everyone to do what you are doing? If not‚ your decision is wrong. Kant sees that people ought not to be used‚ but ought to be regarded as having the highest intrinsic value. From here‚ I see that Kant believes that the intrinsic value of an act determines what is morally
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RUNNING HEADING: ETHICAL (MORAL) RELATIVISM Ethical (Moral) Relativism Exploring Kohlberg’s stance on Ethical Relativism JebbehG Ethics in Contemporary Society | PHI101 A01 July 17‚ 2013 Introduction Presently‚ Americans are comfortable relating ethics to individuality. Often times‚ American citizens expresses their right of freedoms to enhance their own sense of ethics or relativity. In defining relativism‚ moral principles are a matter of personal feelings and
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Plagiarism and Moral Development Moral Development is a theory defined by Lawrence Kohlberg in our text. “Kohlberg contends that people pass through a series of stages as their sense of justice evolves and in the kind of reasoning they use to make moral judgments.” (Feldman‚ pg. 320) These stages are sequenced into levels: “Level 1- Preconventional morality- at this level‚ the concrete interests of the individual are considered in terms of rewards and punishments. Level 2-Conventional morality-
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Self and of Morality‚ Gilligan presents a theory of moral development that asserts that women confront ethical dilemmas in a different way than men. She notes that men approach issues with a need for justice while women approach issues with a need for care. This theory is largely what causes her to criticize Kohlberg’s model of development that places women a stage lower than men. She argues that Kohlberg’s degradation of the level of female moral development is the result of male intellectual bias
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Morals‚ character‚ integrity‚ what do these words mean .actually‚ the question is‚ do you have them. A man named Dwight Moody once said‚ "Character is what you are in the dark." You cannot see your morals‚ character‚ or integrity‚ these are only shown as your values. Someone could only show their own values‚ which are very important to themselves and everyone else. Integrity is the firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values. The way you show your integrity‚ character‚ and morals
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Are Corporate Decisions Moral? By David G. Hennessey 201130013 December‚ 2012 Morality. In today’s world we hear this term a great deal. In religion‚ politics‚ wars‚ etc‚ morality is spoken from the media‚ shouted from the roof tops and criticized by men and women alike. Many state that it is an old fashion concept‚ out of date and out of step with modern society and we need not follow it. Yet‚ few people hold to these lines when they hear of some scandal‚ some business dealing‚
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I will also explain how our emotions play a role in our decisions to make consequentialist moral judgements and deontological moral judgements. Next‚ I will discuss how our emotions influence our decisions. Greene believe that we should not trust our deontological moral judgements. I agree with Greene and I will give examples and reasoning behind why I also do not think we should make deontological moral judgements. Consequentialism says we should only focus on the consequences of our actions
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