PPT-Kant’s Ethics

PHL 110 Ethics North Central College Fall 2009 Immanuel Kant 17241804 Pietism Pietism a reform movement within German Lutheranism stressed inner religious conversion and upright conduct over doctrinal exactness . SECTION I. Kant argues in this section to the conclusion that we believe that we are bound by the categorical imperative. That is, ordinary common sense includes beliefs that imply a commitment to t Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. Utilitarianism. Simple act utilitarianism: if telling a lie creates more happiness than telling the truth (or keeping silent), then telling a lie is morally right. 3 insights form the basis for his theory. . An action has moral worth if it is done for the sake of duty. (. DUTY). An action is morally correct if its maxim can be willed as a universal law. (. UNIVERSALIZABILITY). April, 3: . Lyotard. Introduction. 1. Jean-François . Lyotard. : . Born 1924 near Paris . After finishing his study he taught philosophy in Algeria 1950-52 . Member of a . marxist. group around the journal . ETHICS. ETHICS BOWL. STARTER QUESTION. Think . of as many different motivations as you can for why this person might be helping someone:. Do some of the motivations make the act better than others. ?. More Unintended Consequences. Your first job after graduation is system administrator for a 200 person. privately held manufacturing company. . The president/owner sends this message to the employees:. 2016. Engineering Ethics. Instructor: . G. ö. tz. Veser. Syllabus/Course Objectives. Ethics . is. a key component of engineering education! . . This section of ChE2982 aims to: . Familiarize you with . : . He made a very influential synthesis of rationalism and empiricism. Empiricists, such as Locke and Hume, argued that all our knowledge comes from experience, or from reflection on experience. Rationalists argued that empirical knowledge is uncertain and only reason can lead us to truth. . [5]. RUC, SPRING 2017. PART ONE . MICHEL FOUCAULT. : . WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT? . 1 . Today . when a periodical asks its readers a question, it does so in order to collect opinions on some subject about which everyone has an opinion already; there is not much likelihood of learning anything new. In the eighteenth century, editors preferred to question the public on problems that did not yet have solutions. I don't know whether or not that practice was more effective; it was unquestionably more entertaining. . enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. Utilitarianism. Simple act utilitarianism: if telling a lie creates more happiness than telling the truth (or keeping silent), then telling a lie is morally right. Mill: wider consequences. Kant’s Objections to Utilitarianism. :. Utilitarianism takes no account of integrity - the accidental act or one done with evil intent if promoting good ends is the good act!. Utilitarians hold the moral agent responsible for outcomes that are neither foreseeable nor controllable.. Bonhoeffer. agreed that no Christian can act morally in isolation. . Therefore the role of the church is to provide a spiritual and moral community that will equip each person to live a moral life. . University of Pittsburgh. Syllabus/Course Objectives. Ethics is a key component of engineering education. . . This section of ChE2982 aims to: . Familiarize you with . different professional codes of ethics . -/00111-/00111-/001112-/001112 Basing morality on interests and preferences destroys its dignity It doesnt teach us how to distinguish right from wrong but only to become better at calculation3If our