PPT-Why Be Moral?

Themes in Ethics and Epistemology Shane Ryan sgryansmsedacuk 161013 Issue Why be moral Part I Why should we be moral Part II Should we be as moral as possible Structure Part I 1 The Immoralists Challenge. Week Six: The Virtue of Virtue Ethics?. Aristotle. Recap. Man is a ‘type’ of thing.. A thing is measured by how well it performs its function.. If a thing performs its function well, it is said to flourish ‘as that thing’ (it flourishes . Phil/RS 335. Why be good?. Like the design argument, the moral argument for . God. '. s . existence seems more directly rooted in our everyday experience than the more abstract considerations which generate the ontological and cosmological arguments.. pew research center. http://. www.pewglobal.org. /2007/10/04/chapter-3-views-of-religion-and-morality/. Moral Conventionalism. : There are no objective moral facts. Statements of the form “x is right/good/moral” mean “My society approves of x” and statements of the form “x is wrong/bad/immoral” mean “My society disapproves of x”.. The Human Person’s Most Secret Core – Article 6 CCC. Conscience – What is it?. It sometimes helps to look at the etymology of a word to get a sense of its core meaning, in this case:. “con” means “with”, while “science” relates to knowledge. At the heart consciences is what informs or indeed ultimately makes us responsible for what we do.. OUR . MORAL LIFE IN CHRIST. ANTICIPATORY SET .  . A fifteen‑year‑old boy became an atheist because he did not believe . anymore that God existed. . He was sad that life was meaningless and that death would mean the end of him forever. For a while, he was consoled by the thought that . OBJETIVO . En esta unidad trataremos sobre los conceptos de derecho, moral, . religión . y convencionalismos sociales sus grandes similitudes y a su ves las diferencias que tienen con los . demás así . Socialisation. The way we learn about the correct way to behave in our own society, and the habits, customs, language and manners of our society is called . socialisation. .. Morality. Some of the ways we begin to discover what is right and what is wrong are by:. Philosophy 224. The Role of Reasons. A fundamental feature of . philosophy. '. s . contribution to our understanding of the contested character of our moral lives is the insistence that our responses to moral concerns must be justified.. OUR . MORAL LIFE IN CHRIST. ANTICIPATORY SET .  . A fifteen‑year‑old boy became an atheist because he did not believe . anymore that God existed. . He was sad that life was meaningless and that death would mean the end of him forever. For a while, he was consoled by the thought that . OUR . MORAL LIFE IN CHRIST. ANTICIPATORY SET .  . A fifteen‑year‑old boy became an atheist because he did not believe . anymore that God existed. . He was sad that life was meaningless and that death would mean the end of him forever. For a while, he was consoled by the thought that . Lapsley. Notre Dame Conference on Virtue Development. May 22, 2014. www.nd.edu/~dlapsle1/Lab. 1. Overview. Situate moral self-identity. Ethical theory. Developmental psychology. Social cognitive accounts of “moral personality”. Morality in Light of Science and Postmodernism. R Scott Smith, PhD. Biola University. Scott.smith@biola.edu. There are many competing moral voices today…. “That’s true for you, but not for me…” (as though truth is up to us). Social and Political Philosophy. Our subject matter this semester has traditionally been associated with practical philosophy.. There are clearly theoretical elements involved (the nature of power, the sources of authority) but the aim of inquiring into these matters is ultimately to make choices about our life together.. Adam McGuire, PhD. Postdoctoral . Fellow. VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans. Texas A&M University. Baylor University. Outline. Background. Define Moral Elevation.