PPT-Review: Utilitarian Moral Theory

利 害 lihai benefitharm standard selects social discourse 道 dao guide Everyones guiding rules attitudes norms Reform traditionshocking results moral reform impasse Partial solution Rule out collectively selfdefeating moralities. Are there moral truths?. Moral Character. Pick three individuals from the video and identify moral character traits they exhibited? Back up your trait with an example it.. Character, trait, example . Michael Brand. Game Theory. =. The mathematics of joint decision-making. Game Theory. =. The mathematics of joint decision-making. ?. Some simple (not-atypical) games. Prisoner’s Dilemma. Stag Hunt. Starter – Disentanglement – identify the parts that are or might be . Aristotilean. .. Reading – Puzzle of Ethics p34-35. Higher Reading – . MacIntyre. p94. Bring this next lesson . LO s . To recap knowledge about the life and works of Aristotle. By Lindsey Busker and Sydney Thomson. Lawrence Kohlberg . Born in Bronxville, New York on October 25, 1927. Attended high school at Phillips Academy and then served in the Merchant Marine at the end of World War II. Pekka . Sulkunen. Professor. of . Sociology. University. of Helsinki . Collegium. of . Advanced. . Studies. ASA 2011, Session 556 . Crime. . Law. and . Deviance. . Tuesday. 22 . Aug. 2.30 pm . An . explanation. . of why an action is right or wrong or why a person or a person’s character is good or bad. Tells us what it is about an action that . makes it right. Moral Theory cont.. Moral theories alone are . The Social Construction of Reality. Peter Berger and Thomas . Luckman. , 1966. Knowledge is derived from and maintained by social interaction. The meanings of anything are the product of human interpretations and are not in nature. Learning Outcomes. All. will know and understand Stanley Cohen’s theory of . moral panics. .. Most. will understand how this links to Naomi Klein’s . Shock Doctrine. .. Some. will be able to identify contemporary moral panics in the mass media.. Philosophy 224. Consequentialism: The Basics. Consequentialism. is the name given to a family of more specific normative ethical position all of which share the conviction that it is the consequences of actions which determine their moral worth.. 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.. Dr. Bill Myers. Basic Concepts and Problems. Morality and Ethical Theory. :. Morality. : A social institution, concerned with social practices defining right and wrong. It’s composed of a set of standards which is pervasively acknowledged by a culture or a people.. . Chapter . 2. – . Wants . for utilitarian, expressive, . and . emotional benefits. Why . do we pay $10,000 for an IWC watch?. Utilitarian, . expressive and emotional benefits. Utilitarian benefits. Bar . Ilan. University. How should the cake be divided? . “I want lots of flowers”. “I love white decorations”. “No writing on my piece at all!”. Model. The cake:. 1-dimentional. the interval [0,1]. 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..