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12 Jul 14
aefreemansmith"Ethics is the study of theories of how we ought to live, and what is of value or concern in life."
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10 Jul 14
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Greek philosophy looks at the problems of ethics in terms of how one can lead a happy life, or living well.
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Medieval ethics combines elements of Pagan thought from antiquity with the particular concerns of the three monotheistic traditions of the West: Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Central themes in Medieval thought concern: the role of free choice in ethical life; how this individual freedom is best to be understood; the connection between free choice and rationality. Medieval ethics strives to adapt models of ethical life as involving the practice of the virtues, which they derive from Greek thought, to the ideas central to Western monotheism, in particular that we arrive at moral worth and salvation through obedience to the law that comes from God.
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Modern moral philosophy has gradually detached ethical thought from specifically religious traditions, giving increasing attention to the role played in ethical life of rationality or, by reaction to this, human sentiments. In this period we see formed, though not always very clearly, the outlines of many of the general positions examined by contemporary moral philosophers, such as: in Hobbes, an ethics developed out of rational self-interest; in the Utilitarian movement, consequentialism; in Hume, non-cognitivism concerning moral judgement; and in Kant, a reason-based non-consequentialist ethics. Despite the continuities in these traditions, it is important to realise, nevertheless, that many of these philosophers had interests very different from those of their self-proclaimed modern disciples.
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�Do unto others only what you would have them do unto you.' In this form the principle is closely associated with Christian ethics, although equivalent formulations of the principle can be found in Confucius. What does this principle really involve? Can it be used to provide a rational basis for ethics?
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It is often claimed that morality involves impartiality. There are two main competing conceptions of impartiality. One says that impartiality involves showing all persons the same respect, treating them, in some sense, as ends in themselves. The other tradition says that impartiality involves maximising good�whether conceived of as happiness or in other terms�over a whole population, the happiness of each person to count equally with the happiness of any other.
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Ethical nihilists or �error theorists' are cognitivists who claim that because there are no moral properties, all moral claims are false. Some theorists maintain cognitivism by endorsing only a minimal conception of truth or truth-aptness.
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There are moral conflicts about what is valuable and what ought to be done which appear to be irresoluble. These conflicts can occur between whole societies and between individuals within a given society (indeed, even within a single individual
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Note that there are different ways of developing the idea of relativism, both the manner in which judgements may be relative and to what they relate. Value pluralists explain the conflict in terms of there being a variety of incommensurable and conflicting goods that societies or individuals can respond or aspire to.
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09 Feb 14
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Ethics is the study of theories of how we ought to live, and what is of value or concern in life.
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06 Jun 13
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Ethics is the study of theories of how we ought to live, and what is of value or concern in life.
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06 Nov 10
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24 May 08
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stnapytrams stnapytramsGreat syllabus for a college level ethics class at UCL
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