Is there a such thing of unjust, and just laws? If these unjust laws actual exist, should one disobey these laws if unjust. These questions can be applied to Socrates, a wise philosopher, who is on death row, for disobeying the law in the novel “Five Dialogues”. revised by John M. Cooper. Socrates believes that if he broke an unjust law, then one should still be penalized for these action, even the law that is being broken is considered unjust. Socrates would rather die than to actually escape from
Natali Petriashvili 09.12.15 CL 278 Moral Letters of Seneca Seneca was a stoic philosopher. Seneca had very interesting views on many topics including virtue, friendship, honesty, and, also, death. His moral letters to Lucilius discuss themes that are discoverable in many philosophers’ works. Death is one of the most mysterious phenomena. No one has yet discovered what becomes of those who pass away; however, many philosophers, including Seneca, have tried to explain what it means and why humanity
What is the "Reason View"? What, in your view, is the main problem for the Reason View? Do you think the view can overcome this problem? Why or why not? Susan Wolf’s reason view of moral responsibility leads to the asymmetry thesis, which is the idea that alternative possibility (AP) is only necessary for blameworthiness. In this essay, I would first explain what the reason view is and what the asymmetry thesis is. Then I would consider the examples Wolf has given as evidence of asymmetry thesis
The Divine Command Theory proposes what is morally right and morally wrong comes from God. An action is right if God commands it and and action is wrong if God prohibits it. The reason for the Divine Command Theory is to provide the idea that objective moral laws require a law maker, a law maker that is nonhuman because laws made by human beings cannot be objective. Therefore, because objective laws must be written not by human beings, objective laws must have a law maker that is non human —God.
In “The Disparity Between Intellect and Character”, written by Robert Cole, one student comes to speak to him about the morals that other students seem to be lacking. One example that really bothers her is that despite one of her fellow student’s good grades in moral reasoning courses, the student acts rude and ill mannered to those around him. Her point is that while colleges are so focused on providing students intellect, they forget to teach the students moral values. The purpose of college is
From the vantage point of the history of ethical theory, Kant and Mill are arguably two of the most important modern philosophers. Between Kantianism and utilitarianism, these two philosophers offer contrasting ethical theories. In utilitarianism by Mill, he claims that the acts of moral virtue is self-sacrifice are never justified purely by the sacrifice but rather by the intention behind the action for accomplishing happiness for others. Kant, on the other hand, argues that moral value comes only
for their radical claims regarding their definition of ethical actions and their assertions concerning morality. Of these philosophers is Immanuel Kant. In his work, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant establishes his notion regarding ethics most notably known as the deontological theory. This theory dictates the relationship between duty and the morality of actions, such that the morality of any given action is solely based upon if the intent of that action was to follow a set or rules
Potter’s suggests that there are four critical components to every ethical dilemma (facts, values, ethics/principles, loyalties) and that by subjecting the dilemma to analysis, a person can more clearly see all sides before making the decision. Facts: Employee stealing time and money from the company by submitting bogus technically difficulty offline
standards for performance, conduct and promotion within the profession. For this reason it makes some sense to speak of international standards of ethics “for” Espionage. The purpose of this paper is to consider the ethical demands of the intelligence profession and then consider what it means to serve ethically as a intelligence professional. Intelligence ethics is an emerging field which aims to create a theory of "just intelligence" not necessarily by drawing upon the classical philosophical literature
case of Madisyn Whitfield, a twenty-five year old, suffering from Chrohn’s disease, access to on-going treatment is not an option for her, because she is uninsured and cannot pay the care cost out of pocket ( para1). Even though, the ACHE code of ethics recommends that healthcare executives “work to support access to healthcare services for ALL people”, but it is not all in white and black. Denying a person healthcare based on his or her ability to pay is unjust, because, without good health people