Essays Tagged: "Moral absolutism"
Freedom and reason in Kant
Morality, Kant says, cannot be regarded as a set of rules which prescribe the means necessary to the ... A principle that presupposes a desired object as the determinant of the will cannot give rise to a moral law; that is, the morality of an act of will cannot be determined by the matter or content of ... by the matter or content of the will for when the will is materially determined the question of its morality does not arise.This consideration leads Kant to one of his most important theses. If the mo ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Ethical Relativism and Ethical Absolutism.
Everyone has morals. People in all different parts of the world believe in one thing or another. Ethics along wit ... nt parts of the world believe in one thing or another. Ethics along with other sciences study these moralities. Ethical relativism and ethical absolutism are two views that many social scientists are ... any social scientists are studying. These scientists are especially fascinated by how different the moralities are in different societies. Here, it is important to understand how people behave or what ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Does God determine Morality?
Morals are the more serious aspects of how we behave and how we treat others. This means that failur ... ects of how we behave and how we treat others. This means that failure to follow the more important morals will result in a much harsher reaction from others. Examples of this would include racial dis ... there will be serious consequences from a higher being as well. Therefore, these people follow the moral law very strictly, sometimes in fear. In their opinion, without a divine lawgiver, there can b ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Cultural Relativism
heir own way of looking at and dealing with certain situations. "Different societies have different moral codes" (Rachels 618). This claim is known as Cultural Relativism. "Cultural Relativism, as it ... ivism, as it has been called, challenges our ordinary belief in the objectivity and universality of moral truth. There is no such thing as universal truth in ethics: there there are only the various c ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
To Cheat or Not to Cheat? - A Philosophical Decision Utilizing Kantian Reasoning
sically, this student's choice, if he copied his roommate's paper, would not be consistent with the Moral Law as understood by Immanuel Kant through his work, "Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals" ... by Immanuel Kant through his work, "Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals". Kant's concept of the moral law, is basically one philosophers attempt to rationalize and formulate a theory that would ex ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
GOOD VS EVIL
ay object, good is not bad and bad is not good; if good is confused with bad there is an end to all morality, and everyone can do and leave undone whatever he cares. This is also, stripped of his orac ... od and bad; everyone would know what was good and what was bad. But how do things stand today? What morality is preached to us today? There is first Christian-feudal morality, inherited from past cent ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Ethics
om one situation to another, and may even contradict one another. This view of ethics is similar to moral relativism, and is contradictory to moral universalism, and moral absolutism.Definitions of te ... practical application, and a contrast to deontological ethics and utilitarian ethicsIn philosophy, moral relativism is the position that moral or ethical propositions do not reflect absolute or unive ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
What are the main moral quandaries in relation to moral relativism? Especially given increasing globalisation, is moral relativism a suitable solution to moral conflicts between cultures?
Let me begin with a definition of 'moral relativism'. It is the acceptance that there are no standards of what is right or wrong that a ... rently by another group. Thus showing that different persons have different perspectives on what is morally right or wrong. Moral relativists hold that no universal standard exists by which to assess ... lativists hold that no universal standard exists by which to assess an ethical proposition's truth, moral subjectivism is therefore the opposite of moral absolutism. Moral absolutism is the position t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Philosophy Essay
Philosophy of the Person II4/02/12The Basis of Moral LifeA moral life is one that can be considered lived with the intentions of executing actions ... idered "good" are based on personal feelings and individual decisions. However, others believe that morality can be reduced to a set of laws or commandments. Both can set one in the proper moral direc ... irection, but it is one's personal feelings and individual decisions that should act as the primary moral compass for living a "good" life.One of the issues that arises when morality is based on laws ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
differences between absolute and relative morality
Explain the differences between absolute and relative moralityAbsolute morality means any theory in which the rules are absolute: they are unchanging and ... the rules are absolute: they are unchanging and universal and come in a variety of forms. Relative morality means any theory in which something is judged in relation to something else and is therefor ... g is judged in relation to something else and is therefore open to change.Absolute laws or rules of morality will never change. More or less meaning they are objective. Objective means that I am not b ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics