... great deal of pleasure out of seeing a baby tortured The pain caused to the baby might be outweighed by the pleasure it causes the onlookers, especially if there are very many of them and they experience ... find further evidence ofthe irrationality of intuitions in psychology; specifically in the work of Jonathan Haidt, the source ofthe second challenge to morality we shall examine here Over the past ... to profess The view of moral facts as existing independently of us is non-naturalist: it takes morality to be somehow part ofthe furniture ofthe universe, in some manner independent ofthe kinds...
... ofthe courage and cunning ofthe resistance, nor for that matter ofthe lumbering stupidity ofthe Ogrons they expected to catch them He struggled on ‘There has been one particular feature of ... At a sign from their leader they fled into the darkness ofthe tunnel mouth, leaving the crumpled fonn of their prisoner behind them The UNIT patrol dashed up to the tunnel ‘One of you look after ... to the other end ofthe laboratory There was absolutely no sign of either chair or dummy He looked at the gun in the Doctor’s hand ‘What the blazes is that thing, Doctor?’ The Doctor put the...
... rather than definitionally or by virtue of some form of ethical mathematics In addition, the idea of reducing one kind of entity or property to another is often clarified by invoking the notion of ... more Perhaps the plausibility ofthe conclusion will help justify the shortness, and not just the title, ofthe essay “Ancient Ethics and Modern Moral Philosophy,” the third essay in the book, seeks ... something oxymoronic about the idea of low ideals The naturalness ofthe idea of height here may be further evidenced by the fact that it is/was natural to think of God or the gods as physically...
... Errors The Errors of Traditional Naturalism The Growth of Rational and Social Characteristics The Relation ofthe Social Contract to the Discourse Why is a Social Contract Needed? The Nature ofthe ... divine or human Hence the existence ofthe ²⁹ ET mistakenly puts ‘therefore’ at the beginning of §8 ‘Deinde’ marks the second ofthe ‘inconvenientia’ mentioned at the beginning of §7 ³⁰ ‘Rational ... observance ofthe natural law, the truth ofthe antecedent ofthe counterfactual implies that these good actions are not in accord with the natural law Hence the conditional as a whole says that these...
... of Prudence The Reciprocity ofthe Virtues Objections to the Reciprocity ofthe Virtues From the Ultimate End to the Cardinal Virtues The Nature of a Cardinal Virtue ‘Principal’ Displays ofthe ... Election The Influence ofthe Passions on the Will The Influence ofthe Will on the Passions Action without Deliberation? The Inter-dependence of Will and Practical Reason How is the Will Rational? The ... that the gods love pious actions for any reason; the fact that they love them makes them appropriate actions, but they not love them on the basis of their appropriateness If this account of the...
... households.” One ofthe major themes of subsequent imperial history would be the gradual assimilation ofthe socalled Yue peoples ofthe south.36 Yue, the name of one ofthe southernmost ofthe late ... recommends the Analects of Confucius, “then cultivating the refining influence of literature will bring them.” The attractiveness, or charisma, ofthe king is the surest weapon in the arsenal of diplomacy ... archaeologically “indistinguishable from any other part ofthe 22 thegenesisof east asia Han Empire.” Over the course ofthe following several centuries, many ofthe different ethnic groups that had...
... CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY The problem ofthegenesisof species stated.—Nature of its probable solution —Importance ofthe question.—Position here defended.—Statement ofthe Darwinian Theory.—Its applicability ... GENESISOF SPECIES CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY The problem ofthegenesisof species stated.—Nature of its probable solution.—Importance ofthe question.—Position here defended.—Statement ofthe Darwinian ... subject-matter So that the question ofthe "Genesis of Species" is not only one of great interest, but also of much importance But though the calm and thorough consideration of this matter is at the present...
... according to the guidelines ofthe Department of Experimental Research ofthe Lille University (Lille, France) and to the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (National Institutes of Health ... present in the histological sections cut from the tissue block The percentage of each category was calculated as the number of secondary lobules ofthe category divided by the total number of lobules ... limitations The main objective ofthe study was to evaluate the respective roles of lung infection and mechanical ventilation in thegenesisof air-space enlargement Therefore, a model consisting of ventilating...
... authority ofthe State, the holder ofthe monopoly of of$cial naming, correct classification, the correct order While the structure ofthe social world is defined at every moment by the structure ofthe ... account ofthe homology between the dominated position ofthe producers of cultural goods within the field of power (or in the division ofthe work of domination) and the position in social space of ... people's minds, in the form ofthe categories of perception of these relations However, the degree of indeterminacy and fuzziness in the objects ofthe social world, together with the practical,...
... about to create In short, the concept ofthe physician as a professional in the intellectual and moral senses ofthe term and therefore the concept ofthe profession of medicine in its intellectual ... in the history of medical ethics and therefore the history of bioethics To these, I will show in this book, Gregory added the accomplishment of writing the first feminine medical ethics in the ... before him there was no professional medical ethics worthy ofthe name in the English language; after him there was The history of English-language medical ethics and therefore history of medicine,...
... violates the profession’s Code ofEthics Article III: Responsibility to Employers Health Educators recognize the boundaries of their professional competence and are accountable for their professional ... rights of others to hold diverse values, attitudes, and opinions Article II: Responsibility to the Profession Health Educators are responsible for their professional behavior, for the reputation of ... practices, and by sharing the outcomes of their work Section 5: Health Educators are aware of real and perceived professional conflicts of interest, and promote transparency of conflicts Section 6:...
... The untrustworthiness of professional expertise 15 Delegitimating client contracts 34 The public pledge as the ground of professional authority 54 The legitimacy ofthe professions’ ends 69 The ... ideas of practice One visible sign of these developments has been the proliferation of codes of ethics, or of professional conduct The drafting of such a code provides an opportunity for professionals ... the interests ofthe client.21 The lawyer is now little more than an expert counselor, negotiator, or drafter of documents Yet these skills not make him the helper ofthe 24 The Ground of Professional...
... the question of what the general effects of taxation are Moreover, what in their discussion ofthe problem of tax-incidence these texts then say about the economic effects of specific forms of ... instances of maltreatment of consumers, of impoliteness or ineptness could cost them their job Further, the peculiarity that the settlement 26 The Economics and Ethicsof Private Property of disputes ... part ofthe national produce, and enriches the nation by consuming part of its wealth.2 Taxation is the transfer of a portion ofthe national products from the hands of individuals to those of the...
... them(m) Loin.covering~ s 3:8 and the eyes ofthe two of them were opened up and they knew that they were naked and they sewed together leaves ofthe fig and they did for them loin coverings, וַ יִׁ ... in~ the~ Vessel and he wiped away all ofthe substance which was upon the face ofthe ground, from the human, as well as the beast, as well as, the treader and also the flyer ofthe sky and they ... and to all ofthe living ones ofthe land and to all ofthe flyers ofthe sky and to all ofthe treading ones upon the land which is in him a being of life, all ofthe green herbs for food and...
... it is the conversations themselves which determined much ofthe content ofthe book In other words, it is the author’s interpretation and analysis ofthe conversations that determined the book’s ... is offered The meaning ofthe conversation with Russell is left entirely up to the reader The introduction to the book is placed after the conversation with Russell It explains the importance of ... and implications ofthe content ofthe conversations is determined by the reader However, the placement of those conversations is strategic, because the content alludes to some ofthe subjects that...
... Nonideal Theory Liam B Murphy TheEthicsof Killing Problems at the Margins of Life Jeff McMahan THEETHICSOF KILLING PROBLEMS AT THE MARGINS OF LIFE Jeff McMahan 2002 Oxford New York Athens Auckland ... not, begins when the chromosomes ofthe sperm fuse with the chromosomes ofthe ovum to form a new DNA complex that thenceforth directs the ontogenesis ofthe organism [T]he onset of individual ... simply of a collection of people related to one another in certain ways The nation has no existence independent ofthe existence ofthe people and their relations with one another Our concept of...
... useful survey ofthe Philosophy of Religion since the mid-20th century, see TheEthicsof Religious Belief: a Recent History’, in Andrew Dole and Andrew Chignell (eds), God and theEthicsof Religious ... natural theological approach to the epistemic defence of classical theism.² There has been less discussion, however, of an obvious response to intimations ofthe evidential ambiguity of theism—namely ... on, then, will remain within the scope ofthe assumption that all forms of theistic religious belief are indeed evidentially ambiguous Reflective theists who accept the evidential ambiguity of theism...
... include: The ways their families are organised, the way they relate to other people, the way they raise their children, the way they cook, the way they love, the way they look after the ill ... reducing the difference(s) ofthe other to the standards ofthe selfsame.1 For Irigaray, the threshold ofethics lies in the materiality and tangibility ofthe self–other relation: “Nearness so ... place for exploration ofthe theoretical frameworks the metaethics—that support or preclude the relevance of any one model of behavior, the real test of bioethics is whether it is able to operate...