Moral Standards and Non Moral Standards (Difference and Characteristics)
Let us differentiate moral standards and non moral standards. What is non-moral standards? And what is the difference between moral standards and non moral standards?
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Ethics
What is Moral Dilemma (And the Three Levels of Moral Dilemmas)
What is moral dilemma? How does a moral dilemma in ethics differ from other dilemmas? What are moral dilemma examples? What are the three levels of moral dilemmas?
Read moreShould Abortion be Tolerated or Legalized in the Philippines? Questions and Answers
1. Do you think abortion should be tolerated or legalized in the Philippines? Why or why not?
I believe that abortion should not be tolerated nor legalized in the Philippines because the right to life ought to always outweigh other rights, such as the right of a person to equality or to control one’s own body.
Kantian Ethics: The Moral Philosophy of Immanuel Kant
Kant categorically rejects that ethical judgments are based on feelings. For him, feelings even serve as obstructions to our discernment of right and wrong. His ethical theory instead bases moral judgments on reason alone. Reason, for him, is what deems an action ethical or otherwise.
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St. Augustine’s Ethics: A Summary and Analysis of His Moral Philosophy
Being a theologian, he is unsurprisingly classified by some as a ‘divine-command theorist’ and a ‘natural law theorist.’ But he can be a ‘virtue ethicist’ too for advocating the Greek and Christian virtues. In promoting happiness as the supposed end of actions, he can be classified as a ‘consequentialist.’
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Medical Ethics: Why Might Healthcare Professionals Want to Lie?
Considering the ethical principles against lying, why might healthcare professionals want to lie? Generally, it said to be “for the good of patients.” The following are the common arguments for and against this sort of lying …
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What is the Meaning of Life? You’ll be surprised in the Famous German Philosophers’ Answers
Well known German philosophers have tried to answer the fundamental existential questions—and you will be surprised in their explanations …
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Moral Pluralism: What You Need to Know about this Contemporary Ethics
Also known as ethical pluralism and value pluralism, moral pluralism is the idea that there can be conflicting moral views that are each worthy of respect. It thus implies that there are some values which may be equally correct and fundamental, and yet in conflict with each other.
Read moreWhat you need to know about the basic philosophical thoughts and camps in Ethics
Ethics refers to a set of rules for human behavior or a study of judgments of value, of good and evil, right and wrong, desirable and undesirable. Morality, on the other hand, refers to the rightness or wrongness of an action. The two terms, especially their adjective form (ethical and moral), are oftentimes used interchangeably.
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Ang Epekto Ng Same- Sex Marriage Sa Mga Bansang Pinahihintulutan Ito
Ang isyu ukol sa pagsasalegal ng same-sex marriage ay isang kontemporaryong isyung madalas pagtalunan. Sa Pilipinas, sapagkat marami na ang mga napapabilang sa LGBTQ+ community, ang same-sex marriage ay itinuturing na sensitibong isyu. Ang mga paniniwala at opinyon ng mga tao ukol rito ay apektado ng kultura at relihiyon …
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