Reflection Of Human Ethics

My original goals for this project were to create an engaging presentation, use concrete examples from modern video games, use concrete examples from postmodern philosophers, and describe in detail why moral subjectivism is important. I believe that I was successful in these goals. Firstly, I had many examples of anti-realism in both video games and other forms of media, and I was able to tie in each example to its overaching anti-realist theory. However, I think that I was able to successfully explain the idea of anti-realism, but I do not believe that I explained in a great enough amount of detail why this theory is important in the modern world. To conclude, I believe that my project was successful.

In his writing, A Practical Companion to Ethics, Anthony Weston explains people are more judgmental and it causes a lot more problems than solutions. Anthony Weston feels Ethics requires us to be mindful thinkers, because it helps fight unjust prejudgment. I personally feel this could help fix court systems, federal, and state wide corruption. Most importantly being a mindful thinker could help businesses. There are so many reasons that could fall under Anthony’s theory. Getting to know the author and his work. I feel his mindful thinking is to reach out to others and interact with more people in an expressive way. Weston believes this will help our community progress in a positive manner towards others. I think he feels ethics requires us

The life of prisoners some may never know. There are those who care not to know what goes on behind that wired fence. We find that some people that are convicted of crimes that they did not commit. Some people would rather turn their heads to what actually happens in a prison institution, because they feel it is no concern of theirs. Innocent women and men face a disaster in life when they find their selves incarcerated in such facility as these. The treatment in prison facilities toward prisoners with health issues or those who develop health concerns that

Chapter eleven of James Svara “The Ethics Primer” was the conclusion to the book and explained to the reader the duties of a public administrator. The jist of this chapter was to help the reader identify and clarify, for anyone who was still confused, what a public administrator was, and how they should conduct themselves. As we read the first three page we are given a list of eleven duties a Public Administrator must abide by. As you read on Svara bangs it into your head just how important acting in an ethical manner is. He explains how someone is an ethical administrator is one who does their duty. The last paragraph wrapped it all up for us when Svara explains how unless a Public Adminstrator is passionate about serving the community in

A display of public art is not a random act of expression encapsulated across a large canvas overnight but a formulated piece of culture for society to witness and experience. Each piece we have seen this semester has embodied the time and effort it takes to not only create a piece of art worth seeing but giving it a story and meaning more powerful than the piece itself. These pieces have given its audience a glimpse into the known, what the cameras and media neglect. Pieces like the To Protect and Serve, Vietnam Memorial, and Bus Poster all go deeper than the surface to deliver a compelling message that outlines a serious issue.

“Great individuals have great ethics and great values.” Ethics and morality can be used interchangeably as they sound as if they mean the same although there is a wide distinction between them. “Strictly speaking, morality is used to refer to what we would call moral standards and moral conduct while ethics is used to refer to the formal study of those standards and conduct. For this reason, the study of ethics is also often called moral philosophy." (Gordana D 2007)

Ethics is one of the most important considerations when making a decision about end of life. It is also where the most controversy lies as arguments, using ethical theories, can be made for and against laws on end of life. “Ethics has at least two primary functions: to guide our actions, and to provide justification for the guidance given” (Schuklenk et al., 2011, p. 42). A duty-oriented ethicist would be against euthanasia and physician assisted death. They believe “we can’t stop all pain; what is crucial is that we act with dignity and respect in the face of suffering” (Edge & Groves, 2006, p.40). “Kant’s view is a person committing suicide takes the easy way out, where reason would dictate he or she face their problems” (Schuklenk et al., 2011, p.38). Virtue ethicists would also be against euthanasia and physician assisted death. Virtue ethicists hold “it is not only important to do the right thing but equally to have the right disposition, motivation, and traits for being good and doing right” (Edge & Groves, 2006, p.43). As a believer in God, a virtue ethicist would hold suicide as an unreasonable option. They would believe God to be the “sole arbiter of life and death” (Schuklenk et al., 2011, p.42) and therefore, the right thing to do would be for God to end their life as he sees fit.

“Brad is a production engineer at a bicycle company and part of his job includes inspecting broken bikes and drafting the design repairs for their repair” (Bartlett). Brad is considering replacing a broken brake cable with a more durable material, even though the customer did not request it in their order and specifically requested that “No aesthetic changes be made to the bike” (Bartlett). Brad’s manager suggests that his considered actions would go against the company’s policy of “The customer is always right.” Should Brad disobey the manager and the customer to possibly lose his job or go along with

The article Clinicians’ lived experience of ethics: Values and challenges in helping children examines the ethics of a group of people working with children and youth. The intended audience of is administrators and clinicians as this stated in the beginning of the article.

Over the course of PHI 102: Introduction to Ethics we looked into questions such as what is good? what is evil? by studying different moral theories. We learned about Relativism, Ethical Egoism,The Divine Command Theory, Utilitarianism, Kantian Deontology, The Social Contract Theory, Rawls’ Theory of Justice, and Feminist Ethics of Care. We studied these moral theories not to make judgements about the different moral theories that are out there but instead to attempt to have a better understanding of a variety of moral theories so that we would know the reasons for and against the moral theory we believe is “right”.

On August 18, 2015 Police officers pulled over a car that was speeding and running red lights. When the car was stopped the officers found a women about to give birth on the passenger side of the vehicle. The police officers were deemed heroes for their efforts in delivering the unborn child. Reading through chapter 2 of The moral of the story: An introduction to ethics (7th ed.) it briefly goes over the idea that people have a general sense of vulnerability in society(p. 84). Further, it is suspected that stories like the one at the beginning of this paragraph give us a false sense of security and lead us into believing that there are “heroes” to protect us. It also provides us with a sense of trust in our law enforcement. Which leads me to

Aristotle represents virtue ethics, Kant represents duty ethics, and Mill represents utilitarianism. All three authors conceive of morality as the search for the highest good. They disagree about the definition of the highest good. For Aristotele, it is happiness understood as self-sufficiency (fulfillment of all desires), consisting in activity in conformity with virtue (EN 1.7), for Kant it is a good will, defined by duty (GMM, ed. Ellington, p. 7:393; p. 9:397), for Mill it is happiness understood as pleasure and absence of pain (Utilitarianism, ch. 2).

Over these past eight weeks, it has become a pleasure to read what you have to say each week. I hope that you will take away a lot of useful information from this course as I have. I admire your ability to complete so much work at once. The most I had ever managed to work ahead was by one week! I have noticed from many of your forum posts that you and I share very similar beliefs on life, however, I enjoy playing devil’s advocate so I hope that you and I learned from each other in our discussions. What was your number one takeaway from the course? I agree with you that there were aspects of the ethical lens inventory for each person that they would not agree with. While I did agree with most of mine, I personally had my own disagreements

Kant claims that humans have a special kind of value that nothing on this earth has. To support this claim, Kant says that humans are the only beings on earth who can have this intricate reasoning: “…we are each rational and autonomous and that these traits are what justify our moral status. . . It takes a lot of brainpower to be able to formulate your goals, to imagine a world where everyone pursues them as you do…” (Shafer-Landau, 2012, p175). Kant believes that being rational and autonomous makes humans worthy of respect. A respect that makes humans worthy of greater respect than anything else. As humans we possess the responsibility for the choices we make, the goals we aim for and the manner in which we do so. This makes

Our conclusions on any occasion are direct consequences of any developed concept in our minds. We see the world as we want to see it through our personal perceptions. When we are categorizing anything as desirable or otherwise, we judge using the concepts that we hold to us. Although different concepts may shape different conclusions, they are all influenced by beliefs and experiences. So, to what extent do our beliefs modify the conclusions that we may reach? The knowledge obtained through out someone’s life through their experiences, or belief system direct decision making almost completely. In my essay I will explore how Ethics and Human sciences correlate with this topic. I will also implement and tie in the connections of Reason and link these concepts with belief and experiences.