As a further definition, Mackie posits that an objective moral value has the quality of ‘ought-to-be-pursued-ness’, it is something one should or ought do because it contains an inherently normative aspect. If Mackie’s argument is to succeed, it must prove that this supposed normative aspect has no existence within any act in itself, but has its origin in the agent of said act, and as such, all moral claims are false. Mackie’s exposition of moral relativism comes in the form of two main arguments, the first being his ‘argument from relativity’, the second, his ‘argument from queerness’. It is with the argument from relativity that I shall be here concerned. The argument from relativity is based around the purely ‘descriptive’ idea that it is an empirically observable fact that there seems to be
Perhaps more so than Emotivists, Prescriptivists see ethical language as fairly meaningful. They believe that the terms used are able to create absolute rules that everyone ought to follow. It would seem that ethical language is seen by many as very meaningful, although for varying reasons. However agent centred theories such as Virtue Ethics would argue that our main focus of morality should be on becoming as virtuous as possible, rather than deciding what is meant by ethical language. Therefore it would seem that perhaps morality should be more focussed on individuals’ actions rather then defining what is meant by ‘good’ and
A negligent act could be unintentional but careless or intentional that results in abuse or injury. A negligent act is breaching the duty of care. 2 Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals Page 1/6 R601/1436 Unit 11 Our duty of care means that we must aim to provide high quality care to the best of our ability and express if there are any reasons may be unable to do so. Professionals act within duty of care must do what a reasonable person, with their training and background, can be expected to do so. It also connected with the areas of carrying and reviewing of risk assessments, which ensuring elimination of hazards, use of equipments and all health and safety guidelines.
* * Which step in the communication process do you consider to be the most important? Why do you think this? Which of these steps is the most uncomfortable for you? Why is this? How might you work to change this?
L.O 1- 1.2 The key concepts and principles of assessment are to give the candidate the opportunities they are entitled to in which to prove their knowledge and competence in their subject. To do that the assessment must be: * Fair to the candidate. The decision should be made solely on whether the candidate has met the assessment criteria or not. Decisions must not be based on opinion, personal feelings or sympathy for the candidate. * Reliable.
If humans obey God’s moral commands simply because they fear punishment, they are acting in a moral fashion purely to serve God rather than morally. If obedience to dive commands is to be rewards in the afterlife, there seems to be a
Yet to many Thoreau is a hero that nobody listened to. He is truly a hero by the way he did things. His beliefs were like no other, yet people never gave him a chance to speak. Even today, after we have seen historical events that were influenced by Thoreau, we still see him as crazy. Thoreau wanted peace.
Is utilitarianism too demanding? Utilitarianism in its most basic form directs moral agents to maximise the aggregate welfare and to do what produces the greatest benefit for all moral agents. The utilitarian theory is susceptible to various objections; this essay will focus on the issue of unrealistic demands. I will argue that utilitarianism is too demanding as it implies that we must always act in order to maximize happiness. This is a strict requirement, as it demands too much from individuals to always be motivated to promote the general happiness.
In doing so he borrowed from the Christian ethics to draw his theory. He said that the religious experience even though it was not something that one could see, or open to inquires of our senses; it still could be studied as a phenomenon. He found it interesting that everyone who had described their religious experience with him had stated that it had changed their lives. James said that there is no right or wrong theory of the presence of God, but we as humans all make our own selection of what to believe and what not to believe. He states that someone can easily substitute God or final reality for fairies, if the outcome is the same.
It varies from place to place. Humans are humans, and so we should view things the same. But there are outside influences in cultures that make us see the discussed views differently. There is no truth in defining what is just and unjust but we are persuaded by believing what is in our morals by following the evidence, logic and reasoning behind each argument made. The author says “and one ought to bring up the question whether it is those who are sane or those who are demented who speak at the right moment”.