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Normative Ethics Literary Critic
3,365 words... s of good and evil of our actions have a truth-value; the necessity of choosing what one is actually doing, rather than just responding to a situation; actions are to be in accordance with rules; and these rules are universally applicable to moral agents. The choice of meta ethics, however, is non cognitive. There is no adequate proof of the truth of meta ethics. The choice of normative ethics is motivated, but in a non cognitive way. The Judge seeks to motivate the choice of his normative e...
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Moral Judgments Normative Ethics
910 wordsOn the Need for Normative Ethics: A study of Subjectivism thought Foremost is a brief description of Subjectivism, particularly Emotivism. Subjectivism thought rests on the idea that morality is a function of one's individual emotions, and that is all. The strength of Emotivism over other avenues of Subjectivism lies in its awareness of the other purposes of language. Rather than statements designed to convey information, Emotivism relies on utterances that can be deemed neither true nor false. ...
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Consequential Ist Categorical Imperative
1,698 wordsEthics, broadly conceived, is concerned with questions about value, how we should live, and what we should do. Normative ethics is concerned with developing general theories in response to these kinds of questions. Consequentialist's, contract arians, virtue ethicist's, Kantians, and still others all develop different theories. But these theorists understand the subject matter itself differently, stress different questions, and offer different answers. These differences themselves then become th...
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Normative Ethics Applied Ethics
419 wordsThe field of ethics, also called moral philosophy, involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. Philosophers today usually divide ethical theories into three general subject areas: meta ethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics. Metaethics investigates where our ethical principles come from, and what they mean. Metaethical answers to questions are focused on the issues of universal truths, the will of God, the role of reason in ethical judgments, a...
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Tre Taler Ved Kierkegaard Tre Opbyggelige Taler Kierkegaard's
6,933 wordsS? ren AabyeKierkegaard S? ren Kierkegaard S? ren Able Kierkegaard (b. 1813, d. 1855) was a profound and prolific writer in the Danish golden age of intellectual and artistic activity. His work crosses the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, literary criticism, devotional literature and fiction. Kierkegaard brought this potent mixture of discourses to bear as social critique and for the purpose of renewing Christian faith within Christendom. At the same time he made many original con...
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