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  • Other's Moral Position A Person
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    . What is a moral position according to Mr. Dworkin Dworkin's moral position is reasons, foundation theory and self-evident. Moral position has to give good (articulate) reasons for moral position to be valid. Things like prejudices and emotions are not justifiable characteristics for a moral position. In Dworkin's essay The Concept of a Moral Position, he elaborates on what a moral position really is, and what it isn't. Dworkin states that moral position cannot be based on prejudice or emotion....
  • Moral Reasoning Happening In Stages
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    A Reaction Paper to: "How Moral Are You?" by Kohlberg, L. (1963); The Development of children's orientation... of moral thought & "Telling The Truth" by Barasch, Douglas S. (Family Life) I read both of these articles and found them to be interesting. In the first article, "How Moral Are You?" published in Forty Studies that changed Psychology IV by Roger R. Hock, what is discussed is Lawrence Kohlberg's research on the formation of morality. Kohlberg believed the ability to moralize situations e...
  • Problem Of Moral Knowledge
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    THE IS-OUGHT PROBLEM What is the Is-Ought problem It is usually stated as the problem of whether it is possible to derive normative statements from descriptive statements; but to state the problem at its most general level, it is the problem of whether ANY moral statement can be literally true, and hence potentially knowable. It is the problem of whether there exist any moral FACTS in exactly the same sense as there exist chemical facts, historical facts, or mathematical facts. Since libertarian...
  • Place In Morality For Reason And Sentiment
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    In Appendix I., Concerning Moral Sentiment, David Hume looks to find a place in morality for reason, and sentiment. Through, five principles he ultimately concludes that reason has no place within the concept of morality, but rather is something that can only assist sentiment in matters concerning morality. And while reason can be true or false, those truths or falsities apply to facts, not to morality. He then argues morals are the direct result of sentiment, or the inner feeling within a human...
  • Reason As The Basis For Moral Actions
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    Passion as the Criterion for Moral Judgment Ethics is the study of human conduct or in other words the study of moral behavior. All humans use ethics in their daily actions and decisions, but not many have the opportunity to probe into the core of ethics. When Socrates said in 399 B.C., "The unexplained life is not worth living" he was encouraging man to examine his way of life and ways of moral decision making. Ethics not only aims to discover the rules that should govern a moral life, but the ...
  • Teaching Of Morals
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    Everybody has grown up around some extant morals, whether it is within their own household or it is taught to them at some other place, like school for instance. For decades now, there has been a gargantuan controversy over whether or not teachers should teach morals to students. Schools and teachers should not teach morals to their students for a number of reasons. Some of the reasons that schools and teachers should not teach the morals to kids because that is the right of the parents, everyon...
  • Reason For The Morality Of An Action
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    An Enquiry Concerning The Principles Of Morals An Enquiry Concerning The Principles Of Morals What is a moral? This is a question that has plagued philosophers for many years. Is it possible to have a set of universal morals? There are many questions that surround the mystery of morals. They seem to drive our every action. We base our decisions on what is right and what is wrong. But what is it that actually determines what is right and what is wrong? Is it our sense of reason? Is it our sense o...

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