Moral absolutism

How can we decide a better way in which society can become more ethical and moral between the ideas of Deontological Ethics and Virtue Ethics? With each term being ways in which Philosophers find it suitable to act, they differ because of how Deontology focuses on how right or how wrong an action is while Virtues are about a person's role and the good things they can do. With these two terms we have to determine how a person should be judged for the way they find it best to act. In order to…

According to Immanuel Kant, conscientious people strive to preserve their moral integrity. This goal requires their external behavior match with their consciences internal dictates what they perceive to be morally right and feel driven to do. In the morally diverse world, conscientious persons may come into conflict with each other and with society’s moral values. Conflicts of conscience are a standard feature of the moral life except for the amoral sociopath. Resolving these conflicts is a big…

In these next few paragraphs, I will expose the problems with cultural relativism; namely, through the use of the law of non-contradiction. Cultural relativism is an ethical theory that states “correct moral standards are relative to cultures or societies …” (Shafer-Landau 293). For example, the Inuit people believed that infanticide was morally acceptable. In contrast, most of the world believes that infanticide is highly immoral and never acceptable. Cultural relativism acts as a sort of…

Natural law hypothesis is a legitimate hypothesis that perceives law and profound quality as profoundly associated, if not one and the same. Morality identifies with what is good and bad and what is right and wrong. Natural law theorists believe that the human laws are defined by morality and not by an authority figure, like a government or a king. In this way, we humans are guided by our human nature to make sense of what the laws are, and to act in congruity with those laws. The term of…

Subjectivism. Emotivism is an enhanced description of Ethical Subjectivism, which is the idea that our moral opinions are based on our feelings (Citation). Ethical subjectivism is not a theory about good and bad. It does not try to tell us how we should live or what moral opinions we should accept. Instead, Ethical Subjectivism is a theory about the nature of moral judgments. It states that no matter what moral judgments one makes, one is only expressing their personal feelings. Comparing and…

crucial to first understand the meaning of objective morality. Like with many philosophical terms; by no means is there a definitive meaning of objective morality. Objective morality could be considered as an ideal of a system of ethics, with set moral judgements, is factually correct rather than just correct because of subjective opinion. The claim of being “objective” usually correlates to what a person believes to be subjectively true. The consensus on objective morality is that most believe…

Sartre appears to be a moral relativist because he denies the traditional sources of moral objectivism such as the existence of God, existence of human “nature” and existence of a shared purpose. His rejection of moral relativism is coupled with a rejection of moral realism, the idea that moral facts are independent from the individual and have the ability to track a moral truth. Instead, values are created by the individual, “he makes himself by choosing his own morality, and his circumstances…

the side of moral objectivism would say that this statement is true and that we share a deeply rooted ethical code no matter our background. However, moral subjectivists, such as Mackie, would disagree with this statement on the grounds that moral judgements are simply “equivalent to reports of the speaker’s own feeling or attitudes” (Mackie, 779). Mackie uses several theories in his writing to at least to counter the belief of objective morals by using Cultural…

over and discussed topics. Decided whether it is moral or immoral is strictly up to the individual person. To the boyfriend, he obviously sees the operation as insignificant, and not morally wrong. ““It’s really a simple operation jig” the man said “it’s really not an operation at all”” (E. Hemingway). While you see…

Act Utilitarianism Versus Rule Utilitarianism Act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism are two utilitarian moral theories which determine the moral status of actions based on consequences. I will begin by explaining what act utilitarianism is and its appeal. Then I will argue that although act utilitarianism is appealing, it is flawed because it conflicts with intuitive moral verdicts concerning individual rights, and that it is an impractical theory to implement. Afterwards, I will describe…