Sentences with phrase «many moral philosophers»

An argument forwarded by Australian moral philosopher Peter Singer was wrongly attritubted to hedge fund manager Paul Singer.

«The eighteenth - century moral philosophers... inherited a set of moral injunctions on the one hand and a conception of human nature on the other which had been expressly designed to be discrepant with each other....

On the other hand, the world in which these moral philosophers flourish is a world that has lost its moral bearings in an unprecedented way.

Contrary to the stereotype promulgated by socialists, Smith was first and foremost a moral philosopher.

It is scarcely any wonder then that late - twentieth - century evangelical Protestants are rarely found among ethicists, moral philosophers, or policy analysts.

So when debates about embryo freezing, manipulation, or killing arise, moral philosophers and theologians have rich resources for identifying the wrongs involved.

This «moral reading» of the Constitution calls on judges to act as moral philosophers: «equal protection of the laws» should mean what best promotes «equal concern and respect» for all humans; «liberty» in the «due process» clause should mean autonomy in matters important to personal development, and so forth.

Hays defines reason more narrowly than most moral philosophers do.

If the moral philosophers, theologians, and others are right, however, our society is equally united and defined by the story we collectively tell and live.

The «realists» spawned ethicists who became moral philosophers, clarifying moral questions in medicine and business and, in their spare time, keeping alive the «God question.»

Though our moral philosophers have differed in many details, especially in regard to the sources of moral judgment, they have agreed amazingly in regard to what men ought to do.

Adam Smith, the great moral philosopher and founder of classical economics, tells us that the market requires a moral - legal foundation.

Jefferson thought Jesus to be a great moral philosopher and wanted to focus on that aspect of the New Testament — his teachings on how one should treat others.

In Living Faithfully in a Fragmented World: Lessons for the Church from MacIntyre's «After Virtue» (1998), Wilson responds to moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, who concludes his celebrated 1991 critique of modernity by calling for «the construction of local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained through the new dark ages which are already upon us....

That's one of the most fundamental differences, I think, between a deeply conservative position and a strictly libertarian one: conservatives think that for all its merits, the right we have to choose in the marketplace needs to be shaped by virtue and ordered by a moral order (I never tire of pointing out that Adam Smith thought himself a moral philosopher).

These figures» usually Chris tian moral philosophers and theologians» argue that the Christian call to righteousness and holiness demands that we transcend the anger we feel when we are intentionally harmed.

The sheer length and complexity of great novels, their patient playing out of the consequences of our moral choices, make them infinitely more useful than the brief schematic narratives that are commonly employed by moral philosophers to illustrate their claims.

What Rapp discovers bears the weight of the decision that gave rise to her research: «This technology turns every user into a moral philosopher, as she concludes her fears and fantasies of the limits of mothering a fetus with a disability.»

It's just that every moral philosopher that I've read has been a believer in God / s.

Why, we would not be at all surprised if even some of those «serious moral philosophers» think in ways shaped by considerations that TNR might deem «religious.»

It is worth repeating that economics, from the time of Plato through to Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill was as deeply concerned with issues of social justice, ethics and morality as with economic analysis itself However, economics students today are taught that Adam Smith was the «father of modern economics» but not that he was also a moral philosopher.

The editors say that 15 percent were doctors and people connected with medical research, while 12 percent fitted TNR's category of «serious moral philosophers.»

Utilitarian moral philosophers may likewise appeal to process metaphysics as a powerful external justification for their ethical theory.

From the Greeks down to Aquinas, every moral philosopher of note had assumed that the pursuit of happiness is the primary moral question.

Recently, Benjamin Sasse of Nebraska has been defending the peculiar inefficiency — yes, inefficiency — of the body to which he was elected, while invoking obscure moral philosophers on the Senate floor.

Specifically referred to by the Court was evidence given by BHA Vice President and moral philosopher Simon Blackburn, who had said, «True respect for life means respect for the persons whose lives are in question - refusing assistance, when their plea is settled and uncoerced discounts and demeans their personhood.

Each is actually shorthand for a framework developed by moral philosophers over the centuries.

Neither are the representatives from the medical council or the churches, moral philosophers or the handicapped.

One final conclusion may come as no surprise — the researchers say their findings show that our day - to - day moral decisions don't fit into the neat categories defined by moral philosophers.

I, of course, by trade am a moral philosopher; I only got into psychology accidentally.

«Quoting from an argument advanced by moral philosopher Peter Singer, for instance, [Gates] questions why anyone would donate money to build a new wing for a museum rather than spend it on preventing illnesses that can lead to blindness.

David Hume, one of our greatest moral philosophers, said that moral truths must «take possession of the heart»; otherwise, «they can have no influence on conduct and behaviour.»

Darwinian moral philosophers such as George Williams reject the notion that evolution should be a direct guide to ethics or to education.

Through helping students develop as moral philosophers, critical consumers of information and civic agents, we hope to change the way they see themselves as individuals in a larger society.

There is a community of thinkers from social psychologists to moral philosophers who have emphasized that the caring, courage, and compassion that lead to trust are fundamental to what it is to be human.

«Kids have the capacity to be moral philosophers and think about ethics.»

Wesley believed that Christianity was essentially a social religion, and Methodist preachers engaged in a variety of humanitarian endeavors that were practical expressions of the ideas of the moral philosophers.

You can be a brilliant moral philosopher with a prizewinning doctoral thesis expounding the evils of war, and still be given a hard time by a draft board evaluating your claim to be a conscientious objector.

However, the difference is that whereas Mma Ramotswe is an African Miss Marple - who has an instinctive understanding of people based on her close observations of life in her own small community, the star of this new series is an extremely well read moral philosopher named Isabel Dalhousie which gives McCall Smith a wider and more sophisticated canvas on which to work.

Better to be like the great moral philosopher Linus van Pelt, who carried a candle at night, and his sister Lucy asked him why he was doing so.

That said, like that great moral philosopher Lucy van Pelt, I haven't ruled out stupidity yet.

This conference will bring together many of his friends, colleagues, and other leading living moral philosophers in order to honor his memory and make progress on those questions he believed matter most.

Derek Parfit was «thought by many to be the most original moral philosopher in the English - speaking world» (The New Yorker).

I've been writing to the Times (through Dot Earth and elsewhere), to some economists, to moral philosophers, to leading schools of journalism, to environmental organizations, and (even) to ExxonMobil.

I would be energetically seeking out opinion pieces, articles, and letters from leaders in the various fields, i.e., relevant scientists, relevant moral philosophers, relevant economists, relevant psychologists, and so forth.

Smith of course was a brilliant person, originally a moral philosopher.

Recall that the environmentalist moral philosopher holds the public in low esteem.

This is one of the best pieces I have read in a long time, combining the insights of one of the best climate scientists (Pierrehumbert) with those of our most challenging moral philosopher, Peter Singer.

On no more than the basis that «climate change is occurring», moral philosophers tell us what is right, social historians invent lessons from history to make climate criminals in the present, science historians invent conspiracy theorists, and psychologists tell us how to apply distress to change public opinion, and why debate is just too risky to trust to the public.

In other words, of all folks, really, responsible ethicists and (practical) moral philosophers should be doing whatever it takes, at this point, to bring about ethically sound ACTION.