"Moral judgement" refers to the act of deciding whether something is right or wrong based on individual values and ethical principles. It involves making a decision about what is morally acceptable or unacceptable in a particular situation.
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The real question regarding religion and war is, does it help in making
moral judgements on when to fight it and when not, and the answer is not very impressive.
We may not all be called to be Jägerstätters and it can feel uncomfortable
making moral judgements on such cases from the safety of our armchairs.
The considerations do not have to be based on
moral judgements about sustainability and the wellbeing of future generations.
Some of the topics that may be talked through in class could be what ethics are and how Dental Assistants may have to use
moral judgement in making a decision in the dental office.
Some friends will consistently give you their black - and - white
moral judgement of a situation, and there's certainly a place in life for that type of friend, too; however, look to keep at least one non-judgmental friend close to the vest, as we can pretty much ensure you'll need him or her at many points along the road.
According to the report, many British children struggle to identify good
moral judgements when faced with scenarios needing honesty, courage and self - discipline.
Moral relativism would have you beleive that we as humans do not have the right to make
moral judgements upon other people.
I'm sure they have separate employees there specifically to serve as muscle, as well as cops on the scene (who apparently don't actually do any enforcing, only tend to victims and pass
sweeping moral judgements, but I digress).
Eberstadt posits that there has been a reversal of thought on food and sex and that the two have effectively switched places in the moral consciousness, with food now considered a realm in which
absolute moral judgements can and indeed must be made, and sex deemed to be merely a matter of personal choice and individual taste.
While moral judgements are added into this reconstruction of economics, some of the familiar tools of economists disappear.
Improper and indecent
express moral judgements, whereas inappropriate and unacceptable suggest breaches of some purely social or professional convention.
Example, if we intervened in stopping lions kill zebra all the time out of our
own moral judgement, that lion species would starve, would that be right.
Before making judgements about particular practices,
particularly moral judgements about the practices of others, that we have little or no real knowledge of (because let's face it, how much do straight people really know about what gay or lesbian sex is really like?)
At the same time he essentially said that there are some times when we need to make
moral judgements outside of our ordinary logical framework, when we need to hear God speaking.
I will fight for any religions right to practice as they wish as long as they don't stomp of individual rights and freedom of religion which means each person can make their
religious moral judgements for themselves which is why there are millions of Christian women who have no problem with these 4 forms of birth control but they are now having their freedom of religion taken out of their hands and decided by their employer.
The outrage surrounding this story has more to do
with moral judgement than it does with real concern of law breaking or Sewel's professional competence.
But it is strongly opposed by Nick Clegg and other Liberal Democrats who view it as a
paternalistic moral judgement on people's lifestyle choices.
It's a question that plagues morality research: how do we differentiate moral behaviour
from moral judgement when the hypothetical dilemma can not be replicated without risk of harm to the participants?
A recent interview between free - range parenting expert Lenore Skenazy and Barbara Sarnecka, an associate professor of cognitive sciences at the University of California - Irvine, who co-authored a fascinating study in 2016 on
how moral judgements shape perceptions of risk for children, provides some excellent perspective on how ridiculous it is to get worked up over things like leaving kids unattended in cars (for short periods of time) and allowing them to walk alone.
Ethical behaviour includes identifying right and wrong, recognising the complexity of many ethical issues, and having the determination and capacity to make
reasoned moral judgements and argue the case for improvement.
Haidt and colleagues went on to demonstrate that a subliminal sense of disgust — induced by hypnosis — increased the severity of people's
moral judgements about shoplifting or political bribery, for example (Psychological Science, vol 16, p 780).
I certainly oppose that because I'm a Theist and I fillow the claims of the Bible
for moral judgement.
More than half of 10,000 - plus school pupils surveyed failed to identify
good moral judgements when responding to moral dilemmas.
According to one recent view, for example, belief in a «big God» — an all - powerful, punitive deity who sits in
moral judgement on our actions — has been instrumental in bringing about social and political complexity in human cultures.
Instead of the Church
making moral judgements on these women, Cari believes that it ought to have a «moralistic agenda against the government which is imposing these conditions on women, on mothers».
That was followed by a revelatory 1,600 - word Facebook posting by the former Moxy Fruvous singer explaining that, in his view, the CBC terminated his employment based on
their moral judgements of his BDSM (bondage - discipline - sadomasochism) preferences in the bedroom.
There is no reason to assume
a moral judgement is being made here.
It is not
my moral judgement that he was / is there, we are told this.
That is not
a moral judgement on my part that is simply going where the evidence leads.
In all this, neither Dido's lyrics nor her music seem to make
any moral judgements about others or herself: this is how people behave.
When such injunctions have been taken at their face value, they have had disastrous effects upon
the moral judgements, and the actions, of Christian people; as when Cromwell's devout troopers massacred the «idolatrous» Irish Catholics of Drogheda (just as centuries earlier, the pious Simon de Montfort exterminated the Albigensian heretics).
However, I would consider the Midianite slaughter
a moral judgement by God.
In a reconstructed economics,
moral judgements are not only possible but absolutely required.
Each side will argue
their moral judgement is correct.
The simple fact is that we (all of us) have no outside authority to appeal to for
moral judgements, no matter how hard we try or how much we want one.