Sentences with phrase «utilitarianism on»

They emerged out of the Christian denominational - biblical tradition on the one hand and Enlightenment utilitarianism on the other hand.

Not exact matches

Bad laws are based on a different moral system, like relativism or utilitarianism.

One of the standard criticisms of virtue ethics is that it is weak when dealing with issues in applied ethics, in contrast to deontology or utilitarianism, and this because virtue theorists focus on good or bad agents rather than right or wrong acts.

In this effort I hope to show that Hartshorne's thought is an improvement with respect to some of the weaker features of virtue ethics as it has been defended by some recent philosophers, in particular regarding the allegation made by virtue ethnicians that deontology and utilitarianism are defective because they depend on abstract rules.

Here is the point: such an argument against utilitarianism stakes everything on a pre-philosophical intuition about the heinousness of murder.

In the present crisis of mankind, all emphasis seems to be placed on utilitarianism in both science and religion.

In the present crisis of mankind, however, all emphasis seems to be placed on utilitarianism in both science and religion.

Charles Reynolds, in his article, «Somatic Ethics: Joy and Adventure in the Embodied Moral Life,» is more accurate in claiming that an ethics based on process metaphysics «avoids the beguiling trap of utilitarianism for an ideal participant perspective» (SE 127, my emphasis).

Although many concur in categorizing any ethical system based on process metaphysics as teleological or consequentialist, recent writings have gone beyond this, attempting to demonstrate the affinity between process ethics and utilitarianism.

Utilitarianism tended therefore to concentrate solely on the rationalization of means, on technical reason.

There was reason to become increasingly disillusioned with a world built on utilitarianism and science alone.

Hence, Mill can urge that utilitarianism be adopted on the grounds that it is the only plausible theory which can accomplish the all - important function of making moral judgments rational or systematic.

I was planning to followup my critique of Kant with a parallel commentary on utilitarianism, but was waylaid by picking up some unread material sitting in my bookcase: an anthology of Aquinas» thought On Law, Morality, and Politics, Hackett Press, Second Editioon utilitarianism, but was waylaid by picking up some unread material sitting in my bookcase: an anthology of Aquinas» thought On Law, Morality, and Politics, Hackett Press, Second EditioOn Law, Morality, and Politics, Hackett Press, Second Edition.

A hundred or 200 years ago my forerunners among political economists could find their valuational moorings in the philosophies of natural right and utilitarianism, which in their turn were based on the associational psychology of hedonism — and which are now, in my view, defunct.

And Jeremy Bentham, the founder of British utilitarianism, famously said that «human rights is nonsense - on stilts!»

As Fr Dylan James brings out later in this issue, the justification of «human rights» today is less and less grounded on the objective nature of Man and more and more on the shifting sands of utilitarianism.

It drew on the economic ideas espoused by Adam Smith in Book 1 of the Wealth of Nations and on a belief in natural law, [5] utilitarianism [6] and progress.

Can a movement conservative really oppose requiring teachers to focus some of their time on understanding the utilitarianism of John Stuart Mill?

The theory of utilitarianism is based on the idea that the utility should be maximized.

Going back to Utilitarianism, I often tell authors it's OK to buy cheap reviews on Fiverr.com as long as you ask them to be honest and balanced (not gushing).

What's on view: A group show of fifteen artists revolving around utilitarianism and industrial materials.

Its utilitarianism is an advantage in a few ways: it's more comfortable to wear, as the built - in rubber strap is more flexible and arguably looks better on the wrist.