Sentences with phrase «whether ethical action»

Maritain held that action in the world — whether ethical action among individuals or political action among systems, institutions, and groups — is always action among existents, among real sinners and saints and all those in between, not among purely «rational agents.»

Not exact matches

But Singer could be right about ethical actions without being right about whether those actions are always desirable.

Their hesitation primarily stems from the question of whether the notion of emptiness, conceived as a dynamic emptying of all distinctions, can sustain a commitment to ethics, history», and personhood with the seriousness and even ultimacy that they, precisely as people standing in the Christian tradition, think necessary The Jewish participant, while less concerned with kenosis, shares their concern for the potential loss of ultimacy in the realm of historical action with its ethical norms and deep sense of personhood.

But the use to which it is put determines whether the actions it conceives are positive or negative, ethical or unethical.

Some of the gaps in Chapter 3 on ethical issues raised by climate change policy - making include: (1) ethics of decision - making in the face of scientific uncertainty, (2) whether action or non-action of other nations affects a nation's responsibility for climate change, (3) how to spend limited funds on climate change adaptation, (4) when politicians may rely on their own uninformed opinion about climate change science, and (5) who is responsible to for climate refugees and what are their responsibilities.

If and when robots become ethical actors that can be held responsible for their actions, we can then begin debating whether they are no longer machines and are deserving of some form of personhood.

I think that I will write a letter to Santa asking that ORE receive a mega-sized dump truck full of sulfur - infused coal as punishment for looking the other way in the case of the deceptive self - promotion actions of their bad boys and girls, and conversely, that he deliver to all of the good boys and girls who practice the art of transacting real estate deals in an honest, up - front, competent, transparent, ethical, non-deceptive — read PROFESSIONAL — manner... at all times (whether they be in the money or not) many, many referrals from every single satisfied client who has benefited from their efforts in the past.

File an Ethics Complaint if your complaint deals primarily with whether the actions or inactions taken by a broker were ethical or lawful rather than specifically seeking damages for a loss sustained.