Moral psychology

morality is objective versus moral relativism, which ethical theory do I ratify and the reasons behind why I do, and express how I would respond to a stranger’s objection to that specific ethical theory. Theory of Morality, also known as theory of the right, is concerned with identifying fundamental moral norms, rules, or principles in which actions are evaluated and may be deemed as right or wrong. In other words, this is explaining what you ought or ought not to do. Moral relativism is to…

Patriotism a Virtue?” it can be noted there are many factors that need to be taken into consideration in order to view patriotism as a virtue or the mutually opposed belief that patriotism is a vice. This comparative review of patriotism is based on moral foundations which influences one perspectives about the nature of patriotism. In this essay I hope to give a clear account of MacIntyre’s views in relation to this topic by providing an explanation of patriotism, what it entails , the impact of…

function, humans need to have rules that protect them or else they would be prone to fight to survive. Therefore, the law created moral codes, and laws and whoever should break them shall bear the consequences and those who decide to follow them shall reap the rewards, namely, survival, education, security, and other sources needed to live. In addition, these codes and morals are based upon what a common person would believe is considered to be good. For example, preventing harm, immoral…

Ethical egoism states that one should do things that benefit in their own interest. Some key features of ethical egoism are ethical subjectivism, Naïve Ethical egoism, and enlightened ethical egoism. This theory claims that we should act from self-love. However, Egoists have different views about what is good for the individual depending on the situation. In “Don’t Help Me” Kevin is confused about what steps he should take to help his friend, so I am going to advise him based on ethical egoism…

between two contrasting options, which choice is difficult to make due to a conflict within the individual’s cognitive processes on what to do (Cambridge Dictionary, 2016). Hence, ethical dilemmas will always arise when the conflict at hand is based on moral principles that govern an individual’s behaviour i.e. choosing what would the right thing (doing good) or the wrong thing (causing harm) to do is in the present situation (Paul & Elder, 2006). Karen’s three “elements for existence of an…

Ethics as described by most scholars defines a field of philosophy that prescribes what is right or wrong in a given societal setting. It is mostly concerned with personal conviction on what is wrong or is acceptable by a society. Ethics therefore derives most of the principles from the law of morality. The role of ethics is therefore to sensitize, defend and promote the concept of right and wrong behavior in the society. In the conduct of normal business, there exists situations that are…

Introduction What are the challenges to living an ethical life? This essay explores the answer to this question. But in order for one to explain the challenges of living an ethical life one must first describe what an ethical life is. It is important to understand that one does not have to strive to live an entire life with an ethical goal, for that makes it more difficult or challenging and less appealing to people, instead an ethical life should be one in which people occasionally attempt to…

To value the role ethics plays in athletics as sports managers, coaches, or players each must understand the difference between “Winning at All Costs” and being “A Good Sport”. The distinction can be made between the two of them with being a good sport utilizing ethics in contrast to bending rules to gain an advantage to win a competition. Any person who has watched an athletic event has seen someone in soccer fake an injury. Another illustration with the implementation of video review is…

Virtue ethics varies greatly depending on the moral beliefs of the individual making the decision. Not every person has the same moral values so the lenses of virtue ethics are potentially limitless. When deciding what course of action to take under the virtue principle the individual must ask themselves if the activity that they are about to participate is either A) improving them as a person or B) supporting their morals. This principle relies on the assumption that if an activity does not go…

pick the morals and values that would best describe my personal moral theory I would choose Utilitarianism, Deontology and Cultural Relativism. To be honest, when it comes to a topic such as this it can be hard to put everything in words. I don’t always inspect certain parts of life to see where I could apply critical thinking, but I do have ways of deciding what I believe is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ in different situations. In the textbook Think by Judith Boss she defines utilitarianism as “a moral…