Normative ethics

deserve, and it would give a high degree of probability that prisoner's resolve will be broken. In contrast, Kant duty-based ethics strongly regards the moral law and duty principles. If the performance of torture is instructed by higher positions, they must "act out of regard for duty", and respect the law as well. Virtue ethics theory, one of the major approaches in normative ethics, emphasizes more morality rather than right things. Thus, the decision of torturing performance relies on the…

Where Ethics and International Relations Meet Abstract The purpose of this paper is to systematically present what I presume to be the relationship of ethics within the realm of international relations, and discuss my viewpoints where warranted. Included within this research and facts will be definitions relating ethics, political ethics, international relations, and finally international ethics; also included is a historical context and recent examples from philosophers and notable political…

The relation between human dignity and practical reason is the justification of practically rational viewpoint which argues for the rationality normative status of the concept of human dignity in the action. The stand of this relation argues for how all human agents must necessarily accept that they are committed and obligated to respecting the dignity of others and that this is a practically rational point of view without rejecting the substantive nature of human dignity as value and the prior…

Perhaps one of the most notable superheroes is Spider-Man, who continues to ensnare generations of audiences in the web of his geeky charm and all around feel good acts of heroism top this day. He first appeared in comics in 1962 and has since been featured in them countless times as well as having a prevalent screen presence as of 2002, when the first movie premiered. Spider-Man is the superhero alter-ego of Peter Parker, a geeky high school science whizz who is bullied by jocks and overlooked…

ventilator that prolonged Harriet’s life (Ornstein). In this essay, we argue that the final decision made by the Ornstein family to remove the ventilator was morally permissible, justified by specific principles of deontological ethics and social consequentialist ethics. First, one may acknowledge that in evaluating the Ornsteins’ actions, we are dealing with conflicting ideas about benefits and harms…

The ethics of care, as described by Held, can explain Raskolnikov’s process of redemption in Crime and Punishment. However for Raskolnikov’s process of moral degeneration, deontological ethics explains the process much better. When we look at Raskolnikov’s process of degeneration the main cause was alienation from others. This causes him to make terrible justifications to commit his crime. Hence once he did the crime it drawled him further into isolation. This alienation causes him to fall…

Philosophy is the Logical examination of wisdom, morality, right, wrong, good, and evil. In the book “Slaughter House-five” by Kurt Vonnegut. The book has three genres that it can be considered. They are anti-war, science fiction and philosophical. Wisdom is questioned in the book along with free will making it more philosophical than anti-war or science fiction. There are many parts in the book that have examples of anti -war. Most of the anti-war parts are of not being prepared for the battle.…

Introduction Part 2 of my essay focuses on the moral side of the Charlie Gard case , such as moral issues and moral theories. This part is also split up into 3 distinct parts, being the moral issues within the case, which moral theories have provided a foundation for the decision of the case, and finally which moral theories should the court ought to have used and why. Moral Issues within the Case The main moral issue within this case is the question of what is it that was in Charlies best…

Ethics, the investigation of the ethical estimation of human behavior and of the guidelines and rule that should administer. Another definition demonstrated that it was a social, religious or standard code of conduct, considered right. Notwithstanding I trust it is a great deal less complex than these two definitions. Morals to me are more about doing things ethically that are correct or wrong since that is the means by which you were raised. There are various perspectives on what morals implies…

what is ultimately morally good which is more ethical than defining what is right by whether or not an act results in a positive consequence. “Ethics, also called moral philosophy, [is] the discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad, right and wrong.” The categorical imperative and other deontological teachings fit neatly into the definition of ethics since the top priority is to always do what is right before being concerned with anything else. Deontology defines what morality is…