Rational

In the book, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant lays out his theory for making moral decisions. Unlike many other philosophers, Kant focuses not on the consequences of actions, but on the maxim in which the action was performed; in addition, Kant also tries to find his moral theory a priori instead of through empirical experience. He attempts to formulate a theory grounded through pure reason in which he bases his moral law on something that has never been experienced before…

irrational characteristics that are present in our society today by comparing them to rational characteristics displayed in feminist society. Gilman wants her readers to realize She attacks the current traditions concerning the environment and farming, population, education, gender roles and relationships so that the reader will come to challenge traditions in favor of rationality. In Herland Gilman pushes for a more rational treatment of the environment and farming techniques by showing how…

give future generations a voice in our society, and we have to make urgent changes so the Earth can remain a livable place for our grandchildren. Friedman’s essay is very effective because he uses rational, emotional, and ethical evidence to support his argument. Friedman provides significant rational evidence to prove how climate change is a vast issue in society. The main logical information Friedman writes is about the effect that greenhouse gases have on Earth. When greenhouse gases are…

The Freeman-Gravitas Prescriptive Executive Coaching Multi-Rater Assessment (FG-PEC; Gavita, et al., 2012). FG-PEC is a multi-rater measure (self-rating, subordinate, superior, colleague and client rating) of managerial skills relevant for the prescriptive executive coaching process, based on the cognitive behavioral approach to coaching. It has 50 items based on five domains relevant to managerial competencies: behavior, emotion, thoughts, situations, and socio-cultural context. The instrument…

fetus, or any other being, of obtaining a future similar to our own, including human experiences and emotions, is wrong. He arrives at this assumption by dissecting the widely accepted belief that killing a rational human being is impermissible. Marquis looks to determine what about killing a rational being is the root of its impermissibility. He arrives at the conclusion that the impermissibility lies in what would be taken away from the victim: its future. Furthermore, Marquis realizes that…

is better for them before they can worry about how their actions may affect others. The general theory of normative egoism declares how people ought to behave, but does not attempt to describe human nature directly. It comes in two general forms: rational egoism and ethical…

his division thesis; it separates ethics into two groups: rational and empirical. The rational side, marked by its sole use of reasoning and logic is called morals. In contrast, the empirical side is also known as practical anthropology since it relies on experiences and observations to form rules. Going off of on his division thesis, he believes that the rational side should be put before the empirical side in a sense that the rational…

The scientific concepts of game theory, Rational Actor and Governmental Politics Models, along with Thomas Kuhn’s theory on scientific crises, can help describe and explain the national security issue of anticipating a nuclear armed Iran. First, game theory can aid in deducing behavior where players, will seek to maximize their utility and where information is the key to succeed. Secondly, the Rational Actor and Organizational Behavior Models will aid in describing systemic and state levels of…

The following paper argues in favor of Aristotle’s virtue ethics over Kantian deontology. In Kantian deontology, to be ethical is to follow one’s duty by acting on only the rules which one can at the same time rationally will that those actions become universal laws, while in Aristotelian virtue ethics, to be ethical is to develop and internalize virtuous habits until one fully becomes virtuous themselves. In turn, the ethical question of ‘What should I do?’ that deontology asks becomes ‘What…

believes in this all-powerful being is largely affected by their inner moral character. According to a modern philosophical Theist, Linda Zagzebski, “Since it is rational to be moral, it is…