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May 25, 2021 · Nihilist viewpoints begin with a refusal to believe that human life draws meaning from a greater context, such as the will or purpose of a divine being, or another external force such as fate or...
May 1, 2001 · One might object that people who are sick or who have moral deficiencies can experience pleasure, even though Aristotle does not take them to be in a natural state. He has two strategies for responding.
Oct 2, 2019 · Despite evidence of our evolved moral sentiments, as well as our conscious adoption of ethical standards, many continue to maintain that the individual is inherently selfish, and antisocially so.
Those who are considered morally good are said to be virtuous, holding themselves to high ethical standards, while those viewed as morally bad are thought of as wicked, sinful, or even criminal.
- We used to think that people are born with a blank slate, but research has shown that people have an innate sense of morality . Of course, parents...
- Humans are ethical and moral regardless of religion and God. People are not fundamentally good nor are they fundamentally evil. However, a Pew stud...
- Animals are like humans—and humans are animals, after all. Many studies have been conducted across animal species, and more than 90 percent of thei...
- The examination of moral psychology involves the study of moral philosophy but the field is more concerned with how a person comes to make a right...
- An amoral person has no sense of, or care for, what is right or wrong. There is no regard for either morality or immorality. Conversely, an immoral...
- One could argue that the actions of Wells Fargo, for example, were amoral if the bank had no sense of right or wrong. In the 2016 fraud scandal, th...
- Everyone tells white lies to a degree, and often the lie is done for the greater good. But the idea that a small percentage of people tell the lion...
- We do know what is right from wrong . If you harm and injure another person, that is wrong. However, what is right for one person, may well be wron...
- The pre-conventional stage is driven by obedience and punishment . This is a child's view of what is right or wrong. Examples of this thinking: “I...
Could the world ever agree on shared ethical principles? People have been arguing for millennia, says SJ Beard, and reaching an answer is harder than it seems.
Feb 4, 2003 · Evolutionary: Where do human morals come from? A familiar and widely accepted answer is that human morals are in essence, despite their modern variations, Darwinian adaptations. As such morals are about survival and reproduction and have nothing to do with moral truth.
Oct 31, 2018 · Modesty and humility touch on a variety of more general issues in philosophy. It relates to moral issues about self and other: Whether there are special moral requirements regarding our self-orientation and if so, what underlies them?
