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  1. Apr 17, 2002 · Failing to specify which particular criteria one takes to govern one’s own theorizing, and consequently tacitly relying on the idea that everyone already knows what counts as moral, can lead to a number of problems. One, of course, is a conflation of morality with other things (see Machery 2012 on Churchland 2011).

  2. Immoral actions or events: those areas of interest where moral categories do apply and of are such a kind as to be evil, sinful, or wrong according to some code or theory of ethics. a. Telling a lie is c.p. an immoral action. b. An immoral action then can be defined as a violation of a rule or code of ethics.

  3. Feb 23, 2004 · Kant’s Moral Philosophy. First published Mon Feb 23, 2004; substantive revision Fri Jan 21, 2022. Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) argued that the supreme principle of morality is a principle of practical rationality that he dubbed the “Categorical Imperative” (CI). Kant characterized the CI as an objective, rationally necessary and ...

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  4. Apr 22, 2024 · Morality vs. Ethics. Morality and Laws. Morality refers to the set of standards that enable people to live cooperatively in groups. It’s what societies determine to be “right” and “acceptable.”. Sometimes, acting in a moral manner means individuals must sacrifice their own short-term interests to benefit society.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ImmoralityImmorality - Wikipedia

    Immorality is the violation of moral laws, norms or standards. It refers to an agent doing or thinking something they know or believe to be wrong . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Immorality is normally applied to people or actions, or in a broader sense, it can be applied to groups or corporate bodies, and works of art.

  6. Deontology. One of the distinctive features of Kant’s ethics is that it focuses on duties, defined by right and wrong. Right and wrong (which are the primary deontic categories, along with obligatory, optional, supererogatory, and others) are distinct from good and bad (which are value categories) in that they directly prescribe actions ...

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  8. Jan 13, 2009 · 35. This is also the approach to explaining immorality which Augustine (himself an opponent of the Manichees) took: “As [God] is the creator of all nature so he is the giver of all power, but not of will. Evil wills are not derived from him, since they are contrary to nature, which is from him.”.

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