Thursday, February 23, 2012

Blog Post #3 - Ethics

DATABASE USED: Encyclopaedia Britannica 
TITLE: Divisions of Philosophy > Ethics

What I learned:
  • concerned mostly with morality
  • ethics play a large role in the way people live
  • morality-conformity to the rules of right conduct
  • some scientists have said there are definite standards for human behavior
  • decisions should be based mostly on the situation in which one finds oneself
  • relativism- any theory holding that criteria of judgement are relative
  • relativists say that ethical decisions are related to specific circumstances
  • this branch of philosophy is close to religion
QUESTIONS:
1.) What are types of situations where one could find oneself?
2.) What are types of ethical decisions?

LINK: http://www.school.eb.com/comptons/article-206435?

2 comments:

  1. Some interesting findings! Looking at decision making from different ethical angles can be helpful. Consider looking at the 5 different frameworks they describe here:

    http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/framework.html

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  2. Check out this Ted Talk, I think it’s very relevant to your interests on decision making for your passion project:
    http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions.html

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