Author: Prasasti Pandit Publisher: Ethics International Press ISBN: 1871891949 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 225
Book Description
This book critically analyses the basic questions regarding the principle of beneficence within its moral domain, to suggest and work out a more credible form of Principle of Beneficence. The Moral Quest for a More Credible Principle of Beneficence evolves from the common goodness of the three major confronting theories of ethics, i.e., Utilitarianism, Deontology, and Virtue Ethics. After analysing and exploring the common ground of the three views, the aim is to prescribe a more convincing form of the principle of beneficence. The book starts with a brief discussion of the principle of beneficence and then critically analyses previous views related to the principle of beneficence, virtue of benevolence, and their relationship, and proposes a more credible form of the Principle of Beneficence. The Moral Quest for a More Credible Principle of Beneficence aims to provide a significant contribution towards the theory of beneficence.
Author: Pandit Prasasti Publisher: Mohakmangalyt ISBN: 9785776568558 Category : Languages : en Pages : 188
Book Description
Principle of Beneficence holds an important role in economics. It is regarded as part of welfare which determines the profit over the loss for a locality, or a state, or a country. A nation's overall development depends to a certain extent on these different criteria based on the Principle of Beneficence which not only includes financial profit but also sociopolitical development. Sociopolitical development also includes the development and welfare of education, health, etc. Thus beneficial productivity arises from the overall welfare. However, in this research, I would concentrate only on the Moral Concern of the Principle of Beneficence. Moral philosophy plays an important role in formulating ethical theories. It is an inquiry of rules, principles, and virtues that guide human action. Among them, the Principle of Beneficence is an established one. The word Beneficence is derived from its Latin origin 'bene' which means well or good and 'facene' means to do, whereas benevolence is coined from 'bene' and 'volens' which implies a strong wish or disposition. Generally, the term beneficence connotes acts of mercy, kindness, and charity. It implies love, humanity, and promoting the good of others. In the field of morality, the principle of beneficence evokes some normative meanings, i.e. some moral obligation to act for others' benefit, helping them by promoting collective welfare and often by preventing or removing possible harms. The principle of beneficence stands as an obligation to act for the benefit of others by preventing and removing harm, by promoting other's good and also by balancing an action's possible goods against its cost and possible harm. So, generally, beneficence refers to do an action to benefit others, whereas, benevolence is regarded as a virtue or good character trait of being disposed to act to benefit others. Beneficence acts are done from a benevolent disposition of mind. Benevolence is regarded as a virtue of being disposed to act for the benefit of others. In this study, I try to explore the foundations of the moral notion of beneficence by analyzing its historical background. While critically analyzing the historical background, I confront with some basic questions, such as: Whether beneficence towards others is inspired by self-beneficence or self-love? How much and in what sense self-love is morally permissible?,
Author: Herbert Spencer Publisher: Nabu Press ISBN: 9781293650530 Category : Languages : en Pages : 246
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author: Garrett Cullity Publisher: Clarendon Press ISBN: 0191622567 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 296
Book Description
How much are we morally required to do to help people who are much worse off than us? On any credible moral outlook, other people's pressing need for assistance can ground moral requirements on us to help them—-requirements of beneficence. How far do those requirements extend? One way to think about this is by means of a simple analogy: an analogy between joining in efforts to help people at a distance and rescuing a needy person yourself, directly. Part I of Garrett Cullity's book examines this analogy. In some ways, the analogy is not only simple, but politically and metaphysically simplistic. However, it contains an important truth: we are morally required to help other people, indirectly as well as directly. But the number of needy people in the world is enormous, and their need is very great. Once we start to recognize requirements to help them, when is it morally acceptable to stop? Cullity answers this question in Part II. Examining the nature of beneficence, he argues that its requirements only make sense on the assumption that many of the interests we share in common-rich and poor alike-are interests it is not wrong to pursue.
Author: Martin Peterson Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190652276 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 265
Book Description
Autonomous cars, drones, and electronic surveillance systems are examples of technologies that raise serious ethical issues. In this analytic investigation, Martin Peterson articulates and defends five moral principles for addressing ethical issues related to new and existing technologies: the cost-benefit principle, the precautionary principle, the sustainability principle, the autonomy principle, and the fairness principle. It is primarily the method developed by Peterson for articulating and analyzing the five principles that is novel. He argues that geometric concepts such as points, lines, and planes can be put to work for clarifying the structure and scope of these and other moral principles. This geometric account is based on the Aristotelian dictum that like cases should be treated alike, meaning that the degree of similarity between different cases can be represented as a distance in moral space. The more similar a pair of cases are from a moral point of view, the closer is their location in moral space. A case that lies closer in moral space to a paradigm case for some principle p than to any paradigm for any other principle should be analyzed by applying principle p. The book also presents empirical results from a series of experimental studies in which experts (philosophers) and laypeople (engineering students) have been asked to apply the geometric method to fifteen real-world cases. The empirical findings indicate that experts and laypeople do in fact apply geometrically construed moral principles in roughly, but not exactly, the manner advocates of the geometric method believe they ought to be applied.
Author: Richard Dean Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199285721 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 281
Book Description
The humanity formulation of Kant's Categorical Imperative demands that we treat humanity as an end in itself. Because this principle resonates with currently influential ideals of human rights and dignity, contemporary readers often find it compelling, even if the rest of Kant's moral philosophy leaves them cold. Moreover, some prominent specialists in Kant's ethics have recently turned to the humanity formulation as the most theoretically central and promising principle of Kant'sethics. Nevertheless, it has received less attention than many other aspects of Kant's ethics. Richard Dean offers the most sustained and systematic examination of the humanity formulation to date. He presents an original analysis of what it means to treat humanity as an end in itself, and examinesthe implications both for Kant scholarship and for practical guidance on specific moral issues.
Author: Prasasti Pandit
Author: KURUVILLA. PANDIKATTU
Author: Pandit Prasasti
Author: Herbert Spencer
Author: Herbert Spencer
Author: Herbert Spencer
Author: Garrett Cullity
Author: James Robert White
Author: Martin Peterson
Author: Richard Dean