[PDF] The Moral Rules eBook

Author : Shaun Nichols
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 32,29 MB
Release : 2021-02-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0192640194

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Moral systems, like normative systems more broadly, involve complex mental representations. Rational Rules proposes that moral learning can be understood in terms of general-purpose rational learning procedures. Nichols argues that statistical learning can help answer a wide range of questions about moral thought: Why do people think that rules apply to actions rather than consequences? Why do people expect new rules to be focused on actions rather than consequences? How do people come to believe a principle of liberty, according to which whatever is not expressly prohibited is permitted? How do people decide that some normative claims hold universally while others hold only relative to some group? The resulting account has both empiricist and rationalist features: since the learning procedures are domain-general, the result is an empiricist theory of a key part of moral development, and since the learning procedures are forms of rational inference, the account entails that crucial parts of our moral system enjoy rational credentials. Moral rules can also be rational in the sense that they can be effective for achieving our ends, given our ecological settings. Rational Rules argues that at least some central components of our moral systems are indeed ecologically rational: they are good at helping us attain common goals. Nichols argues that the account might be extended to capture moral motivation as a special case of a much more general phenomenon of normative motivation. On this view, a basic form of rule representation brings motivation along automatically, and so part of the explanation for why we follow moral rules is that we are built to follow rules quite generally.

Author : Elinor Mason
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 15,42 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780742509702

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Exploring the relationship between consequentialist theory and moral rules, this book focuses mainly on rule consequentialism or on the distinction between act and rule versions of consequentialism.

Author : Bernard Gert
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 24,40 MB
Release : 2004-08-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198038720

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Distinguished philosopher Bernard Gert presents a clear and concise introduction to what he calls "common morality"--the moral system that most thoughtful people implicitly use when making everyday, common sense moral decisions and judgments. Common Morality is useful in that--while not resolving every disagreement on controversial issues--it is able to distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable answers to moral problems.

Author : Bernard Gert
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195055191

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This volume is a revised, enlarged, and broadened version of Gert's classic 1970 book, The Moral Rules. Advocating an approach he terms "morality as impartial rationality," Gert here presents a full discussion of his moral theory, adding a wealth of new illuminating detail to his analysis of the concepts--rationality/irrationality, good/evil, and impartiality--by which he defines morality. He constructs a "moral system" that includes rules prohibiting the kinds of actions that cause evil, procedures for determining when violation of the rules is permitted, and ideals which encourage actions that prevent or relieve suffering. To be valid, Gert argues, any such system must be "a public system that applies to all rational persons." The book concludes with a discussion of medical ethics, demonstrating the link between moral theory and its application to real moral problems.

Author : Baruch A. Brody
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 25,22 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :

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"Bibliographical essay": pages 179-181. Morality based upon categorical imperatives. On a supposed right to tell lies from benevolent motives, by I. Kant.--Utilitarian morality, by H. Sidgwick.--What makes right acts right? by Sir D. Ross.--Utilitarianism, universalisation, and our duty to be just, by J. Harrison.--Extreme and restricted utilitarianism, by J.J.C. Smart.--What if everyone did that? by C. Strang.--Toward a credible form of utilitarianism, by R.B. Brandt.

Author : Geoffrey C. Hazard (Jr.)
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,11 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781780681443

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"This book is about relationships between law and morality as it developed in the United States. It is a tour for the general reader and perhaps of interest to professional scholars"--Page [1].

Author : American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher : American Bar Association
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,78 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781590318737

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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.