Clarifying Ethics: Mapping Moral Traditions and Tasks
Delve into the realms of ethics with Dr. Maciej Pichlak as he navigates through clarifying existing moral beliefs, exploring practical applications of moral traditions, and discussing the dichotomy between duty and aspiration in morality. This insightful lecture also touches on deontology versus teleology in ethics, shedding light on the intricate balance between public morality and private ethics.
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Ethics in Public Life lecture 1 Clarifying ethics Mapping ethics Dr. Maciej Pichlak University of Wroc aw Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics Department of Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law
Moral traditions and their practical applications Other useful resources: The Routledge Companion to Ethics, ed. By J. Skorupski, Routledge Slides from lectures: http://prawo.uni.wroc.pl/node/18811 Sandel s lectures on the Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB dfcR- 8hEY&list=PL30C13C91CFFEFEA6 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/ Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://www.iep.utm.edu/
The task of ethics Ethics as a critical reflection on moral experience The task of ethics: to clarify and verify the existing moral beliefs. Spaemann: 'It is an attempt to understand. Yet, this understanding does not leave that what is understood untouched.'
Between faith and scepticism - no certain knowledge or ultimate authority; a need for argumentation - practical (critical and/or normative) tasks, not merely descriptive or analytical
Morality of duty and of aspiration Morality of duty embodies the most moral obvious demands of social living, which means basic requirements of social living. On another hand, the morality of aspiration is the morality of good life, of excellence, of fullest realization of human powers. We do not praise men for doing their duties but we do praise them for moral excellence. On another hand, we do condemn people by breaching their duties but we may only feel sorry for those who do not realize their aspirations. Morality of duty generally requires only forbearance while morality of aspiration is in some sense affirmative. Morality of duty can be enforced more or less by law whereas morality of aspiration cannot. Moral duties are sticky and inflexible while it is the nature of all human aspirations towards perfection to be liable and responsive to changing conditions.
Mapping ethics Deontology (morality) vs. Teleology (ethics) Greek: beauty vs. good Public morality vs. Private ethics?
Mapping ethics Basic streams of moral philosophy: TELEOLOGY DEONTOLOGY ETHICS OF RIGHTS UTILITARIANSM CONTRACTUALISM VIRTUE ETHICS DISCOURSE ETHICS ETHICS OF DIALOGUE POSTMODERN ETHICS
