The Essence Of Ethical Pragmatism The Common Sense Philosophy

Author : E. Dennis Brod
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781483454351

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The Essence of Ethical Pragmatism: The Common Sense Philosophy by E. Dennis Brod Pdf

If you were choosing a physician to perform a life-saving task for yourself or a loved one, would you choose a lesser-qualified physician because the better-qualified one had social or political views inconsistent with your own? Wouldn't common sense tell you that regardless of your personal disagreements, the better-qualified physician would always be the best choice? If you think so, then you are already following one of the foundational teachings of ethical pragmatism (EP)-a common sense philosophy that stands as a simple guide for finding clear perspectives on how to achieve goals in the most beneficial way. The first part of The Essence of Ethical Pragmatism (known as EP) explains the philosophy, its development and its justifications. The second part of the book shows how the philosophy can be implemented to better our lives with a number of examples that involve issues challenging us today.

Author : C. E. M. Joad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000051469

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Common-Sense Ethics by C. E. M. Joad Pdf

Originally published in 1921, this book makes philosophical ethics accessible to the non-philosopher and applies them to problems of everyday life. The author maintains that morality is the rationalization of the impulse to blame and emphases the importance of impulses. He illustrates how modern society conspires to suppress impulses and restrict their operation.

Author : Michael A. Slote
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000073423

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Common-Sense Morality and Consequentialism by Michael A. Slote Pdf

Originally published in 1985 and now re-issued with a new preface, this study assesses the two major moral theories of ethical consequentialism and common-sense morality by means of mutual comparison and an attempt to elicit the implications and tendencies of each theory individually. The author shows that criticisms and defences of common-sense morality and of consequentialism give inadequate characterizations of the dispute between them and thus at best provide incomplete rationales for either of these influential moral views. Both theories face inherent difficulties, some familiar but others mentioned for the first time in this work. The argument proceeds by reference to historical figures like Bentham, Ross and Sidgwick and to contemporary thinkers such as Williams, Nagel, Hare and Sen.

Author : S. G. Applebee
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1615827773

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The Common Sense Ethics of a Blue Collar Philosopher by S. G. Applebee Pdf

As a former thief, drug abuser, street-fighting trouble-maker, Mr. Applebee was heading for disaster. However, one day he was listening to a radio talk show host and it changed his life forever. He never cared about morality until this faceless voice over the airwaves made it perfectly clear to him he wasnat going anywhere in life unless he understood what virtues and values were all about, and from that moment on, he made up his mind to study the worldas religions and philosophies in order to discover for himself the meaning of life and what it meant to be a truly moral human being. After he devoted himself to this book (which took him over twelve years to research and seven years to write), he finally achieved his goal of laying out common sense moral principles that are universally recognized around the globe. And although much of his book will be seen as extremely controversial, his rock-solid foundations simply cannot be dismissed or ignored by anyone who takes the subjects of religion, politics, or ethics seriously. If you want to learn the basics of morality; if youare looking to expand your moral paradigm; if youare up for an easy-to-read, yet thought-provoking, page turner, then you have come to the right place.

Author : Cecil Clement Crawford
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Common-sense Ethics by Cecil Clement Crawford Pdf

Author : Ethics Research Center,Ivan Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 0916152065

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Common Sense and Everyday Ethics by Ethics Research Center,Ivan Hill Pdf

Author : Michael Slote
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1995-05-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190208103

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From Morality to Virtue by Michael Slote Pdf

In this book, Slote offers the first full-scale foundational account of virtue ethics to have appeared since the recent revival of interest in the ethics of virtue. Slote advocates a particular form of such ethics for its intuitive and structural advantages over Kantianism, utilitarianism, and common-sense morality, and he argues that the problems of other views can be avoided and a contemporary plausible version of virtue ethics achieved only by abandoning specifically moral concepts for general aretaic notions like admirability and virtue. Although this study is not bound by particular Aristotelian doctrines, it places an Aristotelian emphasis on both self-benefiting and other-benefiting virtues. Slote criticizes Kantian and common-sense morality for internal incoherencies and for downgrading the moral individual and her well-being in some previously unnoticed ways. By contrast, this book defends a distinctive, intuitive, and symmetric ethical principle according to which we should balance self-concern with concern for others, but it also concludes that there is, contrary to utilitarianism, no single basis for status as a virtue nor any simple relation between the virtues and human well-being.

Author : D. L. Murray
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781776583614

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Pragmatism by D. L. Murray Pdf

The philosophical school of thought known as pragmatism focuses on the mind and thoughts as tools for rational decision-making. This concept proved to be enormously influential throughout the twentieth century. In this concise volume, Murray presents a thorough discussion of pragmatism and the ideas underpinning it.

Author : Frederick R. Bauer
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1929039204

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The Essence of Ethics by Frederick R. Bauer Pdf

Argues for a common set of ethical principles that will allow us to live side by side with each other as peaceably as is humanly possible. +

Author : Henry Sidgwick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Ethics
ISBN : UCAL:$B44191

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The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick Pdf

Author : William James
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781605204260

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The Meaning of Truth by William James Pdf

Why is real-world experience vital to a mature appreciation of any philosophical system? Why is the search for objective truth a trickier proposition than it seems at first glance? American psychologist and philosopher WILLIAM JAMES (18421910), brother of novelist Henry James, was a groundbreaking researcher at Harvard University, author of such works as Principles of Psychology (1890) and The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature (1902), and one of the most influential academics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Here, in a series of essays first published in book form in 1909, and considered a sequel to his series of lectures collected in Pragmatism (also available from Cosimo), James explores these questions as he discusses: [ the function of cognition [ humanism and truth [ the relation between knower and known [ the essence of humanism [ the meaning of the word truth [ the absolute and strenuous life [ and more.

Author : Mortimer Jerome Adler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015002744467

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The Time of Our Lives by Mortimer Jerome Adler Pdf

Author : Paul Oliver
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-16
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9780335240166

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EBOOK: The Student's Guide To Research Ethics by Paul Oliver Pdf

Why should every researcher consider the ethical implications of their work? What constitutes ethical research? How can best practice be maintained throughout a research project? This reader-friendly book examines the ethical issues and questions that occur in university and professional research and will help both beginning and experienced researchers to identify ethical issues when they are conducting research. The book thoroughly examines the broader ethical issues that arise throughout research, from the design stage through to data collection and analysis. It also investigates topical issues such as content, confidentiality and ethical questions in the dissemination of research. There are also discussions of ethical theories as well as case studies that highlight dilemmas and how they can be avoided or resolved. This new edition is thoroughly updated to reflect the greater emphasis researchers must now place on ethics and includes information on: Ethical concerns of the internet and technology Regulatory frameworks and research governance Ethical requirements of funding bodies The involvement of research participants in research design Codes of ethics within different disciplines 'Ethical Dialogue' and 'Ethical Dilemmas' boxes feature throughout the book in order to highlight key issues. There are also further reading sections at the end of each chapter as well as expanded coverage of plagiarism. The Student's Guide to Research Ethics is an invaluable tool for both undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as professionals who research as part of their jobs.

Author : Susanna Marietti,Rossella Fabbrichesi
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443806992

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Semiotics and Philosophy in Charles Sanders Peirce by Susanna Marietti,Rossella Fabbrichesi Pdf

The subject of this book is the thought of the American pragmatist and founder of semiotics, Charles Sanders Peirce. The book collects the papers presented to the International Conference Semiotics and Philosophy in C.S. Peirce (Milan, April 2005), together with some additional new contributions by well-known Peirce scholars, bearing witness to the vigour of Peircean scholarship in Italy and also hosting some of the most significant international voices on this topic. The book is introduced by the two editors and is divided into three sections, corresponding to the three main areas of the most interesting contemporary reflection on Peirce. Namely, Semiotics and the Logic of Inquiry (part I); Abduction and Philosophy of Mathematics (part II); Peirce and the Western Tradition. (part III). The analysis is carried out from a semiotic perspective, in which semiotics should not be understood as a specific doctrine but rather as the philosophical core of Peirce’s system. As we read in the introduction: “it is semiotics and philosophy or, rather, semiotics as philosophy and philosophy as semiotics, which emerge from a reading of these papers”.

Author : Maurice Wohlgelernter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000677430

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History, Religion, and American Democracy by Maurice Wohlgelernter Pdf

History, Religion, and American Democracy provides a fundamental review of four major themes: naturalism and supernaturalism in an American context; issues in the history of Judaism; American social philosophy; and the teaching and learning of democratic ideals in a pluralistic postmodern environment. This book provides a naturalistic context for the deep analysis of religious, theological, as well as social and political themes.