Ethics And Uncertainty
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The Ethics Of Uncertainty
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Author : L. Syd M. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022
The Ethics Of Uncertainty written by L. Syd M. Johnson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Medical categories.
"Consciousness isn't a thing you can poke a stick at. It's not a natural kind, like a bit of quartz, or quarks, or water. Like "life," which can be attributed to many entities, but is not a thing with reality apart from living entities, consciousness can be attributed to conscious entities without being some further thing or fact, some mysterious, mentalizing "force" that can exist without conscious entities. It is manifested in conscious states and creatures, but isn't a thing in and of itself. One of the enduring puzzles about consciousness and conscious states is how they, as apparently mental, nonphysical states, can manifest in a physical entity like a brain. We can point to a physical bit of brain, to a neuron, or a structure like the thalamus, but we can't locate the consciousness within that bit of brain or its neural cells"--
Moral Uncertainty
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Author : William MacAskill
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020
Moral Uncertainty written by William MacAskill and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Business & Economics categories.
About the bookToby Ord try to fill this gap. They argue that there are distinctive norms that govern how one ought to make decisions and defend an information-sensitive account of how to make such decisions. They do so by developing an analogy between moral uncertainty and social choice, noting that different moral views provide different amounts of information regarding our reasons for action, and arguing that the correct account of decision-making under moral uncertainty must be sensitive to that. Moral Uncertainty also tackles the problem of how to make intertheoretic comparisons, and addresses the implications of their view for metaethics and practical ethics. Very often we are uncertain about what we ought, morally, to do. We do not know how to weigh the interests of animals against humans, how strong our duties are to improve the lives of distant strangers, or how to think about the ethics of bringing new people into existence. But we still need to act. So how should we make decisions in the face of such uncertainty? Though economists and philosophers have extensively studied the issue of decision-making in the face of uncertainty about matters of fact, the question of decision-making given fundamental moral uncertainty has been neglected. In Moral Uncertainty, philosophers William MacAskill, Krister Bykvist, and Toby Ord try to fill this gap. They argue that there are distinctive norms that govern how one ought to make decisions and defend an information-sensitive account of how to make such decisions. They do so by developing an analogy between moral uncertainty and social choice, noting that different moral views provide different amounts of information regarding our reasons for action, and arguing that the correct account of decision-making under moral uncertainty must be sensitive to that. Moral Uncertainty also tackles the problem of how to make intertheoretic comparisons, and addresses the implications of their view for metaethics and practical ethics.
Ethics And Uncertainty
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Author : William B. Greer
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2000-01-01
Ethics And Uncertainty written by William B. Greer and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
This study explores how two economists, who both placed "uncertainty" at the heart of their economic theories, came to drastically different and opposing policy recommendations. The volume illustrates the important lesson to be learned from Keynes and Knight.
Environmental Ethics And Uncertainty
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Author : Whitney A. Bauman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-08-06
Environmental Ethics And Uncertainty written by Whitney A. Bauman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-06 with Nature categories.
This book offers a multidisciplinary environmental approach to ethics in response to the contemporary challenge of climate change caused by globalized economics and consumption. This book synthesizes the incredible complexity of the problem and the necessity of action in response, highlighting the unambiguous problem facing humanity in the 21st century, but arguing that it is essential to develop an ethics housed in ambiguity in response. Environmental Ethics and Uncertainty is divided into theoretical and applied chapters, with the theoretical sections engaging in dialogue with scholars from a variety of disciplines, while the applied chapters offer insight from 20th century activists who demonstrate and/or illuminate the theory, including Martin Luther King, Rachel Carson, and Frank Lloyd Wright. This book is written for scholars and students in the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies and the environmental humanities, and will appeal to courses in religion, philosophy, ethics, politics, and social theory.
Environmental Ethics And Uncertainty
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Author : Whitney Bauman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Environmental Ethics And Uncertainty written by Whitney Bauman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Environmental ethics categories.
Introduction : the problem with knowing the answer -- Ethical action in an ambiguous world -- The depths of ambiguity : ethical pluralism and wonder in Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Rachel Carson -- Good and evil without progress -- Complexity In action : the challenging uncertainties of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X -- Loving the world without certainty -- Built-in ambiguity : the spirituality and utopianism of Frank Lloyd Wright -- Concluding ideas on ambiguous time -- Concluding practices for an uncertain stand : fracking, protesting, and engineering the climate.
Moral Uncertainty And Its Consequences
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Author : Ted Lockhart
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2000-04-20
Moral Uncertainty And Its Consequences written by Ted Lockhart and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-20 with Philosophy categories.
We are often uncertain how to behave morally in complex situations. In this controversial study, Ted Lockhart contends that moral philosophy has failed to address how we make such moral decisions. Adapting decision theory to the task of decision-making under moral uncertainly, he proposes that we should not always act how we feel we ought to act, and that sometimes we should act against what we feel to be morally right. Lockhart also discusses abortion extensively and proposes new ways to deal with the ethical and moral issues which surround it.
Care Uncertainty And Intergenerational Ethics
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Author : C. Groves
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-12-02
Care Uncertainty And Intergenerational Ethics written by C. Groves and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-02 with Philosophy categories.
Our capacity to reshape the future has never been more powerful. Yet our ability to foresee the consequences of what we do has not kept pace. Is the idea that we have responsibilities to future generations therefore meaningful? This book argues that it is, with the aid of a unique reading of the care ethics tradition.
The Ethics Of Uncertainty
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Author : R. John Elford
language : en
Publisher: One World (UK)
Release Date : 2000
The Ethics Of Uncertainty written by R. John Elford and has been published by One World (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Religion categories.
This radical new assessment of Christian ethics offers a unique perspective on the relationship between Christianity and moral decision-making in an increasingly secular world.
Living With Uncertainty
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Author : Michael J. Zimmerman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-06-10
Living With Uncertainty written by Michael J. Zimmerman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-10 with Philosophy categories.
Every choice we make is set against a background of massive ignorance about our past, our future, our circumstances, and ourselves. Philosophers are divided on the moral significance of such ignorance. Some say that it has a direct impact on how we ought to behave - the question of what our moral obligations are; others deny this, claiming that it only affects how we ought to be judged in light of the behaviour in which we choose to engage - the question of what responsibility we bear for our choices. Michael Zimmerman claims that our ignorance has an important bearing on both questions, and offers an account of moral obligation and moral responsibility that is sharply at odds with the prevailing wisdom. His book will be of interest to a wide range of readers in ethics.
The Ethics Of Uncertainty
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Author : Michael Anker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-01
The Ethics Of Uncertainty written by Michael Anker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01 with Philosophy categories.
Anker asks what it means to live, act, decide, and respond responsibly, in the aporia of freedom --a world without absolute measure of uncertainty.