Study Set Content:
must be based on the categorical imperative
morality
- Morality must be based on the categorical imperative because morality is such that you are commanded by it, and is such that you cannot
(blank) of it or claim that it(blank) to you.
opt out, does not apply
- Ethical thinking is faced with the reality of multiple cultures and possible conceptions of the good, and so there must be a fair ground by which a consensus between two opposing viewpoints can be conceived.
Discoruse theory
- Discourse Theory: Ethical thinking is faced with the reality of multiple cultures and possible conceptions of the good, and so there must be a(blank) by which a consensus between two opposing viewpoints can be conceived.
fair ground
Discourse theory proposed by
Jurgen Habermas
Discourse Theory claims that rational people can arrive at a shared conception of the good using (blank) alone
reason
Reason varies from people to people as influence by different
cultures and system of values.
- It sought to articulate the basic principles for arriving at a consensual understanding of the good so that people in a shared world could (blank) with each other.
live
· The Greatest Happiness Principle
Proposed by
- John Stuart Mill
According to Mill, “Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote
happiness
Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the (blank) of happiness
reverse
Happiness =
- pleasure, and the absence of pain
Unhappiness =
- pain, and the absence of pleasure
Consensus building is (blank) from making compromises
different
Making compromises entails accepting the positions of others because of
practical needs, coercion, acquiescence
Making compromises entails accepting the positions of others because of practical needs, coercion, acquiescence, or the simple recognition of the (blank) persons to have over one’s self.
power
To compromise means that one may think that one is still right but is willing to surrender one’s insight into the good just to be able to achieve
certain goals
It is born out of the mutual recognition that the position arrived at is the best that all participants can agree on, given what they know and can know at the moment
Consensus
It is built out of a shared conception of the
good
Thus, a consensus is a position arrived at by a community engaged in
creative communication
