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What is rightness? - The Philosophy Forum What is rightness? What is correctness? If we’re all shaped by our own experiences, assumptions, and biases, what meaning, then, does the word “absolute truth” hold? So when we have religious books and religious authorities telling us whether we’re straying far from or moving close to “the truth,”
The term metaphysics still confuses me - The Philosophy Forum is not a metaphysical question But 'what is rightness?' is And so on I think the same distinction is drawn by talking about 'first order' questions and 'second order' questions, where the latter are about the nature of the subject matter of the first The word 'meta' originally meant 'after', but I think it has subsequently come to mean the
Does might make right? - The Philosophy Forum If democratic decision making prevails, then the basis of rightness will rest in the might of the whole group Democratic or autocratic might will define what is right, and as many have discovered, democratic might can be as unfavorable to outliers as autocratic might can be
A defense and extension of W. D. Ross ethics of prima facie duties . . . It must be maintained that the rightness of an action is completely independent of the motivations from which it is done Perennial moral dilemmas are a bad thing because they imply there has been little or no moral progress in these areas They are also a very troubling to those faced with them, especially in a real life situation
Are moral truths accessible? - The Philosophy Forum It seems rather that more definitions are required Rightness and wrongness have nothing to do with defining what is moral and what is immoral (i e , accessing moral truths) I was using "rightness" and "wrongness" in place of "moral" and "immoral"
Believing in God does not resolve moral conflicts This means that God knows all moral facts (by moral facts I mean a set of facts that rightness and wrongness of an action can be derived from) if there are any Any intelligent agent such as humans therefore can know the moral facts We however know that there is no moral fact Thus, believing in God does not resolve moral conflicts
Why ought one do that which is good? - The Philosophy Forum The connection between goodness and rightness is as follows: if X is good, then one ought to behave in such a manner so that X is the case The problem, I think, in your OP is that you fail to recognize three things about ethical contemplation: (1) goodness is not necessarily about behavior, (2) goodness is largely contextual, and (3) rightness can be pragmatic Viz ,: 1) Goodness is just
What is faith - The Philosophy Forum That doesn't say anything about its rightness — AmadeusD I would suggest, "Autonomous Morality and the Idea of the Noble," by Peter L P Simpson A link can be found <here>
Virtue Ethics vs Utilitarianism - The Philosophy Forum Utilitarianism is consequential, where we anticipate the consequences of acting the way we act and try to act to maximize benefit to others Virtue Ethics derives the rightness or wrongness of one's conduct from the character of the behavior itself rather than the outcomes of the conduct
In any objective morality existence is inherently good How do you derive rightness from goodness? — MoK Good is what should be Rightness is the fulfillment of what should be So good is helping a poor person get back on their feet The action of helping them back on their feet is a right action "Good" and "Right" are oftentimes also synonyms and interchanged in colloquial speech