what is the difference between moral rationalism and moral intuitionism?
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Moral rationalism is neutral on whether basic moral beliefs are known via inference or not. A moral rationalist who believes that some moral beliefs are justified non-inferentially is a rationalist ethical intuitionist. So, rationalist ethical intuitionism implies moral rationalism, but the reverse does not hold.
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In egoism, the individual has a greater value than others, thus it is ethical to act in one's own self-interest even if it may potentially harm others. Utilitarianism seeks to maximize good by minimizing harm to all while egoism seeks to maximize good by keeping the individual happy.
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For moral realists moral judgments will be a kind of factual judgment that involves the basically reliable apprehension of an objective moral reality. I argue that factual judgments display at least some degree of conceptual sensitivity to error, while moral judgments do not.
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For starters, morality is defined as beliefs pertaining to the differences between right and wrong or good and bad behavior. The rules of morality are not mandates or commands; they are beliefs. Laws, on the other hand, are the rules a country or community mandates its citizens follow in order to regulate society.
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While moral objectivism holds that there are universal, objective moral principles, moral absolutism takes this one step further. Moral Absolutism holds that objective moral principles are exceptionless and nonoverrideable. For example, a moral absolutist might hold that one should never lie or deceive.
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A person who knows the difference between right and wrong and chooses right is moral. ... Ethics are moral values in action. Being ethical id an imperative because morality protects life and is respectful of others – all others.
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Metaethics talks about the nature of ethics and moral reasoning. ... Normative ethics is interested in determining the content of our moral behavior. Normative ethical theories seek to provide action-guides; procedures for answering the Practical Question ("What ought I to do?").
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Ethics focuses on the decision-making process for determining right and wrong, which sometimes is a matter of weighing the pros and cons or the competing values and interest. Morality is a code of behavior usually based on religious tenets, which often inform our ethical decisions. Morals come from within.
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Moral relativism holds that morals are not absolute but are shaped by social customs and beliefs. Morals are defined and related to the culture. What is right and good in one society may be wrong and bad in another. Moral subjectivism states that morality is decided by the individual.
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Psychological egoism is the scientific theory that all human actions are motivated by self-interest. ... That's the difference - psychological egoism states what is; ethical egoism states what should be. But, they both agree that self-interest is in your best interest.
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Moral philosophy is concerned with practical issues. Fundamentally it is about how we should act. Virtue ethics has criticized consequentialist and deontological theories for being too rigid and inflexible because they rely on one rule or principle.
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Finally, virtue ethics focuses on character. ... Note that whereas deontology focuses on rules for action and utilitarianism focuses on consequences of action, virtue ethics focuses on our way of life. In other words, whereas deontology and consequentialism both focus on doing, virtue ethics focuses on being.
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As nouns the difference between omniscience and rationality is that omniscience is the capacity to know everything while rationality is quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.
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Consequentialist Moral Reasoning- locates morality in the consequences of an act (in the state of the world that will result from the thing you do). This is the basis for the philosophy known as utilitarianism. ... Categorical Moral Reasoning- locates morality in certain duties and rights—regardless of the consequences.
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Notice that ethics is a theory or set of principles. It is a system or science of values that reside in the mind. Morality is concerned not so much with science and theory but with actual conduct and action. Therefore, the ethical man may know what is right, but the moral man can be counted on to do what is right.
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The concept of moral responsibility applies quite broadly; in particular, we hold agents morally responsible both for their own acts and for outcomes. Causal responsibility, on the other hand, applies most fundamentally, if not exclu- sively, to outcomes.
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The primary difference between Kant's deontology (the fancy name for his ethical theory) and utilitarianism, is that Kant viewed an action as right or wrong without respect to the consequences, whereas utilitarianism views an action as right or wrong only with reference to the consequences of the action.