Sunday, September 07, 2003

Wisdom of the from the Ages: Ancient Answers to Modern Problems. Eleven Way of Being Right. deontology - rules tell us what is right and wrong teleology - The end justifies (or sanctifies) the means virtue ethics - goodness comes from virtues, which are like habits humanistic existentialism - what we choose to do determines what we value nihilistic existentialism - "God is dead." And we killed him. So all moral bets are off. analytic ethics - "Goodness" cannot be defined or analyzed correlative ethics - every right entails an obligation, and vice-versa sociobiology - ideas of "right" and "wrong" are motivated by our genes feminist ethics - women have different moral priorities: e.g. ethics of caring legal moralism - if it's legal, it's ethical meta-ethical relativism - each situation has its own unique ethical dimension [Joi Ito's Web] Comments7:43:17 AM

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