or else the social order itself will be undermined by its own lack of respect for moral law. Hammurabi in ancient times promoted this concept in his “eye for an eye” approach to law. The Old Testament mirrored this sentiment: “But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise” (Ex 21:23-25). Though the teachings of the New Testament have suggested to some that such a concept was abolished by the law of Christ—“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ But I… Continue Reading...
woman should not choose to have an abortion because this violates moral law.
What is abortion? Abortion is the deliberate termination of life in the womb. Life begins at conception, with the fertilization of the egg. Cells begin dividing and growing rapidly: a new human life is developing. Women’s rights advocates attempt to get around the fact that a new human life is developing by referring to the child at his stage as a fetus and compartmentalizing its development into stages: in the early stages, it is just a fetus and not yet a child, and therefore terminating the pregnancy in… Continue Reading...
globalized environment, utilitarian ethics also provide a universal framework rather than imposing a type of moral law that is dependent on culture, tradition, religion, or regional laws.
Libertarian Ethics
Libertarian ethics can help businesses understand the importance of respecting the rights of individuals, respecting and valuing diversity, and honoring the need for autonomy. Rooted in virtue ethics, libertarian ethics also focus on the development of good moral character within an organization’s leadership as well as its entire staff (Powell, 2013). Like utilitarian ethics, libertarian ethics are not predisposed to rules but nevertheless realize the importance of overarching ethical tenets that foster good business relationships.
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moral law in universal terms, stems from his disposition towards a moral order that can be perceived by man through his use of the intellect—i.e., the combination of the five senses informing the mind of reality. In Prolegomena to any future metaphysics, Kant indicates that applying a universal label to anything is a mistake because all judgments are based on personal experience; he states: “I passed off as universally valid that which was a condition for the intuition of things…because I referred it to the things in themselves and did… Continue Reading...
moral law. He warned that individuals need to be protected "against the tendency of society to impose, by other means than civil penalties, its own ideas and practices as rules of conduct on those who dissent from them."[footnoteRef:5] Finding the limit of "legitimate interference of collective opinion with individual independence" was a matter that society must consider "as indispensable to a good condition of human affairs."[footnoteRef:6] That limit, today, is less clear than it was in Mill's own time. [3: J. S. Mill, On Liberty, chapter 2, para 2. https://www.utilitarianism.com/mill2.htm]… Continue Reading...
