Author Archives: Jaida Golston-Rowlett

Feminist ethics gives an alternative prospective on morals and values that once had a singular meaning. The text talked about how western ethics was only seen from a masculine perspective with, “…male associated values of independence, autonomy, intellect, will, wariness, hierarchy, domination, culture, transcendence, product, asceticism, war and death over the supposedly feminine…” This isContinue reading “The Feminist Challenge”

Aristotle wrote a chapter on friendship in his Nicomachean Ethics book which I find very insightful. He categorized friendship into 3 different types. He believes friendships are either rooted in utility, pleasure, or virtue. A utility based friendship is a friendship where both people are gaining something beneficial for themselves. For example, a person mayContinue reading “Nicomachean Ethics Book 8, Sections 1-5”

The Eightfold Path is used by those apart of the Buddhist religion as a guideline of how to conduct and live their lives the most fruitfully. The three essentials considered to be of importance in the Buddhist religion are ethical conduct (sila), mental discipline (samadhhi), and wisdom (panna). Ethical conduct is associated with universal loveContinue reading “The Noble Eightfold Path”

Kant’s believes, that humans are rational beings that can think for themselves, they are dignified beings who are the “ends-in-themselves,” and are able to determine what are moral laws. Kant explains his stance on morals based from his theory of hypothetical and categorical imperatives. The hypothetical imperative states, “If an action is commanded as beingContinue reading “Kant, The Categorical Imperative”

Mill poses a new argument that those who pursue happiness/pleasure hedonistically will not be able to reap the rewards of sustainable happiness/pleasure. Mill explains, “…it is thus positively asserted to be impossible that human life should be happy…if by happiness be meant a continuity of highly pleasure excitement, it is evident enough that this isContinue reading “Utilitarianism II.”

Mill begins the article breaking down the true meaning of utilitarianism. He is aware the many people look at the root word ‘utility’ and assume and that utility takes upon a higher precedent than pleasure. Utilitarianism is used by people as a way to promote happiness/pleasure for the majority amount people. Mill explains, “Those whoContinue reading “Utilitarianism”

Ethical relativism is defined as, “the theory that holds that morality is relative to the norms of one’s culture” (www.scu.edu.com) The interesting aspect of ethical relativism is that morally right or wrong decision fluctuate from culture to culture. Meaning, once something is considered morally wrong in one culture, may be considered morally correct in another.Continue reading “A Defense For Ethical Relativism”

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