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How are natural law and divine command theory of ethics related?
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The saving or rationing of natural resources for later use is referred to as?
Conservation Business ethics pg 242
Science can never answer questions about what?
Science can only answer questions about the natural world and how it works. Questions about philosophy, ethics, religion or the supernatural do not lend themselves to empirical analysis.
What is ethics concerned with?
Ethics in general is concerned with human behavior that is acceptable or "right" and that is not acceptable or "wrong" based on conventional morality.
Withholding information or falsifying is an example of which of these?
Violation of ethics
What is the use of scientific discoveries to make products or tools?
Ethics
Divine command ethics vs reason-based deontological ethics vs vitual ethics vs ethical relativism?
Assuming you are asking what the difference between the three, Divine command ethics is the idea that all ethics are handed down from a supreme being to humans. This set of ethics includes everything that is right/wrong in the particular religion of the person in question. Reason-based deontological ethics are ethics based on obligations, such as the obligation to pay your taxes, to tell the truth, etc. Most ethics based on this system are derived from what benefits the society and the ideals of the society in question, leaving some of what is covered by divine command ethics up to the individuals opinion. An example of the differences between the two would be that in divine command ethics based off of Christianity, homosexuality is strictly wrong. In reason-based ethics, using the definition of society as simply a group of people, homosexuality is a question left to the person's opinions as it does not violate any obligations a person may have. Another example would be the question of divorce. In divine command ethics based off of Christianity, divorce is wrong. In Reason based ethics, as the act of divorce, if not the associated ordeals, harms no person, it does not violate any obligations a person may have, assuming that the society has a method in place for divorce. Ethical Relativism isn't so much a system of ethics as the idea that ethics change depending on the situation. Using this as an argument, one can claim that an act such as killing another person is not unethical if they are from a faction (country, tribe, religion, etc) that is at war with them. Ethical relativism is also applied in the idea of self-defense, as it is considered fine to harm a person if their actions jeopardize the safety of others. An extreme example of this would be the claim that stealing is no longer unethical if it is the only way for a person to survive.
Do All religious philosophers necessarily hold to the divine command theory of ethics?
Technically, NO. For Philosophers may try to teach people a religious philosophy of their own, but in reality they believe and act a totally different way. Most of the time they do have a theory of ethics.
What is the difference between ethics based on religious beliefs and ethics based on reason alone?
An ethics based on religious beliefs claims that right and wrong are determined by something supernatural or divine such as a god. As Plato argued, a problem with this view is that it seems to make right and wrong arbitrary. Must not the Divine have had a good reason to say that some acts are right and some acts are wrong? If the Divine did have such a good reason, then ethics is based on reason that is beyond the Divine; if the Divine did not have such a good reason, then ethics is arbitrary. .
What has the author Jean Porter written?
Jean Porter has written: 'Natural and Divine Law' 'Wings' 'Moral Action and Christian Ethics' 'Psychic development' -- subject(s): Parapsychology
How are business ethics related to personal ethics?
When a person has ethics in their every day lives, they will also have business ethics. They will ensure that they are making sound decisions when it comes to the organization.
What is Natural Ethics theory?
This being a subjective concept I would say natural moral law :)
How Silkwood the movie related to business ethics?
Whistleblowing!
What are the objects of ethics?
The material object of ethics consists of human acts and its' formal object is the moral rectitude of human actions in relation to our natural end.
Explain how ethics in business and the law are related How are they different?
Ethics is how you conduct yourself in business and law. Both of these need good ethics for people to trust and use your services.
What is the connection between the Torah and Jewish ethics?
The Torah is the primary source of Jewish ethics. See also the attached Related Link.
What does natural language communication offer regarding the ethics of technology?
binary code
List two reasons why divine command theory is not a proper ground for ethics?
First, not everyone believes in a Devine creator so even though one person may believe that their gods' commandments maybe holy it does not mean that the person next to him has the same belief. Essentially it boils down to: everyone's moral and ethical beliefs vary. Divine command theory fails when you're speaking to someone who is not of "Faith" because their moral foundation may not be that of God. Another one would possibly be the vilitiy of those ethics. Just as anything, Christiananity cannot be proved. I cannot be proved through science or reason or logic. People can accumulate evidence to support it or to attack it but neither side can absouletly prove it. That same thing applies to the divine command theory. Since no religion or there lack of religion can be proved neither can the commands of the deities or there lack of deities. Of course, this applies to anything. This is another reason why everything as far as "right and wrong" is an argument with someone somewhere.
