Types of ethical theory, Vol 1.

Martineau, James

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“…More recently, the Methodist John Wesley claimed that some untruths, though intentional, are not lies (Wesley n.d.). The Anglican Samuel Johnson, too, admits that the general rule of telling the truth has some exceptions (Bok 1978, 40), as well as the Unitarian Presbyterian James Martineau (1898). to achieve goals (Lin and Bauer-Wu 2003). In reality, it is not clear how to give them hope, even if some attempts have been made (Gum and Snyder 2002).…”

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Deception, Catholicism, and Hope: Understanding Problems in the Communication of Unfavorable Prognoses in Traditionally-Catholic Countries

Toscani

Farsides

2006

The American Journal of Bioethics

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The doctor's use of deception in appropriate circumstances has commonly been considered a necessity of the medical art. Resistance to full and frank communication is typical of many traditionally Catholic countries, and particularly of Italy, a western country where Catholicism remains particularly influential. The Catholic teaching on truth and lies, and the problem of telling the truth to a severely ill patient is discussed. It is suggested that the contemporary Catholic model of gradually telling a terminal patient the truth, which looks reasonable and feasible in theory, is rarely followed in practice, as in the majority of cases the truth is not told tout court. Problems stem from the way in which medicine is currently practiced in Italy; from the synergism between Catholicism and the medical tradition's grounded paternalism; and from the ambiguity of the term 'hope'. Catholic ethics in fact recommends that the truth must be told without destroying hope, but the Catholic meaning of 'hope' is very different from its meaning in current language.

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Deception, Catholicism, and Hope: Understanding Problems in the Communication of Unfavorable Prognoses in Traditionally-Catholic Countries

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Farsides

2006

The American Journal of Bioethics

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“…9 9 Selby‐Bigge's division of his anthology of British Moralists into the “intellectual school” and the “sentimental school” is perhaps the most influential application of this scheme; however, it pervades the literature as a whole. Sidgwick's Outlines of the History of Ethics (1886) and Martineau's Types of Ethical Theory (1901) also reproduce this schema. …”

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Antivoluntarism and the Birth of Autonomy

Erdelack¹

2011

Journal of Religious Ethics

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Traditionalist and radical orthodox critiques of the Enlightenment assert that the modern discourse on moral self-government constitutes a radical break with the theocentric model of morality which preceded it. Against this view, this paper argues that the conceptions of autonomy emerged from the effort to reconcile commitments within the Christian tradition. Through an analysis of the moral thought of the Cambridge Platonist Ralph Cudworth, this paper contends that distinctively Christian theological concerns concerning moral accountability to God and the character of divine-human moral relationships produced a theory of moral autonomy which anticipates that of Kant. This paper highlights the role of anti-voluntarism in the creation of this moral standpoint, and argues that the resultant moral view is an "internalization" of the voluntarist model of sovereignty.

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Satisficing and Maximizing

Byron¹

2004

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How do we think about what we plan to do? One dominant answer is that we select the best possible option available. However, a growing number of philosophers would offer a different answer: since we are not equipped to maximize we often choose the next best alternative, one that is no more than satisfactory. This strategy choice is called satisficing (a term coined by the economist Herb Simon). This collection of essays explores both these accounts of practical reason, examining the consequences for adopting one or the other for moral theory in general and the theory of practical rationality in particular. It aims to address a constituency larger than contemporary moral philosophers and bring these questions to the attention of those interested in the applications of decision theory in economics, psychology and political science.

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Types of ethical theory, Vol 1.

Cited by 17 publications

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Deception, Catholicism, and Hope: Understanding Problems in the Communication of Unfavorable Prognoses in Traditionally-Catholic Countries

Deception, Catholicism, and Hope: Understanding Problems in the Communication of Unfavorable Prognoses in Traditionally-Catholic Countries

Antivoluntarism and the Birth of Autonomy

Satisficing and Maximizing

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