moral effect
21Moral credential — An individual s track record as a good egalitarian individual can establish an unconscious ethical certification, endorsement, or license within that individual and this will increase their likelihood of making less egalitarian decisions later.… …
22moral luck — (MOHR.ul luk) n. The principle that the perceived morality of a person s actions sometimes depends on luck or chance. Example Citation: Kant sought to make morality as pure and disconnected as possible from the vagaries of circumstance and… …
23moral argument for the existence of God — 1 The argument that our capacity for moral thought requires a divine explanation. The most famous version of the argument is that of Descartes, who held that our conception of perfection required a perfect archetype or origin. 2 The argument that …
24moral consideration — A consideration which is good only in conscience. The idea that in every case where a person is under a moral obligation to do an act, as to relieve one in distress by personal exertions, or to spend money, a promise to that effect would bind him …
25Spinoza: the moral and political philosophy — The moral and political philosophy of Spinoza Hans W.Blom Spinoza as a moral and political philosopher was the proponent of a radical and extremely consistent version of seventeenth century Dutch naturalism. As a consequence of the burgeoning… …
26Kant’s moral and political philosophy — Don Becker Practical philosophy, for Kant, is concerned with how one ought to act. His first important work in practical philosophy, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, provides Kant’s argument for the fundamental principle of how one ought …
27Principle of double effect — Part of a series on St. Thomas Aquinas …
28The Theory of Moral Sentiments — was written by Adam Smith in 1759. It provided the ethical, philosophical, psychological and methodological underpinnings to Smith s later works, including The Wealth of Nations (1776), A Treatise on Public Opulence (1764) (first published in… …
29Hume: moral and political philosophy — Rosalind Hursthouse INTRODUCTION Hume’s moral and political philosophy, like his epistemology and meta physics, originally appeared in A Treatise of Human Nature, (henceforth [7.1]), Book III of which, ‘Of Morals’, was published in 1740. He… …
30Spencer Halpin's Moral Kombat — Directed by Spencer Halpin Produced by Spencer Halpin Ramy Katrib …
