10:832:356 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Socialized Medicine, Syllogism, Moral Agency

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Public Health
• Course: 10:832:356
• Professor: P.Hill

Document Summary

Evaluates human behavior: what is good behavior what ought to be done; what is bad behavior what ought not to be done (ph nowell-smith) Ethics is indicated by the word ought. Not every ought is an ethical ought different from: Unconditional honesty for its own sake. Because imperative, different from logical ought (p wheelwright) Different from morality social practices/guidelines embodying good/bad conduct (custom, culture, religion) Different from prudence enlightened self-i(cid:374)terest (cid:894)(cid:449)hat(cid:859)s i(cid:374) it for (cid:373)e? (cid:895) Different from law societal mechanism translating morality into guidelines/practices, along with stipulation of punishment for infractions. Meta critical analysis of ethics itself. Normative determination of the good/the bad (wk frankena) Forms of judgment, indicating, for example, that behavior is characterized by obligation, responsibility. Entailing holding responsible, praising, blaming ethically accountable (frankena) (cid:862)to sa(cid:455) that jo(cid:374)es is a good (cid:373)a(cid:374) is (cid:374)ot to tell a(cid:374)(cid:455)o(cid:374)e (cid:449)hat to do, (cid:271)ut rather to tell (cid:455)ou (cid:449)hat sort of man jones is.