PHILOS 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Satisficing, Normative Ethics, Emmanuel Levinas
27 Sep 2016
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Descriptive ethics: branch of ethics concerned with identifying the moral factors in particular situation/area/problem, etc and calls us to appreciate the context of the situation. Phenomenon of a face-to-face encounter with another human being ruptures our psyche and makes us aware of infinite ethical responsibility we have to others (describes the phenomenon, but does not tell us how to fulfill responsibility) Expressive-collaborative model of ethics: wishes to refine our understanding of ethical issues, build consensus on various issues and eliminate conflict within various issues (aim is to highlight and describe, not prescribe rules, etc) Normative ethics: branch of ethics concerned with questions about right/wrong, good/bad, fair/unfair, etc. P2: to say x would be to lie. Breadth: whether normative ethical theory should provide action guidance in some/most/all situations. Moral dilemma: doing x and y are equally wrong, but one has to do x or y. E. g. kill this person or this other person dies.
