Ethics is a branch of philosophy dealing with questions of morality, including justice, virtue and vice, and good and evil
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If someone steals 1 cent from each person in the US, what kind of moral/ethical analysis apllies on this situation?
Ok the US has ~325,000,000 people. Assuming that everyone has exactly 1 bank account; someone steals 1 cent from every bank account exactly one time in their life time, and he is the only person that ...
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Forbidden knowledge [on hold]
In trying to formulate this question in a more answerable way, I'd like to narrow the question to
Are there questions which it would be better for humans to never know the answer to?
An obvious ...
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What are some things that are ethical, but illegal when it comes to arts and design? [on hold]
I'm looking for examples that are associated with arts and design, please help me for my research and debate! Thank you, looking forward!
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How would a Kantian handle vigilante justice?
Suppose that somebody took something expensive that belonged to you which you left on a bench and you saw them do it.
Within a Kantian or more broadly deontic framework, would it be acceptable to ...
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Is there an Aesthetics of Ethics? [closed]
A famous artist (I like to imagine that only Cattelan could do it) realize his last masterwork: a very normal safebox that he calls “The Safebox”. A famous art collector pay him immediately 1 million ...
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Is it morally good to be a kind slave owner? [closed]
Is it morally good to be a kind slave owner?
I'm not sure I can see how, on the assumption that someone else would've bought the slaves, and treated them worse.
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Is it a fallacy to argue or morally judge by treating earlier and later times as part of the same present?
I often use the made-up term "time-travel fallacy" to describe certain poor arguments. I'm wondering two main things:
is this an already existing concept, and I just don't know the right name?
is it ...
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Is there a concept of Chinese filial peity analogous to 'making your parents proud'?
I understand that Chinese philosophy tends to venerate ancestors and the old. Does any, I suppose Confucian, concept revolve around the everyday notion of making your parents proud?
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Is there a valid argument for a moral imperative to seek knowledge?
Please forgive me for using the term "moral imperative" somewhat loosely in the title of my question. A friend and I were discussing how it is in some sense tragic that many people don't actively seek ...
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On Rousseau's consent and legitimacy
Right now I'm reading Rousseau's Second Discourse and Discourse on Political Economy. Rousseau describes the founding of civil society in the Second Discourse as a step that everyone agrees to, and ...
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Have philosophers covered the subject of how individual rights could lead to absurdities?
For example, one person or more could hypothetically acquire all fresh water in the world and limit or bar other people from having access to drinkable water (see Tragedy of the anticommons, Inelastic ...
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Can supporting intrinsically bad actions be justified considering their consequences?
Suppose Bob has immaculate knowledge of the future...
Bob knows if he graciously gives John $100, John will buy a gun and rob a bank so he can buy heroin.
Bob also knows that after John robs the ...
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What makes motivations and moral imperatives non-arbitrary?
Please explain what counts as non-arbitrary in the context of motivations and moral imperatives (e.g. thou shalt not kill, create the greatest good for the greatest number, etc.).
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Philosophers relevant to the European Refugee Crisis
I am interested in philosophical answers to actual, current real world problems. Let's use the "European Refugee Crisis" as the topic.
What current philosophy either directly addresses or is clearly ...
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Defining “bad” and “immoral”
Is there a school of ethics that doesn't view any particular action as bad or unethical, but rather actions are only bad if they result in negative outcomes for society? For example: murder itself is ...
