Normative Ethics Philosophy

Normative

From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The key assumption in normative ethics is that there is only one ultimate criterion of moral conduct, whether it is a single rule or a set of principles. Unfortunately, philosophers do not agree about what precisely that criterion is..."

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• - Overview of normative ethical principles and theories.
  
• - Ted Honderich on how freedom and determinism are really related, with special attention to Richard Double's views.
  
• - A theory of ethics based on enlightened self-interest.
  
• - A radical "liberationist" account of ethics that argues that our ordinary intuitions about the moral status of charitable giving (and refraining from charitable giving), are radically wrong. An online book (with two chapters omitted).
  
• - Ted Honderich on the misunderstandings and deceptions surrounding egalitarianism.
  
• - Ted Honderich on only consequences making actions right (consequentialism), and the selfishness of agent-relative moralities (non-consequentialisms).
  
• - The view that normative properties depend only on consequences; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong.
  
• - Ted Honderich's political philosophy on the true basis of the tradition of egalitarianism - The Principle of Equality.
  
• - Summarises some objections to the Golden Rule.
  
• - Summaries of readings, personal experiences, book suggestions, and essays dedicated to ending human suffering.
  
  

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