Moral Acts

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Moral Acts- Freely choice- good and evil- Develop list of options- dillema

deliberate Test options-


Must be premeditated or freely chosen - Harm test
Must involve moral content - Publicity
Guy thwaites 2017: - Defensibility
- Devine command theory- God - Reversibility
-Categorical Imperative- universal - Colleague
- act of utilitarianism- most people - Organization
The 3 integral parts of moral acts: - Virtue/professional
- Circumstances Make choices based on step 1-5
- Object Review steps 1-6
- Intention
If all is good it is moral act
If atleast 1 or all are bad that is immoral
Lauren Cassani Davis – “daily life is
peppered by moral decision”
JOSHUA D GREENE- Harvard prof research
contains moral judgement and decision
making

Rational thinking and Moral compasses


powered by fleeting forces

ethics is “concerned with making sense of


intuitions” about what is right and good

Emotions is never truly divorced from


decision making, even when it is channeled
aside by an effort of the will.

Mary Midgley: Sensitivity requires


rationality to complete it, and vice versa.
Moral sentiments came first; moral
principles second.

Empathy-
Conscience- guide, morally rght, believes
Framing- point of view

Davis 7 step guide to DM

State the problem- uncomfy


Check facts- verify clarify
Identify relevant factors- laws

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