Why an Integrated Ethic? Many systems of ethics Each is superior to - - PDF document

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Why an Integrated Ethic?

™ Many systems of ethics

™ Each is superior to the others in some way, and inferior to the others in other ways

™ Human beings cannot understand the human condition

™ “A hand cannot grasp itself”

™ Perhaps each system is part of a whole

™ “The blind men and the elephant”

How Might They be Integrated?

™ We make decisions analytically and experientially

™ Head and heart

™ We make decisions incorporating personal and social information

™ Self- and other-focus

™ An integrated ethic should incorporate these four aspects

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Dimensions of Ethical Reasoning

ANALYTICAL SOCIAL

PERSONAL

EXPERIENTIAL

Four Ethical Worldviews

ANALYTICAL TELEOLOGY DEONTOLOGY SOCIAL

PERSONAL

RELATIONAL VIRTUE EXPERIENTIAL

An Integrated Ethic

Teleology Deontology Act Think Listen Feel Relational Virtue

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