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| Ethics, philosophy: ethics is concerned with the evaluation and justification of actions and ultimately a justification of morality. See also good, values, norms, actions, deontology, deontic logic, consequentialism, morals, motives, reasons, action theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Th. Nagel on Ethics - Dictionary of Arguments
III 109f Ethics/Nagel. Consequentialism: thesis: the consequences of action are important - not how the action feels for the actor. >Consequentialism, >Action. NagelVs: it about the permission to lead one’s own life. III 111 Internal perspective: Problem: that murder is prohibited does not command to prevent others from committing it. Utilitarianism: good/bad. Internal perspective: legal/illegal. >Subjectivity/Nagel, >Utilitarianism. III 112 Ethics/Nagel: core question: how far may the internal point of view be included? Life is always the individual life. - It cannot be lived sub specie aeternitatis. - The limits are always the individual possibilities. >Limits. III 87ff Ethics/Nagel: the acting from one’s own perspective has such a strong value that deontological paradoxes cannot be excluded. - They would only be avoidable at the cost of the impersonal world. >Deontology. III 86 Parallel objectivity/consciousness/ethics/Nagel: the objective world must contain the subjective perspectives. >Objectivity, >Objectivity/Nagel. Ethics: the neutral reasons that consider the actions of the subject with all its seemingly superstitious reasons. >Recognition, >Intersubjectivity. II 49 Determinism/ethics/Nagel: responsibility also exists in deterministic actions when the determination is intrinsic. - Actions that are determined by nothing are incomprehensible. >Determinism. II 54 Ethics/law/moral/God/theology/Nagel: an act is not converted into something wrong just because God exists. >Morals, >God, >Justification, >Theology. II 54 Categorical imperative/NagelVsKant: nothing but a direct interest in the other can be considered as a basis of ethics. >Categorical imperative. II 55 But: the reason not to do evil to someone else cannot be anchored in the individual person - II 61 Problem: Moral should not depend on the strength of interest in others._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
NagE I E. Nagel The Structure of Science: Problems in the Logic of Scientific Explanation Cambridge, MA 1979 Nagel I Th. Nagel The Last Word, New York/Oxford 1997 German Edition: Das letzte Wort Stuttgart 1999 Nagel II Thomas Nagel What Does It All Mean? Oxford 1987 German Edition: Was bedeutet das alles? Stuttgart 1990 Nagel III Thomas Nagel The Limits of Objectivity. The Tanner Lecture on Human Values, in: The Tanner Lectures on Human Values 1980 Vol. I (ed) St. M. McMurrin, Salt Lake City 1980 German Edition: Die Grenzen der Objektivität Stuttgart 1991 NagelEr I Ernest Nagel Teleology Revisited and Other Essays in the Philosophy and History of Science New York 1982 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-16