The Ruffin Series of the Society for Business Ethics 2004:221-233 (2004)
Abstract |
We argue that the goal of natural excellence, discoverable by scientific observation of the species, is appropriately called good, and the proper object of human development and education. That affirmation stands, but we are forced to acknowledge several conceptual difficulties (in the deliberate creation of “natural” excellences, for example, and in cases of plurality of excellences) and a final inability to reconcile human freedom—surely part of the natural excellence of human life—with the need to prevent humans from using that freedom to sacrifice it (through, for instance, drugs, self-indulgence, and emotional enthusiasms)
|
Keywords | Business and Professional Ethics Conference Proceedings |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
ISBN(s) | 1949-0232 |
DOI | 10.5840/ruffinx200443 |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
No references found.
Citations of this work BETA
No citations found.
Similar books and articles
Divine Determinism, Human Freedom, and the Consequence Argument.Leigh C. Vicens - 2012 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 71 (2):145-155.
Harm in the Wild: Facing Non-Human Suffering in Nature. [REVIEW]Beril İdemen Sözmen - 2013 - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 16 (5):1075-1088.
Why Hacking is Wrong About Human Kinds.Rachel Cooper - 2004 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 55 (1):73-85.
Memory, Natural Kinds, and Cognitive Extension; or, Martians Don’T Remember, and Cognitive Science Is Not About Cognition.Robert D. Rupert - 2013 - Review of Philosophy and Psychology 4 (1):25-47.
The Retorsive Argument for Formal Cause and the Darwinian Account of Scientific Knowledge.Michael Tkacz - 2003 - International Philosophical Quarterly 43 (2):159-166.
In Praise of Natural Philosophy: A Revolution for Thought and Life.Nicholas Maxwell - 2012 - Philosophia 40 (4):705-715.
Believing in the Dignity of Human Embryos.Michael Hauskeller - 2011 - Human Reproduction and Genetic Ethics 17 (1):53-65.
The Future of Human Evolution.Russell Powell - 2012 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 63 (1):145-175.
Scientific Freedom: Its Grounds and Their Limitations.Torsten Wilholt - 2010 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 41 (2):174-181.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2011-01-09
Total views
46 ( #246,220 of 2,507,562 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
1 ( #416,983 of 2,507,562 )
2011-01-09
Total views
46 ( #246,220 of 2,507,562 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
1 ( #416,983 of 2,507,562 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads