MEDRADSC 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Categorical Imperative, Foundationalism, Immanuel Kant
31 Jan 2018
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Objectives: the enlightenment period, foundationalist- deontology, utilitarianism, principlism, beauchamp & childress- 4 principle approach, virtue ethics, pluralism, feminist ethics. Traditional applied philosophy and ethics: as developed from 16th century, period known as the enlightenment (1650-(cid:1005)(cid:1011)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)"s, age of reason- belief in power of reason, over dogma, blind faith and superstition. Truth can be arrived through empirical observation: universe is fundamentally rational, use of reason, and systematic doubt, ge(cid:374)erall(cid:455) take (cid:862)top-do(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:863) approa(cid:272)hes, philosophical theories referred to as a (cid:862)fou(cid:374)datio(cid:374)alist(cid:863) All homes and businesses are required to conserve energy. A utilitarian may say that if everyone is conserving electricity, it is my best interest to run my production line higher because the amount of electricity i use will be negligible. Ii contempary bioethic " founding myth- al jonsen: an ethicist-person responsible for how and when bioethics was born i. e out of controversies leading to empanelling of national commission for the protection of.
