PHLB09H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Bioethics, Tom Beauchamp, Consequentialism
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Chapter 2: philosophical accounts of morality: depending on the case, theories can provide lenses through which to discover the right moral verdicts. Lower court refused: an action may be morally: Is descriptive relativism true: dr considers superficial differences about how to act on universally held moral beliefs, this is a weaker view. Whe(cid:396)e is the li(cid:374)e (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) respecting ones culture and realizing that they are crossing boundaries/morals: relativism should not be taken for granted in bioethics. In 2 (cid:858)(cid:373)o(cid:396)al la(cid:449)s(cid:859) moral principles. The critique says that not all laws require a legislato(cid:396) i. e. la(cid:449)s of (cid:374)atu(cid:396)e (cid:373)(cid:455) (cid:272)(cid:396)iti(cid:395)ue o(cid:374) this (cid:272)(cid:396)iti(cid:395)ue: (cid:271)ut god is the o(cid:374)e (cid:449)ho created nature to begin with. The most you can know is through a religious book. If you already say that god has perfect rationality and is divine, you are saying that god is infinite in his wisdom and knowledge. Us, as hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s, ha(cid:448)e fi(cid:374)ite, li(cid:373)ited a(cid:373)ou(cid:374)t of k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge.
