Harmonia Philosophica

Tag: ethics

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    Understanding morality.

    Moral judgment is a tricky subject. For example, most people would agree that lying is immoral. However, most people would also agree that lying to Nazis about the location of Jewish families would be moral. New research sheds light on how people decide whether behavior is moral or immoral. The findings could serve as a…

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    Being good. For no reason at all.

    Providing 'targeted' social support to other people in need activates regions of the brain involved in parental care - which may help researchers understand the positive health effects of social ties, reports a new study. (1) Being good. For no reason at all. Or even despite reasons against it. Something that is the easiest thing…

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    The Boeing case: Not Boeing's fault! It is our ethics!

    Last week several emails exchanged between Boeing employees were revealed, in which those employees seemed to know about the problems of the 737 MAX airplane and even ridicule the authorities and the airlines for believing them that there were no problems. The investigation is ongoing.One cannot of course know from now the result of the…

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    Worms under the Golden Palm... (How movies are a testament to our lower ethical values)

    I have recently seen the South Korean movie "Parasite", which has recently won also the 2019 Palme d'Or in Cannes Film Festival. As many view the movie as good, which I do too, some also pinpointed the philosophical and sociological questions posed by the movie. WARNING: Spoilers for the movie "Parasite" and "Joker" will follow! In…

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    Ethics, Robots, Free will...

    Can there be ethics without free will? The sister-site Harmonia Philosophica @ Blogger provides some insight... Check out "Philosophy Wire: Ethics without free will… No ethics at all…". Somehow making our new robots obey orders doesn't sound like a good idea. Obeying orders was the foundation of the deepest evil even known to mankind...

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