The aim of the article is to show the possibility of applying assumptions from ethics of social consequences when making decisions about actions, as well as in situations of moral dilemmas, by persons performing occupations of public trust on a daily basis. Reasoning in the article is analytical and synthetic. Article begins with an explanation of the basic concepts of “profession” and “the profession of public trust” and a manifestation of the difference between these terms. This is followed by a general description of professions of public trust. The area and definition of moral dilemmas is emphasized. Furthermore, representatives of professions belonging to them are listed. After a brief characterization of axiological foundations and the main assumptions of ethics of social consequences, actions according to Vasil Gluchman and Włodzimierz Galewicz are discussed and actions in line with ethics of social consequences are transferred to the practical domain. The article points out that actions in professional life are obligatory, impermissible, permissible, supererogatory and unmarked in the moral dimension. In the final part of the article an afterthought is included on how to solve moral dilemmas when in the position of a representative of the profession of public trust. The article concludes with a summary report containing the conclusions that stem from ethics of social consequences for professions of public trust, followed by short examples.
This paper examines Piaget’s theory of the role of games in moral development because it proposes a theoretical sensitivity for the hidden requirements that children face when dealing with moral side of dexterity games. The paper discusses the validity of Piaget’s findings and conclusions on the dilematic nature of the phenomenon.
The essay discusses the religious and ethical message of Shusaku Endo’s Silence. Briefly focusing first on the plot of the novel, the article proceeds to discuss the moral dilemma that is the core of the novel and asks whether the dilemma is symmetrical or incommensurable. Next, the essay analyzes the dilemma from the point of view of Max Scheler’s theory of the tragic. Finally, to highlight Rodrigues’s tragic situation, it discusses the notion of the hiddenness of God.
Compared to other approaches, it is virtue ethics that puts greatest emphasis on moral education. This results from its focus on moral agent and his or her moral condition as the main object of ethical enquiry. The aim of this paper is to outline the moral education within the framework of virtue ethics. I intend to explain how such education embraces the cognitive (acquiring moral beliefs), affective (proper harmonization of emotions), and behavioral elements. In the first part of the article, I present the concept of ethical virtue to contrast it with certain misunderstandings which might lead to unnecessary fear of introducing the category of virtue into moral education. In the second part, I respond to various objections raised against virtue ethics, the most important being the objection of indoctrination and undermining autonomy of the educated. Another objection to which I pay special attention is the objection that there is no one catalogue of virtues but many different catalogues praised by different cultures, which especially poses a problem in multicultural societies. I am also trying to show the advantages of virtue education over other, nondirective approaches to moral education.
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Wśród teoretyków moralności największe znaczenie edukacji moralnej przypisują etycy cnót. Wynika to z ich koncentracji na sprawcy działania, jego moralnej kondycji jako głównego przedmiotu dociekań etycznych. Celem mojego artykułu jest odpowiedź na pytanie, na czym polega edukacja moralna w duchu etyki cnót. Wyjaśniam, w jaki sposób obejmuje ona elementy kognitywne (kształtowanie moralnych przekonań), afektywne (odpowiednie uporządkowanie uczuć i emocji) i behawioralne. W pierwszej części mojego artykułu kreślę właściwe ujęcie cnoty etycznej, dzięki czemu zwracam uwagę na jeden z głównych błędów w jej rozumieniu, którego efektem może być niepotrzebna obawa przed jej aplikacją do różnych koncepcji edukacyjnych. W drugiej części podejmuję próbę odparcia głównych zarzutów kierowanych pod adresem etyki cnót, przede wszystkim indoktrynacji i pogwałcenia autonomii wychowanków oraz wielości katalogów cnót. Staram się także wykazać przewagę edukacji moralnej poprzez cnoty nad tzw. niedyrektywnymi metodami moralnej edukacji, stanowiącymi jej konkurencję.
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