What is "rightness?" - The Philosophy Forum
What is rightness? What is correctness? If we’re all shaped by our own experiences, assumptions, and biases, what meaning, then, does the word “absolute truth” hold? So when …
A defense and extension of W. D. Ross' ethics of prima facie duties ...
It must be maintained that the rightness of an action is completely independent of the motivations from which it is done. Perennial moral dilemmas are a bad thing because they imply there has …
In any objective morality existence is inherently good
How do you derive rightness from goodness? — MoK Good is what should be. Rightness is the fulfillment of what should be. So good is helping a poor person get back on their feet. The …
Are moral truths accessible? - The Philosophy Forum
May 24, 2017 · It seems rather that more definitions are required. Rightness and wrongness have nothing to do with defining what is moral and what is immoral (i.e., accessing moral truths). I …
Does might make right? - The Philosophy Forum
May 1, 2017 · If democratic decision making prevails, then the basis of rightness will rest in the might of the whole group. Democratic or autocratic might will define what is right, and as many …
Why ought one do that which is good? - The Philosophy Forum
Nov 29, 2024 · The connection between goodness and rightness is as follows: if X is good, then one ought to behave in such a manner so that X is the case. The problem, I think, in your OP …
What is faith - The Philosophy Forum
That doesn't say anything about its rightness. — AmadeusD I would suggest, "Autonomous Morality and the Idea of the Noble," by Peter L. P. Simpson. A link can be found <here>.
The nature of beauty. High and low art. - The Philosophy Forum
Aug 12, 2020 · I hold that beauty is, broadly speaking, the experience of apprehending something that seems, in some way or another, right. This rightness may be either of a descriptive or a …
Believing in God does not resolve moral conflicts
Jan 17, 2025 · This means that God knows all moral facts (by moral facts I mean a set of facts that rightness and wrongness of an action can be derived from) if there are any. Any intelligent …
Consequentialism vs. Deontological - The Philosophy Forum
Jul 12, 2020 · Deontology does not judge rightness or wrongness, insofar as duty is not a judgement, but rather, is the necessity of the will to determine its volitions in accordance with …