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Empirical Judgments in Ethical Decisions - Understanding the Complexity of Interpretation

This session explores how people selectively use raw factual data in ethical decision-making, and how different interpretations can arise from the same data. Key factors influencing empirical judgments, such as social mores, ideologies, vested interests, and personal dispositions, are discussed. Possible responses to the reality of differing empirical judgments, including moral cynicism, moral relativism, and critical realism, are also explored.

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Empirical Judgments in Ethical Decisions - Understanding the Complexity of Interpretation

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  1. Empirical Judgments in Ethical Decisions Session 27

  2. I. Introduction:

  3. II. Reality and the Utilization of Raw Factual Data • Everyone selectively notices and uses the raw facts that are presented to us.

  4. II. Reality and the Utilization of Raw Factual Data • Two or more people can examine the same data and come to very different interpretations concerning the significance and meaning of that data.

  5. II. Reality and the Utilization of Raw Factual Data • People’s interpretive impressions of a situation will often determine how they ultimately assess the moral nature and propriety of any given action or set of actions.

  6. III. Some Helpful Illustrative Examples • War

  7. III. Some Helpful Illustrative Examples • War • Environmental Issues

  8. III. Some Helpful Illustrative Examples • War • Environmental Issues • Poverty and Economic Justice

  9. IV. Key Factors Influencing Empirical Judgments • Social Mores

  10. IV. Key Factors Influencing Empirical Judgments • Social Mores • Ideologies

  11. IV. Key Factors Influencing Empirical Judgments • Social Mores • Ideologies • Vested Interests

  12. IV. Key Factors Influencing Empirical Judgments • Social Mores • Ideologies • Vested Interests • Personal Dispositions

  13. V. Possible Responses to the Reality of DifferingEmpirical Judgments • Moral Cynicism

  14. V. Possible Responses to the Reality of DifferingEmpirical Judgments • Moral Cynicism • Moral Relativism

  15. V. Possible Responses to the Reality of DifferingEmpirical Judgments • Moral Cynicism • Moral Relativism • Critical Realism

  16. VI. Conclusion:

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