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Social Change In Late Modernity 04
- 1. Social Change in Late Modernity Choice | Freedom |Duty
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- 3. Contracts must be upheld because they respect individual liberty Free and voluntary? A deal is a deal Informed consent? Commodities to buy and sell? Contracts must be upheld because if both parties agree to the deal it must realise the utility principle Human value?
- 5. No more than reasonable expenses must have been paid, unless authorised by the court. What constitutes reasonable expenses depends on the facts of each particular case and although in practice the courts have shown a reasonably broad-brush approach, great care needs to be taken. http://www.surrogacyuk.org/whatissurrogacyc.html
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- Do you believe in universal human rights?If you do, how do you defend article 1 of the Unversal Declaration of Human Rights?From a utilitarian position?From a libertarian position?From an appeal to God?Or from an appeal to Duty?The next video explores the idea of free choice – what does it really mean in a market economy?
- Instead of saying that the supreme principle of morality comes from God, Kant argues that it is a consequence of:Our rationalityOur autonomy
- Obeying your thirst is not making a decision to do something that you have decided. It’s not freedom.How do we move beyond appetites?Autonomy V HeteronomyKant's deontological approach: The moral worth of an action consists not in the consequences that flow from it, but in the intention from which the act is done. Motives matter – do the right thing for the right reason
- Guillermo Fariñashunger strike in 2010 – an example of doing the right thing for the right reason?