i. Strong Foundationalism. Strong foundationalists hold that the properly basic beliefs are epistemically exalted in some interesting sense.

10. INTERNAL ACTS – refer to the purely mental facilities under the command of the will. EXTERNAL ACTS – acts are done by the body as commanded by the will. MIXED – mixed acts are those done by bodily and mental powers.

Externalism is the view in Epistemology that there are factors other than those which are internal to the believer which can affect the justificatory status of a belief.

Externalism in the philosophy of mind contends that the meaning or content of a thought is partly determined by the environment. The view has garnered attention since it denies the traditional assumption, associated with Descartes, that thought content is fixed independently of the external world.

External morality is the view from outside, reflecting the ethos of the wider society. The recent discipline of bioethics has grown up largely outside medicine and has developed principles of its own. Rules drawn from principles in bioethics and from other ethical doctrines in society are often codified into laws.

ELICITED ACTS:Wish – the tendency of will towardssomething, whether this be realizable or not. Intention – something that is attainable butwithout necessarily committing oneself to attain it. Consent – the acceptance of the will of thoseneeded to carry out the intention.

Elicited Acts. -“Simply-Will-Acts” -Those produced directly by the will; they begin and end in the will without transcending to other faculties. Commanded Acts. -those acts, which though originating from the will are completed through other internal or external powers of man controlled by the will.

Here are eight, with links to peer-reviewed resources where you can find out more about each proposed source of morality.

• Science. What?
• Evolution. Evolution is invoked to explain many things.
• Culture.
• Politics.
• Emotion.
• Religion.
• Non-natural or Supernatural.
• Pluralism.

The three sources of morality are object, intention, and circumstances.

Moral decision making is the ability to produce a reasonable and defensible answer to an ethical question. Many ethics teachers sensibly spend much of their time contrasting deontological (rule-based) approaches to deciding ethical issues to consequentialist approaches.

When making moral decisions, our conscience judges the moral goodness or evil of the three dimensions of every moral act:

• The OBJECT or NATURE of the act.
• One’s INTENTION for doing the act.
• The CIRCUMSTANCES surrounding the act.

The object of a moral act is that to which the action tends by its very nature. For example, the object of murder is the taking of the life of an innocent person. It is the object, so understood, that primarily specifies an action as morally good or bad. This moral object makes the action to be good or bad as such.

An act that is performed only by a human being and thus is proper to man. Some acts that human beings do are performed also by animals, e.g., vegetative acts and acts of perception and of emotion. When a human being does such acts, they are called acts of man but not human acts.

Morally supererogatory acts are those morally right activities that are especially praiseworthy and even heroic. They go beyond what duty requires. They aren’t required, morally, but if they are done it is an especially good thing.

adjective. of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes. expressing or conveying truths or counsel as to right conduct, as a speaker or a literary work.

Moral is defined as a principle that governs right and wrong or the lesson of a fable. An example of moral is the commandment “Thou shalt not kill.” An example of moral is “Slow and steady wins the race” from “The Tortoise and the Hare.” Conforming to standards of what is right or just in behavior; virtuous.

Responsibility may refer to:

• Collective responsibility.
• Corporate social responsibility.
• Duty.
• Legal liability.
• Legal obligation.
• Legal responsibility (disambiguation)
• Media responsibility.
• Moral responsibility, or personal responsibility.

A Working Definition of “Moral Responsibility.” We use “moral responsibility for computing artifacts” to indicate that people are answerable for their behavior when they produce or use computing artifacts, and that their actions reflect on their character.

Moral maturity is a requirement in the person who is to apply a body of knowledge or a skill to the solution of a problem, or to the understanding of a situation, if the knowledge is not to remain abstract and the skill potential unrealized.

25 Signs of Maturity: How Mature Are You?

1. Realizing how much you don’t know.
2. Listening more and talking less.
3. Being aware and considerate of others as opposed to being self-absorbed, self-centered, and inconsiderate.
4. Not taking everything personally, getting easily offended, or feeling the need to defend, prove, or make excuses for yourself.

10 Qualities You Need to Have to Call Yourself Mature

• Having control of your own emotions.
• Taking responsibility for yourself and your actions.
• Feeling thankful for what you have.
• You’re able to accept yourself for who you are.
• Realizing how much you don’t know.
• Being aware and considerate of others.
• Being humble and modest.
• Showing flexibility.

Kohlberg’s theory of moral development is a stage-based model of moral maturity developed by Lawrence Kohlberg in 1958. Kohlberg continued to develop and edit the theory based upon new research throughout his life. Rather, it is a process of maturing that arises from thinking about moral issues.