scholarly journals The Ambitions of Consequentialism

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian McElwee
Keyword(s):  
Character Traits ◽  
Reasons For Action ◽  
Right Action ◽  
Direct Theory ◽  
The Right

Consequentialism is most famously a theory of right action. But many consequentialists assume, and some have explicitly argued, that consequentialism is equally plausible as a direct theory of the right rules, motives, character traits, institutions, and even such things as climates and eye colours. In this paper, I call into question this ‘Global Consequentialist’ extension of consequentialist evaluation beyond the domain of action. Consequentialist treatments of evaluands other than action are most plausible when they are interpreted as claims about reasons for action; other key ethical concepts involve claims about what there is reason to feel, which makes a consequentialist treatment of them implausible.

Hegel on Sophocles’ Oedipus the King and the Moral Accountability of Ancient Tragic Heroes

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Falkenstern
Keyword(s):  
Historical Account ◽  
Right Action ◽  
Tragic Hero ◽  
Moral Accountability ◽  
The Right

AbstractThis paper argues that Hegel’s account of subjectivity and agency as historically coined is essential to an accurate understanding of his theory of tragedy. Focusing on Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, I argue that Hegel’s historical account of agency is necessary for understanding his theory of the ancient tragic hero. Although Hegel’s theory of ancient tragedy is often described in terms of a conflict between ethical spheres embodied in two individuals, the conflict in Oedipus is between Oedipus’ deeds and his later knowledge of what has actually occurred. I show how this seemingly subjective conflict is in keeping with Hegel’s theory. Further, while Hegel sees Oedipus as wrong to take full moral accountability for the consequences of his deeds, at the same time, for Hegel, this is the right action for a tragic hero, and the very thing that renders Oedipus timelessly and tragically heroic, rather than a mere victim of fate.

scholarly journals Recommending Cryptocurrency Trading Points with Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otabek Sattarov ◽  
Azamjon Muminov ◽  
Cheol Won Lee ◽  
Hyun Kyu Kang ◽  
Ryumduck Oh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reinforcement Learning ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Right Action ◽  
Net Profit ◽  
Market Needs ◽  
The Right

The net profit of investors can rapidly increase if they correctly decide to take one of these three actions: buying, selling, or holding the stocks. The right action is related to massive stock market measurements. Therefore, defining the right action requires specific knowledge from investors. The economy scientists, following their research, have suggested several strategies and indicating factors that serve to find the best option for trading in a stock market. However, several investors’ capital decreased when they tried to trade the basis of the recommendation of these strategies. That means the stock market needs more satisfactory research, which can give more guarantee of success for investors. To address this challenge, we tried to apply one of the machine learning algorithms, which is called deep reinforcement learning (DRL) on the stock market. As a result, we developed an application that observes historical price movements and takes action on real-time prices. We tested our proposal algorithm with three—Bitcoin (BTC), Litecoin (LTC), and Ethereum (ETH)—crypto coins’ historical data. The experiment on Bitcoin via DRL application shows that the investor got 14.4% net profits within one month. Similarly, tests on Litecoin and Ethereum also finished with 74% and 41% profit, respectively.

Character Traits and Objectively Right Action

1989 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conrad Johnson ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Character Traits ◽  
Right Action

scholarly journals Eudaimonism about Virtue and Qualified Agent Right Action: Some Prospects for Environmental Virtue Ethics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Duncan Christian Martin
Keyword(s):  
Virtue Ethics ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Right Action ◽  
Environmental Virtue ◽  
Concrete Action ◽  
Environmental Virtue Ethics ◽  
The Right ◽  
Action Guidance

<p>In this thesis, I aim to show that virtue oriented approaches to environmental ethics are in a position to provide satisfying answers to two central ethical questions: “What kind of person should I be?”, and “What should I do?” I argue that two such approaches – Rosalind Hursthouse’s environmental virtue ethics and Philip Cafaro’s account of environmental vice – provide insights about how we ought to be with regard to the environment, in terms of character and attitudes. I then defend Hursthouse’s account of right action against several objections. First, I respond to the worry that a shortage of environmental exemplars might count against Hursthouse, by showing that non-virtuous agents can conceive of what to do by seeking to avoid acting from environmental vices. Second, I respond the worry that her account of right action fails to generate the right result for non-virtuous agents in some cases, by showing that such cases can be accounted for by appeal to the distinction between action guidance and action assessment. Third, I consider the worry that her theory will fail to provide concrete action guidance. Theories which seek to provide concrete action guidance in all contexts face serious problems of their own, I respond. Further, I maintain that Hursthouse is not ruled out from providing the sort of action guidance her critics are interested in.</p>

scholarly journals Hikmat Menurut Kitab Yakobus [Wisdom in the Book of James]

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Suriani Sukowati Arifin
Keyword(s):  
Right Action ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Way

<p>James in his epistle teaches the readers to ask God for wisdom when experiencing difficulties or trials. God as the source of wisdom generously gives wisdom to anyone who asks in faith. Wisdom from pure God bears the character of a holy and gentle God. Believers need to realize that they need wisdom so they have to ask for wisdom by truly believing and depending on God. Wisdom from God is evident in the way of believers’s life on how they act, behave and assess problems, understand God's plan, and take the right action. The results of God's wisdom for the lives of believers are the sanctified life, kindness, peace and blessing.</p>

scholarly journals Ai Consulting Healthcare Chatbot System Using Pattern Matching

2021 ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
G. Nivedhitha ◽  
E. Punarselvam ◽  
K. R. Aaghash ◽  
M. Elayabarathi ◽  
K. Rahul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Pattern Matching ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Right Action ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
The People ◽  
The Right

In today's world there are millions of diseases with various symptoms foreach, no human can possibly know about all of these diseases and the treatmentsassociated with them. So, the problem is that there isn’t any place where anyone can have the details of the diseases or the medicines/treatments. What if there is a placewhere you can find your health problem just by entering symptoms or the currentcondition of the person. It will help us to deduce the problem and to verify thesolution. The proposed idea is to create a system with artificial intelligence that canmeet these requirements. The AI can classify the diseases based on the symptomsand give the list of available treatments. The System is a text-to-text diagnosis chatbot that will engage patients in conversation with their medical issues and provides apersonalized diagnosis based on their symptoms and profile. Hence the people canhave an idea about their health and can take the right action.

scholarly journals EVALUASI PENGGUNAAN PESTISIDA PADA PETANI BAWANG MERAH DI DESA WOMBO MPANAU KECAMATAN TANANTOVEA KABUPATEN DONGGALA

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
Tri Satyani ◽  
Arfan Arfan ◽  
Sayani Sayani
Keyword(s):  
Fusarium Wilt ◽  
Pest Control ◽  
Control Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Right Action ◽  
Frequency Table ◽  
The Right ◽  
Chemical Pesticides ◽  
Random Method

This study aims to study and determine the behavior of farmers in the use of pesticides on shallots in Wombo Mpanau Village, Tanantovea District. This study uses a simple random method. The data obtained is collected, processed and analyzed. Analysis was carried out to determine the frequency of data in each variable. Primary data obtained through interviews were analyzed to provide a concise picture of groups of data in one frequency table. Types of pests that attack onion in Wombo Mpanau Village are leaf caterpillars, leaf flies, trips, flour dew, and fusarium wilt. The most widely used pest control method is the use of chemical pesticides, which reaches 70% of respondents. The knowledge of farmers on the application of pesticides is relatively good, namely 100% of respondents apply pesticides when there are symptoms of attack and if other controls are unable to overcome the pest attack. Knowledge of farmers on the use of doses of pesticides is relatively good, namely 100% of respondents use the dosage according to the recommendations listed on the packaging. The actions of farmers when applying pesticides in general are not mixing pesticides. The majority of respondents have taken the right action in terms of storing semrot and pesticides in a special place. But on the other hand the awareness of farmers is still low, because there are still many farmers who wash sprayers in rivers or ditches.

scholarly journals Relations between kernels and images of reduced powers for some right Ap-modules

2018 ◽  
Vol 103 (117) ◽  
pp. 191-198
Author(s):  
Theodore Popelensky
Keyword(s):  
Lens Space ◽  
Steenrod Algebra ◽  
Right Action ◽  
The Right ◽  
Mod P

We investigate the right action of the mod p Steenrod algebra Ap on the homology H*(L^s,Zp) where L=BZp is the lens space. Following ideas of Ault and Singer we investigate the relation between intersection of kernels of the reduced powers Ppi and Bockstein element ? and the intersection of images of Ppi+1?1 and of ?. Namely one can check that ?ki=0 imPpi+1?1 ? ?ki=0 ker Ppi and ?ki=0 imPpi+1?1 ? im? ? ?k i=0 ker Ppi ? ker ?. We generalize Ault?s homotopy systems to p > 2 and examine when the reverse inclusions are true.

Consequentialism, Virtue, and Character

2020 ◽  
pp. 462-473
Author(s):  
Julia Driver
Keyword(s):  
Virtue Ethics ◽  
Moral Evaluation ◽  
Virtuous Person ◽  
Right Action ◽  
The Right ◽  
Do So

This essay argues that consequentialist theories can both accommodate virtue evaluation, and, indeed, the most plausible versions must do so, and that consequentialist theories can also be structured as forms of virtue ethics. Different strategies available to the consequentialist are presented and criticized, including indirect strategies which argue that the right action is the action that the virtuous person would perform. The best way for the consequentialist to approach virtue is as another form of moral evaluation understood in consequentialist terms which is distinct from consequentialist act evaluation; that is, evaluating action is only one part of an overarching consequentialist account of moral evaluation, and the theory can also be applied to dispositions, motives, intentions, etc.

Playing Dice with Morality: Weighted Lotteries and the Number Problem

Utilitas ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-181
Author(s):  
MATHIEU DOUCET
Keyword(s):  
Right Action ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
Number Problem ◽  
Common Objection ◽  
The Right ◽  
Equal Consideration

In this article I criticize the non-consequentialist Weighted Lottery (WL) solution to the choice between saving a smaller or a larger group of people. WL aims to avoid what non-consequentialists see as consequentialism's unfair aggregation by giving equal consideration to each individual's claim to be rescued. In so doing, I argue, WL runs into another common objection to consequentialism: it is excessively demanding. WL links the right action with the outcome of a fairly weighted lottery, which means that an agent can only act rightly if s/he has actually run the lottery. In many actual cases, this involves epistemic demands that can be almost impossible to meet. I argue that plausible moral principles cannot make such extreme epistemic demands.

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