This paper presents the Universality Argument that pleasure is goodness. It proceeds from a moral sense theory analyzes concepts as concerned with what all should hope for, feel guilty about, and admire. requires rejecting view judgment concerns empirically inaccessible norms governing action. The first premise defines goodness please all. second reduces to perceptual accuracy. third invokes st...

in this article the author investigates al-ghazzali’s views on the volitional aspect of the soul. al-ghazzali divides the volitional aspect of the human into two levels, human and animal. his use of terms such as practical faculty, practical reason, power and will for human volition raises the important question of whether practical reason has cognitive character and whether it is a stimulus. s...

Goodness is the basis and goal of all moral actions. Therefore, ethics, be it theological or philosophical, must in some way explain specifically what goodness where one can find it. The Christian faith answers this by stating its fundamental belief that God good. It says based on God, placing each at heart relationship between action. After confirming centre values, paper, we will draw out imp...

A side effect is a foreseen but not intended consequence of some intended action. Joshua Knobe has discovered that most people judge that a good side effect is not brought about intentionally, but a bad side effect is brought about intentionally. These responses are meant to indicate something about the folk concept of intentional action— namely, that goodness and badness play a role in people'...

Four studies using survey and experimental designs examined whether people whose moral identity is highly self-defining are more susceptible to experiencing a state of moral elevation after being exposed to acts of uncommon moral goodness. Moral elevation consists of a suite of responses that motivate prosocial action tendencies. Study 1 showed that people higher (vs. lower) in moral identity c...