A moral agent is a person who has the ability to discern right from wrong and to be held accountable for his or her own actions. Moral agents have a moral responsibility not to cause unjustified harm. Traditionally, moral agency is assigned only to those who can be held responsible for their actions.

Moral agency is an individual's ability to make moral choices based on some notion of right and wrong and to be held accountable for these actions. [1] A moral agent is "a being who is capable of acting with reference to right and wrong."

2020年6月5日 · MORAL AGENT A moral agent is a person who has the ability to discern right from wrong and to be held accountable for his or her own actions. Moral agents have a moral responsibility not to cause unjustified harm. Traditionally, moral agency is assigned only to those who can be held responsible for their actions.

Moral agents are those agents expected to meet the demands of morality. Not all agents are moral agents. Young children and animals, being capable of performing actions, may be agents in the way that stones, plants and cars are not. But though they are agents they are not automatically considered moral agents.

A moral agent is "a being who is capable of those actions that have moral quality and which can be properly denominated good or evil in a moral sense." (Edwards, 1754)...

2008年8月15日 · In this essay, I describe and explain the standard accounts of agency, natural agency, artificial agency, and moral agency, as well as articulate what are widely taken to be the criteria for moral agency, supporting the contention that this is the standard account with citations from such widely used and respected professional resources as the ...

This document provides an overview of key concepts related to moral agency and moral development. It defines what a moral agent is, explains the idea of a fundamental option in one's moral formation, discusses the relationship between moral acts and character development, and outlines Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development.

2013年10月13日 · Moral agency is an individual's ability to make moral judgments based on some commonly held notion of right and wrong and to be held accountable for these actions. A moral agent is "a being who is capable of acting with reference to right and wrong."

The difference between a moral agent and a subject of moral worth is this: A moral agent is someone who has the power to intentionally cause harm to another. A subject of moral worth is any being or natural system that is vulnerable – it can be harmed.

The document discusses developing virtue as a habit through moral agency. It defines a moral agent as someone who can discern right from wrong and be accountable for their actions. Moral virtue is developed through practice, not just reasoning. Aristotle viewed virtues and vices as acquired, not innate.