Browsing by Subject "moraali"
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(2018)Object. The purpose of the study is to find out, what kind of possibilities there are for ethical sensitivity to appear in the context of game development. This operating environment is considered in this study both concrete surroundings related to the work and colleagues and virtual environment, the game itself which is created by the game developers themselves. The study aims to clarify what kind of meanings ethical sensitivity gets in the speech of game developers taking account to that behavior in practice might differ from the ideal of an individual. Ethical sensitivity as a concept is defined by earlier studies of the subject considering for example the moral thinking of teachers and nurses and it is linked in this study to its context by research of game industry and methodology specialized to virtual environments. Methods. The material of the study was collected with half-structured theme interview from six different game developers whom where either working or studying the subject. Background knowledge for the study was also collected from the games themselves as environments with nethnographic methods. In addition, more material was collected from the culture build around the games, things such as game videos and social media platforms handling the games. The main sources in this study were nevertheless the interviews, which made it possible to search for the answers with grounded theory -based methodology. That supported the making of theory of ethical sensitivity in this distinctive context. Conclusions. The ethical sensitivity of game developers and awareness of societal issues were clear, and they also mainly experienced their values to be similar with others in the work or study environment. The issue that came up repeatedly was constant discussion and counseling with others, which was relevant part of the work itself. It also helped interviewees to reflect their own actions. Also, every participant had something to do with gaming during their free-time and some of them had somewhat passion towards gaming and games which can be seen as a reflection of hacker ethics that promotes passion as an ultimate motivation to work. However, the notions in this study were not strong enough to prove or dismantle this kind of thinking. The flexibility of identity and thinking as well as effects of separate groups were shown as an important part of conclusions and worked as a promising path for further studies.
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(2016)The question of essential capacity provided the backgrounds for this study. What can real capacity mean in contemporary society characterized by the crisis of ethics. The aim of the study was searching for moral intelligence – to discuss morality in relation to intelligence. A further aim was to understand certain changes related to both of these conceptions, which was supposed to open some possibilities to reflect on moral intelligence. The view of the study was eclectic and multiscientific. Morality was represented through the views of Z. Bauman's Postmodern Ethics (1993) and S. Hellsten's In defence of Moral Individualism (1997). The synthesized concept was the possible current morality. Intelligence was more closely understood as emotional intelligence in D. Goleman's Emotional Intelligence: why it can matter more than IQ. The method of the study was constructed to meet the needs of the aims. The method applied was philosophical approach, which included systematic analysis. The argumentation was summarized in six theses. Theses five and six discuss the special justification of moral intelligence from two directions: moral (I part) and intelligence (II part). The questions were: 1.1 What is the meaning of individual moral capacity in Bauman's postmodern ethics? 1.2 What is the meaning of individual moral capacity in Hellsten's moral individualism? And 2 What is the meaning of emotions concerned with decision making and sensible behaviour in Goleman's emotional intelligence? From the perspective of postmodern ethics, individual moral capacity was proved to be central, since it actually is the basis of the morality found in responsibility. From the perspective of the moral individualism, individual moral capacity was proved to be central to society, since its existence and development are connected with liberal democracy and its legitimation. Both of these views on the possible current morality emphasized that human moral capacity is not only rational but consists of emotions and moral impulses, too. From the perspective of the emotional intelligence, emotions were proved to be part of every human action, which thus questions pure rational intelligence. Since the concept of intelligence expresses individual sensible behaviour, the moral based on responsibility and the central meaning of individual moral capacity were considered to be the justification for regarding individual essential capacity as moral capacity too. Since moral was proved to be linked to individual capacity rather than universal rules, it was presented that moral has in this sense come closer to intelligence. Correspondingly, since intelligence as emotional intelligence expressed the change in understanding rational and irrational elements, and since it can, in a certain way, be a conceptual link between moral and intelligence, it was interpreted that, in this way, intelligence approaches the concept of moral. Essential capacity was summarized as sensible bahaviour, in which moral responsibility is realised and which consists of an impact of both reason and emotion. This study clarifies the argument that essential capacity is, in addition to intelligence and its implementation with emotional intelligence, actually individual moral intelligence and its fulfillment. Thus, in a changing information-society, education meets again one of its original challenges – the difficult task of moral education.
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