© 2009 Ethics in a Nutshell By Matt Deaton, M.A. MattDeaton.net Ethics is the systematic reason-guided study of what we morally ought to do. It’s one of the four main sub-disciplines of philosophy, the other three being logic, metaphysics and epistemology. While most people defer to religion or society or their gut when deciding moral dilemmas, ethicists think through them for themselves. Whether or not we fully adopt their approach, we can all learn a thing or two from ethicists about
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Meanwhile, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Driver, 2009) explains that “utilitarianism is generally held to be the view that the morally right action is the action that produces the most good. One thing to note is that the theory is a form of consequentialism: the right action is understood entirely in terms of consequences produced. On the utilitarian view one ought to maximize the overall good — that is, consider the good of others as well as one's own good.” In the practice of the utilitarianism
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c) Discuss the relationship between beliefs (as seen from the sources) and Bioethics, drawing conclusions about the importance of this ethical stance for adherents. Buddhism beliefs relate to approaches to bioethics because they are governed by core concepts such as the eightfold path, the four noble truths, the five precepts and the concept of karma etc. These beliefs directly affect how adherent respond to bioethical issues. This is further impacted by the faith that Buddhists have towards life’s
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Media Ethics -Ethics, in Greek word Ethos, mean moral value and quality. -Conrad C. Fink defined “ethics is a system principles, morality or code of conduct. It is the values and rules of life recognized by an individual, group or culture seeking guidelines to human conduct and what is good or bad and right or wrong.” -set of principle of right conduct or code of moral conduct for people to behave -reflects society’s views of what is right or wrong 3 branch of ethics -meta-ethics ( study
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Affirmative Action The intention of this paper is to make a real argument against the performance of affirmative action using logical arguments ethical theories, and perspectives. This paper will examine in what way a Utilitarian, Deontologist, Virtue Ethicist, Relativist and an Ethical Egoist would debate against the use of affirmative action. The case will be made by demonstrating why this practice is unquestionably unethical and discriminatory. Affirmative action is frequently used to give subgroups
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Is stock option backdating ethically defensible? Background Stock options are widely used to supplement the amount of non-performance-based cash compensation for executives and CEOs. Furthermore, Bishara & Schipani state that stock options, “have long been touted as a way to align the interests of the executive with the shareholder…”(2008, p. 13) and thus provide, “greater incentives for executives to improve firm performance.” (Raiborn et al. 2007, p.1) However, due to the transactional
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self-sufficient communities, but rather in increasingly crowded communities where social, economic, and moral interdependence are facts of life and where self-interests conflict and somehow must be compromised. Utilitarianism is a form of consequentialism. Utilitarian maintains that everyone should perform that act or follow that moral rule which will bring about the greatest good or happiness for everyone concerned. Act utilitarianism Act utilitarianism states that everyone should perform
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remember is that “noncons” believe that consequences do not and should not enter into theories of ethics. Actions are judged only on whether they are “right” actions regardless of the consequences (Thiroux & Krasemann, 46). Just as in “act” consequentialism. “Act” nonconsequentialists believe that no overall rules can be made for every situation, and that each ethical situation must be approached differently and must decide what is the best action to take in that particular situation (Thiroux &
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it judges an action's morality basing the judgment on action to these rules. A deontology is in one sense basically a theory of our duties just like the rest of the other theories of ethics. Scholars have frequently contrasted this theory to Consequentialism. Immanuel Kant based Kantianism on deontology as he argued that in order to act morally, individuals should act from duty. Individual's should not pull the plug when their lives are endangered as deontology will judge the morality of such decisions
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both physically and mentally. Chemotherapy alters a person’s physical appearance, as well as their metal state. Cassandra is not alive and thriving, in other cases such as these the right action would be what would bring the best outcome. The consequentialism theory would allow for actions like those of the state to occur because the outcome far outweighs the inputs. Although Cassandra had to endure pain, both mentally and physically, because of the separation from her mother and forcible treatment
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