those principles might have. Thus, if you have a moral duty not to lie, then lying is always wrong — even if that results in harm to others. For example, you would be acting immorally if you lied to Nazis about where Jews were hiding. The word deontology comes from the Greek roots deon, which means duty,
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the words similarity or difference with the actual similarity or difference you have identified and then check each box that contains that attribute. You may insert or delete rows as necessary. |Attribute |Teleology |Deontology |Utilitarianism |Egoism |Relativist |Virtue |Justice | | |Assess the moral worth |Focuses on the rights of|important philosophies | important
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Deontology and Utilitarianism of Marijuana Brandon What do you think of when you hear the term Weed or Marijuana? Most people probably think illegal drugs, drug dealers, and crime. But what most people don’t realize is that Marijuana might be able help with some of today’s most common problems. For an Aids patient Marijuana helps fight appetite loss and headaches. The Marijuana seed is a source of nutritional value, and is a great source for cooking oils and vitamins. Before it was illegalized
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primary focus is logic and ethics. An individual’s actions are considered morally good based on the characteristics of the action not because the outcome of the action is positive. Deontology provides a basis for special duties and obligations to specific people, such as those within one's family. Although deontology contains
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Most of the times in our life, there are certain acts that we should do and should not do. We usually determine our morality by the consequences of our actions. However, this does not apply to a theory called “deontology”, which was introduced by Immanuel Kant. This theory is more focused on what the people do, not the consequences of their actions. In other words, the people have a duty to act accordingly to the Categorical Imperatives, despite the fact that the actions will cause good or bad results
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Adephia Scandal 1 Abstract The purpose of the paper is to explain deontological ethics, including Kant's Categorical Imperative, and their relationship to business ethics. I will explain how deontological ethics and Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative more specifically relate to the two primary business ethics violations in the Adephia scandal. ADELPHIA SCANDAL The Adephia Scandal orchstrated by a family of Business
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movement to combat corruption. What is the right decision and how can it be implemented? This case explores the complex issue of conflict of interest versus corporate social responsibility. The case also examines the different moral models such as deontology-does ZHL have the duty to act in an ethical way based on founding morals regardless of the
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2008). Meanwhile, ethical theory tends to provide guidelines that justify an action to be right or wrong when settling human conflicts. This paper is going to discuss five different ethical theories. They consist of the utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, justice, rights and ethical relativism theories. After that, these ethical concepts will be used to identify some of the ethical issues that are presented in the article entitled ‘News of the World: What was it like on the inside?’ Finally, this
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pathway to a decision. Each theory emphasizes different points such as predicting the outcome and following one's duties to others in order to reach an ethically correct decision. There are three main kinds of ethical theory; deontology, utilitarianism and virtue ethics. Deontology meaning 'obligation' or 'duty' is an approach to ethics which says that the act of rightness or wrongness is not wholly dependent on the goodness or badness of their consequences (University of Aberdeen, 2007). The theory
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believes the decisions that are made result in the best action made. In Elaine’s case feels company will gain a lot if she decides to go will a billion dollar investment, because it can benefit a lot of people. The other Moral Philosophy would be Deontology. Deontology focuses on the right thing to do, and in Elaines case she does not think it’s a good idea to give loans to certain companies because of the products they promote and
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