reasons that may be unpleasant for you. Ethical egoism state that you should always act so that your actions produce what is in your own best long-term interests. Personal egoism states that an individual should always act in his or her own best long-term interests, but that does not say how others should act. Impersonal egoism states that an individual should always act in his or her own best long-term interest. 2. Values Clarification (Philosophical Relativism) teaches that the most important
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Relativism was the subject of Module 4. Relativism understands ethics in terms of situations and options. What is “right” and ”wrong” in any situation is variable. “Right” is a matter of the person’s personal preference, bias, emotion, experience, culture, gender, age, socioeconomic group, and any other factor the individual deems important. In essence, the individual is his/her own higher power. Entitlement-based ethics or egoism is a special type of relativism. Deontology, the study of duty, which
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Religion Further evidence that cultural relativism can exist in a Western liberal democracy is for the sake of religion. Thanks to recognition of things like the separation of church and state in the United States, secular and people of all religious beliefs can exist together. There is no official religion tied to our country and many other countries alike. There is no urgency or requirement for the citizens to abide to a certain religion, and they will not be shamed for being atheist either. In
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End of Life: Assisted Suicide PHI208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor: Shawn Lorenzen September 29, 2014 Moral and ethical debates attempted to resolves controversial issues but never seem to end with everyone agreeing. Often these ethical and moral debates are complex, involve opinions persuaded by religion or customs, and have legal implications to consider. Physician assisted death is one of these very complex and controversial issues that all people will never agree on. Many questions
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Reflective Paper Ethical Treatment of Prisoners Johni K. Anglin SOC 120 Cornell Horn January 28, 2013 Ethical Treatment of Prisoners Societies Forgotten One may ask."What represents ethical treatment of prisoners?" What's more, does it make a difference as to what the prisoners crime is as to what kind of treatment would be considered ethical? For example, should a terrorist be treated differently than a thief? Additionally, who is to decide what kind of treatment of prisoners, regardless
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introduction to Business Ethics. The major message this chapter conveys is the various ethical viewpoints that can be applied by a corporation, an employee, and a culture. This chapter breaks these ethical issues down as Corporate, Individual, and Societal. The many theories and studies contained in this chapter are encompassed in how decisions are made and what logic is used to apply them. The process of identifying an ethical situation, identifying what course of action to take, deciding to do something
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MGM365-1003B-11: The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business Professor Carolyn James September 21, 2010 Social Responsibility of Business The moral philosophies an individual believes generally influence how they judge certain situations or differentiate between what can be viewed as ethical and what can be viewed as unethical behavior. The different approaches that one may take to make moral judgments are based on the philosophical dimensions of idealism and relativism. Idealism is when individuals
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Discuss the market system and the need for ethics in business and distinguish it from the law and concepts of virtue and morality. 2. Discuss ethics in the context of relativism, psychological egoism, utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics. 3. Discuss the ideas of character ethic, female ethic, human rights, and ethical action. 4. Discuss the factors influencing employee issues including the right to work, employment at will, due process and employee participation, health and safety standards
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1) January 2013 Examine the defining characteristics of Situation Ethics (21) Situation ethics is an ethical theory pioneered by Joseph Fletcher in the 1960's, a time in which society and the church were facing drastic change. It is an idealistic, teleological, consequentialist theory that resolves ethical and moral issues relative to the situation. In contrast to utilitarianism, Situation ethics is based on Christian principles and primarily the promotion of agape. Fletcher's liberal, less rule
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divide ethical theories into four different categories 1. Metaethics 2. Normative ethics 3. Agapeic ethics 4. Applied ethics 1. METAETHICS What does moral language mean ? Do moral facts exist ? How can we know whether moral judgments are true or false ? Metaethics is the branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties , statements , attitudes and judgments . Two prominent issues of metaethics are : 1.1 Metaphysical Issues: Objectivism and Relativism Objectivism
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