AS Religious Studies [pic] PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS Revision Summary Notes Revision Notes Foundation for the Study of Religion Part One: Philosophy of Religion Plato and the Forms Influence of Socrates • Socrates said that virtue is knowledge – to know what is right is to do what is right. • All wrongdoing is the result of ignorance – nobody chooses to do wrong deliberately. • Therefore, to be moral you must have true knowledge. The problem of the One and the
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people agree that the solution for inclusivity is moderation People who argue that ethics and morality are subjective, and moral choices should be made on individual assessment, or societal allowances granted to the individual are called ethical relativists ------------------------------------------------- Approaching morality _______ ethics stresses importance of being a moral person. _____ ethics classifies morality in terms of virtue. Virtue ______is the ethical theory that is
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Thinking Ethically” is a very good work for understanding and analyzing the main concept of ethics. The authors explore the arguments of what ethics is and what ethic is not, why ethics is important, five sources of ethical standards, and advice a 10-step framework for making ethical decisions. First of all, this article helping us to identify what ethics is not. It pointed that ethics is not based on the law and culturally accepted norms, it is not religion and not science, and it is not the same
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Explain your response. One major legal issue associated with clinical psychology is adhering to the Ethics Code irrespective of legal covets. The Ethics Code was cultivated and put into place by the American Psychological Association (APA) for the safety of both psychologist and patient. If the psychologist is a member of the APA (which is a voluntary endeavor), he or she must adhere to the Ethics Code (Plante, 2011). There are clear cases where this loyalty to the code undermines legal authority
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Business Ethics After reading the case study involving Ms. Alexander and her opportunity with Next Step, I would advise Ramona to pray, even fast, about accepting the position. Hopefully she was already prayed up before she went to the ‘Meet and Great’ at Next Steps Headquarters (HQ). As Christians, we must ‘…be wise as serpents, but gentle as dove’s…' (Matthew 10:16, ESV), and one way we get wisdom is to be in constant communication with our one heavenly Father, whom is all knowing. Before
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Utilitarians believe that a morally right action at any given moment is the action that will have the greatest net increase in happiness of all other possible actions. They believe this principle to apply to all sentient beings or in other words beings that feel emotion or sensation. With this being said, a utilitarian would find that taking a long fight across the United States would be immoral because it would decrease the happiness within the community or population, this applies to non-human
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Computer Ethics Jason Hall CIS 324 Professor Pride December 4, 2010 Abstract As advancements in technology become more widespread, so do the ethical issues that come with these advancements. Computer ethics boils down to a “what is right and what is wrong” mentality. While one person’s view on computer ethics may differ from another person’s view, one basic idea should always be kept in mind when making ethical decisions, “Do unto others as you would have done to you.” If
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Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative University of New Mexico http://danielsethics.mgt.unm.edu Integrating Business Ethics in Business Courses INTRODUCTION Teaching business ethics requires an understanding of the organizational dimensions of ethical decisionmaking. Although most people believe that employees learn to be ethical at home and school and through life experiences, the work environment creates challenges for even the most ethical person. For example, employees cannot always make independent
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Computer ethics Computer ethics is a branch of practical philosophy which deals with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct. The term "computer ethics" was first coined by Walter Maner in the mid-1970s, but only since the 1990s has it started being integrated into professional development programs in academic settings. The conceptual foundations of computer ethics are investigated by information ethics, a branch of philosophical ethics established
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Business Research Ethics November 26, 2012 RES/351 Within the public sector organizations, leaders are held accountable for their actions, and are held to a higher standard. The values that have been associated with ethics in the public sector are one that is independently explored. “In general, however, many of the values commonly associated with theories of leadership, such as transformational and transactional, can similarly be associated
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