statue or valid municipal ordinance or because it is so palpably opposed to the dictates of common prudence that it can be said without hesitation or doubt that no careful person would have been guilty of it. As a general rule, the violation of a public duty, enjoined by law for the protection of person or property, so constitutes”. Mistakes or Negligence in medical profession may lead to minor injuries or some serious kinds of
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Moral Issues in Business Chapter Two Normative Theories of Ethics Consequentialist Theories • Egoism - Adam Smith • Egoism is a consequentialist theory. What matters for egoists is the consequences of their actions for themselves. • • Utilitarianism - Bentham and Mill o Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory. Right and wrong depends on the consequences of one’s actions for everyone who might be affected by them. Jeremy Bentham • Bentham was a hedonist. He believed that happiness was a matter
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(Hursthouse, 2013) 3. Deontological ethics approach judges the morality of an action based on expectations from the person based on a rule. Different forms of deontology include: rights, contractualism, divine command ethics, monistic deontology and duty. In the first form of deontology, Rights, an action is moral if it respects the right of other individuals. Contractualism considers an action morally right if it agrees with the rules and rational moral agents bring into social relationships. Divine
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judgments, and the meaning of ethical terms themselves. Normative ethics takes on a more practical task, which is to arrive at moral standards that regulate right and wrong conduct. This may involve articulating the good habits that we should acquire, the duties that we should follow, or the consequences of our behavior on others. Finally, applied ethics involves examining specific controversial issues, such as abortion, infanticide, animal rights, environmental concerns, homosexuality, capital punishment
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described as agents who may act on people behalf in the ordinary course of life. The essential point to be borne in mind is that the relationship between agent and principal is essentially a binding contractual one which imposes upon both parties' rights, duties and obligations. Agents “are to be found in all advanced societies and… [Their] activities are an inevitable feature of a developed economy”. In addition, it may be useful at the beginning of any discussion of agency to attempt a definition of
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Theories of Ethics Consequentialism (Utilitarianism) Consequentialism sees the rightness or wrongness of an action in terms of the consequences brought about by that action. The most common form of consequentialism is utilitarianism. Utilitarianism holds that one should act so as to do the greatest good for the greatest number. The good as defined by J.S. Mill would be the presence of pleasure and the absence of pain. Utilitarians are concerned with the aggregate happiness of all beings
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1. Employment law is rooted in which of the following: contract law & agency law 2. In Lemmerman v. A.T. Williams Oil Co. (1986), eight-year-old Shane Tucker was found to be an employee of the oil company where he slipped and hurt his hand because the manager had the authority to hire and fire employees for the defendant and the jobs Shane did were in the course of the defendant's business and he was engaged in doing them when he fell. 3. When can an employer ask questions regarding an
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(Republic Act No. 6425) THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 1972 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the Philippines, in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known and cited as the “The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972”. ARTICLE I Definition of Terms SECTION 2. Definitions. - As used in this Act, the term: (a) “Administer” - refers to the act of introducing any dangerous drug into the body of any person, with or without his knowledge by injection, ingestion or
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The movie “John Q” is filled with ethical and moral dilemmas throughout its course. It gives us a clear notion of the duties of public servants, and private administrators with regards to ethical decision they face in the daily execution of duties in communities they represent. In this analysis, I will explore the ethical and moral values of the main characters in the movie in performing their various official capacities. I will also elaborate on health insurance coverage by defining and reviewing
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a) Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a moral theory that ultimately concentrates on the happiness of an individual. This theory was initially developed by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and later altered by Stuart Mill (1806-1873). A Utilitarian’s attitude towards justice implies that no significant act (e.g., act of copying) or rule (e.g., “should not lie”) is basically good or bad. Rather, it solely depends on the overall non-moral good produced on accomplishing the act. The central idea here is
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