Xmgt216 Appendixb

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Appendix B

Ethical Theories Chart

Complete the chart below using information from the weekly readings and additional research if necessary. Include APA formatted in-text citations when applicable and list all references at the bottom of the page.

|Ethical Theory                 |                                   |                                           |                                             |
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|                               |Utilitarianism                     |Deontological                             |Virtue ethics                               |
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|Definition                     |Utilitarianism is probably the     |Deontology falls within the domain of     |Virtue ethics is an approach to ethics that |
|                               |best known consequentialist       |moral theories that guide and assess our   |emphasizes the character of the moral agent,|
|                               |theory. According to               |choices of what we ought to do (deontic   |rather than rules or consequences, as the   |
|                               |the principle of utility, an       |theories), in contrast to (aretaic         |key element of ethical thinking.             |
|                               |ethical decision should maximize   |[virtue] theories) that — fundamentally,   |                                             |
|                               |benefits to society and           |at least — guide and assess what kind of   |                                             |
|                               |minimize harms. What matters is   |person (in terms of character traits) we   |... [continues]

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