Through the stories that I listened to as a child‚ Little Red Riding Hood‚ Jack and the Beanstalk‚ the Little Mermaid‚ and Pinocchio‚ the philosophies that were demonstrated impacted my life. They influenced the way I approach decision making in social situations such as school and family life. The true meaning of these fables are meant to help children decipher right from wrong and influence good behavior and decision making. The media also has an increasing impact on the society I grew up in
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Act consequentialism supports the idea that actions are made right or wrong based solely on their consequences. This means that a person would look to the consequences of a certain action to determine whether or not that action is right or wrong. A ‘right’ action would be one that leads to the best results where as a ‘wrong’ action would be one with less than ideal consequences. According to this basic theory‚ one would always choose the ‘right’ action because it leads to the most favorable consequences
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Thus‚ a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome or result‚ and the consequences of an action or rule generally outweigh all other considerations.(Branch&Doctrine 2014) Consequentialism is based on two principles‚ first one is whether an act is right or wrong depends only on the results of that act‚ and the second one is the more good consequences an act produces‚ the better or more right that act. A person should choose the
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Abstract This paper explores the ethics of bank executives receiving large bonuses despite the fact that they received a bailout. I identify the utilitarian and deontological implications of these executives’ actions. This paper also examines if the executives deserved the bonuses‚ did the banks need a bonus‚ and how the banks should have been regulated by the banks. Keywords: bailout‚ utilitarian‚ deontology Ethics of Bank Bailout Bonuses Currently the economy is still in “The Great Recession”
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Professor J. Cunningham Ch. 19: How was sharecropping similar to being forced to be a slave? How was it different? | | | | |
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“If it is within our power to prevent something very bad from happening‚ without thereby sacrificing anything morally significant‚ we ought‚ morally‚ to do it.” Peter singer is an Australian philosopher and would say we have a duty to help the global poor. Many people have more than enough money to make small donations but don’t even though it would not affect them at all. Lots of people are selfish and lazy and don’t think to help the poor even though some philosophers would claim we are responsible
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To what extent do you believe that members of your family or your friends use consequential‚ nonconsequential‚ and virtue theory? The consequential theory is when a person is concerned what the consequences would be after they do something or make a choice that was not right. Consequential theory is the nature of a secondary result‚ meaning that it can have significant consequences. “The two major consequentialist ethical theories are ethical egoism and utilitarianism” (Otto‚ 2014‚ p. 30). These
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looking at ethical frameworks there are two that stand out‚ consequentialism and just consequentialism. These two frameworks focus on policies and values‚ such as duty‚ justice‚ and the pursuit of the greatest happiness for the majority‚ that people already understand and focus on when making decisions. This intrinsic core makes them easy to understand and a valuable part of our ethical decision making. Consequentialism and just consequentialism use a similar utilitarian approach to their ethical decision
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of consequentialism argue that we should obey the law since widespread disobedience would have the consequence of making social relations of any sort impossible. Hence‚ in the absence of the obligation to obey the law no society would be possible. Do you agree with this argument?’ INTRODUCTION Consequentialism is usually defined with the formula "one should always do that to bring best consequence: the value of an action derives solely from the value of its consequences". Consequentialism is
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It is wrong to drive one’s vehicle on the left side of a road in a country where people normally drive on the right. Consequentialist theory works better to argue the above statement. Consequentialist theories are the ethical theories view that the action is right if and only if its consequence is the best possible. The well-known example would be Utilitarianism- “Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.’’ (Demosthenes). In the United States of America‚ people drive
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