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    VOL 18 NO -235 REGD NO DA 1589 | Dhaka‚ Thursday June 30 2011 Moral values‚ ethics and philosophy M S Siddiqui The dream of a child starts with a stereo type suggestion from parents that the baby will be a doctor - engineer. The baby has no other option to dream of being doctor or engineer. Our education system was framed by the British rulers to create civil servants to serve their purpose. They had created dreams of civil service. As a legacy of the British and the Pakistani system we

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    Deontological Ethics in Location-based Social Media There are so many location aware applications on my “smart” phone; I do not know how I could have lived without these features. There are applications that tell me where is the closes gym that I am a member of. There are applications that give me information on the weather of the current city. There are even applications that will locate the closest “driver” to taxi me wherever I want to go. And of course‚ all these can be shared on facebook

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    When I sit back and think about this dilemma using the consequentialist theory‚ I feel I’m making the right choice. As the utilitarianism theory states that you should maximize the benefits to society while minimizing the harms. The stakeholders of this situation are society‚ the company I work for‚ and myself.

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    differences of utilitarianism‚ the virtue theory‚ and deontological ethics. Thus‚ further understanding of these behaviors will enable an individual to realize that social responsibility and ethics are important when it comes to business and personal success. We will analyze the differences in terms of how each of these theories addresses both morality and ethics. Thus‚ we include a personal experience that explains the correlation between moral‚ values‚ and virtue concepts as they relate to one another

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    Arendt’s‚ and Mill’s Moral Philosophy  Immanuel Kant adheres to Deontological ethics. His theory offers a view of morality based on the principle of good will and duty. According to him‚ people can perform good actions solely by good intentions without any considerations to consequences. In addition‚ one must follow the laws and the categorical imperative in order to act in accordance with and from duty. Several other philosophers such as Hannah Arendt discuss Kant’s moral philosophy. In her case study:

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    best for themselves. It is their choice and they should be able to make it by themselves. It is their body and no one know their body than themselves and the decision should be left to the person to make about their body based on deontological theory. I choose deontological theory for my stance because I believe it is for the greater good for both the fetus and the mother if the mother knows that she will be able to girth the fetus the best live. Sometimes thing happen that we cannot

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    When it comes to voting‚ Consequentialists and Virtue Ethicists have different opinions on what an individual should do. Among the various motivations for voting‚ one is that your individual vote can make a difference in an election. Consequentialists argue that the probability of this is so slim and because of that‚ a person does not have a moral responsibility to cast a vote come election time. Consequentialists focus on optimizing the overall results of an action and argue that one vote will not

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    31 October 2013 Morals vs. Ethics Researched-based Informative Essay English 12 Mr. Barry Rich Do you have any morals? Do you know about ethics? Well‚ the definition of morals would be the principles or habits with respect to right or wrong conduct; it defines how things should work according to individuals’ ideals and principles. To give you a more “dumbed-down” definition‚ morals mean to learn a lesson‚ especially one concerning what is right or practical. It can be consequential

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    Deontological theories identify various duties and rights. Duties and obligations have been classified under several categories and they include duties to God‚ oneself and others. Those others include family‚ social and political duties. Basic rights including life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness are considered to be natural‚ universal‚ equal‚ and inalienable. The focus of deontological theories is on moral duties or obligations rather than on moral value or goodness. Intentions play a significant

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    Bad Ideas vs. Good Ideas Research Name University Professor Class Date: December 21‚ 2010 Bad Ideas vs. Good Ideas Research a) How are the sources of “bad” ideas different from sources of “good” ideas? Essential the thoughts were concepted in a similar notion. Being intuitive about your surrounding and come the realization of an idea and taking action on it‚ not just letting it simmer around in the brain and eventually becoming nothing than a forgotten memory or regret. In either

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