Similarities and Differences in Virtue Theory‚ Utilitarianism‚ and Deontological Ethics When talking about ethics it is hard to distinguish between ethics and morality. It is also hard to distinguish exactly what realm of ethics contributes to my everyday decisions. Ethics can be defined as “well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do‚ usually in terms of rights‚ obligations‚ benefits to society‚ fairness‚ or specific virtues [and] ethics refers to the study
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Utilitarianism‚ yet another ethical theory between right or wrong. If everyone acted in an effort to promote the greatest good for the greater number of people our universe would exist with a utilitarian state of mind. Although‚ when one looks at this statement on the surface without further analyzing it‚ most would assume that existing in a universe where everyone seeks the happiness for the greatest amount of people that it would be greater one to live in. Although‚ surface wise we can make
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The Philosophy of Utilitarianism may have a positive outcome‚ but it can be flawed at times as well. The Utilitarian theory states “ The greatest happiness for the greatest number of people”. Some say this approach is flawed due to it lacking reason and consequence‚ I believe this depends on specific circumstances. Abortion is a big issue now a days and I feel that the utilitarian theory would be a reasonable outlook on this particular situation. To apply the Utilitarian theory to abortion‚ first
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INTRODUCTION Deontology and Utilitarianism are the two most dominant theories which forms the foundations of ethical analysis‚ because they are the viewpoints from which guidance can be obtained along the pathway to an optimum decision. Each theory emphasizes different points such as predicting the outcome and following one’s duties to others in order to reach an ethically correct decision. However‚ in order for an ethical theory to be useful‚ the theory must be directed towards a common set of
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about a moral theory that goes by the name utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is the view that actions are morally acceptable if and only if they produce at least as much happiness as any other available action. The more happiness and less suffering that results from our actions‚ the better the action is and the right action is the one that produces the greatest balance of happiness over suffering. Utilitarianism can be broken up into two parts‚ a theory of what is valuable and a theory of right action
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Utilitarianism is the ethical viewpoint that every decision should be based on trying to create the most amount of “good” for the most people. The “good” in this case is the utility – the positive consequence we should strive for. Utility is the foundation of utilitarianism‚ as the name suggests‚ and it keeps the welfare of people as its highest consideration. Jeremy Bentham‚ an English philosopher‚ proposed his own idea of how utilitarianism should work. He determined that utility could be measured
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Utilitarianism is a philosophical idea that can be used by individuals‚ governments or agencies‚ in which the purpose is to help pick an action to take. According to Utilitarianism‚ the action one should take show be the action that produces the most pleasure and the least pain for everyone involved. In order to make this decision‚ Bentham suggests using a hedonic calculus‚ through which you "...sum up the numbers expressive of the degree of good tendency‚ which the action has‚ with respect to each
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of ethical theory to determine which style‚ form‚ or behavior of ethics fits with our beliefs and culture. Some of these different types of theories include virtue theory‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontological ethics. Although these all fall into the category of a theory of ethics and may seem to be similar‚ they are also very different. When looking at the virtue theory of ethics‚ we can see that the term character can be used in the place of virtue. According to Ben (2007)‚ the virtue theory has
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In the 2009 Afghanistan surge‚ the “bargaining paradigm”‚ defined by Allen ‚ best reflects President Obama’s decision making process by which he used the ethical lens of “deontology”‚ discussed by Shaw ‚ as the moral compass of his decisions. The war in Afghanistan started after the September 11th‚ 2001 attacks in the United States while President Bush was in office. President Obama was inaugurated as president on January 20th‚ 2009 and he picked up in the middle of a long war in Iraq and Afghanistan
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The basic argument supporting Deontology focuses on the will of the person acting‚ the person’s intention in carrying out the act‚ and particularly‚ the rule according to which the act is carried out. Deontology focuses on the duties and obligations one has in car¬rying out actions rather than on the consequences of those actions (Mosser‚ 2013). Therefore it is the ethical obligation to act only in those ways that all rational beings would find acceptable
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