The objection raised against consequentialism highlights a fundamental issue with the theory. It argues that consequentialism faces challenges in predicting the outcomes of actions due to the unpredictability of life. The objection is that consequentialism doesn’t give clear rules for deciding if actions are right or wrong because it depends on guessing what might happen in the future‚ and that’s often uncertain and can change. This is illustrated by the student’s example‚ which depicts a situation
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Agree to Disagree: Kantianism vs. Consequentialism Determining how to classify the difference between right and wrong has been argued over and studied with no avail. Although all Normative ethical theories have positives and negatives‚ a few set themselves apart from the rest. Consequentialism versus Kantianism‚ although similar in some respects have enough of a conceptual difference to be studied further. Tendencies to side with Kant’s ethical theory over that of the consequentialist theory seem
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Liza G Prof. Williams Ethics 21 November 2011 The Two Shopkeepers One of the several topics covered in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals is the issued of two shopkeepers. One shopkeeper is honest with his customers in order to maintain a positive reputation and improve profits. The second one is honest because he thinks it is right and exercises his respect for the moral law. The first shopkeeper is motivated to be honest by the rewards of a positive reputation and
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this way to be guided by evil (177). Quinn suggests that there are two major problems dealing with the rationality and discrimination between cases when it comes to the Doctrine of Double Effect. In the following exert from Deontology‚ Quinn gives examples of contrasting cases from modern warfare: In the case of a strategic bomber (SB)‚ a pilot bombs an enemy factory in order to destroy its productive capacity. But in doing this he foresees that he
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Why should directors‚ executives‚ and accountants understand consequentialism‚ deontology‚ and virtue ethics? Consequentialism is based on the concept that the moral worth of an action is determined by its outcome. And that the consequences of one’s conduct are the true basis for any judgment about the morality of such conduct. Thus‚ from a consequentialist standpoint‚ a morally right act‚ or failure to act‚ is one that will produce a good outcome‚ or consequence. This view may also be expressed
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because there is no one to care about anything. Example 1: Now consider a universe in which there is only one human in existence‚ I shall name him Leo. In Leo’s mind the only thing that governs his ethics is the creation of sand castles. To Leo‚ making sand castles maximizes his pleasure at the minimization of his pain. Because building sand castles is the only action that governs his moral obligations he does this on his day-to-day affairs. Example 2: Now consider a universe in which there are only
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happiness and the least amount of pain or suffering‚ is known as Utilitarianism. However‚ this theory is not about your happiness alone‚ but about making the greatest moral choices‚ that brings the utmost happiness to everyone. This theory comes from consequentialism which is a family of concepts that share the same idea; if an act creates positive results‚ then it is thought to be good. Utilitarian’s must consider each separate case on its own facts; there is no wrong or right action‚ only that which extends
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the Laws of Supply and Demand The simulation in the text is about a small city by the name of Atlantis. Atlantis is a well-maintained city with many positive aspects for the community. All of the aspects make it a pleasant living environment. For example‚ the city has maintained streets‚ maintained sidewalks‚ large parks and jogging paths. To rent an apartment in the community of Atlantis an individual would have to go through Good life Management. The current vacancy rate is at 28 percent of availability
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Summarising articles for thesis: Example 1 Karim‚ Zaidi & Wahid (2004) studied the performance of zakat distribution in Perak‚ Kedah‚ Negeri Sembilan and Selangor. The objective of the study is to compare the trend in zakat distribution in the selected states. They used the financial report of 1990 to 2001 from the respective State Islamic Religious Councils to analyze the trend in zakat distribution. They found that‚ on average the respective SIRCS only distributed 69% to 80% of the amount of
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which is no less serious than narcomania or alcoholism. For instance‚ in August 2005‚ a report surfaced about the death of a 28-year-old southern Korean gamer who had spent 50 hours playing a real-time strategy game (BBC). For another significant example‚ one needs to look no further than July 2012‚ when a Taiwanese teenager fatally collapsed after a 40-hour game session (Crawley). Cases like these are actually quite numerous and happen all around the world. They make additional arguments to the negative
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