ETHICS: DISCOVERING RIGHT AND WRONG Louis Pojman‚ James Fieser Book Outline to Seventh Edition Prepared by James Fieser with additions by Sandra Dreisbach 1. WHAT IS ETHICS 1) Introduction i) Kitty Genovese example 2) Ethics and its subdivisions i) Philosophy a) Clarify concepts‚ analyze and test propositions and beliefs b) Major task is to analyze and construct arguments ii) Ethics vs. morality a) Both terms derive their meaning
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APPLIED ETHICS A. What is applied ethics? 1. So far we have been focused either on normative ethics‚ which studies what features make something good/bad‚ an act right/wrong or a trait virtuous or vicious - or metaethics‚ which studies philosophical questions about the meaning of ethical words‚ or the nature of ethical facts 2. Applied ethics is a distinct category of ethical philosophy A. What is applied ethics? 3. Deals with difficult moral questions and controversial moral issues that people actually
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Applied Ethics “Is it morally impermissible to use animals medically for human sake?” To begin with‚ we have to point out that under which situation is permissible to use animals for human sake. We believe we can only use animals when it exerts constructive and affirmative influence to human beings which means it might save lives and enhance the quality of living on a general basis and most importantly‚ when there is no existing alternative. Using animals medically for human sake is morally
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can the Kantians look at making a false promise? Do you think that utilitarianism is better than Kantian ethics? Introduction: A False promise means “a promise that is made with no intention of carrying it out and esp. that is made with intent to deceive or defraud”. Nowadays‚ making false promises has become ubiquitous in our daily life. Is it a right action or not? Based on Kantian ethic and Utilitarianism‚ there are different views in making a false promise. Utilitarians’ view in making
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Marketing Management and Strategies Seminar Session Week -6 Class room discussions: • Assess the benefits and disadvantages of relationship marketing strategies. • How relationship marketing strategies for B2B interface may differ from those of B2C? • Collect 3 business examples when CRM pitfalls were avoided and analyse them. Directed learning Please go through the following journal articles and the core textbook to solve the above questions: • Gummesson‚ E. (1994)‚ “Making relationship
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Discussion 4: Challenges of Applied Ethics/Ethical Decision Making/Ethics of Distribution Actions for Discussion 4: Challenges of Applied Ethics/Ethical Decision Making/Ethics of Distribution Click here to start your thread. Make sure you read both articles and cover most questions. ASSIGNMENT: You must show a word count! You are required to have a minimum of 350 to 400 words! Part 1 1. With the Information Age‚ communication and access to information has been made easier and faster. These new dynamics
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Interviews Applied Criminal Justice Ethics This has to be one of my favorite assignments since becoming a student at Kaplan. I have been interested in the Criminal Justice since I was a small child. I come from a long line of military‚ however‚ my passion has always been Criminal Law. I remember even as a young girl in the 2nd grand‚ I had dreams and aspirations of becoming a lawyer. Now that I have an ex
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1. In what ways did the historical context from which virtue ethics emerged shape its basic principles? Presocratics‚ regarded as the first philosophers‚ brought the term logos to philosophy (literal translation: ‘word’; also denotes ‘logic’‚ ‘argument’‚ ‘reason’. Aristotle’s concept of Virtue Ethics regards humans as rational animals‚ implying that ‘logos’ is purely a human trait. Known as Plato’s most gifted student‚ Aristotle disagreed with his teacher’s view that the “essence of reality
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well as higher customer satisfaction. Research has also shown that social responsibility and good business ethics contributes to higher profits. (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ & Ferrell‚ 2013)” 2) Is Starbucks unique in being able to provide a high level of benefits to its employees? “No‚ Starbucks is not unique in being able to provide a high level of benefits to its employees. Business ethics has become more important in the business world and it has been found that if a company is dedicated to taking
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got to the third point‚ how does it make me feel? Although it is not very enjoyable to spend free time doing homework‚ I would feel disappointed in myself for taking the cheap‚ ethically questionable way out. The second ethical theory that I applied to my situation is Deontology. This method of reasoning concerns the ethical duty or action one
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