Ethics Essay
Ethics and Social Responsibility- Week One ETH/316 May 8, 2013 Professor Shaun Herness
Virtue theory, deontological, and utilitarianism are the three major approaches in normative ethics. There are several similarities and differences as each theory apply its ethics and moral. Values, virtues, and moral concepts also share a correlate with each other. The virtue theory relates to ethics as it defines one 's individual character. The virtue theory 's primary focus is one’s characteristics as an alternative of looking at a person 's actions. One develops many traits throughout life illustrating the reflection of one 's morals. For example, if someone is generally a well behaved person and he or does something out of character, others who know him or her may feel as though that person did not intentionally commit the act based that he or she usually does not make such a decision that will result in certain consequences. The disadvantage of this theory is that it does not allow good people to make mistakes. The virtue theory of ethics is unlike utilitarianism and deontological theories because they focus on one 's needs and tendency that are applied to morals. The utilitarianism theory of ethics ' focal point weighs options for actions and choices made, depending on the course of action best consequential for the person. This theory suggests that an action is morally acceptable when it capitalizes on the decision to do more good than bad. This approach gives slight consideration to morals and ethics because such actions are taken for the most usefulness regardless of the outcome. The deontological ethics theory is similar and relates to morality. It takes into consideration the issue of the good and bad of an action instead of the
Virtue theory, deontological, and utilitarianism are the three major approaches in normative ethics. There are several similarities and differences as each theory apply its ethics and moral. Values, virtues, and moral concepts also share a correlate with each other. The virtue theory relates to ethics as it defines one 's individual character. The virtue theory 's primary focus is one’s characteristics as an alternative of looking at a person 's actions. One develops many traits throughout life illustrating the reflection of one 's morals. For example, if someone is generally a well behaved person and he or does something out of character, others who know him or her may feel as though that person did not intentionally commit the act based that he or she usually does not make such a decision that will result in certain consequences. The disadvantage of this theory is that it does not allow good people to make mistakes. The virtue theory of ethics is unlike utilitarianism and deontological theories because they focus on one 's needs and tendency that are applied to morals. The utilitarianism theory of ethics ' focal point weighs options for actions and choices made, depending on the course of action best consequential for the person. This theory suggests that an action is morally acceptable when it capitalizes on the decision to do more good than bad. This approach gives slight consideration to morals and ethics because such actions are taken for the most usefulness regardless of the outcome. The deontological ethics theory is similar and relates to morality. It takes into consideration the issue of the good and bad of an action instead of the
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