Part A (a): Ethical dilemma Kate is faced with the dilemma is weather to report about the contaminated milk to the Queensland Food Safety Authority (FSA). Ethical egoism Under ethical egoism‚ Kate should report the issue to the food safety Authority. Because under the ethical egoism it is maximising the self-interest which she doesn’t want to see customers get ill and furthermore the business get bad publicity. Also being rewarded as a most honest person in the restaurant she doesn’t want to be
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There are a few reasons as to why I do not think an ethical egoist would agree with Socrates decision to stay and be executed. For example‚ egoists don’t care about the good cause‚ Gods cause‚ the cause of mankind‚ the cause of truth‚ of freedom‚ of humanity‚ and of justice‚ which will all Socrates does care about. Egoist believes that the only concern is themselves and that there is no meaning to good or bad. Socrates viewpoint about remaining in jail and being executed is all based on the idea
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falsifying their income and that would have to be an Ethical Egoist. They come from the theory of ethical egoism‚ which is a type of person that acts in their own self-interest. They believe that everyone should limit their own judgments to their own ethical egos. They determine how things should be done while only trying to progress their side or self-interest. These types of people do not care if they hurt anyone if they are making profit. In ethical egoism one is morally required to make them as happy
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exemplifies why we have a moral obligation to donate money to help the Pakistani villagers affected by recent floods. Though the argument put forth by Ethical Egoists in favor of donating money to the Pakistanis is convincing‚ it lacks the quantitative validation that Utilitarianism provides. The Perspective of an Ethical Egoist Ethical Egoism is a consequentialist moral theory that says each person ought to pursue his or her own self-interest exclusively (EMP 69). A person’s only moral duty
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Characterization of Howard Roark in The Fountainhead Egoism is the ethical philosophy that focuses on self-interest as the base of morality. In the novel The Fountainhead‚ the character of Roark displays great honesty towards himself and the people who he encounters in his life. Roark is also a man who has a strong desire toward his work as an architect and accomplishing whatever he can to achieve personal success. This character is extremely independent and sees his opinion as the only one worth
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I have always been one to side with a utilitarian’s point of view‚ such as Mill and Bentham. The greatest happiness of the greatest number‚ or as cold as it may be‚ sacrificing the few for the good of the many. Utilitarian moral theories evaluate the moral worth of action on the basis of happiness that is produced by an action. Whatever produces the most happiness in the most people is the moral course of action. I will give the best arguments against Utilitarianism‚ and show in my own opinion‚ why
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Aumio Golam October 31‚ 2013 Philosophy 1700 Midterm Exams I. Introduction (Pick 1 out of 3) 1. Explain the difference between Value Theory‚ Normative Ethics‚ and Metaethics. Give an example of a claim from each area‚ and explain why each claim falls into the category it does. Value Theory is a reflection of the word; we analyze what human’s value and why we find it valuable. For instance‚ Schafer Landau states on page 2‚ many philosophers try to figure out whether happiness is the main
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without regard for others as well‚ including you. A society in which its leaders are creating laws and making decisions that are for personal benefit‚ as opposed to the benefit of those living under their leadership is concerning. The paradox of ethical egoism‚ that if you only focus on yourself‚ it will eventually be self-destroying because others may regard you as selfish and will not like you or want you around leads me to believe that I may risk hurting myself in a world where my interest is my
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articulate an argument against westernizing ideas in general. He thus attacked a peculiar Russian blend of French utopian socialism and Benthamite utilitarianism‚ which had led to what revolutionaries‚ such as Nikolai Chernyshevsky‚ called "rational egoism". The radicals refused‚ however‚ to recognize themselves in the novel’s pages (Dimitri Pisarev ridiculed the notion that Raskolnikov’s ideas could be identified with those of the radicals of his time)‚ since Dostoyevsky pursued nihilistic ideas
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The vehicle that drove Ayn Rands method objectivism in the book “The Anthem” are individualism‚ egoism‚ and independence. The opposite of collectivism is individualism‚ the way Ayn Rand looked at it “individualism” she wrote “regards man-every man as an independent‚ sovereign entity who possess an inalienable right to his own life‚ a right derived from his nature as a rational being”. Individualism doesn’t mean that someone can do whatever they want. It means that every man has the same rights
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