Running head: Normative Ethics: Utilitarianism and Deontology Normative Ethics: Utilitarianism Deontology Ethics are a personal set of values used by an individual to guide their actions‚ and to recognize any obligation. They are a continuously evolving code of conduct dependent upon circumstances and the life experiences of the individual. With actions that can be measured by “right” and “wrong”. Ethics are not primarily concerned with the description of moral systems in societies but
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Unlike most countries America was founded on an idea of freedom. This came from the founding fathers many moral principles that they believed in. Moral principles are the principles of right and wrong that an individual or a social group accepts. (Merriam Webster) Nor one or two people may agree on certain principles‚ but everyone has them. Some principles the founding fathers of America had were: • To create an equal and fair government (The 5000 Year Leap) • A free people cannot survive
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UTILITARIAN AND KANTIAN APPROACHES TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GROUPS AND OUTSIDERS All of the social and political theories discussed in the previous sections agree that good leadership must be in the interests of followers. Where they disagree is on how much inequality between leaders and followers can be justified in pursuit of the common interest. Thus far we have equated the common interest with the interests of leaders and followers alone.[11] We turn now to a second main question about inequality
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Isaiah Fasoldt Confucinism’s Similarities With Virtue Ethics Confucianism‚ the ancient social philosophy of China‚ would have had no ethical parallel in the West as little as 30 years ago. There are some small similarities that it holds with utilitarian ethics and deontology. There is very little in ethical egoism or relativism that lines up with Confucianism. I believe that virtue ethics‚ however‚ as laid out in Alasdair MacIntyre’s book After Virtue bears a striking resemblance to Confucianism
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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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Kant ’s Ethics Of Pure Duty In Comparison To John Stuart Mill ’s Utilitarian Ethics Of Justice Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill are philosophers who addressed the issues of morality in terms of how moral traditions are formed. Immanuel Kant has presented one viewpoint in The Grounding For The Metaphysics of Morals that is founded on his belief that the worth of man is inherent in his ability to reason. John Stuart Mill holds another opinion as presented in the book‚ Utilitarianism that is
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Strengths and Weaknesses Of Virtue Ethics The virtue ethicist suggests that this theory avoids the complicated tasks of using a formula to figure out what we should do‚ by instead focusing on the kinds of persons we sould be. The problem lies in determining how we know what kinds of persons we should be. How are we to determine just what the virtues are? If we don’t know what the virtues are‚ then telling people to live virtuously would be ignorant. The virtues are whatever character
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May 2‚ 2013 1/ What is ethics? What are some common ethical types? Why do business people need it? Can ethics be taught to people? Ethics is a study of morality‚ stems from the ancient Greek “ethos” meaning custom or habit. It is a study of theories concerning what is good and evil in human conduct. There is no particular set of laws defining what is ethical and what is not‚ because there is no right or wrong answer. The second sense of ethics speak of “codes of ethics”‚ which are a set of rules
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Understanding of Professional Ethics Professional ethics concerns the moral issues that arise because of the specialist knowledge that professionals attain‚ and how the use of this knowledge should be governed when providing a service to the public. Conducting oneself in an ethical manner is an essential part of being a professional. The concept of Professional Ethics is partly comprised of what a professional should or should not do in the work place. It also encompasses a much greater part of
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In “A Simplified Account of Kantian Ethics”‚ author Onora O’Neill makes the claim that Kantianism and Utilitarianism have 2 distinct views on human life and the way it’s value should guide an individual’s morals. She firstly focuses on explaining the Utilitarian perspective on individual purpose and life value‚ rather dramatically calling it a task “not for the faint-hearted” (O’Neill‚ 4). Fundamentally‚ utilitarianism upholds a standard of maximizing utility‚ meaning that no one individual’s happiness
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