Kant’s Moral Theory Immanuel Kant is a German deontologist in the eighteenth century. He believed that the only test of whether a decision is right or wrong is whether it could be applied to everyone. Would it be all right for everyone to do what you are doing? If not‚ your decision is wrong. Kant sees that people ought not to be used‚ but ought to be regarded as having the highest intrinsic value. From here‚ I see that Kant believes that the intrinsic value of an act determines what is morally
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application. Although she was applauded for her moral stance from some there were some that were not very happy about the decision. b. A Canadian company that was importing cigars from Cuba. Elaine based this decision on what is known as “Rule Deontologists” this is determined by the relationship between the basic rights of the individual and a set of rules governing conduct. Elaine based her decision of the Helms-Burton Act of 1996. (Helms-Burton Act) signed by United States President Bill Clinton
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“Office Gossip. Do you act on rumor or respect privacy?” It was easy for me to make a choice in between the two cases. Gossip is much more palpitating for me‚ especially gossip about somebody’s private life. It is maybe due to my female nature or maybe due to different attitude towards this matter in my ex Soviet Union culture. After reading the case I felt myself completely in the same shoes with a manager. I respect his hesitation and the “softness” of his leadership style. I know I would
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The Doctrine of Double Effect states that it is a morally relevant difference between those bad consequences we aim and intend to bring about‚ and those that we do not intend but still foresee as a likely outcome of our actions. Under certain circumstances‚ it is morally acceptable to risk certain outcomes that would not be acceptable to intend. Though it is always wrong to kill innocents deliberately‚ this doctrine says‚ it is sometimes permissible to allow certain actions to occur understanding
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believed that to suppress wrong ideas‚ as well as the truth‚ prevented the growth of people when they realize it was a falsehood. 4. Your opinion: Will Congress or the FCC have to impose “net neutrality” on the Internet to preserve a robust marketplace of ideas? I believe that eventually some form of net neutrality will have to be put in place to prevent censorship or any restrictions of content based on person-to-person or amount of money being paid for service. 5. Why is Meiklejohn called an "absolutist
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Introduction According to the article‚ Rhino poaching is in no way shown as moral. The ethical issues I see are that people are ignoring the fact that this horrible act is occurring and many people who do know about it won’t do anything about it‚ but are able to waste time watching pointless videos. The You Tube interventions took a moral approach to help with the petition. Although some were offended‚ the majority signed the petition and became more aware of the world around them. Utilitarianism
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ASSIGNMENT #1 ETHICS CASE TOYOTA RECALL Reports of Runaway Cars By: For: |BACKGROUND |Toyota Motor Co.‚ Ltd. was established in 1937 with Canadian operations started in November 1988. | | |Worldwide statistics as of March 31‚ 2011:
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theory Mark Felt Emmanuel Kant Aristotle Decision-making process A utilitarian would approach an ethical dilemma by identifying the alternative actions and their harms and/or benefits for all stakeholders. Deontologists base their decisions about what’s right on broad‚ abstract universal ethical principles or values such as honesty‚ promise keeping‚ fairness‚ loyalty‚ rights‚ justice‚ compassion‚ and respect for persons and property. A virtue ethics perspective
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Ethics Essay Chiquita Freeman ETH/316 February 07‚ 2013 Kristie Searcy Ethics essay In comparing the similarities between virtue theory‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontological ethics I found that they are all inclined to reach the best ethical decision possible. All of these theories decide the good and bad traits of each individual. Even though the outcome and expectations of each theory is different‚ their main purpose is to do the right thing. To understand the difference of
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Benard Mayo states virtue is Platonic ethics and that duty is Kantian ethics. He contrast rule-governed ethics with virtue ethics through Plato and Aristotle and Kant. Virtues make humans be better people and help people live a good happy life. Aristotle’s moral theory is focused on what good it’s to be and not what is right to do. Meaning what kind of traits are present in a human. For example Mayo uses courage. We say the man was courageous‚ but it isn’t the act that was courageous it was simply
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