Normative Theories Application Normative ethical theories can generally be divided into three types: teleological‚ deontological‚ and virtue ethics. The first two types are considered as action-based theories because they focus entirely upon the actions which a person performs. The last one focuses on training decision maker’s character. Teleological theories are characterized focus primarily on the consequences. In order to make the correct ethical decisions‚ decision-maker has to evaluate
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a cause for a ticket in the situation. When using rule utilitarianism an officer would have to take into consideration if all of society was allowed to speed excessively over the posted limit. If an individual decided to speed in a school zone then that would warrant a ticket in most cases. It is hard to keep everyone happy all the time. This can be a problem in using utilitarianism with decision making. Another issue is that utilitarianism disregards the action committed‚ rather than taking it
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PHIL310 – Ethics Essay #2 – Theme: Core Ethical Theories The two ‘core’ ethical theories covered in class that I started to assess are the categorical imperative and utilitarianism‚ both of which offer an approach to decision making in the context of social and interpersonal relationships. In this with in depth understanding of both that Kantian ethics is much easily appreciated than the ethics of utilitarianism as Kantian ethics apply to everyone yet both ethical approaches lead to faults.
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Introduction Using Deontological ethics this assignment will discuss personal experiences involving business ethical problems. I will draw from Kant’s categorical imperative to describe the situation‚ confrontation‚ and implications present throughout the problem. Not long ago‚ my wife and I both wanted to earn extra income. After brainstorming several business ideas‚ we decided on creating a small home-based business focusing on candy. At the time my wife worked for a fortune 500 company and
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Utilitarianism is an ethical theory coined by an English philosopher who lived during the late 1700’s name Jeremy Bentham. Bentham believed in the principle that human beings should be motivated by pain and pleasure; he said “Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters‚ pain and pleasure” this meant that every human being’s goal in life should be to pursue pleasure and avoid pain and that these should be defining factors of what is moral. Utilitarianism is strongly based
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a 350- to 700-word essay comparing the similarities and differences between virtue theory‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontological ethics. Include the following in your essay: o A description of the differences in how each theory addresses ethics and morality o A personal experience to explain the relationship between virtue‚ values‚ and moral concepts as they relate to one of the three theories Comparing and contrasting ethical theories helps one to understand ones guidance system
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TW – Exec Summary The following report examines how Tiger Woods’ functional and reputational core competencies have affected his professional life‚ specifically relating to his financial status as a marketing tool for golf companies. Prior to his 2009 scandal‚ Tiger Woods was ranked #1 in the world‚ one of the highest grossing athletes‚ and one of the leaders earning multiple lucrative endorsement deals. He made millions leverage his two major core competencies: functional (professional athleticism-based)
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Many issues in business ethics focus on the meaning and scope of the notion; duty of care. The recent claims of Contractarianism in the Academy of Management Review are analyzed critically and found wanting to a high degree. Kohlberg’s paradigm shares the inadequacy of contractarianism‚ Kohlberg (1978) is a universalist and therefore a recognizably ethical moral framework that shares with contractarianism the drawbacks of a problematic‚ a priority rationality in terms of its exclusively ethical judgments
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morality such as John Stuart Mill’s theory of Utilitarianism. In teleological approaches to morality‚ questions of right and wrong‚ or the notion what an individual ought to do‚ are determined by the consequences of a given action. One thinker to reject this idea of consequentialism was Immanuel Kant. In his Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals‚ Kant endeavors to establish a system of ethics that has no trace of the empirical nature of utilitarianism. To him‚ “the moral worth of an action does
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How Tiger Woods Affects the Game of Golf Like Muhammad Ali is to boxing and Michael Jordan is to basketball‚ Tiger Woods is considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time. Due to his incredible playing on the course‚ his young age‚ and the endorsement deals he signed with major advertising companies‚ Tiger Woods ’ fans place him on the "best of the best" list in professional sports. Society places an enormous amount of responsibilities on its champions or favorites. " Sure‚
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