Six Ethical Theories Ethical theories are groundwork and framework of moral evaluation. Ethical theories are the perspectives in achieving direction in decision making. Utilitarianism, Kantian, Social Contract, Divine Command, Natural Law, and Virtue Theories underscore the various ideas to come up with a truthful outcome focused on mutual objectives. These mutual objectives are the moral ideologies, which the six theories will attempt to accomplish to gain effectiveness. Utilitarianism Theory Ethical theories can provide various resolutions, but each resolution will differ depending on each accident and how ethical theories resolute their guidelines to be the correct resolution. A key 18th century founder and influential British philosopher of Jeremy Bentham who contributed the theory of utilitarianism, as it has that ability to provide penalties on various actions. The utilitarianism theory acts as a moral theory that provides choices to ensure less harm. Utilitarianism theory provides actions that require decisions, and through those decisions, outcomes will occur that provide an evaluation outcome for each action. Regardless of the decisions decided, the focus is the outcome, and the demand actions
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