Consequentialism is an approach to ethics that argues about the morality of an action is depending on the action’s outcome or consequence. Therefore‚ a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome or result‚ and the consequences of an action or rule generally outweigh all other considerations. The term "consequentialism" was coined by Elizabeth Anscombe in her 1958 essay "Modern Moral Philosophy"‚ as a pejorative description of what she saw as the central error of certain moral theories
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Organismal Biology Study Guide for Test # 4 (4 MAY 2005 – Wed) Chapter 34 – Section F – Primates and the Evolution of Homo sapiens Opposable thumb – in primates; but fully opposable only in anthropoid primates Prosimians – example – lemurs Anthropoidea (anthropoids) – includes moneys‚ apes‚ humans Brachiating – swinging through the trees by the arms Overlapping fields of vision (3-D) – advantage for brachiating Old World vs New World monkeys – differences and similarities Know 4 genera
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with the desire to benefit another without expectation of obtaining external or internal reward. According to the theory of universal egoism‚ people are fundamentally selfish and altruism is an impossibility‚ (Dovidio 1995‚ as cited in Gross 2001.) However certain kinds of casual helping (McGuire‚ 1994) or low-cost altruism (Brown‚ 1986) seem to be fairly common‚ such as giving a stranger directions or telling them the time. Pro-social behaviour can be defined as behaviour that has positive social
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Part 1 Marshall Sahlins is one of the most prominent American anthropologists of our time. He holds the title of Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago where he presently teaches. Marshall Sahlins’‚ The Use and Abuse of Biology‚ is an excellent text‚ which attacks both the logical errors of sociobiology and its ideological distortions. His work focuses on demonstrating the power that culture has to shape people’s perceptions and actions
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U Fehr‚ E.‚ & Gächter‚ S. (2000). Cooperation and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments. The American Economic Review‚ 90‚ 980-994. Fehr‚ E.‚ & Gächter‚ S Fehr‚ E.‚ & Rockenbach‚ B. (2003). Detrimental effects of sanctions on human altruism. Nature‚ 422‚ 137-140. Fehr‚ E.‚ & K Feldman‚ M.‚ Papadimitriou‚ C.‚ Chuang‚ J.‚ & Stoica‚ I. (2006). Free-Riding and Whitewashing in Peer to-Peer Systems. Journal on Selected Areas in Communications‚ 24‚ 1010-1019. Fryer‚ R.G. (2011). Teacher
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drink himself to death. He runs into Sera‚ a prostitute‚ who decides to be his guardian angel. The profoundness of this movie is reflected in the fact that Sera makes this choice in an active manner‚ in what could be described as a sign of geniune altruism. When Ben‚ in his drunken stupor‚ rejects the gift that he has just received‚ there is a symbolic incident of Sera punishing herself for her choices‚ by going into a hotel room alone with three customers. While their relationship comes off as being
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Friedmans10Flatteners TRANSCRIPT Slide 1 Transcript: Friedman’s 10 Flatteners 54 seconds This is a presentation about Tom Friedman’s book‚ called The World is Flat. Tom Friedman is a New York Times reporter and columnist who has won three Pulitzer Prizes and has had four or five bestselling books out. He gets some criticism for this book because some people think he’s a cheerleader for Globalization‚ and those people who are against Globalization don’t particularly like that. I think‚ in all
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studied in economics‚ psychology and neuropsychology. These reasons may include basic needs such as food or a desired object‚ hobbies‚ goal‚ state of being‚ or ideal. The motivation for a behavior may also be attributed to less-apparent reasons such as altruism or morality. Motivation refers to the initiation‚ direction‚ intensity and persistence of human behavior. Two main components of motivation are the ’direction’ of the behavior and its ’intensity’ . A positive direction refers to the act of
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2nd Special Focus Symposium on ICESKS: Information‚ Communication and Economic Sciences in the Knowledge Society Zadar‚ November 13th to 14th‚ 2008 HRM practices in managing knowledge workers Ing. Martin Šikýř‚ Department of Personnel Management‚ Faculty of Business Administration‚ University of Economics‚ Prague‚ Winston Churchill Sg. 4‚ 130 67 Prague 3‚ Czech Republic‚sikyrm@vse.cz Prof.dr.sc. Damir Boras‚ Faculty of Philosophy‚ University of Zagreb‚ Croatia Ljubica Bakić-Tomić‚ Ph.D
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my liking‚ or I will come and take your own‚ or that of Ajax or of Ulysses; This example is emphasized that Agamemnon is clearly a selfish and self serving leader. He doesn’t want to lose Chryseis while Achilles has Briseis. He doesn’t portray his altruism as a leader. Agamemnon also demonstrates a dictator and authoritative figure which he believes he can do whatever he wants despite how his warriors feel. He doesn’t think of the consequence of his action. He should try his best to keep Achilles
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