There are numerous philosophies regarding morality. Two of these ethical systems debated today are utilitarianism and deontology. These two traditions parallel the sayings “the ends justify the means” or “the means justify the ends”. Inspired by Jeremy Bentham’s philosophies‚ John Stuart Mill applied his ideals to his many pamphlets and short works regarding Utilitarianism. This philosophy considers that the best thing to do ethically for a society is to maximize its happiness‚ interests‚ preference
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Abstract Child abuse is still a significant problem in United States. There are 2.9 million child abuse reports to Child Protective Services in 2005 and 825‚000 indicated cases. Child abuse has profound impact on the child’s current and future development. The consequences include health and physical effects‚ intellectual and cognitive impact‚ and emotional‚ psychological and behavioral consequences. To improve parenting practice of first time parents is an important way to address this problem.
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#1- Describe how you think a sociologist would approach studying the topics of child abuse and divorce. Use your “sociological imagination” to construct your answer Sociologist’s theories understand child abuse and divorce as a societal phenomenon having‚ a largely cultural‚ social‚ and economic origin
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organs. Considering that organ donation is a current ethical issue‚ it can be discussed between Deontology and Utilitarianism. In Utilitarianism‚ people believe in using people for a means to an end‚ which brings about a greater good for the greater amount of people (Shafer-Landau‚ pg.122). Killing someone who is brain dead‚ can save multiple lives who actually could have a quality of life. However‚ Deontology disagrees with that logic and beliefs‚ they believe that one should act on moral duties and
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we tend to make are based on good intentions. For example‚ if you tried to help a person from drowning and the individual unfortunately dies‚ this shows the person tried to do a good act of helping the drowned person. This supports the ideas of deontology in society because the person did the right thing in trying to save the person without anything in return. The individual did this act based on his good will and character based on the circumstance. These types of actions are accepted because the
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[pic] [pic] [pic] [pic]Theories of Child Development and Learning [pic] Several theories of child development and learning have influenced discussions of school readiness. Three have had profound impact on kindergarten readiness practices. These three theories include the maturationist‚ environmentalist‚ and constructivist perspectives of development (Powell‚ 1991). Maturationist Theory The maturationist theory was advanced by the work of Arnold Gessell. Maturationists believe that development
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Theories of Development Lacey Thomas Arkansas Tech University Theories of development provide a framework for thinking about human growth‚ development‚ and learning. According to Santrock‚ theory means “an interrelated‚ coherent set of ideas that helps to explain phenomena and facilitate predictions.” (Santrock‚ 2013‚ p.21) Having an understanding of child development is important for implementing developmentally appropriate practices. As educators‚ understanding
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CHOOSING A THEORY I have chosen B.F. Skinner and John B. Watson’s behaviorism and social learning theory to be the theory that I identify with most. This theory is all about learned behavior. Whether it is from a child’s peers‚ teachers or parents‚ I believe all of our actions should reflect what we would like our children or the children in our care to strive for. Reinforcing a particular behavior can cause the act or motion within this behavior to be repeated. For example if a child climbs
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Child and Adolescents Development Theories The first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development was Jean Piaget in the 1920’s. “Piaget believed that human beings organize new information in two ways: through assimilation and through accommodation” (Rathus 241). He showed that children think in dramatically different ways than adults. There are three basic components to Piaget’s Cognitive Theory are schemas‚ the processes of adaption‚ and four stages of development. Piaget
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I think there are many circumstances were people justify a lie. The fictitious Santa Clause and Easter Bunny are those little white lies where it seems better as a parent to lie than having a small child become sad. I personally do not think it is the right thing to do. When my children asked me if Santa was real I gave them the correct answer. I personally think lying is wrong and that we should always tell the truth. On the flip side I think there may be times when it is ethically right to lie
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