people debating the merits and benefits (or lack thereof) of the pipeline such as money‚ jobs and increased traffic in areas along the pipeline. I will analyze the keystone pipeline under the ethical theories of Utilitarianism‚ Duty/Rights Ethics and Virtue Ethics. Merriam Webster defines utilitarianism as “a theory that the aim of action should be the largest possible balance of pleasure over pain or the greatest happiness of the greatest number”. Looking at the pipeline from this perspective‚ the
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The solution was finally found they found people who could be paid the cheapest wages‚ work long hours‚ and are fast learners‚ children. These children were working in factories and mines things such as that as young as the age of six years old. Child labor was the momentous component to the Britain Industrial Revolution succeeding. In the first place‚ there
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Child Labour Should Be Banned By fiona_jones Jan. 2007 790 Words 70 Views Page 1 of 3 For many of us it is hard to imagine what it would be like growing up‚ having to work from the age of five and not being able to go to school. ’Child Labour’ is defined by the United States Department of Labour (DOL) as ’the employment of boys and girls when they are too young to work for hire; or when they are employed at jobs unsuitable or unsafe for children of their ages’ It is not something we are too familiar
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For many of us it is hard to imagine what it would be like growing up‚ having to work from the age of five and not being able to go to school. ’Child Labour’ is defined by the United States Department of Labour (DOL) as ’the employment of boys and girls when they are too young to work for hire; or when they are employed at jobs unsuitable or unsafe for children of their ages’ It is not something we are too familiar with ourselves‚ living in a wealthy country‚ but the fact is that there are many Third
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Internet Internet has been perhaps the most outstanding innovation in the field of communication in the history of mankind. Ten years ago‚ the term internet was practically anonymous to most of people. Today internet has become the most ever powerful tool for man throughout the world. The internet is a collection of various services and resources. Internet has its advantages and disadvantages. But usually‚ the advantages of internet outweigh its disadvantages. Communication is one of the greatest
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1. In what ways did the historical context from which virtue ethics emerged shape its basic principles? Presocratics‚ regarded as the first philosophers‚ brought the term logos to philosophy (literal translation: ‘word’; also denotes ‘logic’‚ ‘argument’‚ ‘reason’. Aristotle’s concept of Virtue Ethics regards humans as rational animals‚ implying that ‘logos’ is purely a human trait. Known as Plato’s most gifted student‚ Aristotle disagreed with his teacher’s view that the “essence of reality
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Virtue Ethics Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who lived between 384 and 322 BCE. He was deeply interested in the idea of cause and purpose. On the Foundation Paper‚ you will have explored the ideas of the Four Causes and the Prime Mover. Both of these theories look at the idea of how things are caused and how they move towards their purpose. In ethics‚ any theory that looks at how we become better people over time‚ or that looks at how we move towards our purpose is called a teleological
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Virtue ethics is understood on how someone might choose a certain action for his or her own particular morals. It permits people to act in agreement with reason‚ and not considerably depending on their culture‚ or the law. The term virtues are defined as someone that has good habits‚ and are a morally good person. The term vices means when someone has bad habits‚ and is a morally bad person. Virtual ethics are standards found by reason‚ and are obtained by practicing in a certain community. Moral
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ETHICS OF CHILD AND YOUTH CARE PROFESSIONALS1 | |INTRODUCTION CHILD AND YOUTH CARE - THE PROFESSION North American Child and Youth Care has been developing as a profession. "Characteristic of professions are; a systematic body of theory‚ professional authority‚ sanction of the community‚ a regulative code of ethics and a professional culture" (Greenwood‚ 1957). North American Child and Youth Care has progressed in these areas. Ethics is the focus of this presentation. The International Child
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Virtue ethics is an ethical theory where one evaluates if an action is morally right or wrong if it is in accord with the virtues or being excellent. If one is not already a virtuous person‚ they should discover what a virtuous person would do in his or her circumstances and fulfill that action. Aristotle argues that happiness is the highest good since we pursue it for its own sake‚ other things for the sake of it‚ and we do not pursue it for the sake of something else. He goes on to state that a
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