Consequentialists are a group of philosophers who asses whether an act is right or wrong based on the consequences of the action. There are different types of consequentialism including: ethical egoism‚ act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism. These three branches of consequentialism will be discussed later in this paper. A supererogatory act is something that is good but is not obligatory; these acts involve rendering aid to others that go above moral requirement. Consequentialists claim that
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On Caring The metaphor of caring is the cautiously attentiveness carefulness of mindfulness of supervising of strangers. The metaphor of caring if the trust‚ professional‚ mutual respect‚ caring‚ partnership the giving of self to others to regain their trust for us to do our duty as a registered nurse to provide for our own survival while hoping to get a flow of a great amount of people at risk of their survival for us not to be sent home for not being busy with‚ dying‚ sick‚ patients is to truly
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Bevis refers to caring as a life force‚ one of life’s essential ingredients and possibly the most essential. She refers to caring as an art that requires theory‚ philosophy‚ and practice. In the article she defines caring as a feeling of dedication to another constructively and positively by increasing intimacy and mutual self-actualization‚ and that the purpose of caring is to facilitate that self-actualization. "Caring helps prevent disease and promote health." Bevis states "It is the rare person
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Utilitarianism and Aristotelian Ethics John Stuart Mill and Aristotle are two of the most notable philosophers in history to date. Between Mill’s Utilitarianism and Aristotle’s virtue ethics you can see a large portion our cultures ethics today. Their philosophies are apparent in contemporary everyday life. Aristotle has written several pieces on virtue and friendship. The two most notable works being the Magna Moralia and the Eudemian Ethics. However‚ his Nicomachean Ethics were by far the
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Most ethical theories are concerned with what is right or good‚ and they often attempt to find this by applying a rule or several rules that seem to fit with outcomes that we most commonly find are “good”. An ethical based individual moral objective would be to seek the action that has the most affectionate consequence‚ a utilitarianism person would argue for the greatest amount of happiness‚ a Kantianism’s rule would be to follow the categorical imperative‚ and maybe Natural law‚ we do what is in
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Antoine James September 29‚ 2010 Justice & Legal Theory Utilitarianism: Pros and Cons Random House Dictionary defines utilitarianism as “the ethical doctrine that virtue is based on utility‚ and that conduct should be directed toward promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number of persons. The father of utilitarianism‚ Jeremy Bentham believed that all human beings are motivated by minimizing pain and maximizing pleasure; therefore morality and justice should be determined on those
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destroys the place and spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Far be it from thee to do such a thing‚ to slay the righteous with the wicked‚ so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the judge of all the earth do right?” (39) Then Abraham goes on to say “Behold‚ I have taken upon myself to speak to the lord‚ I who am but dust and ashes. Suppose five out of fifty righteous are lacking. Wilt thou destroy the whole city for lack of five?” (39) Then God listens to Abraham
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It takes into account a kind of cost-benefit analysis that incorporates the immense amount of people in society and tries to maximize the Greatest Happiness Principle. This principle “holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness” (Mill‚ pg.7). This shows utilitarian’s hope to create an excelling society by including the satisfaction for the largest amount of people with
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Test Question The two major theories we encounter in ethics are utilitarianism and deontological ethics. These two forms of ethics differ greatly. Utilitarianism is the ideal moral principle. This form of ethics believes that a certain action or choice is based upon one’s feelings. If an individual’s experiences happiness from something that have done in their life it is associated with being something good. In general utilitarianism exhibits many strengths which includes serving of the greater good
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Egoism and utilitarianism are consequential theories that refer to that the outcomes are the most importance. However‚ there is a big difference‚ egoism pursued my benefits and utilitarianism aims to the greatest mount of people’s benefit and their happiness. Kant’s ethics‚ virtue theory and ethic of care are non-consequential theories. Kant’s ethics focuses on the right action rather than its consequences. The action may be occurred by justice and rights by the theory. On virtue theory
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