1. Why are Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle usually considered to be the founders of Western philosophical ethics? * Because it was their determination to base ethics on reason‚ rather than on superstition or authority‚ laid the foundation upon which virtually all philosophers who followed would base their ideas and theories about morality. 2. Why do many people consider Socrates to be a martyr for truth and integrity? * Socrates is considered by many to be a martyr for truth and integrity
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Virtue is a broad term used in ethics‚ it identifies with the moral character of a person where some other ethic theories focus on duties and roles or the consequences of an action. Virtue ethics has been broken down into three main theories: eudaimonism‚ agent-based theories‚ and the ethics of care. Eudaimonism is based on human flourishing or a person achieving their purpose well. An agent-based theory are based on what other people think are admirable traits in people that are thought to be common-sense
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define the cultural issue within the global organization as well as provide an analysis of the ethical and social responsibility issues that the organization must deal with as a result of being a global organization. The analysis will identify ethical perspectives in the global organization and it will compare these ethical perspectives across cultures involved in the global organization. Ethical Perspectives Paper Due to many strict regulations placed on corporations by the United States‚ a lot
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Zehra Dada Philosophy essay-Is consequentialism a defensible theory of ethics? Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with morals and the difference between right and wrong‚ good and bad‚ vice and virtue. Consequentialism is a complex theory of ethics which states that the consequences of an action are the only criteria which determine its moral correctness. Utilitarianism is an extension of consequentialism in that it says that the moral worth of an action is determined solely by its usefulness
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‘The Moral Landscape’ – Sam Harris‚ published in 2010 Albanian’s have a tradition where if a man commits a murder the victim’s family can kill any one of his male relatives in reprisal. If a boy is born into a family where his brother/son was a murderer he has to go into hiding; leaving proper education & adequate health care. Can we argue that Albanians are ‘morally wrong to have structured their society in this way?’ and ‘are their values are inferior to our own?’ Can we argue whether or not
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Ethical Perspectives Jasmine Coney ETH/316 February 3‚ 2014 Steve Rosales This Ethics Game simulation contained two ethical dilemmas. Like the other simulation that was completed in week 3‚ the simulations is from the perspective of someone in a manager ’s position. In the simulation‚ you must make decisions that could have an effect on the people directly involved with the situation or people with the business. The first dilemma was named the Mysterious Roses and the second dilemma was called
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Ethical Perspective Paper The Ethics Awareness Inventory refers to a series of broad characterizations representing four prominent categories of ethical philosophy. The key word for each category (Character‚ Obligation‚ Results‚ and Equity) represents a primary core value that forms a basis for ethical decision making within this ethical perspective (The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management‚ 2003). After completing the inventory my ethical perspective is most likely to be based on obligation
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Deontology Karen Ward PHI208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning (GSP1408A) Professor Daniel Wagner 03/10/2014 Deontology When people think about ethics‚ most think in the way of deontology. People who think this way believe in right and wrong‚ or good and right. Deontologists live by “rules” or “constraints”‚ these are set by themselves based on the way society views things‚ for instance; lying‚ or cheating. Deontologists view lying and cheating are wrong‚ unless they thought it was their
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consequentialist approach to distributive justice Consequentialism states that an action may only be right if its consequences have good results or are better than that of a different action which includes not doing anything. Therefore one can conclude that consequentialism is that the validation of actions is to be found in consequences. The consequentialist approach has both positive and negative sides to it. Some of the arguments for consequentialism are: * Many may see actions as being a temporary
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Isaiah Fasoldt Confucinism’s Similarities With Virtue Ethics Confucianism‚ the ancient social philosophy of China‚ would have had no ethical parallel in the West as little as 30 years ago. There are some small similarities that it holds with utilitarian ethics and deontology. There is very little in ethical egoism or relativism that lines up with Confucianism. I believe that virtue ethics‚ however‚ as laid out in Alasdair MacIntyre’s book After Virtue bears a striking resemblance to Confucianism
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