According to Conway and Gawronski‚ deontology is more focused on the action itself‚ rather than the consequence as in utilitarianism (Conway & Gawronski‚ 2013‚ p. 216). Deontology originated from Immanual Kant‚ who believed that outcomes are determined by the morality of the action committed. Law enforcement officers take the oath of ethics to follow the good order and discipline of the law‚ which is how deontology fits as a decision-making process. Whether officers want to
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looking at ethical frameworks there are two that stand out‚ consequentialism and just consequentialism. These two frameworks focus on policies and values‚ such as duty‚ justice‚ and the pursuit of the greatest happiness for the majority‚ that people already understand and focus on when making decisions. This intrinsic core makes them easy to understand and a valuable part of our ethical decision making. Consequentialism and just consequentialism use a similar utilitarian approach to their ethical decision
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UTILITARIANISM AND DEONTOLOGY Action we take must have consequences whether good or bad. Utilitarianism is a theory that focuses on consequences that will bring about the best possible outcome of any situation‚ in terms of individuality or people‚ this means some sort of pleasure and happiness must be the result. On the other hand‚ deontology focus on the doing the right thing‚ were your intentions will be understood based on the right thing where everyone in your position would do the same‚ more
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Law and Ethics essay For the purpose of this assignment I will look at the legal and ethical aspects involved in the following scenario and this will be discussed. I will take into consideration both the deontological and consequentialism theory. Laws relevant to this scenario will be looked at. Scenario To maintain confidentiality the name of the patient has been changed. The patient D is 60 years old male who had kidney cancer he had been admitted to the hospital for further treatment. On
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It is wrong to drive one’s vehicle on the left side of a road in a country where people normally drive on the right. Consequentialist theory works better to argue the above statement. Consequentialist theories are the ethical theories view that the action is right if and only if its consequence is the best possible. The well-known example would be Utilitarianism- “Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.’’ (Demosthenes). In the United States of America‚ people drive
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PHIL 432 Anscombe on consequentialism Anscombe is against the notion of consequentialism (refers to classical utilitarianism). Consequentialism is the view that there’s no moral difference between the results of an action‚ which was brought intentionally and actions that was foreseen but not intended. In this essay I will establish Anscombe’s notion of post Sedgwickian consequentialism and why she refers to the Ethicist philosophers such as Moore and Ross as consequentialists. For Anscombe‚
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to lie is self-defeating and goes straight away from the categorical imperative. The categorical imperative is a moral law that all should follow without exception. This lead into the key idea of deontology‚ which is that human beings are the control source of moral value. The value theory of deontology is people because
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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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Consequentialism is such a theory in which “An action is permissible if an only if it has the best consequences.” Consequentialism states a connection between permissibility and value: producing the best consequences is what makes an action permissible. So‚ according to consequentialism‚ rightness depends on goodness. Suppose there is a situation in which one could perform only one of three alternatives action: X‚ Y‚ and Z. If performing either X or Y results will be equally good but that performing
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Consequentialism By Jeremy Ciolli University of the People For this paper I choose the topic of consequentialism. Consequentialism is the subject of this study that I felt I most related to and was true for me. In this paper I will explain what it is‚ why I relate to it‚ and why I feel it is incomplete. Consequentialism is the subject in morality of weighing the consequences of your actions by the outcomes it will effect. You tally up the consequences and if they are more right or
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