Unintended consequences are situations where an action results in an outcome that is not what is intended. The unintended results may be foreseen or unforeseen‚ but they are almost always logical or likely results of the action. These consequences could be positive or negative‚ but it is often said that almost all human actions have at least one unintended consequence. In other words‚ each cause has more than one effect‚ including unforeseen effects. A real-world example of this is the Treaty of
Premium Sophocles World War II Treaty of Versailles
Betrayal to Avoid Consequences Has someone ever shown a lack of responsibility in an action and then committed betrayal to avoid consequences for their action? Ethical appeals have been used in stories since their existence and have often depicted betrayal and responsibility. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ the movie The Incredibles directed by Brad Bird‚ and director Doug Liman’s Mr. And Mrs. Smith‚ betrayal is depicted as the best choice of certain characters for their problems.
Premium Core issues in ethics Betrayal English-language films
Causes and Consequences of the Reformation There were several causes of the Reformation. Some of them were short-term causes and others were long-term causes. One of the long-term causes of the Reformation was that many people thought that the Church was not following the Bible. For example‚ many people were unhappy with the idea of indulgences. Indulgences were gifts that people gave to the Church so their sins would be forgiven. In 1517 Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of a church
Premium Protestant Reformation Catholic Church
action separately and the effects that arise from it. Act utilitarianism‚ the most common form used in many circumstances‚ looks at the consequences of each individual act and calculate utility each time the act is performed (Hinman‚ 24). Act utilitarianism works out the benefits before taking a morally right action. Rule utilitarianism looks at the consequences of everyone follow a particular rule and calculates the overall utility of accepting and rejecting
Premium Utilitarianism Business ethics Ethics
The Consequences of a Forgotten Invention There have been people who have influenced every person in the world yet a seldom few know their contributions let alone their names. Of these people was a man named Johannes Gutenberg; the man who invented the printing press. The printing press is one of those inventions that most people take for granted and do not realize their importance. Without the press we would still be handwriting every single copy of any book every written and so the question
Premium Printing press Protestant Reformation Martin Luther
The Case of the Unhealthy Hospital Anthony R. Kovner Harvard Business Review No. 91506 SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1991 HBR Anthony R. Kovner The Case of the Unhealthy Hospital Bruce Reid‚ Blake Memorial Hospital’s new CEO‚ rubbed his eyes and looked again at the 1992 budget worksheet. The more he played with the figures‚ the more pessimistic he became. Blake Memorial’s financial health was not good; it suffered from rising costs‚ static revenue‚ and declining quality of care. When the
Premium Hospital Clinic Health care
Consequences of teen pregnancy to mother‚ infant‚ and community 1 Consequences of teen pregnancy to the mother‚ infant‚ and to the community Terra Allen HCA 402 Professor Patricia Pierce Consequences of teen pregnancy to the mother‚ infant‚ and community 2 Teen pregnancy has negative effects on teens‚ and the infant including low birth rate‚ poor nutrition‚ and infant mortality. Valanis stated
Free Pregnancy Childbirth
cured and sicknesses healed. Though this may seem like science fiction‚ this future is getting closer and closer thanks to advances in genetics. Many people may envy this future‚ but its consequences may be horrendous. Editing the human genome should never become a reality due to many harmful and drastic consequences. Currently‚ technologies such as CRISPR are allowing for the editing of DNA with surprising accuracy and safety. A few monkeys in China had their genomes edited by CRISPR/Cas9 and were
Premium Human Genetics DNA
The authors wrote these pieces in order to demonstrate that people should walk away from unhealthy relationships. First of all‚ a relationship is unhealthy when a person is willing to die with them or when someone is willing to kill them in order be with them. For instance‚ Falkner shows Emily as a lonely person who’s always hidden away in her house‚ alienated by the newer generations of people in the town. Due to the high expectations that Emily had for her men she was unable to find a person to
Premium English-language films Death William Faulkner
decision has been made‚ the consequence is delivered. With that being‚ we have to live with these consequences. Your personal choice leads to your personal consequence. For example‚ Sebastian Junger‚ as the prominent politian puts it‚ “Combat isn’t where you might die - though that does happen – it’s where you find out whether you get to keep on living.” The consequence in that sentence provided is a situation between life and death. Also‚ another quote relevant to consequences by Ken Levine would
Premium Morality Ethics Philosophy of life