Ryan Hubelbank hubelbank.r@husky.neu.edu Dr. Sheila Winbourne Science Fiction/Film: Ethics CRN: 17583 3 October 2016 The Danger of Drastic Change: How Well-Intentioned Change Can Go Awry When people see problems‚ it is natural to want to fix them. Sometimes solutions to these problems may be somewhat drastic. While these solutions are not inherently bad simply because of this‚ massive change often has a fair amount of danger and should be handled carefully. Snowpiercer contains examples of efforts
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not respect the civil liberties‚ rights‚ or dignity of their fellow humans‚ the Jews. In this they desecrated the will of moral right. Utilitarianism Utilitarianism or the greatest happiness principle‚ is mainly characterized by happiness and consequentialism. The measure of good and evil is balanced between individual ’s happiness and the happiness of the community. (Sommers & Sommers‚ 2013) If you treat others how you wish to be treated‚ you are acting in the greater good for the most amounts of
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Save the Poor or Be Free to Create Your Own Choices Thank you for understanding the importance of incorporating an ethical perspective into this serious situation. With my expertise‚ I believe that the government should employ a utilitarian approach‚ which maximizes the greatest prosperity to the greatest number of the population‚ by requiring Lester Lumber Company to distribute the remaining lumber amongst the poor at a discounted price. The alternative option is libertarianism‚ which is the idea
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option. Hate speech comes from a lack of intelligence or when it regards race‚ arrogance. In certain cases‚ when dealing with it‚ some people do not react because of their mood at that time or the context and who the person is. By using rule consequentialism‚ our society as a whole would improve if the government would make hate speech illegal. All types of hate speech would
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considered as a fast and efficient method to end the catastrophe and avoid even more loss and casualty to the human being as a whole. From this aspect‚ it is deontologically righteous. However‚ it is difficult to decide it from the aspect of consequentialism and virtue ethics because we need a long period to judge the consequence or reflect on ethics. It is controversial both at that time and in the future. It accelerates the ending of the great calamity with the expense of destructive environmental
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AIMST UNIVERSITY BUSINESS ETHICS Chapter 1 (Individual) NAME: LIM EU JIN (1000121) INTAKE: BATCH 8 SEMESTER: YEAR 2 SEMESTER 1 PROGRAMME: BSc. BUSINESS & MARKETING LECTURER: MR. R. RAVINDRAN BUSINESS ETHICS(CHAPTER 1) Short Answer Questions TELEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS 1. Compare and contrast the Ethical Egoism and Utilitarianism frameworks. Ethical Egoism‚ from the viewpoint of a business entity‚ maintains that companies should act strictly in line with their
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1. Thesis “By contrast‚ Hourdequin argues that the virtue of integrity requires us to bring our political and individual lives into alignment. On her view‚ if you think that carbon emissions ought to be limited‚ then you ought to limit your own carbon emissions‚ even if this means sacrificing some things that you’d otherwise enjoy.” (458‚ Hourdequin) 2. Support for Thesis “…I want to consider whether there might be any reason to reduce one’s personal emissions even if [Sinnott-Armstrong is] right
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Final Proposal 12/20/2014 PHI/105 Laura Templeman Topic: Abortion: Ethical decisions for the modern family. Is it ethical to apply one situation to all? Is it not acceptable to allow a case by case basis? “She gets some static walking ’ through the door. They call her a killer‚ and they call her a sinner‚ and they call her a whore. God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes Cause then you really might know what it ’s like to have to choose. Then you really might know
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formed‚ by attempting to answer the questions on moral philosophy. The basic questions‚ “Why be ethical”‚ and “what does being ethical mean” is still debated. The second question‚ has led to the development of ethical theories. The theories of consequentialism focus on the result
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Ethical contrasts with unethical‚ which goes against the codes of ethics. There are several ethical theories in Western philosophy. Many of them look at the fruits of one’s action – categorized under Consequentialism‚ while other theories uphold one’s right and duty‚ which is Deontology. Consequentialism pertains to cost and benefits. It deals with the results and consequences of performing or not performing an action. For example: If war brings more good (money‚ oil‚ labor) than bad (casualties) then
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