Executive Summary Table of Contents Introduction Freedom of speech means that a person or a body have a right to express them without any fear of suppression or penalty. It also means that there will not be any imposition of person’s speech. In today’s context‚ “Speech” is not limited to public speaking and it does include other forms of expression including social media. Australia does not have any explicit constitutional rights related to freedom of speech. However‚ parliamentarians are protected
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CONSEQUENTIALISM Consequentialist morality is built on or concerned with consequences of an action (Thiroux J & Krasemann K 2012). This theory believes that an act is not necessarily considered to be ethically right or wrong‚ but rather is judged to be morally applicable because of the consequences its position creates (Lecture Week 2). So‚ from a consequentialist viewpoint‚ a morally right action is one that creates the best overall result. For example‚ a consequentialist may claim that lying
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monetary aid to those plagued by the Pakistan floods. The facts that an Ethical Egoist would consider to be important are the consequences to him or herself because Ethical Egoism is a consequentialist moral theory that revolves around the self. Consequentialism contends that the right thing to do is determined by the consequences brought about from it (Class Notes‚ 10/05/2010). In this case‚ the morally relevant facts that the Ethical Egoist
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Is it Morally Right to do a Little Evil for a Greater Good? “It is the greatest good of the greatest number of people that is the measure of right and wrong.” -Jeremy Bentham Morality as a concept is analytically defined as “conformity to human discourse and conduct.” It incorporates something which I believe is based on an evolutionary construct. Morality has been an essential tool by which the survival of humanity is made more achievable. It has been well-documented that people in the
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The ‘Parable of the Sadhu’ discussed how a group hiking up the Himalayan Mountains encountered an ethical dilemma and how their decisions are similar to corporate ethics. This article presents a complex situation in which immediate action was necessary. In briefly‚ a group of multi-national individuals embarked on a trip of a life-time up the mountain. Along their journey up‚ Sadhu‚ an Indian holy man‚ was discovered naked and barely alive by the group of multicultural mountaineers. Each ethnic group
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(Boylan‚ 2009). According to Boylan‚ “utilitarianism is a theory that suggests that an action is morally right when that action produces more total utility for the group than any other alternative” (2009). 3 Utilitarianism is a form of consequentialism‚ meaning that the moral worth of an action is determined by its outcome. Utilitarianism suggests that an action is morally right when that action produces more total utility for the group than any other alternative (Boylan‚ 2009) Virtue ethics
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PHI 240 HE 1 Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality by Peter Singer The Elements of Reason #8 1. Use two or three sentences to state the main purpose or argument in this article. In other words‚ what is the argument the author is making? (This should be a specific argument. We all know that the authors are writing about morality and ethics.) The main purpose or argument in this article is that Peter Singer
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victory‚ knowledge‚ friendship‚ autonomy‚ love and culture. Since the hedonistic and pluralistic approaches tend to clash‚ many utilitarians define good as being an object or substance that is subjectively coveted and wanted. The third element‚ Consequentialism means that actions are only seen as right when the results of actions are good not when the intent of actions is good. It doesn’t mean that future results should be foreseen‚ only that when judging the cause of an action it should be ensured
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Consequentialism is the view that morality is all about producing the right kinds of overall consequences. A consequentialist principle holds that whether an act is right or wrong depends on the results of that act. It holds that the more good consequences an act produces‚ the better or right that act. The consequentialist view is that an act can be bad because it has a bad outcome for someone or bad consequences. This principle gives us the guidance when faced with a moral dilemma such as when
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Reflection Paper – When did you change morally? What was it? 2 pages. Due Wednesday 2 Quizzes in the next two weeks Consequentialism Deontology Virtue Approaches * Goodness or badness of its action. * Puts a lot of pressure in term of thinking of our obligation * Utiliterist * Is happiness should be what we be after? * Whats a good? * Pleasure‚ Flourish‚ intellectual life * Think about policy of actions‚ principals‚ etc. * | * Trying to
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