Thomas Sikkema Professor John Schneider Ethics 102 25 February 2015 Deontological Moral Theory: Immanuel Kant Deontological moral theory is defined as the morally right thing to do is to do whatever is your duty. A scenario in which this theory could be used is the following: a close friend of yours dies. He has set aside $10 million to give to his favorite sports team‚ the New York Yankees. You promised him that you would give the money to the team because that was your friend’s last wish. Generous
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the issue or disclose and bear the consequences. The deontological perspective assumes that humans should be treated as objects of intrinsic moral value. However‚ the consequentialist perspective assumes that morality of an action is determined by the specific results of an action‚ in which case the salesman’s actions would eventually help the company avoid litigation. Levels of Cognitive Moral Development Kohlberg defined three levels of moral development‚ which are‚ the pre-conventional‚ conventional
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time at Johnson had started I personally viewed the deontological perspective of ethics as the most important one of the three that were discussed in class. After our discussions in class‚ and the interdisciplinary presentations that were given this semester‚ I would still believe deontological perspective to be the most important. My reasons for this assumption is that decisions have consequences or rewards‚ morals stem from experiences‚ and morals are the bases of human existence. This paper will
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Introduction Social‚ moral‚ and political philosophies are three branches that share elements‚ but are different in application. This paper considers what the fields have in common‚ how they are different‚ and how they apply to modern life. When thinkers contemplate such diverse ideas such as justice‚ love‚ friendship‚ democracy‚ and divorce‚ they are considering concepts that fit in one or more of the three fields of philosophy discussed in this paper. Contrasts and Commonality When philosophy addresses
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VOL 18 NO -235 REGD NO DA 1589 | Dhaka‚ Thursday June 30 2011 Moral values‚ ethics and philosophy M S Siddiqui The dream of a child starts with a stereo type suggestion from parents that the baby will be a doctor - engineer. The baby has no other option to dream of being doctor or engineer. Our education system was framed by the British rulers to create civil servants to serve their purpose. They had created dreams of civil service. As a legacy of the British and the Pakistani system we
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Deontological Ethics in Location-based Social Media There are so many location aware applications on my “smart” phone; I do not know how I could have lived without these features. There are applications that tell me where is the closes gym that I am a member of. There are applications that give me information on the weather of the current city. There are even applications that will locate the closest “driver” to taxi me wherever I want to go. And of course‚ all these can be shared on facebook
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Arendt’s‚ and Mill’s Moral Philosophy Immanuel Kant adheres to Deontological ethics. His theory offers a view of morality based on the principle of good will and duty. According to him‚ people can perform good actions solely by good intentions without any considerations to consequences. In addition‚ one must follow the laws and the categorical imperative in order to act in accordance with and from duty. Several other philosophers such as Hannah Arendt discuss Kant’s moral philosophy. In her case study:
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differences of utilitarianism‚ the virtue theory‚ and deontological ethics. Thus‚ further understanding of these behaviors will enable an individual to realize that social responsibility and ethics are important when it comes to business and personal success. We will analyze the differences in terms of how each of these theories addresses both morality and ethics. Thus‚ we include a personal experience that explains the correlation between moral‚ values‚ and virtue concepts as they relate to one another
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When I sit back and think about this dilemma using the consequentialist theory‚ I feel I’m making the right choice. As the utilitarianism theory states that you should maximize the benefits to society while minimizing the harms. The stakeholders of this situation are society‚ the company I work for‚ and myself.
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best for themselves. It is their choice and they should be able to make it by themselves. It is their body and no one know their body than themselves and the decision should be left to the person to make about their body based on deontological theory. I choose deontological theory for my stance because I believe it is for the greater good for both the fetus and the mother if the mother knows that she will be able to girth the fetus the best live. Sometimes thing happen that we cannot
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