Sarah smith 10/8/2013 Deontology and Utilitarianism There are two types of Deontology the first one is‚ one should act based on duty‚ and the second one is action should be based on the right intention and nothing else. Utilitarianism is when you have to think about the majority of the people no matter what the consequences is. It is based on maximizing happiness for everyone involved. I would favor Deontology because I think you should do your duty and only do what is right. If you have the
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Cloning happens through food‚ humans‚ and animals. There’s positive things and negative things about cloning. There can be over population. It can pass on infections‚ egg with a new transferred nucleus can’t begin to divide or develop properly‚ or the pregnancy can fail. I’m going to talk about human. Human overpopulation can be bad. We will run out of resources‚ pollution‚ and cause lots of extinctions of animals. It can also be good because there will be enough people to help farm‚ Overpopulation
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In the 2009 Afghanistan surge‚ the “bargaining paradigm”‚ defined by Allen ‚ best reflects President Obama’s decision making process by which he used the ethical lens of “deontology”‚ discussed by Shaw ‚ as the moral compass of his decisions. The war in Afghanistan started after the September 11th‚ 2001 attacks in the United States while President Bush was in office. President Obama was inaugurated as president on January 20th‚ 2009 and he picked up in the middle of a long war in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Consequentialism‚ Deontology‚ and Virtue Ethics The philosophies of consequentialism‚ deontology‚ and virtue ethics are guidelines for decision making that utilize very different theories of how an ethical dilemma should be approached. Consequentialism is a philosophy that asks whether or not the end justifies the means. “In other words‚ an act and therefore a decision is ethical if its favorable consequences outweigh its negative consequences” (Brooks‚ 2007‚ p. 329). Deontology‚ on the other hand
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1) What are the technical challenges for cloning a mammal organism? Include the following terms in your answer: cell determination‚ cell differentiation‚ and nuclear reprogramming. Cloning is producing a cell line or culture all whose members contain identical copies of a particular nucleotide sequence; an essential element in genetic engineering (Raven et al‚ G-5). Lack of imprinting; genes that are imprinted are expressed differently‚ the original parent in which the gene was taken from is the
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Makini. "A History of Cloning Before Dolly the Sheep." Medical Daily. Medicaldaily.com‚ 12 July 2012. Web. 21 Sept. 2012. <http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20120712/10800/cloning-dolly-history.htm>. "1996: Dolly Cloned from Adult Cells." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation‚ n.d. Web. 21 Sept. 2012. <http://library.thinkquest.org/C0122429/history/1996.htm>. "The Cloning Experiment Dolly the Sheep - Cloning Genetic Engineering." The Cloning Experiment Dolly the Sheep - Cloning Genetic Engineering
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organs. Considering that organ donation is a current ethical issue‚ it can be discussed between Deontology and Utilitarianism. In Utilitarianism‚ people believe in using people for a means to an end‚ which brings about a greater good for the greater amount of people (Shafer-Landau‚ pg.122). Killing someone who is brain dead‚ can save multiple lives who actually could have a quality of life. However‚ Deontology disagrees with that logic and beliefs‚ they believe that one should act on moral duties and
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Kant and Deontology Judy Havens‚ Claudia Burns‚ Amber Montalvo‚ Kimberly Jones BSHS/332 Audra Stinson University of Phoenix When people think of Ethical Theory then the word morals‚ respect‚ and honesty seem to come to mind. Kant devised an ethical theory that is broken down into major elements to explain what he believes is ethical for society to believe. This is where the act of good will comes to existence and the nature of a person’s demeanor comes into how he or she decides what is the
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Smith Week 5 Assignments Cloning 1. I have to say I believe it is absurd that we find the need to try to clone human beings. I think the negative externalities far outweigh the positive ones if this was out into action. As far as the government funding research for cloning efforts I completely agree with the government in not funding any money towards the effort. I believe there are other vital places that government funding needs to be directed to rather than cloning efforts. How about funding
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Cloning the Tasmanian Tiger The Tasmanian Tiger is a carnivorous marsupial that had the appearance of a dog and the stripes of a tiger. One has not been seen in about sixty years‚ because they are extinct. However‚ it was not by evolution or even natural causes; humans were the cause of its demise. When Australia and Tasmania were first becoming populated‚ the people did not know what the Tasmanian Tiger was‚ and people have a long history of getting rid of what they don’t understand. But
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