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    Deontologists don’t have a great deal of tenets. Now and again‚ this gives them a decent lot of flexibility. Since their standards prohibit or require just certain activities‚ different activities are accessible to them. A deontologist could never say‚ "It regards save the rain woods." After all‚ protecting the rain backwoods is about outcomes and that is not what a deontologist takes a gander at. So the deontologist may have the capacity to hack away and not feel regretful. Deontologists may state

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    Ethics Test Question The two major theories we encounter in ethics are utilitarianism and deontological ethics. These two forms of ethics differ greatly. Utilitarianism is the ideal moral principle. This form of ethics believes that a certain action or choice is based upon one’s feelings. If an individual’s experiences happiness from something that have done in their life it is associated with being something good. In general utilitarianism exhibits many strengths which includes serving of the

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    Whether drugs should be legalized or not can be evaluated through Deontology. Deontology directly applies to this topic because it involves the rights and duties of citizens along with having bad consequences. Many argue that doing drugs does no directly impact society therefore drugs should be legalized. However‚ citizens who do drugs often indirectly affect society and directly affect their families. These consequences have already damaged many families and indirectly affected society. This is

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    First‚ Deontology is concerned with our actions not the consequences of the actions. Moral values is decided by our good will or the goodness of an action. We need to act by the laws and duties given to us‚ and not be distracted and/or tempted by our passions. Intention is important because we have the duty to do right things. Intention is important because we have the duty to do right things. People should act out of good will and perform a moral action out our desire for a good outcome/consequences

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    Module 1 SLP Assignment ETH501: Business Ethics 23 Feb 2013 It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military‚ and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services. The modern army has its roots in the Continental Army which was formed on 14 June 1775‚ [2] to meet the demands of the American Revolutionary War before the establishment of the United States. The Congress of the Confederation officially created the United States Army on 3 June 1784[3] [4] after the end of the Revolutionary

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    Immanuel Kant‚ in his deontology ethics‚ believes that morality relates to the matter of duty and people have the moral duties to do what is the right and not to do what is wrong. He focuses his theory on good will‚ duty and categorical imperatives as the basis for the principle of morality. Therefore‚ this essay will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Kant’s deontology with regard to his arguments on good will‚ duty and categorical imperatives. GOOD WILL Initially‚ Kant points out the idea

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    Theories of Ethical Judgment There are three approaches related to ethical judgment for public officials. They are consequentialism/utilitarianism‚ deontology/Kantianism‚ and virtue ethics. These approaches have several differences between each other. There are three main differences between consequentialism/utilitarianism and deontology/Kantianism. Firstly‚ the main principle in former approach is the maximum utility (good consequence) for all affected parties/people while the main principle in

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    The philosophical system of deontology is a rule-based system that judges the morality of an action itself instead of the consequences of the action. The term deontology is derived from the Greek words deon‚ meaning duty and logos‚ meaning science. The focus is on the rightness or wrongness of the actions themselves as opposed to the right or wrong of the consequences of the actions. This system places special emphasis on the relationship between duty and the morality of human actions. Some descriptive

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    Now that you know about the history behind the ethics we can go into the different ethical theories. There are quite a few but the ones we’re going to talk about are egoism‚ consequentialism‚ nonconsequentialism‚ rule-deontology‚ and non-moral value. Egoism is view that you are all that matters and so you make your choices based on you and what’s best for you. Egoist don’t care about anyone other than themselves and it shows in the choices that they make. Consequentialism‚ or utilitarianism‚ is when

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    Topic: #2 Deontology There are many theories of morality that aim to create criteria for an action’s moral value. Kantian Deontology is a one of those theories. This theory values an action‚ not based on the happiness or pleasure derived from it‚ but the will behind it. Kantian Deontologists do not value happiness and pleasure as intrinsically good because there is nothing good other than a good will- since good will is the motive to act for moral duty. Although Kantian Deontology is logical

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