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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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    Torture on domestic worker : an appalling blurry on humen rights Scenary of torture on domestic worker is appearing frequently by the media now –a-days. Most of the domestic worker in our country are women and children. Normally in a wok there is time limit ‚but domestic worker have not such opportunity. They are always ready to serve their employer according to their order. It is found now that they are more vulnerable to violence. Report on media of violence on them by their employer

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    “Elizabethan Torture and Execution” In the 16th century‚ life was all in all short of “child’s play”‚ for the socially necessitous‚ at least. The judicial system reigned heavily as the generality fell victim under it’s horror. Due to which of the six social classes you belonged‚ (Monarch- being the highest‚ Nobility‚ Gentry‚ Merchants‚ Yoemanry‚ or Laborers- being the lowest)‚ your punishment could be the sole difference between life and death. The Elizabethan Era (1558-1603)‚ ran

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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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    In this essay I will present an argument to show that Kantian Deontology is not a plausible moral theory because the two fundamental principles from Kant’s Categorical Imperatives are unable to account for the permissibility of certain acts that would otherwise be considered immoral. This would discredit the usefulness of Kant’s theory as a moral guideline because individuals would then be able to commit acts - those of which would be considered immoral according to considered moral judgements -

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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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