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    The basic argument supporting Deontology focuses on the will of the person acting‚ the person’s intention in carrying out the act‚ and particularly‚ the rule according to which the act is carried out. Deontology focuses on the duties and obligations one has in car¬rying out actions rather than on the consequences of those actions (Mosser‚ 2013). Therefore it is the ethical

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    There have been scholars who have Normative ethics: conventional ethical theories: Virtue ethics‚ Deontology and utilitarianism. Virtues ethics focuses on the person not the act. Virtue ethics de-emphasises rules‚ consequences and acts. Aristotle agreed with Socrates and Plato that virtues are central to a well-lived life. He believes that an ethical person was the man of virtues. Virtue is the mean between two extremes. There is no univocal definition of ethics which is also known as moral philosophy

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    is traditionally wrong‚ behind my scenario. Utilitarianism and deontology oppose each other when it comes to the means and the ends of a choice. Kant’s view of deontology is that when making a decision‚ one should determine whether the action can be universal and if one would be willing to allow everyone to do it. If yes‚ then the action is moral and if not‚ then the action is immoral. Although it appears that Kant’s point of deontology reject that lying is permissible in my scenario‚ there is a facet

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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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    in business.......................................................................................2 3. Characteristics of deontology .....................................................................................3 4. Arguments in favour of applying deontology in business...........................................4 5. Arguments against applying deontology in business..................................................6 6. Conclusion.............................................

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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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