“You may keep one of your children” he said (Styron‚ 2014‚ p.74). In “Sophie’s choice”‚ the first theory she used to try to make her deci-sion was moral relativism. “Moral relativism is the view that moral judgments are true or false on-ly relative to some particular standpoint (for instance‚ that of a culture or a historical period) and that no standpoint is uniquely privileged over all others” (Westacot). “Take the
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Topic 2: Ethical leadership is mostly about leadership integrity. Discuss. Introduction A recent study conducted in 2010 among UK and some European companies‚ revealed that the most prominent ethical issues to organisations includes harassment‚ bribery‚ corruption and facilitation payments‚ and whistle blowing (Wesley et al. 2011). Thus‚ it is important that ethics must indeed embark from the top. Leaders cannot escape from their responsibility to establish a moral example for their followers.
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5. Relativism Many different ideas have been given the name ‘relativism’‚ and the term has been used to pillory all sorts of views (sometimes for good reasons‚ sometimes for bad ones). It is mere posturing to say that you are for or against “relativism” unless you say what you mean by the term. Here I want mainly to discuss (and to criticize) a view I have encountered among students in philosophy courses‚ who say things like this: "What anyone believes is true for that person. What you believe
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interests‚ whether or not we are conscious of it. The five arguments against ethical egoism is plausible. Inconsistent outcome argument simply tries to prove that ethical egoism cannot be true because it fails to meet the necessary condition of morality which is being a guide to action. Publicity argument says that egoist’s egoistic project cannot be publicly advertised without harming the project itself. Paradox of Ethical Egoism says that for an egoist to achieve something‚ he must give up his egoistic
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Have you ever thought if social media hinders a good ethical leader‚ or if it benefits them? Or have you ever thought about why an ethical leader needs a social media account? There has been a lot of controversy over this lately‚ very many people believe that an ethical leader doesn’t need a social media account and that it cannot be used in an ethical way while these leaders are supposed to be doing their very valuable‚ and precious work. While most people use social media to connect instantly
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Absolutism is the belief that there is one and only one truth. Those who espouse absolutism usually also believe that they know what this absolute truth is. Ethical norms or precepts exist independent of human experience are objective and universally applicable. In religious absolutism‚ most world religions accept that God created the universe. Most Christians also believe that Bible is the inspired of God‚ which is absolutely right. They have to follow the rules and the beliefs according to the
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See page 404. Difficulty: Medium 5. The term cultural intelligence (CQ) has been used to describe an individual’s ability to be effective in cross-cultural situations. Ans.: True Response: See page 400 Difficulty: Medium 6. Ethical issues are universal and do not vary from culture to culture. Ans: False Response: See page 411. Difficulty: Easy 7. Although bribes are an accepted part of commercial transactions in many Asian‚ African‚ Latin American‚ and Middle Eastern
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selfish‚ but yet she still needs her needs met. She is influenced by ethical relativism. Ethical relativism assumes that diverse values are basic to human existence. The ethical relativist believes that there is no objective way of justifying one set of moral values over another. In this view‚ the essence of human morality is to derive one’s own principles and apply them according to one’s own conscience. Opponents of ethical relativism argue that allowing people free rein to determine what is right
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in Meliorative Epistemology. Retrieved from: http://search.proquest.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/cv_756002/docview/1111853938/fulltextPDF/13C06554AFF58193594/1?accountid=32521 Slick‚ M. (2012). Cognitive Relativism. Retrieved from: http://carm.org/secular-movements/relativism/cognitive-relativism Steup‚ M. (2005). Epistemology. Retrieved from: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/
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Current Ethical Issue in Business The organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have been in the news for recent issues regarding animal cruelty. The same activists that had to fight to preserve the habitat of animals‚ the cruelty in the clothing industry and in medical experiments have been the focus of attention for the way they have handled disposing of dead dogs and cats. This paper will establish the ethical issues‚ theories‚ ground rules‚ and how all apply to the PETA
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