present some clear ethical issues. First‚ looking at Aristotle’s principle of “virtue ethics‚” it must be determined whether the actions made by J.C. Penny are just‚ or fair‚ to their customers. Clearly‚ it is unfair for a company to deceive their customers into believing they received better deals then they actually did‚ and based on that analysis‚ Aristotle would have most definitely concluded the behavior of J.C. Penny to be unethical. Further‚ considering Immanuel Kant’s theory of the “categorical
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winning the lottery or being lucky‚ but rather from doing‚ and accomplishing. So why do we still see people failing and unhappy around us? If we look at their choices and perhaps their ethical beliefs‚ we start to understand where ethics belongs in the journey of life‚ which leads me to what I am going to discuss‚ virtue theory. I will explain and offer an evaluation of this theory’s strengths and weaknesses‚ as well as what it means to be virtuous. Aristotle believed that there are two types of virtue:
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Applying an Ethical Theory PHI 208 Jon Stern July 24‚ 2014 Deontology is defined as “the focus on the duties and obligations one has in carrying out actions rather than on the consequences of those actions.” (Mosser‚ 2013). It may actually be harder than it seems to carry out this theory depending on the situation. One situation in particular is euthanasia or assisting someone who chooses to end their life. In this paper‚ I will apply the deontological theory to the issue of euthanasia and discuss
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Applying an Ethical Theory Amanda Thorn PHI 208 Prof. Emilia Sorensen November 17‚ 2014 The long debated question of the importance of men and women and their roles has raged on for years. Should men and women be treated equally‚ that truly is the question that seems to have more answers than resolution. Applying the question to Deontology and the work of Immanuel Kant‚ the answer would be all people regardless of gender should be treated equally. However‚ these theories do not take
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Information Technology Acts Paper Aaron Smith BIS/220 April 9‚ 2013 Gordon Jensen Information Technology Acts Paper This paper will explore two information technology acts; along with what ethical issues and information technology advances that caused the acts to be in place. The two acts that will be covered will be the electronic funds transfer act of 1978‚ and the children’s internet protection act of 2000. According to Rainer and Cegielski (2011) “Ethics refers to the principles of right
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The information processing theory approach to the study of cognitive development evolved out of the American experimental tradition in psychology. Developmental psychologists who adopt the information-processing perspective account for mental development in terms of maturation changes in basic components of a child’s mind. The theory is based on the idea that humans process the information they receive‚ rather than merely responding to stimuli. This perspective equates the mind to a computer‚ which
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I believe that virtue ethics is the most plausible ethical theory. It is the only theory that requires us to work better ourselves by cultivating virtues instead of giving a law to follow or because we value the outcomes. In addition‚ with today’s society being self-centered it is the theory that has the best chances of being accepted. A virtue is defined as the mean between the extremely good and extremely bad and arriving to that just middle take time‚ dedication‚ and patience. One does not own
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Ethical relativism is a view on morality stating that there are no universally accepted moral principles. Morality varies from one culture to another and no society has the right to impose their view of morality on other societies. Ethical relativism can be summed up to mean that morals are derived from what is culturally acceptable in any given society. ER is made up of two theses. The first is the diversity thesis‚ which simply says that moral practices are diverse across cultures. Ruth Benedict
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Chapter 5 Information Theory and Coding In communication systems‚ information theory‚ pioneered by C. E. Shannon‚ generally deals with mathematical formulation of the information transfer from one place to another. It is concerned with source coding and channel coding. Source coding attempts to minimize the number of bits required to represent the source output at a given level of efficiency. Channel coding‚ on the other hand‚ is used so that information can be transmitted through the channel with
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Business Software Application In today’s world of technology a business has many options to choose from when comes to business software application. However‚ when making that decision‚ the actual application that is chosen should be driven by the needs of the business. For this particular situation‚ a quality control application has been chosen. This type of application offers a business the tools needed to improve quality. The “improvement software and services is design to help people in
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