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    There is a very clear way that any sophisticated utilitarian could handle this proposal. Obviously‚ they have to consider that the limited sports program needs to be incorporated‚ but at the same time they can’t cut too heavily into the current sports program. There is a very clear plan that would allow the physically impaired student to have their new sport program added‚ without greatly hindering the current sports program. It has been said that the cost of the new program is four times as high

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    Aaron Feuerstein & Malden Mills MGMT 368 ~ Business Ethics July 21‚ 2013 “The Mensch of Malden Mills” Aaron Feuerstein is well-known in the community of Lawrence‚ Massachusetts as the owner of Malden Mills. Perhaps more importantly‚ he is known as the man who cares about his workers and goes out of his way to help them; the man with deep convictions to see things through to the end because he is a man who keeps his word. Mr. Feuerstein is also known around the globe as one of the only businessmen

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    Examine how utilitarian arguments might be applied to one issue of your choice? ACT UTILITARIANISM Act Utilitarian theories start with specific cases from which general principles can be deduced. Bentham’s Hedonic Calculus weighs up the following measures of the consequential pleasure/pain: CertaintyDurationExtentIntensityRemotenessRichnessPurity Situation 1 – Abortion would be morally right if the mother’s life is in danger. The period of the pain of the loss of the mother will be ongoing‚ the

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    1 Introduction Utilitarianism is a major position in normative ethics stemming from the late 18th and 19th century philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Contrary to the deontological approach to ethics that perceives morality as a duty or a moral rule that has to be followed‚ utilitarianism is a form of teleological ethics focussing on the consequences of actions meaning that the moral value of an action is solely determined by its outcome. Thus an action is considered right if it tends

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    hard decisions. I will explain to you what consequentialism and deontology are. I will also explain how our emotions play a role in our decisions to make consequentialist moral judgements and deontological moral judgements. Next‚ I will discuss how our emotions influence our decisions. Greene believe that we should not trust our deontological moral judgements.  I agree with Greene and I will give examples and reasoning behind why I also do not think we should make deontological moral judgements. Consequentialism

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    Four key values and ethical considerations at that I consider most important when establishing /conducting treatment groups are respect and dignity‚ empowerment‚ individualization‚ and understanding/respect/camaraderie among people from diverse backgrounds. Respect and dignity is important when I practice social work because it helps me to provide services regardless of circumstances. For example‚ when providing services to someone whom I do not agree with their behavior I must treat them with

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    Kant’s Deontological Ethics Immanuel Kant is a German philosopher (1724-1804)‚ who had contributed on the arenas of philosophy‚ war‚ peace‚ science‚ beauty & geography. The word deontology is derived from the Greek word “Deon”‚ meaning duty and “tology” mean theory (Mackinnon & Fiala 2018). The base idea of Kant’s Deontological ethics is just to do our duty in any circumstances. Thus‚ a moral agent should act for the sake of good and motivated by obligation or duty‚ not for an ulterior motive. In

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    population of animals that depend on the forests for food and shelter. Despite the fact that clearing of tropical forests increases land for farming so as to meet food demand for the growing population‚ the arguments of deontological ethical theory would disagree. According to deontological ethical theory‚ human beings are morally obligated to act according to certain set principles and rules regardless of the outcome of the

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    In this paper I intend to show examples of deontological and teleological on how they are critiquing war. The first paragraph will exemplify evidence of a deontological view and how its critiquing and affecting just war. I will also be reasoning why it’s better than teleological. The second paragraph will represent the teleological aspect‚ how it cannot critique wars‚ as well how teleological is less effective than deontological. Finally‚ in the third paragraph‚ I will revise both arguments and personally

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    the morally wrong decision because they strayed from a specific set of rules. As deontological morality is a black and white way of thinking‚ it would not matter if a mother stole a bottle of medicine for her extremely ill child. It would also be irrelevant if it were a criminal who stole money from a cash register. Stealing is wrong no matter the circumstance. Another example relates the Holocaust to deontological morality. As the Holocaust lasted from 1933 to 1945‚ many non-Jewish citizens dictated

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