Project Part 1 An Introduction to Ethical Theories ITT Technical Institute‚ Hanover MD Mathew Leetch HU4640 Ethics July 22‚ 2015 An Introduction to Ethical Theories Abstract This paper is going to discuss Ethics and Ethical Theories. It will include an introduction to ethical theories‚ virtue ethics‚ and care ethics. There will be sections discussing absolutism versus relativism‚ consequentialism versus deontological ethics‚ and lastly‚ free will versus determinism. It will also include
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Virtue Ethics is an approach to Ethics that emphasizes an individual ’s character as the key element of ethical thinking‚ rather than rules about the acts themselves or their consequences‚ so if the person’s character is good so then should he or hers personal choices and actions be good. Aristotle is considered the founder of virtue ethics‚ in his work “Nicimachean Ethics” Aristotle laid out twelve moral virtues that include two vices. Virtue ethics attempts to take away the influence of societal
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T$ HU4640 3/29/14 Unit 1 Assignment 3 Would You Throw the Switch In reading the Ethics problem box regarding the Trolley Problem I will attempt to answer the question of would I throw the switch. I have had the chance to research different profiles to try and answer this question. The first profile is Ayn Rand. I don’t think that she would have thrown the switch base off her theory about the “virtue of selfishness”. Her theory promotes the philosophy of Individualism. Individualism states
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HU4640 ETHICS WEEK 1 DATE: 12/31/2013 TOPIC: Define and compare the concepts of morality‚ law‚ and religion by explaining the source of each and whether one or all rely upon each other. Definitions: Morality: Refers to a code of conduct that applies to all who can understand it and are able to govern their behavior by it. LAW: Body of rules of conduct bind by legal force and effect‚ prescribe‚ recognized and enforced by controlled authority. Religion: Is an organized collection of beliefs
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Ethics HU4640 Determinism: How does acting out of self-interest drive the theory of determinism well...‚ what is determinism it is defined as the ‘means universal causation? For everything that occurs there is a corresponding cause.” In philosophy it is known as “the doctrine that all events‚ including human decisions‚ are completely determined by previously existing causes.” One states that it is corresponding cause while the other states that it is previously an existing cause. So‚ how
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