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    My personal ethics are very strong‚ while I often try to see and understand each side of a situation I know that my ethical/moral compass will not sway from doing the right thing. Ethics to me are a combination of both Kant’s theory on utilitarian ethics and deontological models. In Kant’s theory‚ using your decision to limit the number of people that are hurt by the decision cannot truly allow for proper ethics. At the same time‚ the deontological theory‚ we need to pay attention to all facts

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    Compare and contrast the utilitarian philosophies of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Which do you think is the more convincing moral theory‚ and why? In terms of Utilitarianism‚ this assignment shall outline the philosophies of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. It shall firstly illustrate the ideas of Bentham and then follow on to compare and contrast those of Mill. To continue‚ the assignment will view the failing qualities in both the men’s works. Bentham did leave a great deal unsaid

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    Rolbin Flores Assignment 4 Since 2001‚ same sex marriages have been big issues in the US and other countries like (Argentina‚ Canada‚ Iceland‚ the Netherlands‚ Belgium‚ Sweden‚ Portugal‚ Mexico City‚ Spain‚ South Africa‚ and some regions within the United States). It is always a debate in the US based on the fact if we don’t allow same sex marriage‚ it affect our right constitutional demand of equality established by our founding fathers. Same sex couples been trying to get married

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    Cyber Ethics Deontologist versus utilitarian view on “Net Neutrality” The internet has already changed the way that the world operates today. Presently‚ everyone has access to the internet everywhere in the world. The internet is used through a variety of purposes‚ from academia research to business transactions and contacting family. Considering the freedom that the internet provides us‚ a group of people threatens that freedom of access to the Internet by conflicting with the Net Neutrality

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    Explain the Utilitarian & Deontological aspects of informational privacy for employers & employees INTRODUCTION Patricia Dunn‚ placed number 17 on FORBES list of most powerful women‚ landed herself four felony counts by making unethically chivalrous decisions. Patricia Dunn‚ once a chairwoman on the board of Hewlett-Packard‚ a position she held from February 2005 until September 2006. Her tenure was cut short on October 4‚ 2006 as she was charged with four felony counts for her

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    should employ a utilitarian approach‚ which maximizes the greatest prosperity to the greatest number of the population‚ by requiring Lester Lumber Company to distribute the remaining lumber amongst the poor at a discounted price. The alternative option is libertarianism‚ which is the idea of creating minimal state interference and allowing inequality to occur due to people’s freedom of choice. In my opinion‚ you should not carry out a libertarian ethical theory‚ as a utilitarian perspective allows

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    surrounding area of a company. Against this background‚ the question how a manager should act with regards to the owner of a company and the employees of a company is quite important. A possible answer to this question can be discussed in the stockholder vs. stakeholder debate. Although there are reasonable arguments for both – the stockholder and the stakeholder theory - I will use this paper to show that the stakeholder approach is superior and should be used for business in companies. To reach my

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    Journal of Business Ethics (2009) 91:65–82 DOI 10.1007/s10551-009-0068-2 Ó Springer 2009 Analyzing Insider Trading from the Perspectives of Utilitarian Ethics and Rights Theory Robert W. McGee ABSTRACT. The common view is that insider trading is always unethical and illegal. But such is not the case. Some forms of insider trading are legal. Furthermore‚ applying ethical principles to insider trading causes one to conclude that it is also sometimes ethical. This paper attempts to get past

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    just. Utilitarian main principle is maximizing society happiness. From Utilitarian point of view‚ the best action is the action produce happiness for the greatest amount of people. Even though minority of people will suffer for the majority’s happiness. Moreover‚ utilitarianism measures the cost and benefit in single scale which is happiness. From this view‚ any other things than happiness are not valuable. On the other hand‚ Libertarianism is an opposite principle of utilitarianism. Libertarian principle’s

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    I can completely relate to your views on how Martin Luther King Jr. used the utilitarian approach for ethical decision making. Your examples for individualism and utilitarian added nicely to your views. Two more ethical decision making approaches that Martin Luther king also used are moral-rights and justice. For moral rights‚ “managers need to avoid interfering with the fundamental rights of others‚ such as the right to privacy‚ the right of free consent‚ or the right to freedom of speech” (Daft

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