FOUR APPROACHES TO STUDY ETHICS FOUR APPROACHES TO STUDY ETHICS 4 SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT - ETHICS TERM PAPER 4 SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT - ETHICS TERM PAPER 31 March‚ 2013 31 March‚ 2013 Table of Contents Preface 3 Introduction 4 I. Deontology 5 The Categorical Imperative 6 Non-consequentialist 7 Moral Anatomy Principle 8 II. Utilitarianism 8 Consequentialist 8 Hypothetical Imperative 9 Utility Principle 9 III. Existentialism 10 Existential Imperative 10 The Facticity
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Four contingencies of reinforcement: 1. Positive Reinforcement Purpose: Serve to strengthen desired behavior Method/How: Gives bonus or present that is powerful and durable‚ praise Essential Element: Correct timing and consistency (Directly after the desired behavior) Example: Teach child correct manners Consideration: Modifications in behavior should equal to the reinforcement 2. Punishment Purpose: Decrease inappropriate behavior Method/How: Can carry out through 1)
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Executive Summary: One of the main problems for Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) is whether to expand business operations r in Europe. This was based off a 450% increase in sales from 2011 to 2012 and an improved model car‚ the BMW X3. There is also a planned expansion introducing 14 new models. What would be recommended is the target of younger generation drivers and the "Soccer Moms". This will allow mass communication to take effect; therefore‚ allowing a model that pro se cost of $60‚000 in the
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Extrinsic rewards are the best motivation to drive performance Introduction With global competition increasing by the day‚ finding the key ingredients that will give an organisation an advantage that will lead to success is vital. It is widely accepted and supported heavily be research that a motivated workforce will lead to better organisational performance. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the drivers of motivation in reference to organisational performance. Specifically the analysis
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Adding to this victim-blaming perspective is Will Maslow. He wrote Civil rights legislation and the fight for equality‚ 1862-1952‚ which was published in 1953; it looks specifically at the implications of proposals and support of anti-Klan bills. To Maslow‚ being white wasn’t enough to protect you from the Klan. If somebody were to propose legislation to help advance African Americans‚ or even support a bill of the kind‚ they were putting themselves on the hit-list. The paranoia among Southern whites
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Alfarabi and Aristotle: The Four Causes and The Four Stages of The Doctrine of The Intelligence Alfarabi was raised as a young boy in Baghdad. His early life was spent studying the art of linguistics‚ philosophy‚ and logic. His teachers were Syrian Christians experts in Greek philosophy. He studied Aristotle and Plato in detail‚ and it became evident in his later writings that they were a strong influence on him. He became quite a prolific writer‚ and he wrote more than 100 works‚ many of which
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Passive vs. Active Euthanasia Natural Law Theory states that an action is only considered “right” if it does not intentionally or directly violate any of the four basic intrinsic goods that thirteenth-century philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas described. According to Aquinas‚ the four basic intrinsic goods are: human life‚ human procreation‚ human knowledge and human sociability. So for example‚ according to natural law theory‚ using contraceptives such as condoms or birth control pills would not be
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Humorism‚ or humoralism‚ is a now discredited theory of the makeup and workings of the human body‚ adopted by Ancient Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers‚ positing that an excess or deficiency of any of four distinct bodily fluids in a person directly influences their temperament and health. From Hippocrates onward‚ the humoral theory was adopted by Greek‚ Roman and Persian physicians ‚ and became the most commonly held view of the human body among European physicians until the advent of
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today is the ethical development. We discussed the similarities and differences of utilitarianism‚ the virtue theory‚ and deontological ethics. Thus‚ further understanding of these behaviors will enable an individual to realize that social responsibility and ethics are important when it comes to business and personal success. We will analyze the differences in terms of how each of these theories addresses both morality and ethics. Thus‚ we include a personal experience that explains the correlation between
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