Idealism describes the belief or pursuit of a perfect vision often based upon unrealistic principles. This pursuit is often contrasted and opposed by truth. The truth and reality in an individual’s life is what enables this person to remain grounded and down to earth. An individual must set themselves high expectations in order to be their best‚ but they must also acknowledge the fact that everything they desire is not achievable. The imbalance of idealism and truth in an individual’s life can have
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There are two theories regarding to the formulation of optimism. The first one being learned optimism which was conceptualized by Martin Seligman‚ and the second is the perspective of optimism by Michael Scheier and Charles Carver. Under the learned optimism theory‚ the optimist responds to the inquiry‚ “Why did that bad thing happened to me?” In scientific terms‚ the optimist makes outer‚ variable‚ and particular attributions for fiasco-like events as opposed to internal‚ steady‚ and global attributions
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Critical Response Essay Fred’s Dilemma 1. - If Fred were a Utilitarian‚ what would he do? Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory where right and wrong depends on the consequences of one’s actions for everyone who might be affected by them. In other words‚ utilitarian individuals are trying to bring the best system to the society than any other system. Sometimes utilitarianism is summarized as "the maximum well-being for the maximum number". We know that life is full with situations
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Ethical Egoism is the ethical theory which states that all actions ought to be done either solely/ultimately for the sake of self interest. The criterion of rightness is what is morally right is what is good for the agent. The decision procedure would be that the agent must determine‚ in some way‚ what is good for him/her‚ and then do that. So‚ an act is right if and only if it brings the best consequences for an individual. Therefore‚ the action that is to be done is the action that is only to
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What is an ethical dilemma? When trying to figure the answer the smartest thing to do would be to break down both of the words. Ethical means being in line with what is right and what is wrong. A dilemma is a problem offering two possibilities. So‚ putting those together‚ an ethical dilemma is a situation when someone is faced with two options to a situation‚ neither option is particularly right or wrong. It is usually a conflict that tests your morals. As it says in the book‚ "When there is no clear
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The most effective way to establish and preserve freedom is sticking to one’s own person morals. The definition of “moral”‚ is a person’s standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do (Merriam-Webster). As a human in today’s society‚ it is can be easy to distinguish what your morals are and who you want to be. The morals one sets for themselves go into making of what freedom is to them. When a human has the morals of a decent person‚ they can act‚ speak
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Aristotle’s morals are once in a while alluded to as "righteousness morals" since its concentration is not on the ethical weight of obligations or commitments‚ yet on the improvement of character and the procuring of ideals‚ for example‚ mettle‚ equity‚ moderation‚ altruism‚ and judiciousness. What’s more‚ any individual who knows anything about Aristotle has heard his regulation of ideals similar to a "brilliant signify" between the extremes of abundance and insufficiency. Aristotle is not suggesting
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I think that it is paramount‚ when discussing policies or programs that can have significant ethical consequences‚ that you rank the three P’s as follows: principle‚ power and profit. When these P’s aren’t taken into consideration‚ in the right order that is‚ we witness acts such as those mentioned in the lecture. This week’s lecture highlighted ’The Belmont Report’ which holds the ethical principles of respect for persons‚ beneficence and justice‚ as what should guide researchers ethically. When
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Act Utilitarianism is the treatment of each type of moral situation as a unique situation‚ therefore bring the maximum amount of happiness to everyone that is affected by the act. The agent in these types of situations must determine what is the right things that should be done for this exact situation in present time. The agent must not be bogged down by past experiences‚ as that will affect the judgment of what to do in this particular situation. While this type of utilitarianism is good in a variety
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The definition of virtue is the “quality of being morally good or behavior showing high moral standards” and‚ a person is either virtuous or not virtuous based upon how they perceive and react to the situations that life gives us. Aristotle talks a lot about this in Book II Nicomachean Ethics and he illuminates on the fact that the natural development of virtues is the key to achieving the goal of life‚ which is happiness. His view on ethics is also more practical meaning that it should be the acting
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