The case study presents a moral dilemma based on potential harm to innocent people. By using Kohlberg’s moral development model and by examining major ethical systems‚ namely deontology and utilitarianism‚ a clear understanding of the factors influencing this type of decision-making can be gained. Specifically‚ utilitarianism‚ Kant’s categorical imperative and the doctrine of double effect address the decision from differing viewpoints‚ providing the decision maker with compelling evidence to support
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child I was always attracted to the smaller‚ weakened animal I found in my yard‚ i.e. dying birds‚ kittens‚ bugs‚ etc. The animals we owned were never neutered which resulted in a numerous amount of puppies and kittens. I was intrigued by the cycle of life. Originally I wanted to become a veterinarian. The financial strain on my family made it apparent that it would not be possible. As fate would have it‚ there was a two year waiting list for nursing school‚ but I was readily accepted into a two year
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Marrin Maher February 14‚ 2014 Ethical Dilemmas Regarding Same Sex Marriages Whether at home‚ at work‚ or at school‚ every day we are faced with making moral and ethical decisions. Depending on your occupation and or authority‚ some decisions could have a profound impact on society‚ individuals or groups. There are many controversial topics facing politicians and society as a whole and one hot topic is same-sex marriage. Throughout history‚ homosexuality has been considered taboo
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Ethical Dilemmas 1 Ethical Dilemmas Larry Carter COM 425 May 31‚ 2010 Ethical Dilemmas 2 Ethical Dilemmas In today’s world employees face many different challenges in the workplace‚ challenges which not only bring on difficult choices‚ but could also bring about unwanted change. One of these challenges is Ethical Dilemmas. When an ethical dilemma arises in the workplace an employee is faced with what to do. How do they
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GNED212-061 Friday mornings Qinglin.Du Mr. Mather GNED212-061 20 Oct 2012 Ethical dilemma As is known to us‚ the moral dilemma in the usual case refers to the two answers‚ which you are likely to decide on the case‚ you need to make a difficult choice; usually this option is to focus on the choice between the result and process‚ which is more important
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PROJECT PAPER ON PRISONERS’ DILEMMA By Vipul Mehrotra A Study and Project Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of PREFACE 1. The industrial organization of transactions has changed dramatically during the past decade. Several scholars have discussed and documented the phenomenon of what has been called `the shrinking organization’. The apparent failure of `hierarchies’ has been accompanied with the growing importance of cooperation in modern business. The latter poses a serious challenge
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The Euthyphro Dilemma When assessing the nature of morality‚ one must determine the reasons for believing certain actions to be right or wrong. In the following paragraphs I am going to explain what The Euthyphro Dilemma is and the threat that each of its horns imposes. Then I will defend The Divine Command Theory against these objections and demonstrate how it not only survives the two horns‚ but is also the stronger position to assume. In the Euthyphro‚ Socrates asks the age old question about
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The Dilemma of an Accountant Studying the ethic case the dilemma is whether Dan Potter‚ who was assigned to an audit assignment should go by the audit and guidelines or whether he should disregard the ethical standards and continue to follow the instructions of his immediate boss. Dan Potter is working as a staff accountant at Baker Greenleaf. Dan final had an opportunity on first major audit assignment. This assignment required him to work under the supervision of his senior‚ Oliver Freeman‚ on
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written long ago‚ its relevance to the current era is still significant‚ as the dilemmas of Odysseus directly mirror that of our own. While my present life does not share much correlation with the “Odyssey”‚ the forthcoming years of my life will mimic Odysseus’s as I attempt to make use out of my life as an anesthesiologist. Similar to Odysseus I will be confronted with many obstacles throughout my future path‚ faced with temptations and difficulties as well as the general notion of attending school
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The Poletown Dilemma Contents Introduction 1 Who are the stakeholders involved in the new site selection decision? 1 What are the factors that you would consider to choose the new site? 2 What is your recommendation to General Motors regarding the site choice? Why? 4 How would you implement your recommendations? 4 Exhibit 1 Comparison of costs of setting up plants in Detroit and Mid-West 5 Exhibit 2 Linkages with the society across the value chain 5 Exhibit 3 – Categorization of
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