The Kantian theory sets out to restore reason to what is regarded as a rightful place in our moral life (Boatright‚ 2009). In this case‚ the former employee knows that there may not be a guarantee that he gets his job back even after exposing the unjust behavior
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Assignment 1 Ethical Dilemmas Legal and Social 115103 Coordinator Name: Jackie Loong Student ID 10189179 Number of words: 1651 Date: 20th August 2013 The definition of an ethical dilemma is a situation that involves conflict between moral imperatives in a way to obey each other. (Shaw‚Barry and Sansbury‚2009) There is no right or wrong answer when decisions are made. In this situation of the case we have Mike‚ who is a new accounts payable employee of the soft wear sales
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right - the only consideration relevant to the rightness of an act is the amount of goodness it produces’. 1 (McNaughton and Piers Rawlings pg32) from David McNaughton and Piers Rawlings essay on Deontology. Versus the Kantian and Rule Consequentialism of utilitarianism which would believe that this is morally wrong‚ despite of the lives that could be saved. Rule Consequentialism and Deontology are very similar in their beliefs. For example‚ this was said in regards to
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“For the man whom I seek to use for my own purposes by such a promise cannot possibly agree with my way of behaving to him‚ and so cannot himself share the end of the action (42).” The other person’s humanity is being used as a means for ends. The objection to this is there is a lack of respect for a fellow individual’s rationality and humanity. Regardless of how the money is spent‚ the agency of another has been violated. For utilitarianism‚ lying is only wrong if it creates net unhappiness. It allows
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Humanitarian intervention: a liberal perspective The moral legitimacy of states and the limits of sovereignty 1. Introduction According to Slocombe (2003‚ p.117) there is no question that has more preoccupied the discussion of international relations than that of the legitimacy and wisdom of the use of force. Sincere efforts to substitute international institution and diplomacy for military power‚ the costs of multiple terrible wars‚ and even the potential consequences of war fought with nuclear
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DOCUMENTO DE TRABAJO N° 19 Deliberative Democracy and the Politics of Reason Maria Esperanza Casullo Agosto de 2007 1 Documento de Trabajo N° 19 María Esperanza Casullo 2007 SERIE “DOCUMENTOS DE TRABAJO” ESCUELA DE POLITICA Y GOBIERNO Universidad Nacional de San Martín www.unsam.edu.ar SERIE “DOCUMENTO DE TRABAJO” DE LA ESCUELA POLITICA Y GOBIERNO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTIN La serie de Documentos de Trabajo refleja parte de las actividades de investigación la
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In regards to Kant‚ we as people should come across our maxims of a specific action. Kantians consider “human life is important because humans are the carriers of rational life” (Scholar/Oneill). By stating this it means that society is competent of withholding rational behavior and should not be used on the sole purpose of pleasure from
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losing two. When this case is viewed from a Kantian perspective‚ however‚ an ethicist would look at the moral obligation and duty of the matter. Kantianism is a type of deontology‚ and believes that certain acts are morally right or wrong intrinsically‚ despite the consequences. Kant’s perspective of deontology states that the only intrinsically good thing is good will‚ and would therefore look at the intentions of the case despite the consequence. Kantians would view the case of organ transplants based
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epistemological and normative. On the one hand‚ he aims to de-mystify Kantian pure practical rationality
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Part A Utilitarianism Upon applying utilitarianism theory to Tom’s current situation‚ Tom would maximise the greatest good and increase the happiness of more people and parties by exaggerating his work experience. The first party that would benefit from this is his parents. As was said in the case study (2014)‚ Tom’s mother had lost her job a few years ago and has remained unemployed since. Tom’s father has also not been doing well financially‚ as his business has not been doing well as of lately
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