do not feel pain” [6] - whereas abortions mostly occur before that time period [3]. In conclusion‚ since the legal abortions are performed by a professional and the benefits outweigh the costs‚ abortion is morally permissible. Against Abortion (kantian): Killing an innocent human life form is wrong. The fetus is an innocent human life form‚ therefore it is wrong to abort the fetus [1]. According to the Women ’s Center statistics‚ teenagers are more likely to delay having an abortion until 15 weeks
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BSB111 – Business Law and Ethics Semester 1 2010 ETHICS CASE STUDY QBank offered Jen a substantial amount of money for the premises of her florist shop. However‚ this will all come at the cost of her two employees Diane and Helen losing their jobs in the shop. Therefore‚ it seems Jen faces an ethical dilemma‚ particularly because she promised her employees that she would keep them on. By looking at key relevant ethical theories a decision can be made that best suits Jens situation. Egoism
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unnatural‚ and unacceptable. People should not be treated differently because of their choice of sexual interest. This is ethically wrong and devalues people. We are going to explore homosexuality in three different ethical reasoning’s Utilitarian‚ Kantian‚ and Natural.
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In the journalistic world‚ there are ethical considerations that journalists must reflect on in their routine journalism duties. A disregard of these may consequently lead to implications that have a major impact on a journalist’s career. However it is understandable why many journalists choose to disregard the ethical considerations they may be faced with. Both institutional and commercial pressures can play a role in a journalist’s disregard for ethical considerations in their job. Although journalists
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The Legality‚ Morality‚ and Social Responsibility of the Affordable Care Act and Florida Blue. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23rd‚ 2010. The Act is a daring attempt by President Barack Obama to reform the healthcare system in the United States. The new healthcare reform act is historical because of its scope and size. Opponents to the healthcare act state it is an attempt to increase the size and power of the federal government and
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their products are put to illegitimate use. Do drug manufacturers have any moral responsibility to ensure that their products are not put to such use? In this paper I am going to discuss the six different ethical theories‚ including utilitarianism‚ kantian ethics‚ natural law theory‚ virtue theory‚ care ethics‚ and symphonology. The first theory that will be discussed is
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moral assessment‚ such as rules of conduct (rule utilitarianism). Utilitarianism opens with a short chapter in which J. S. Mill‚ having traced the utilitarian tradition Socrates criticizes intuitionist philosophies and invites to overcome the Kantian definition of moral obligation on behalf of his consequentialism. In Chapter II he states that "actions are good or bad insofar as they tend to promote happiness‚ or to produce the reverse of happiness." But this hedonism‚ is not to reduce man
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may bear at any one time. In this case‚ a company has a duty of fidelity to its owners to act in their interest as well as the duty of nonmaleficence to its employees and the local community. In deciding which duty is more important we can turn to Kantian Ethics and the ethic of care. The second reformulation of the categorical imperative says that we should “(a)ct in such a way that you treat humanity…always..as an end and never simply as a means” (Thomas‚ 2010). Following that‚ the duty of fidelity
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Theological Voluntarist would say the choice 28-year-old women made about refusing blood transfusion was right. The decision was right because theological voluntarist makes their moral decision based on the scared text and/or listen to any direct inspiration. Based on the scenario it was against 28- year-old women’s religion to get a blood transfusion even if the baby dies. For theological voluntarist whatever god’s will is that is what morally is right. For example‚ in the text Kierkegaard’s Fear
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction.................................................................................................................2 2. Decision making in business.......................................................................................2 3. Characteristics of deontology .....................................................................................3 4. Arguments in favour of applying deontology in business......................................
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