East Meets West: Toward a Universal Ethic of Virtue for Global Business Some Western cultures operate upon an individualistic rights-centered morality‚ while Eastern cultures favor a more community-centered ethic of virtue (Wong 1984). There is no universal ethic. In particular‚ it is recognized that the Western thinker Aristotle and his virtue ethic strongly resembles that of the Eastern thinker Confucius. This similarity suggests that a universal virtue ethic may already exist in the form of a powerful
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Aristotle argues that the happy life (Eudaimonia) is the life of virtue. Eudaimonia is translated to mean happiness. When Aristotle speaks of the good life as the happy life‚ he means an active life of functioning well in the ways that are essential to humans and not the life of just feeling happy and amused. He enshrines happiness as a central purpose of human life and an end in itself. Ends are goods aimed at; every craft and every investigation‚ and likewise every action and decision‚ seems to
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To what extent do you believe that members of your family or your friends use consequential‚ nonconsequential‚ and virtue theory? The consequential theory is when a person is concerned what the consequences would be after they do something or make a choice that was not right. Consequential theory is the nature of a secondary result‚ meaning that it can have significant consequences. “The two major consequentialist ethical theories are ethical egoism and utilitarianism” (Otto‚ 2014‚ p. 30). These
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cases inconsistency. However in all approaches to ethics‚ such as Kantianism‚ Utilitarianism or in this case virtue there will be logical‚ rational and sound decisions made and outcomes produced. Virtue ethics is influenced heavily by Aristotle whose Nichomachean ethics was based on the teleological idea that nature is for a purpose i.e. Sex is for reproduction. One clear advantage of the virtue ethics system is that as opposed to asking what should I do?’ it asks how should I live?’ which not only
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Similarities and Differences in Virtue Theory‚ Utilitarianism‚ and Deontological Ethics When talking about ethics it is hard to distinguish between ethics and morality. It is also hard to distinguish exactly what realm of ethics contributes to my everyday decisions. Ethics can be defined as “well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do‚ usually in terms of rights‚ obligations‚ benefits to society‚ fairness‚ or specific virtues [and] ethics refers to the study
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Is Aristotle right to say that virtues of character lie between an excess and deficiency? Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath‚ a student of Plato. Aristotle had two major works about the Ethics‚ they are Nichomachean Ethics and Eudemian Ethics. Aristotle claims that all the action of a human must aim to something‚ but if you are day-dreaming‚ it won’t be counted as an action. Aristotle also talks about the golden mean. The golden mean can help to support why Aristotle
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James Madison was the fourth U.S. president. He was a big part in United States history because he helped co-write the Federalist Papers and helped write the drafts of the United States Constitution. The Federalist Paper #10 was written by James Madison published on Friday‚ November 23‚ 1787. James Madison wrote the Federalist Paper to the people who lived in New York. James Madison discussed in the paper how a good union could help control the violence caused by the faction. Madison defines factions
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The genre of picture books is predominantly aimed at younger readers and often referred to as children’s books. Herbert & Harry is a children’s picture book‚ written by Pamela Allen in 1986‚ which tells the story of two brothers who have a falling out over treasure they found. It is a picture book which not only tells a story but which possesses moralistic values and ideologies through the story. Together with the written aspects of the text the illustrations fulfil an important role in the message
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Utilitarianism has its strengths. Firstly‚ the utilitarian philosophy recognizes that we all like pleasure and dislike pain. This has also become the basis of moral and political life. That is‚ maximizing utility is a principle not only for individuals but also for legislators. In deciding what laws or policies to enact‚ a government should do whatever will maximize the happiness of as a whole. Secondly‚ Utilitarianism is probably the most defensible approach in emergency situations. For example
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Why should directors‚ executives‚ and accountants understand consequentialism‚ deontology‚ and virtue ethics? Consequentialism is based on the concept that the moral worth of an action is determined by its outcome. And that the consequences of one’s conduct are the true basis for any judgment about the morality of such conduct. Thus‚ from a consequentialist standpoint‚ a morally right act‚ or failure to act‚ is one that will produce a good outcome‚ or consequence. This view may also be expressed
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