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WEEK 4 MORAL PHILOSOPHIES DEFINITION The field of moral philosophy involves systematizing‚ defending‚ and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. The term “morality” can be used either 1. descriptively to refer to a code of conduct put forward by a society or‚ a. some other group‚ such as a religion‚ or b. accepted by an individual for her own behavior or 2. normatively to refer to a code of conduct that‚ given specified conditions‚ would be put forward by
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Ethics essay – Kantian ethics a.) Explain Kant’s concept of duty Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher who was concerned with producing an ethical theory that was logical and absolute‚ and did not change depending on the situation‚ countering the views of John Locke and other empiricists of the time. His ethics are based on duty‚ rather than looking at the end product of an action. He thought that his theory was so important that it could be rivalled with the Copernican revolution‚ in that it would
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however short‚ however unsatisfying‚ to save another child.” Which brings me to my first ethical argument‚ “It’s wrong to kill”. According to Immanuel Kant and his Kantian deontological theory‚ the principle of morality and our perfect duties‚ which one happens to be “it’s wrong to kill an innocent person”‚ comes from the categorical imperative. Kant states in the text on page 18 that‚
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Ethical Approaches Four Ethical Approaches Four Ethical Approaches- By Buie Seawell‚ Daniels College of Business‚ University of Denver There are many ways to define "ethics‚" almost as many as there are ethicists. For our purposes‚ let’s use this definition: Ethics is the discipline and practice of applying value to human behavior (as well as to the constructs of human culture particularly to morality‚ customs and laws) resulting in meaningfulness. From the earliest moments of recorded human
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From the Revolution to the Constitution THE ENLIGHTENMENT ERA The American constitution is the progeny of aspirations of the people of America and their desire to be attain political independence from the shackles of the British colonial rule. The perceived notion of the armed revolution of 1775 being the catalyst behind the constitution‚ is misplaced. The idea of a constitutional democracy had its inception in the ‘Age of Enlightenment’ during the seventeenth century. The influence of the Age of
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It’s Love Not Hate Hook states “no one can rightfully claim to be considered loving when behaving abusively.” Before taking this statement any further a fair definition of what “abuse” and “love” are must be recognized. Each state has its own definition of abuse that can range anywhere from causing harm to another‚ spanking your child‚ or beating. The federal legislation states that abuse is “any recent act or failure to act on a part of a parent or guardian with results in death‚ serious physical
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the intentions behind them as well as the consequences. Immanuel Kant‚ for example‚ argued that the only absolutely good thing is a good will‚ and so the single determining factor of whether an action is morally right is the will‚ or motive of the person doing it. If they are acting on a bad maxim‚ e.g. "I will lie"‚ then their action is wrong‚ even if some good consequences come of it. Non-absolutist deontologists‚ such as W. D. Ross‚ hold that the consequences of an action such as lying may sometimes
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Donaldson and Preston‚ 1995) where stakeholder groups would include internal‚ external and environmental constituents who can place demands on the firm (Ruf et al.‚ 2001). A moral theory that could support this view is the ethical theory of W.D. Ross in which he dictates 7 prima facie duties that each person 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
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investigate a quantity of issues surrounding price gouging‚ and to argue that the widespread ethical criticism of it is for the most part incorrect. I will also attempt to illustrate price gouging from philosophical views of Aristotle and Immanuel Kant. Introduction Prices for critical goods are expected to rise when a disaster strikes. Price gouging is not legally prohibited but it is generally thought to be immoral and exploitive. The rationale of this document is to investigate a quantity
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