experiment in ethics used to explore human morality. The trolley problem poses a very difficult question. What should you do‚ as the only person on a trolley with the capacity to choose between keeping the trolley on the main line (thus killing five people)‚ or steering it onto the spur track (and killing one person)? Under a deontological approach‚ it is morally wrong to kill anyone. Therefore‚ killing one person to save the lives of five people is not an option. Under a deontological perspective
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Examine the key features of the Teleological argument. The word teleological comes from the Greek word ‘Telos’ which means purpose. The teleological argument is a posteriori and like the cosmological argument‚ attempts to prove the existence of God. It claims that certain phenomena within the universe appear to display features of design and are perfectly adapted to fulfil their function. Therefore‚ if features of the universe are so perfectly designed‚ for example the structure and function of
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Ethics Essay The world that we live in has many rules and beliefs that we have adapted to‚ some of these beliefs are known as ethics. Ethics is what we know of what is right and wrong in life. There exists several types of ethics beliefs but in this case the Virtue Theory‚ Utilitarianism‚ and Deontological theories will be described and compared because each one of these ethics has many differences. Virtue Theory The Virtue Theory is known as virtue of ethics‚ in this theory the focus is on
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Explain the Teleological Argument (25) The Teleological Argument is widely known as The Design Argument. It originated from the greek word ’telos’ which means ’end’. The is a posteriori and inductive argument which means it looks at the evidence and concludes from it. The classic Design Argument claims that the universe has order‚ purpose and regularity and the complexity of the universe shows evidence of design. This leads to the conclusion that there is a designer of the universe who is said
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existence according to William Paley’s teleological argument. The teleological argument is often described as an argument which stems from either design or intelligent design‚ but this can be considered as misleading. According to the creators of the book Introducing Philosophy the teleological argument can be defined as an argument that attempts to prove god’s existence due to the intricacy and design of nature (Glossary‚ p.617). A good way to describe the teleological argument is by looking at the universe
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Ramona D. Jones Utilitarian and Deontological Theory Drug Testing ETH 501 TUI University Abstract Drug testing is becoming a standard practice is the workplace. Companies are finding that by conducting random drug testing of their employees it amounts to huge long term savings for the company. There are several benefits for companies that conduct drug testing. Companies have a legal obligation to ensure a safe work environment to all employees‚ and implementation of drug testing assures
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References: Thiroux J & Krasemann K (2012): Ethics: Theory and Practice 11th Edition. Pearson NJ. Lecture in Ethics in The Social Sciences (Week 2): Consequentialist (Teleological) Theory Lecture in Ethics in The Social Sciences (Week 3): Non-consequentialist (Deontelogical) Theory
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BBA313 DEONTOLOGICAL (NONCONSEQUENTIAL)‚ TELEOLOGICAL (CONSEQUENTIAL)‚ VIRTUE ETHICAL THEORIES - WEEK/ TOPIC 3: Dr. Ziska Fields HOMEWORK: (1 PAGE ONLY) Today the Arms Procurement Commission began public hearings into what appears to be the biggest corruption scandal in the history of South Africa. Apply the Global Business Standards Codex and explain if and how the Defense Department used these principles‚ what they could have done differently if the Codex was applied GLOBAL BUSINESS STANDARDS
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Unit 45: Business Ethics LO 1 – Understand different ethical perspectives in business Introduction – 1.1 Explain the background of theoretical ethical approaches and development of theoretical ethical approaches. Ethical perspectives: Deontological and teleological ethical theory; a. Define Deontology ethical theory Give example of deontology by stating a Philosophical experiences or case laws b. Define Teleology ethical theory‚ Give example of teleology by stating a Philosophical experiences
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3) Can Deontological Egoism avoid all the problems that confront unconstrained ethical egoism? In this essay I will argue that Deontological Egoism can rescue Unconstrained Ethical Egoism from a large number of its problems and that DE offers a more plausible and attractive Egoism theory Understanding Moral theories The goal of a moral theory is to meet certain moral principles. Various principles are argued for to be included as moral principles within a workable moral theory. We therefore can analyze
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