degree -- no action is absolutely perfect -- its moral perfection‚ it must be in conformity with the law in three respects. First‚ the action‚ considered under the character by which it ranks as an element of conduct‚ must be good. The physical act of giving another person money may be either an act of justice‚ when one pays a debt‚ or it may be an act of mercy or benevolence‚ as it is if one give the money to relieve distress. Both‚ of these actions possess the fundamental element of goodness (bonum
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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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We each seek pleasure as a means of escaping the battles within our lives. We are not able to bear such difficulties of life and use pleasure to cope. We seek the solutions of many of our problems by instant pleasure to lift us of our sadness for awhile. We are able to indulge in many types of pleasures such as bodily pleasures‚ relationships‚ music and food. "Happiness and pleasure are intrinsically linked. Pleasure has a direct effect on the quality of the activity
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just money or material goods. How you spend your time and act to others shows true virtue in terms to generosity. He follows by talking about the Liberal man and how he is the most loved of all virtuous characters because he is dependant on giving. Giving can be done by anybody at any time‚ however the liberal man‚ “will give for the sake of the noble‚
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doing it at some times. And this was my issue‚ the game of football I loved and it gave me many pleasures‚ but the offseason work also gave me many pains‚ aches‚ and was not fun all the time. This is the issue I am going to write about‚ how football gives one many pleasures both good and bad‚ and many pains both good and bad. And how I had to view the issue dealing with the pros and cons of the pleasures and pains in which it gave me. In class over the course of the semester we have talked about
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theory‚ in which people’s endeavor to strive after happiness has two aspects of negative and positive meaning. The first one is to strive after an absence of “pain and displeasure” and the latter one is‚ “endeavor to experience strong feelings of pleasure.” How many people are realizing the true meaning of happiness despite their effort to be happy? There are two different definitions of happiness defined by secular scholars and Christian scholars. After going over the definition of happiness by Aristotle
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Why do athletes take performance enhancing drugs? There are many reasons. These range from the athlete being driven by the craving for success and the rewards that come with it‚ to the sheer desire to reach the goal that they set when they first started out in their sport e.g. win Olympic gold. The athlete may not be good enough to achieve these targets through the professional athlete lifestyle alone‚ and so turn to performance enhancing drugs in order to do so. From a philosophical point of view
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sexual issues include the topics of homosexuality‚ prostitution‚ extra martial affairs‚ contraception and sex before marriage‚ with many of the theories giving their view on what is right or wrong. Aquinas theory of natural law is one that says no to mostly all sexual issues. He thought that sex had three purposes‚ to reproduce‚ provide pleasure and to bind a husband and wife together. So with that he completely argues against the use of contraception and also homosexuality. Aquinas said sex is used
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of nutritional value in meat and rise of healthier vegetarian alternatives‚ consumption of meat is now purely for gustatory pleasure. By eating meat‚ the consumer is contributing to the slaughter of animal for pleasure opposed to survival. Eating meat with the intent of survival is morally acceptable‚ while contributing to the torture or killing of animals for personal pleasure is morally impermissible. Therefore‚ it is immoral to eat meat if healthier vegetarian options are accessible. Norcross
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Committing Adultery A marriage is full of moral ethics that should be followed. Kant would have agreed with me that we have moral duties to ones self and others. A marriage is committing moral thoughts‚ words‚ and actions to yourself and your spouse. Kant believed in treating other people the way you wish they would treat you. Never treat other people as if they were merely things. The formula of humanity states that we should treat people as an end and never as a means to an end. In committing
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