University of Nebraska at Lincoln Professor Sobel Philosophy 106 The Utilitarian Approach What is morally right‚ and what is morally wrong? Different ethical theorists have a wide variety of definitions to this question. Although it wasn’t until the ethical revolution during the 18th and 19th centuries that utilitarianism took center stage defying all other theories. David Hume‚ Jeremy Bentham‚ and John Stuart set this revolution into progress stating that utilitarianism explains that morality
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brought countries together through their economies‚ cultures‚ communication and trade‚ leading to an internationalization of the business process. Globalization allows companies to have better connectivity with their customers‚ achieve a wider market‚ and allows the employees to integrate personal goals with the goals of the organization. Along with internationalized business comes ethical issues in international human resource management‚ financial management‚ marketing‚ and production. In human resource
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Aaron Feuerstein & Malden Mills MGMT 368 ~ Business Ethics July 21‚ 2013 “The Mensch of Malden Mills” Aaron Feuerstein is well-known in the community of Lawrence‚ Massachusetts as the owner of Malden Mills. Perhaps more importantly‚ he is known as the man who cares about his workers and goes out of his way to help them; the man with deep convictions to see things through to the end because he is a man who keeps his word. Mr. Feuerstein is also known around the globe as one of the only businessmen
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Consideration In contract law consideration is concerned with the bargain of the contract. A contract is based on an exchange of promises. Each party to a contract must be both a promisor and a promisee. They must each receive a benefit and each suffer a detriment. This benefit or detriment is referred to as consideration. Consideration must be something of value in the eyes of the law - (Thomas v Thomas). This excludes promises of love and affection‚ gaming and betting etc. A one sided promise
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LAW OF CONTRACT Subject Code : 101 TOPIC : VALUE OF INSUFFICIENCY OF CONSIDERATION IN CONTRACT PRESENTED BY : NAME : Siddharth Dalabehera ROLL : 1283092 COURSE : BA LLB (B) UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF : MS. Jinia Kundu and MR. P. K. Ghosh ACKNOWLEDGMENT I owe a great many thanks to a great many people who helped and supported me during
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1 (a) According to the information from the question‚ Hei Lau’s letter amounted to an offer to sell his second-hand car and the offer would remain open for one week. Although Chiu Chor made the first letter to Hei Lau for inquiring “whether he would take HK$40‚000 for the car”‚ the original offer was still valid because this inquiry was a mere request for information about the offer rather than a counter offer‚ it does not imply a rejection of the offer. An example of a mere request is the case
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I have always been one to side with a utilitarian’s point of view‚ such as Mill and Bentham. The greatest happiness of the greatest number‚ or as cold as it may be‚ sacrificing the few for the good of the many. Utilitarian moral theories evaluate the moral worth of action on the basis of happiness that is produced by an action. Whatever produces the most happiness in the most people is the moral course of action. I will give the best arguments against Utilitarianism‚ and show in my own opinion‚ why
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Deontological moral theory is a Non-Consequentialist moral theory. While consequentialists believe the ends always justify the means‚ deontologists assert that the rightness of an action is not simply dependent on maximizing the good‚ if that action goes against what is considered moral. It is the inherent nature of the act alone that determines its ethical standing. For example‚ imagine a situation where there are four critical condition patients in a hospital who each need a different organ in
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Introduction Consideration is one of the essential elements for a formation of a contract.1 According to Lord Pollock’s definition of consideration which is an act or forbearance of one party‚ or the promise thereof‚ is the price for which the promise of the other is bought and the promise thus given for value is enforceable.2 Besides that‚ consideration must be something of value given or promised in exchange for the promise given by the other party in order for a valid contract to be formed.3
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1 Introduction Utilitarianism is a major position in normative ethics stemming from the late 18th and 19th century philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Contrary to the deontological approach to ethics that perceives morality as a duty or a moral rule that has to be followed‚ utilitarianism is a form of teleological ethics focussing on the consequences of actions meaning that the moral value of an action is solely determined by its outcome. Thus an action is considered right if it tends
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