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    Affirmative Action in Workplace There are many forms of discrimination still present in the modern day world. Many of these instances take place during the daily operations of business. The objective of this paper is to highlight the concept of affirmative action in the workplace‚ and explain why one person of gender or race would be hired over another more qualified for the position just to fulfill hiring requirements‚ while using Kantian and Utilitarian ethical theories to justify each side of

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    Deontological Ethics

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    Deontological ethics or deontology (from Greek δέον‚ deon‚ "obligation‚ duty"; and -λογία‚ -logia) is an approach to ethics that judges the morality of an action based on the action’s adherence to a rule or rules. Deontologists look at rules[1] and duties. It is sometimes described as "duty" or "obligation" or "rule" - based ethics‚ because rules "bind you to your duty".[2] The term "deontological" was first used in this way in 1930‚ in C. D. Broad’s book‚ Five Types of Ethical Theory.[3] Deontological

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    one ought or ought not to do—by reflecting on the doctrine of deontological constraints and conclude with an un-demanding finale of how one’s ethics (thereby my agreement with deontological constraints) do not provide basis for all ethics (and every person’s ethics)‚ merely a motivation to thoroughly analyse thought-experiments which question our very morals. The paradox arises when we take into account

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    major distinction between utilitarian and deontological reasoning. Make reference to all relevant aspects of the two positions including the ’act’ and ’rule’ versions along with pertinent examples that clarify your answer. The major distinction between Emmanual Kant’s deontological reasoning and Mill’s utilitarian reasonsing is that deontological reasoning refers to duty‚ which is usually determined without regard to circumstances or consequences where as utilitarian reasoning always considers

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    Before my time at Johnson had started I personally viewed the deontological perspective of ethics as the most important one of the three that were discussed in class. After our discussions in class‚ and the interdisciplinary presentations that were given this semester‚ I would still believe deontological perspective to be the most important. My reasons for this assumption is that decisions have consequences or rewards‚ morals stem from experiences‚ and morals are the bases of human existence. This

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    Deontological Ethics in Location-based Social Media There are so many location aware applications on my “smart” phone; I do not know how I could have lived without these features. There are applications that tell me where is the closes gym that I am a member of. There are applications that give me information on the weather of the current city. There are even applications that will locate the closest “driver” to taxi me wherever I want to go. And of course‚ all these can be shared on facebook

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    demands that morality of action should be determined by duty as well as adherence to certain rules. The individual faces a dilemma on whether to keep promise to the company and fail to disclose the issue or disclose and bear the consequences. The deontological perspective assumes that humans should be treated as objects of intrinsic moral value. However‚ the consequentialist perspective assumes that morality of an action is determined by the specific results of an action‚ in which case the salesman’s

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    Utilitarian Approach

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    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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    Consideration Student Name Instructor Name University Affiliation Date Abstract Consideration is the price that the promisor asks in exchange for their promise‚ that is‚ the price of a given promise. Consideration is not a significant part of a contract in a number of jurisdictions. Once parties have reached a binding agreement‚ that becomes sufficient. Nevertheless‚ the common law requires that for agreement to be binding‚ the person to whom a promise is made (promisee) must offer

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    Deontological Paper Marketing products‚ services‚ or even charities to the public has become a very powerful force in our world. Millions of dollars are spent on advertising each year with the goal of increasing revenue for the business or raising awareness of an organization to the public. Pharmaceutical companies bring products to the markets that are intended to help people live better lives. Advertising is a relatively new phenomenon for pharmaceutical companies in the United States. “In

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