Immaneul Kant is an 18th century German philosopher who presented the modern deontological ethics with his theory of the categorical imperative. This theory argues that a moral action should not be tied to any condition and must be applicable by any reasonable being‚ so this action will be considered as a principle and a universal law
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[pic] “Consideration and its rules” Assignment# 1 [Law-200] Prepared By: Prepared For: Name: M Shahajada Hossain Barrister Ishtiaque Ahmed (ItA) ID#: 071-573-530 Section: 09 B.B.A Date: 26th October‚ 2011. Consideration: Consideration is a very important element in a contract. While making a contract; parties of the contract agree
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A utilitarian model of ethics is one where the greatest good is produced for the greatest number of people. As explained in the text‚ payola is the act of using money to get air play. They further add that statistics show a significant correlation between air play and generated profit from that song. In my opinion‚ this is an unethical from a utilitarian point of view. I argue this point of view because there is an emphasis on quality. This is one of the important milestones for any legitimate organization
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Rules of consideration 1. Consideration must not be past: Re McArdle (1951) Ch 669 Court of Appeal Majorie McArdle carried out certain improvements and repairs on a bungalow. The bungalow formed part of the estate of her husband’s father who had died leaving the property to his wife for life and then on trust for Majorie’s husband and his four siblings. After the work had been carried out the brothers and sisters signed a document stating in consideration of you carrying out the repairs we agree
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Legal and Ethical Considerations: Main Challenges 1. Understanding the moral risks of new technology. Millions of records on private citizens now available over the counter pose a threat to privacy. Principles of right and wrong 2. Establishing corporate ethics policies that include information systems issues. Main Social Legal and Ethical issues: 1. Privacy & personal information 2. Freedom if speech 3. Can we trust computers? 4. Intellectual property
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As opposed to the utilitarian’s view‚ the morality of the action is not relevant if there is a good outcome‚ meaning what gives moral worth to an action are the consequences. There are some disadvantages and advantages to both Kant’s view and utilitarians’ views. Nonetheless‚ I think Kant’s views are preferable and more reasonable. One of the reasons I consider Kant’s view more reasonable is because actions are things we can control‚ we can decide to either do something good or bad‚ moral or immoral
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Deontological Theory of Ethics Introduction When ethics is explored‚ and an inquiry into its origin and sources are explored to find definition and clarity around ethics‚ one initial discovery will be that two main views on ethical behavior emerge. One of those theories is the deontological theory of ethics. Ethics and ethical decisions surround themselves around what is the goodness or badness of any particular choice or decision. When exploring ethics‚ it is necessary to explore what
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Cultural Consideration Chanda Martin CJA/500 May 23‚ 2011 Joseph Laronge Cultural Considerations In the criminal justice system cultural concerns and influences in today’s societies have its positive and negative aspects. Cultural concerns and influences raises a lot of attention of the affect it has on justice and the security administration. In this paper it will first discuss how cultural concerns and influence affect the justice and security administration and its practices. Second‚ what
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The topic of abortion is a very controversial one and displays a moral dilemma that can be argued in various ways. Abortion involves the termination of an unborn fetus. Some reasoning behind getting an abortion procedure include: a mother being very young or feels that she is ill-equipped to take care of a new child; the embryo having a birth defect that will cause complications for the child’s life or for the delivery of the baby; the pregnant woman has been raped and does not want to deliver her
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Ethical Considerations Reflection Paper By Leeanne Reichert Monday‚ January 21‚ 2013 EDU/315 James Russo University of Phoenix Teachers must take into consideration the school policies and the code of conduct that is appropriate in the educational work place. These policies and codes affect the ethical thinking of teachers and how they must act towards their co-workers‚ parents‚ and students. It focuses on what is considered as good decisions and the correct actions as well as the moral
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