SHI 23776234 Simin LIU 23624337 Jieru HE 21216819 Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 1.1 Background 4 2.0 Explanation 6 3.0 Analysis and Evaluation 8 3.1 Utilitarian View 8 3.1.1 Absolute Utility 8 3.1.2 Marginal Utility 8 3.2 Kantian Views 10 3.2.1 Utilitarian View Revisited Error! Bookmark not defined. 3.2.2 Means not Ends 10 3.2.2 Respecting one’s dignity 11 3.3 Rights Ethics 13 3.3.1 Total Institution causes loss of control and
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Introduction Mr. Edward Joseph Snowden was a former employee of Booz Allen Hamilton which is a contractor of National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States (US). In May 2013‚ Mr. Snowden came to Hong Kong and leaked information to a British newspaper The Guardian. Leaked information revealed mass surveillance programmes operation by the US Governments. Surveillance programmes include extensive interception of data of telecommunication‚ Internet‚ and other sources by sophisticated technologies
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Three Approaches to Making Ethical Decisions Within an Educational Institution Ethical decision-making is essential in understanding and demonstrating values in educational institutions. Philosophical‚ social and moral principles and values accentuate ethical decision-making and shape the foundation for understanding the relationship between an individual’s values and decisions made in educational institutions. Administrating what an individual knows is right is not always straightforward‚ and determining
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and the legal issues surrounding this topic. The ethical principles outlined will be; autonomy‚ non-maleficence‚ benevolence and utility. Furthermore the ethical theories supporting these principles that will also be outlined are; utilitarianism‚ deontology (both Ross and Kant’s version)‚ Rawls’s theory of justice‚ natural law ethics‚ virtue ethics and care ethics (Schwartz‚ Preece and Hendry‚ 2002). Utilitarianism An ethical theory which falls into the bracket
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Marxist sociologists utilise Marxist concepts in order to provide a framework for understanding the cause and effects of crime and deviance in a capitalist society. These sociologists see power as being controlled by those who own and maintain the means of production. The superstructure of a capitalist society the agencies of social control‚ the law‚ politics as well as crime all reflect and serve ruling-class interests. According to Marxists‚ laws are patented in as a direct reflection of ruling-class
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Howell Company‚ 1973‚ pp. 620. [10] P. Singer‚ "A Companion to Ethics." Oxford‚ England: Blackwell‚ 1991‚ pp. 565. [11] J. Rawls‚ A Theory of Justice‚ Revised ed. Cambridge‚ Massachusetts: Harvard University Press‚ 1999. [12] N. Davis‚ "Contemporary Deontology‚" in A Companion to Ethics‚ P. Singer‚ Ed. Cambridge‚ Massachusetts: Basil Blackwell‚ 1991‚ pp. 205-218. [13] D. McNaughton‚ "Consequentialism‚" in Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy‚ vol. 2‚ E. Craig‚ Ed. Cornwall‚ England: Routledge‚ 1998‚ pp
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PharmaCARE scenario and whether the FDA should be granted more power over compounding pharmacies. Throughout this paper the decision on whether PharmaCARE’s use of Colberian intellectual property would be ethical in accordance with: Utilitarianism‚ Deontology‚ Virtue ethics‚ Ethics of care‚ and my own moral / ethical compass will be discussed. There will be an analysis discussed on the way PharmaCARE uses U.S. law to protect its own intellectual property while co-opting intellectual property in Colberia
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“The purpose of medical science is to benefit the life and health of those who turn to medicine. It surely was never intended that it be used to prolong biological life in patients bereft of the prospect of returning to an even limited exercise of human life.”(Ashby & Stofell‚ 1995). The technology of artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) allows the provision of complete nutrition to patients who in the past would not have received such treatment. However‚ the wisdom of administering long-term
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Critical reflection of Bentham and Mill’s utilitarianism in contrast to Kant’s idea of duty. First of all‚ there are three different types of happiness or pleasure‚ namely; hedonism which focuses on for the sake of pleasure‚ Epicureanism which was brought forward by Epicurus who stated that happiness is freedom from bodily pain and mental distress and lastly‚ utilitarianism which was originated from Bentham and later was explained further by Mill which will be explained further in this essay
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Ethical Dilemmas in the DOE Assignment #1 Abstract In every profession: we as the professionals are faced with ethical dilemmas. An ethical dilemma is a conflict of moral principles‚ occurring when a person is faced in certain situations‚ where adhering particularly principal might result in the violation of the other (Buzzle.com‚ 2014). In the Department of Education (DOE) we identify the students and families of the New York City public school system as our
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