Utilitarianism? Utilitarianism is an ethical framework for effective moral action. It’s a philosophical concept that holds an action to be held right if it tends to promote happiness for the greatest number of people. The essence of utilitarianism is in its concept of pleasure and pain. It defines the morally right actions as those actions that maximize pleasure or happiness and minimize pain or evil. Utilitarianism is all about making the right choices that will consequently promote the greatest amount
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There are countless and innumerable arrears in High courts and Supreme Court‚ and one crore and more in lower courts pending disposal. It is beyond dispute that credibility in courts to administer justice is almost shaken. The impending causes of the backlog of cases are in built arising out of wastage of time at several stages of the legal procedure at different levels of the hierarchal system. This can be overcome to a larger extent "Through a conscionable campaign of the judges by the judges for
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PHIL103 A Rational Choice After reading John Rawl’s “A Theory of Justice” and applying its components to the ideal societies of Singer‚ Rand‚ and Arthur‚ I believe that from the unbiased and rational state of the original position I would choose to live in Arthur’s social order. I want to begin with my reasoning for rejecting the ethically egotistical society that Rand would support as well as a society under Singer’s utilitarian beliefs. From the original position‚ I would not choose a society
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TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 - 2 2.0 PRODUCTS & SERVICES 3 - 4 3.0 MACRO ELEMENTS 5 - 7 a) Political & Regulations b) Economy c) Social d) Technical 4.0 CONCLUSIONS 8 5.0 REFERENCES 9 1. INTRODUCTION 1. The spices business of Faiza started on the 1968‚ when founder of Faiza Marketing(formerly known as Syarikat Faiza)‚ Mrs Hajjah Faiza Bawumi Sayed Ahmad‚ formulated
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Moral Relativism: A Contradictory Idea Julian Watson Intro to Philosophy Moral relativism is the belief that there are no moral absolutes‚ and that morality (as a concept) is something that exists only in the mind of the individual. In theory‚ it’s an appealing philosophy‚ but when applied to serious issues on a global scale then you begin to create problems that generally lead to chaos and complete anarchy. In this paper‚ I will break down why Moral Relativism is
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Decision-Making in Business THE302 Business Ethics Ms. Ariane Lellmann Due Date: 31/May/2012 Student ID: 201212068 2045 words Executive Summary In one of two dilemmas Mr. Owen is facing‚ he decided not to inform the guests about the construction. In narrow view‚ he is responsible for profit maximization for his shareholders. Even though he was not honest to his guests‚ his action is considered as morally right since different situation makes different choice according to
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Distributive justice is the concern for fair treatment towards stakeholders.8 Retributive is the concern that punishment is justified by the offence.9 Corrective is the procedure that stakeholders are compensated appropriately for wrongs that are suffered.10 Procedural is the involvement of impartial application of rules or procedures.11 In this case‚ the distributive property of ethical justice has been violated‚ as Monsanto does not show concern towards
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REGIONAL INSTITUTION OF GENDER‚ DIVERSITY‚ PEACE‚ AND RIGHTS ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE COURSE 1) ESSAY) The Issues of Social Justice and Gender Justice in Sudan NAME: HANADI MOHAMED ABDELHALIM 02/15/2012 Introduction: Discussing the term gender justice is a complicated matter. because its part of a wider term which is social justice‚ and without knowing this term first we can’t understand gender justice‚ Since social justice is interrelated with economic and political aspects. in
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Reason why people give up on ethics Self-interest sometimes morphs into greed and selfishness‚ which is unchecked self-interest at the expense of someone else. This greed becomes a kind of accumulation fever. “If you accumulate for the sake of accumulation‚ accumulation becomes the end‚ and if accumulation is the end‚ there’s no place to stop‚” he said. The focus shifts from the long-term to the short-term‚ with a big emphasis on profit maximization. For example‚ swaps (where two communication
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THE MORAL ARGUMENT How do we explain the fact that people often refrain from immoral acts even when there is no risk of their being caught? There are many formulations of the moral argument but they all have as their starting point the phenomenon (fact) of moral conscience. In essence the moral argument poses the question: where does our conscience‚ our sense of morality come from if not from God? It also asserts that if we accept the existence of objective moral laws we must accept the existence
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