Week 1 Individual Assignment ETH 316 December 10‚ 2012 Ethical Theory There are three main approaches to ethical theory. The three areas are utilitarianism‚ deontology‚ and virtue ethics. Utilitarianism is often thought of as the consequences. In a utilitarian’s mind‚ the best choice is the one that is made to meet most people’s satisfaction and is ethically correct. The problem with utilitarianism is that as time passes and they begin to have wrong predictions‚ then the benefit is less for
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What this case has to offer This case allows the students to apply the ethical theories of utilitarianism‚ deontology and virtue ethics to a real situation‚ although the names have been altered so not as to bias any discussion in class. On March 14‚ 2007 Chiquita Brands International entered into a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. Chiquita agreed to pay a $25 million fine after it admitted that it made payments to a terrorist organization for protection of its operations in Columbia
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additional research if necessary. Ethical Theory | Utilitarianism | Deontological | Virtue ethics | Definition | Moral decisions require taking full advantage of the benefits as well as minimizing the damage to society. (Trevino & Nelson‚ 2007) | Somebody who concentrates on carrying out what is “right” consistent with their own ethics as well as ideals. (Trevino & Nelson‚ 2007) | A concentration on virtue ethics‚ or honesty‚ deal mainly with an individual’s character‚ inspirations‚ as well as objectives
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this point‚ but she really did want to keep her unborn child and has been feeling guilty that she even considered termination‚ and this had no bearing on the pressures she had endured from her mother. The conversation has seemingly shifted to virtue ethics as she attempted to sort out her issues. “Moral arguments usually recommend a position based on a value as whether a behavior is good or bad‚ or whether a particular choice is a good one or a bad one” Taleff‚ Michael J. (pp.
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References: Thomson / Wadsworth. (Copyright 2005). ETHICS IN CRIME & JUSTICE. Retrieved from ADJ235 website.
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Moral compass is a feeling which serves or guides a person’s knowledge of right and wrong‚ sense or intuition of correct virtues‚ morals‚ and ethics. It assists in making complex ethical choices and promotes consistency in these choices (The center for defined ethics: The case for a defined moral compass‚ n.d.). An organization has to ensure they have established a moral compass for everyone to abide by. It acts as a moral framework. We can do this by using 1700’s German philosopher Immanuel
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more challenging and much real to think and deal with as a human being. Secondly‚ in my opinion this movie touches on a few of the main ethical theories we have discussed and learned about in class such as ethical egoism‚ utilitarianism‚ and virtue ethics. Throughout the movie‚ the characters are faced with incredibly difficult and ethical choices which‚ right or wrong‚ were made under extremely stressful and life or death situations. The unfathomable circumstances that the movie dives into puts
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9. Last accessed 16th Apr 2012. Collins‚ D. (1987). Aristotle and Business. Journal of Business Ethics. 6 (7)‚ p567-572. Available: http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=d49ec6df-ddf5-420b-9a9e-76e38b759ce9%40sessionmgr13&vid=16&hid=108. Last accessed 17th Apr 2012. [2]Kraut‚ R. (2012). Aristotle ’s Ethics. Available: http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2012/entries/aristotle-ethics/. Last accessed 15th Apr 2012. [6]Meikle‚S.(1994).Aristotle on Money. Phronesis. 39 (1)‚ p26-44
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of an oil company. The terrorist takes a plane full of people hostage and threatens to kill all the people on board unless you kill the CEO of the company. Utilitarian ethics might make the case that the greater utility to society would be for you to kill the CEO in order to save the hundreds of people on the plane. Kantian ethics says that the CEO has a moral right to life and killing him/her would be morally wrong. In this
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Aristotle was Plato’s prize pupil who discussed the types of moments where moral correctness may be applied to certain events‚ nature of virtues involved in the sound morality of humans as well as the ways to achieve happiness in one’s life. The overall question that Aristotle tends to ask himself and try to answer is the question that pertains to human character and personality‚ what do we as humans need to do‚ to be considered as a good person. Aristotle explained that every activity has a final
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