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    individuals’ virtues.   There are six dimensions of this ethics: Community‚ excellence‚ role identity‚ integrity‚ judgment‚ holism (University of Phoenix‚ 2009). In recent years there has been an increased interest in the application of Aristotelian virtue to business ethics. The objective of this paper is to describe the moral and intellectual virtues defined by Aristotle and the types of pedagogy that might be used to integrate virtue ethics into the business curriculum. Virtues are acquired

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    Coriolanus Virtues

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    Coriolanus’ virtues of valour and integrity make him extremely unsuitable to fill the role of Consul in Rome. By exploring Coriolanus’ pure martial virtues‚ distinctive character and godlike status‚ it can be seen that to a very certain extent his is not Consul material. Coriolanus has been raised to behold only martial virtues and because of this he excels in battles. His warrior nature makes him fearless‚ dangerous and brutal‚ leaving him with no ability to be patient‚ humble and considerate

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    UTILITARIANISM AND DEONTOLOGY Action we take must have consequences whether good or bad. Utilitarianism is a theory that focuses on consequences that will bring about the best possible outcome of any situation‚ in terms of individuality or people‚ this means some sort of pleasure and happiness must be the result. On the other hand‚ deontology focus on the doing the right thing‚ were your intentions will be understood based on the right thing where everyone in your position would do the same‚ more

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    Virtue of Generosity

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    Selfness is a virtue of humanity and generosity is an offshot of selfness. It is the virtue of bringing a smile onto other peoples faces. For the most part‚ it is good to be generous. In the Prince‚ Machiavelli argues that there are boundaries on when and to what extend a prince should be generous before his people take advantage of him or are no longer satisfied with his generosity and expect more from him. Through his text and my understanding of Machiavelli perspective on generosity you will be

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    Mill's Utilitarianism

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    Utilitarianism‚ is the argument that a man should judge everything based on his ability to promote the greatest individual happiness. In other words‚ even if your actions are wrong‚ they are morally justified if it is for the greater good or‚ the greatest individual happiness. There are many different standpoints on what happiness really is‚ in John Stuart Mill’s essay on utilitarianism he argues that as long as your behavior creates bliss it is accounted for as happiness. Stuart supports his claims

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    Is Patriotism A Virtue

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    Yet if everyone presumes their country is above all others‚ then at most only one can be correct (Nathanson 537). In the essay “Is Patriotism A Virtue‚” MacIntyre brings up an effective example of this. Consider a scarce resource that all countries need such as oil. Since patriotism encourages a people to put their own country’s interests first‚ they would want to keep their oil within their country

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    Flaws with Utilitarianism

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    Among the most glaring problems that I see with Utilitarianism is its inclusion of animals under the umbrella that blankets this theory. It seems irrefutable that there exists an inordinate number of cases where the consequence that is against the best interest of an animal is favorable to humans‚ yet that dictating action is one that has been continually taken and condoned by the general public. This is a fundamental challenge‚ as the Utilitarian philosophy decrees that the pleasure and pain experienced

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    not need laws to tell them to act justly‚ while bad people will find a way around the laws.” (Hartman & Desjardins‚ 2008‚ p. 1) How can people define good people and bad people? What factors should people perceive‚ if when they want to act justly? ‘Ethics’ can be standards or rules of morality for those people who have had a problem in choosing between different actions (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich & Ferrell‚ 2011). It is about human conduct which is choices and dilemmas. In the real world‚ people have numerous

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    Human Virtues

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    Human Virtues and Character Strengths Virtues consist of a set of character strengths‚ these strengths represent good character. They are wisdom‚ courage‚ humanity‚ justice‚ temperance‚ and transcendence. Wisdom and courage are two virtues that my Grand Father encompassed. He was a very strong and knowledgeable man. His life revolved around going against all odds‚ he truly believed in beating whatever he was at battle against. His perseverance was with him till the day he died.

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    Classical Utilitarianism

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    Utilitarianism: A thought investigation into the strive for equality. Utilitarianism is a consequentialist philosophy‚ where motives and actions are disregarded and only the end result is accounted for (Rachels 2009). Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that is based on the idea that the proper course of action is the one that maximises the quantified ‘utility’. Utility is the unit of measurement that to describes the benefit individuals can gain from an action. Utilitarianism argues

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