adversity and giftedness. Another great philosopher W.D. Ross felt that humanity had prima facie (prima facie denotes evidence that – unless rebutted – would be sufficient to prove a particular proposition or fact) duties such as the duty of beneficence‚ self-improvement and non-maleficence. Moreover‚ these duties coincide with Savulescu’s argument for enhancement and provide the basis of my argument for
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theory and the Disparate Treatment theory. According to the online Encarta dictionary‚ Disparate Impact is the indirect discrimination in employment or education against a class of people‚ e.g. by means of a psychological test (Dictionary‚ 2006). Ross Runkel explains disparate impact and disparate treatment as following: Disparate impact" is a legal theory for proving unlawful employment discrimination. However‚ most actual cases use the "disparate treatment" theory. Disparate impact is the idea
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Utilitarianism was developed in the 18th century by Hutchenson‚ who used the phrase "the greatest good for the greatest number" to describe his theory. His idea of Utilitarianism‚ however‚ seeks to find a rational means of assessing how best to put this promotion of happiness into practice‚ and is split into two types; Act Utilitarianism is the earliest form‚ in which what is deemed right is based on the assessment of results of a particular action‚ and Rule Utilitarianism‚ which allows to be taken
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In response to the case study The Best Person for the Job by Joanne B. Ciulla; it is important to examine the prima facie obligations of W. D. Ross‚ any of which can be defined as “an obligation that can be overridden by a more important obligation.” According to Ross‚ there are seven prima facie obligations‚ which we must consider in the process of moral decision making. These include: duties of fidelity‚ duties of reparation‚ duties of gratitude‚ duties of justice‚ duties of beneficence‚ duties
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NORMATIVE ETHICAL THEORIES Objective • Discuss the normative ethical theories L2: Normative Ethical Theories Beliefs about how people should behave can be classified into at least 2 major categories: Teleological theories (Consequentialism) Right actions are those that produce the most or optimize the consequences of one’s choices. Behaviour is ‘ethical’ if it results in desirable behaviour 1. 2. 3. 4. Ethical egoism Ethical elitism Ethical parochialism Ethical universalism Deontological theories
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according to Ross. In egoism view of consequentialist theory‚ Mr. Owen promoted long-term interest to himself and stakeholders. Giving a note of apology and offering $100 dining credit are considered as the duties of reparation from Ross’ seven Prima Facie obligations. The action the writer took of ‘inform the guests’ in broad view of corporate responsibility respects the stakeholders. It shows honesty which is considered as ethical in virtue theory‚ and theories of Kant and Ross. From Ross’ theory
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Over the 3 week duration of the course I learned many theories that tried to provide answerers on the search for good and evil. Kant’s theory on deontology‚ Freud’s theory on psycho egoism and self deception Theory of Ethical conventionalism‚ Theory on human and nature centered ethics‚ Ethical pluralism and many more. If I had to choose any of the theories that I learned in class it would be the theory of ethical conventionalism‚ and Kant’s theory on deontology. I would choose ethical conventionalism
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Ethical Analysis of Baby Theresa Baby Theresa is a very unique case. Theresa Ann Campo Pearson was an infant born in Florida 1992‚ with Anencephaly‚ which is where the two most important parts of the brain are missing‚ the cerebrum and cerebellum‚ as well as the top of the skull. Without these parts of the brain she would never have had higher brain functions or consciousness. However‚ there is still a brain stem connected so all the autonomic functions are still working‚ such as having a heart
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20th century‚ moral theories have become more complex and are no longer concerned solely with rightness and wrongness‚ but are interested in many different kinds of moral status. This trend may have began in 1930 with D. W. Ross in his book‚ The Right and the Good. Here Ross agues
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