wrong are determined by the consequences of an action. Deontologists do not negate that consequences are significant but they believe there are more relevant aspects to the moral duty of the action. Deontology mainly focuses on Immanuel Kant and W.D. Ross. Kant based his view on moral principles that define between right and wrong. He also views deontology as an act on any maxim if and only if you can will it into a universal law. Kant introduces that there are rules to determine situations and he also
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1. Metaethics The term “meta” means after or beyond‚ and‚ consequently‚ the notion of metaethics involves a removed‚ or bird’s eye view of the entire project of ethics. We may define metaethics as the study of the origin and meaning of ethical concepts. When compared to normative ethics and applied ethics‚ the field of metaethics is the least precisely defined area of moral philosophy. It covers issues from moral semantics to moral epistemology[->0]. Two issues‚ though‚ are prominent: (1) metaphysical
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In March 1998‚ forty-three-year-old Peter Barnes read an ad in the Chicago Tribune that Pentrix was seeking experienced word processors to work in its Chicago office. Pentrix is a national corporation specializing in the design and manufacture of hand-held computers. The ad stated that Pentrix was looking for “experienced word processors seeking a career in a stable and growing company.” On March 8‚ 1998‚ Barnes interviewed with Renee Thompson‚ the head of Pentrix’s word processing department in
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THE DUTY OF CARE IN IRISH TORT LAW Author: Anna Louise Hinds‚ B.Corp.Law‚ LL.B (N.U.I.)‚ LL.M (Bruges). Examiner – Legal Framework Formation 1. Introduction The duty of care arises in the tort of negligence‚ a relatively recently emerged tort. Traditionally‚ actions in tort were divided into trespass and trespass on the case‚ or simply ‘case’. Trespass dealt with the situation where the injury was immediate‚ in other words direct and foreseeable. Actions based in case however‚ covered consequential
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PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY Introduction As early Greek civilization grew more complex (c. 500 b.c.e.)‚ mythology and religion began to develop into philosophy (and later into science). As part of this development‚ a new kind of thinker emerged known as a sophos‚ from the Greek word for “wise.” These “wise men‚” and they were almost exclusively men‚ asked increasingly sophisticated questions about all sorts of things‚ especially natural processes and the origins and essence of life. Although mythology
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Examine the key ideas of utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a relativist‚ consequentialist and teleological system of ethics based on the idea of ‘utility’. This means usefulness and utilitarian suggest that everyone should be the most useful thing. The theory was devised by Jeremy Bentham who said “an action is right if it produces the greatest good for the greatest number”. He believed human beings are motivated by pleasure and pain. Bentham lived in an era of great social and scientific change
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important ways; The Age Discrimination In Employment Act is more lenient than Title VII regarding the latitude afforded employer’s reasons for adverse employment decisions (). The Age Discrimination In Employment act allows an employer to argue that a prima facie of age discrimination by identifying any factors other than age that has helped make the decision. The other difference is the Age Discrimination in Employment act only protects employees that are over 40 years of age from discrimination. So‚ a
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Jurisdiction • S 16 Judicature Act 1908( general power to grant an interlocutory (interim) injunction • Hubbard v Vosper [1972] 1 All ER 1023: A plaintiff is not entitled to an interlocutory injunction simply because he shows a prima facie right‚ and an arguable case as to its infringement. The remedy is flexible and discretionary Perpetual Injunction • Made after a substantive hearing on the merits • Contradistinction to an interlocutory injunction‚ which is a holding
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a. Print Layout view b. Headline view c. Web Layout view d. Outline view REF: WD 5 2. The ____ as shown in the accompanying figure is a formatting mark that indicates where the ____ was pressed. a. TAB key c. ENTER key b. SPACEBAR d. SHIFT key REF: WD 6 3. To enter a blank line into a document‚ press the ____ key without typing any text on the line. a. CTRL c. ENTER b. ALT d. ESC REF: WD 7 4. Press the ENTER key in all of the following circumstances EXCEPT ____. a. to insert
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Abortion: Morality Meets the Law Hannah Miller UH -155-001 11/22/11 Abortion: Morality Meets the Law Abortion has always been an extremely debatable topic of discussion in the United States. Whether you are ‘Pro-choice’ or ‘Pro-life’ is a very important decision a person must make. Although the debate over abortion and whether it should be legal for doctors to perform or refuse abortions is a vastly discussed topic in other countries such as Great Britain. (Whiting‚ 2011). For many people
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