Essays on Consequentialist

The managers of public sectors are confronted by the dilemmas related to ethics because they effort to select options surrounded by the values set. Ethical problems might emerge from similarly alluring alternatives that may perhaps be defended as the right one in some circumstances (Ehrich, Cranston & Kimber, 2004). The starting of the twenty-first era has shown the profession of accountancy as the biggest challenge to continue. Such task highlighted the need for the profession to make stronger the self-assurance of public in its ethics plus efficiency (Onyebuchi, 2011). The scandals related to accounting that is found out frequently in ...

Milton Friedman (1970) is opposed to the idea of social responsibilities of businesses. He makes the central claim that if there is a social responsibility of businesses it is to increase their profits. According to him, a business is nothing more than a group of workers/employees working for employers. Therefore, individual employers can donate to social causes. If the business (through its management) spends money for social causes, it is imposing costs on employees. Further, it is illegal to impose taxes on people. Only, the legislature has the jurisdiction to impose taxes. Moreover, the corporate executives are not competent ...

The death penalty is defined by Alesina & La Ferrara, (2014) as the kind of punishment given to individuals who have committed capital crimes. When trying to justify punishment, one can adopt either a consequentialist or retributive justification. Pojman arguments in favor of the court’s decision is a combination of consequentialist and retributive reasons. Consequentialist justification views that harming those who have committed wrongdoing serves as an example to those who may want to do the same in future. Retributivists on the other hand claim that physically harming those who have committed criminal offenses is an intrinsic good. According ...

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Although obliged to cover issues in their entirety, with no distortions made in the process, American media tend to misrepresent the reality, as was the case with the depiction of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime implications for the social welfare possibly for political reasons. The noble cause of saving the international image of the USA formerly allied with the late leader in the wake of the Gaddafi demonization could have been the driving force of misrepresentation of the myth related in part to ethical minorities. The knowledge of non-consequentialism and its principles, whether unconsciously or otherwise, allows readers to perceive ...

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Non-consequentialism, relativism, and absolutism as philosophies and ethical theories will be central to the research into the nature of media portrayal of different minorities in various states and the way the theories and philosophies shape people’s perception of such representation. Portrayal is often the problem due to it being incomplete, biased, or distorted for a variety of reasons, whether political or otherwise. Besides evidence and opposed attitudes, the project will offer practical recommendations as to how to improve the coverage of different minorities. Thesis statement: non-consequentialism, relativism, and absolutism influence how people perceive the problem of the inadequate ...

The case regarding making a choice between accepting expensive gifts and allowing for the gift money to be donated to feed starving children is a practical example of moral conundrums solved through the application of moral theories. The utilitarian moral theory, just like other moral theories has the potential of helping to decide on which route of action to take (Vaughn 68). The utilitarian point of view notes that what defines a moral act is the level of happiness it brings. In making this choice, therefore, it will be essential to weigh the happiness the chosen action brings. Ideally, ...

In this case, IBM developed the dial-up-era dinosaur programme which was developed with the aim of connecting the customers with the company through the social media networks. This however, was similar to a similar product that had been developed by The Groupon Ltd. Groupon went further to obtain a patent to bar the other companies from using the similar product. This product as per the business ethics were said to be unfair in terms of being unfair to Groupon since it had the patent to the product (Vanian, 2016). The case brought before the court is one which was ...

The four moral theories of standard consequentialism, moderate consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics are the ones that have been examined throughout the course. The reading material for the class include the writing of Don Marquis and Michael Sandel whose articles will be used to analyze which type of moral theory each author is most likely to be coming from. Marquis wrote a piece on abortion, titled “Why Abortion is Immoral?” While Sandel wrote about gene modification in a piece titled, “A Case against Perfection?” Based on the argument presented by Marquis, I would be inclined to say that he ...

Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma.

Abstract The ethical decision-making process paper focuses on the ethical guidelines for national and multinational organizations. With the business management and organizational planning and objectives, it is becoming paramount that employee human and labor right be in harmony with every prospectus developed by the firms. Contemporary issues that face employees are being reviewed and addressed such the human rights and labor relations guideline. The paper focus on rights of workers based on the ethical dilemma related to off the clock working. The decisions made at the management level must always ensure that they adhere to professional code of ethics ...

Just War Theory Just War Theory is the ethical convention devised to ensure that war is started only when it is most necessary and to set the limits to warfare. The theory consists of three essential parts: Jus Ad Bellum (principles of justice of war), Jus In Bello (rules of the right conduct during warfare), and Jus Post Bellum (responsibilities of warring nations after war). According to Jus Ad Bellum, war is just only when (1) it has a just cause, (2) it is the last resort, (3) it is declared by a proper authority, (4) it has the ...

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Research Question: What should be done about abortion? Thesis Statement: Abortion is impermissible except when performed to save, not to take, life. I. Abortion as a Utilitarianistic Act Mothers who opted for abortion often base their decisions on factors that are favorable to them personally, making their utilitarianist philosophy essentially egoistic. Thus, a mother who opted to perform an abortion is essentially an egoistic utilitarianist. Consequently, utilitarianism suffers from the problem of failing to respect the separateness of persons; that is, that of the mother and that of the unborn child (Jacobson 168). ...

Terrorism is an abstract noun. Having a war on terrorism is by its own definition illogical and irrational. This is when dealing with the semantics of the word. The word terrorism has shifted in meaning many times over the century. It has come to mean many things to many people. While social sciences studies the varieties, methods, causes and history of terrorism. Philosophy deals with two fundamental interrelated questions. What is terrorism and can terrorism be ethically justified. Since 9/11 there has not been a single individual who has not been affected in one way or another by this phenomenon. This ...