“Virtue ethics is a broad term for theories that emphasize the role of character and virtue in moral philosophy rather than either doing one’s duty or acting in order to bring about good consequences. “ (1). In this story, looking at it from a from the view of virtue ethics Bob was completely wrong for what he to that little boy. Virtue ethics basically says to be kind, respectful and morally a good person. From this point of view Bob but his car before a life. Ethicist in this field would highly disagree with Bob’s decision because it is almost the complete opposite of what they stand for. Looking at it this way, Bob should have sacrificed his car in the place of that little boy’s life. From a utilitarianism point of few he was still wrong.
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“Monism is a philosophical worldview in which all of reality can be reduced to one “thing” or “substance.”(1) There are three different types of monism. There is materialistic monism, idealistic monism, and the mind-stuff theory. “According to the first doctrine, everything in the universe, including mental phenomena, is reduced to the one category of matter. In the second doctrine, matter is regarded as a form of manifestation of mind; and in the third doctrine, matter and mind are considered merely aspects of each other.”(1) One Advantage of monism is that 1 thing can explain everything. For example if someone were to ask me how the earth got here, I would say God created earth. A disadvantage would be that you may not get the answer you are looking for. For example, if someone were to ask me who created God, I would answer that God has always been. This can leave the person asking the question very annoyed. “Pluralism refers to a society, system of government, or organization that has different groups that keep their identities while existing with other groups or a more dominant group.”(1) Doing research I came across some examples of pluralism. One is example was about this woman named JoAnne who grew up in the United States but her parents were from Lebanon. (1) Because her parents acted, dressed, and cooked a certain way she would often act in that manner. (1) An advantage in this situation is that if she were to move to Lebanon she would most likely be alright because she grew up a certain way. A disadvantage would be that many American may not accept her culture and things that she may do. They may find it very
“Monism is a philosophical worldview in which all of reality can be reduced to one “thing” or “substance.”(1) There are three different types of monism. There is materialistic monism, idealistic monism, and the mind-stuff theory. “According to the first doctrine, everything in the universe, including mental phenomena, is reduced to the one category of matter. In the second doctrine, matter is regarded as a form of manifestation of mind; and in the third doctrine, matter and mind are considered merely aspects of each other.”(1) One Advantage of monism is that 1 thing can explain everything. For example if someone were to ask me how the earth got here, I would say God created earth. A disadvantage would be that you may not get the answer you are looking for. For example, if someone were to ask me who created God, I would answer that God has always been. This can leave the person asking the question very annoyed. “Pluralism refers to a society, system of government, or organization that has different groups that keep their identities while existing with other groups or a more dominant group.”(1) Doing research I came across some examples of pluralism. One is example was about this woman named JoAnne who grew up in the United States but her parents were from Lebanon. (1) Because her parents acted, dressed, and cooked a certain way she would often act in that manner. (1) An advantage in this situation is that if she were to move to Lebanon she would most likely be alright because she grew up a certain way. A disadvantage would be that many American may not accept her culture and things that she may do. They may find it very