Aristotelian ethics

based, the total utility of all stakeholders decides which option is the most ethical. From Table 2, it can be seen that the highest utility (32) is generated by not telling customers about Condoitin, and instead recommending Modoxolin. Kantian ethics Maxim: Ming should advise customers to buy a more expensive product (Modoxolin) when there is an identical product that is cheaper (Condoitin) if his job depends on it. Universalisation: All sales staff should advise customers to buy a more…

fiction novel The Looking Glass War. The first ethical principle discussed was Captain Lansen’s display of courage, and how his actions fit Aristotle virtue of courage perfectly. The virtue of courage was followed by an examination of the Kantian ethics view of lying compared against how the spies in the book conducted themselves. Lastly, The Department’s decision to take on the case was analyzed through the lens of one of Aristotle’s greatest virtues,…

Case 11.1: Accounting/Finance Ethics Scenarios Main Ethical Issue(s) Financial professionals are often confronted with fiduciary issues which challenge their integrity, honesty, and ability to be transparent with stockholders and customers. They may be pressured to make decisions or participate in accounting practices that are clearly against company policy, financial or accounting rules, regulations, and code of ethics. In all three scenarios, employees are asked to make such decisions.…

An Aristotelian Answer. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 5(1), 68–81. Introduction Throughout the article, Can We Teach Character? An Aristotelian Answer by Edwin Hartman, the reader is guided through the building blocks of character and what influences individual’s ethical and non-ethical behavior. Hartman uses ethics, values, virtue, character, morality, coherence, community, and culture to build an argument towards hope on the question—“Can We Teach Character?”—through ethics…

Greek philosopher Socrates influence on his native land was immense. He was recognized for his work during his own lifetime which was uncommon. His work contributed a lot in the fields of ethics and logic. Socrates believed that living virtues life was more commendable than acquiring material wealth or being overly concerned with their families or political involvement. It is said that he invented the teaching practice known as pedagogy which is a method used by a teacher when questioning a…

Engineering and ethics; two things that go hand in hand and is the main focus of our course. For where would we be without ethics in engineering? Engineers do what they can to uphold the high reputation of being an engineer. They do this by acting in an ethical manner in accordance with certain regulations and what they believe the right thing to do is. But how is an engineer to know what is right and what is wrong? For that he or she can look to many resources, but in particular an engineer can…

So, justice for Plato means to give someone what he deserves, however, the problem is that how to determine the value and the degree of merit, how can its be measured and by whom? As for Aristotle elaborating his ideas on justice in Nichomachean Ethics, provide a more detailed reflection on justice than Plato. Similar to Plato, Aristotle considered also justice as a virtue and moderation yet contrary to Plato, he thought that justice is not in the soul, but in the actions. Justice in the social…

THE CLASSIC ERA. In this the Socratic era, Socrates and his followers, set out to form great philosophies which turn out be the main platform of Western civilisation. The lesser Socratics, the Platonic Academy, the Aristotelian Lyceum, and the Hellenistic movements, start here and all later thought has to take account of these and a great part of it consists essentially of an elaboration or a commentary upon, or a criticism of, theses movements. The questioning method of Socrates was the…

himself and lacks prudence in committing suicide. By committing suicide, he prevents himself from ever reaching harmony by habituating himself to becoming virtuous. Therefore, the religion itself and the young man’s actions are not in alignment with Aristotelian…

Aristotle’s virtue ethics over Kantian deontology. In Kantian deontology, to be ethical is to follow one’s duty by acting on only the rules which one can at the same time rationally will that those actions become universal laws, while in Aristotelian virtue ethics, to be ethical is to develop and internalize virtuous habits until one fully becomes virtuous themselves. In turn, the ethical question of ‘What should I do?’ that deontology asks becomes ‘What should I be?’ with virtue ethics, placing…