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    Keeping the personal records and fingerprint make sense as it will help to control alcohol related violence inside the pubs and clubs. On the other hand it raises privacy issue as there are chances for personal information leaking. Customers should be informed about the information they are keeping as well as the purpose of that. No information should be stored without letting the customers know about the content and purpose. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact on privacy…

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    However, it can also be morally wrong to a lesser extent to impact the quality of life. Consequentialism is good at assessing moral acceptability because the primary focus is on the quality of human life, based on the consequence of an action. This paper interprets that deterrence must be justified in order for it to be morally acceptable. It must not be excessive and it must be used in self-defence. Consequentialism addresses these…

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    Prudence ethics It sees moral conduct as one that is guided by a singular's close to personal estimations. 2. Deontology Ethics as set by the law, sets of principles and concurred principals or regulations set by the customer or PR office. 3. Consequentialism Moral or untrustworthy choices are in light of the assumed results they will bring. 4. Ethics of consideration Choices are made by counseling an outsider's perspective or taking the point of view from another…

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    Is Euthanasia Wrong

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    euthanasia is right, while also showing how ethics places a part in it. Out of the many different theories such as Virtue Ethics, Natural Law Theory, Utilitarianism, or Deontological Ethical Theory ext. I feel that the utilitarianism theory and consequentialism would best explain euthanasia from ethical stand point.…

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    will provide a brief introduction to act utilitarianism, use a case to describe how an act utilitarian would make a decision, and then offer my opinion on the case. Consequentialism argues that moral rights and wrongs should be judged not on actions, rather on the consequences of said actions. Act utilitarianism is a form of consequentialism where the rightness of an action is determined by if that action will bring about the most overall happiness. It is important to understand that in this…

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    Since real-world actions often have unintentional or unpredictable consequences, consequentialism can attribute bad consequences to well-intended, carefully-considered actions. Kantian thinking, on the other hand, can praise an action as good or bad on its own merits, regardless of its capricious outcomes. Therefore, even when a well-intended…

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    The essential comparability between Kant's morals and utilitarianism is that there is a target Good which can be looked for. Kant contended that one should act in a way that can be willed for every other individual. For instance, you shouldn't lie since you wouldn't need every other person to lie, as well. Utilitarianism contends that one should act in a way that creates the best useful for the best number of individuals. Utilizing a similar case, one shouldn't lie if forgoing the lie would…

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    Ethics In Public Policy

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    preached the practical expression of faith (Preston 2014, p.p. 23). There are many kinds of theories related to the notion of ethics. The first theory is Consequentialism. It is about evaluating some one based on their actions or behavioural outcome, so scientists say that this approach is ‘forward looking’ approach. One of sub theories of Consequentialism is utilitarianism, which is mainly about pleasure and pain. According to them, people should maximise their pleasure rather than pain. The…

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    personally as “taking consideration of person’s worthiness, goodness, and circumstances”. This is connected to the worth of the innocents mentioned earlier. The stage of justice influence the evaluation of the Justice Perspectives: Consequentialism and Non-Consequentialism. Under the consequential perspective, her actions are justified and ethical, while unethical for the Non-Consequentialist. Lanora intentions with her actions are meant to minimize the suffering of…

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    such a notion violates John Locke’s concept of natural ____________. 40. There are many arguments for or against torture that one could use in reference to Zero Dark Thirty. Regardless, torture could be analyzed in terms of consequentialism. A concept connected to consequentialism is acceptance _______________. 41. At one point in the film, Maya’s car is shot at in Islamabad, where she lives. The act of Maya’s attackers, to target an unarmed, oblivious CIA agent, could be examined through jus…

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