Ethical theories

ethics. These include subjectivism, relativism, and universalism. Ethical subjectivism claims there are no objective moral truths while relativism claims there are no culturally independent moral truths. Ethical universalism states that there are objective and culturally independent moral truths. I will be focusing solely on universalism for the trolley cases that will be discussed later on. The two theories we focused on within ethical universalism deal with Mill’s Principle of Utility…

Ethics is crucial in the practice of medicine. There are many moral dilemmas that nurses deal with on a daily basis and there are two branches of ethical theories that we can put to use to help guide ethical decision making in daily medical practice. Deontology is an ethical theory that translates as the of the study of duty. This theory focuses on rules and duties. The influential philosopher name Immanuel Kant is associated with Deontology. Kant’s deontological perspective entails that…

There are two types of ethical systems in Ethics and Leadership, deontological and teleological. Deontological “approaches to decision making look at the action and decide whether it is right or wrong,” (Toni Romero, 2013). It is “an approach to ethics that addresses whether the motives behind certain actions are right or wrong instead of focusing on whether the results of the action are right or wrong,” (Emelda, 2011). An example of deontological ethical system would be the Ten Commandments…

Deontology Deontological ethical theories are a contradiction to Consequentialist, or Teleological theories because they are not based off the consequences of your actions. The core of the word means duty or obligation, and that is what the central focus is based on. When used in the manner, the theory would mean that actions are important, rather than consequences. The central philosophy of this theory is categorical imperative, which is just a methodology for evaluating reasons to act in a…

In the ethical theory of Kantianism, moral laws should guide people’s actions and these moral laws should be universal. In order to apply this theory to all rational beings, any supreme principle of morality must be based on reason. Since the laws are derived through a reasoning process a Kantian is able to state if an action is right or wrong but they can also explain why it is right or wrong. The First Formulation of the Categorical Imperative is: Act only from moral rules that you can at the…

The ethical theory utilitarianism is the idea of whether actions are morally right or wrong depending on their consequences and determining "what is the right thing to do?". The overall theory of utilitarianism is to maximize both happiness and pleasure for the greater good. All utilitarians believe that the purpose of morality is to make decisions that equate to the greater good of the people. Utilitarianism is a pretty simple theory; it looks at the consequences of an action as to whether the…

character is the entirety of his character trait. Our traits can go from being morally good, bad or somewhere in between. They can be laudable or not. The laudable character traits, the marks of greatness in character, are called virtues. “Virtue Theory maintains that our primary moral responsibility is to develop a virtuous personal character, a character full of virtues” (Burnor 219). Everyone is born with the potential of becoming virtuous, but it is according to their function and situation.…

Explain and examine the ethical theory of Utilitarianism. Engage with one current moral issue from the perspective of Utilitarianism by Eleanor Hanley Utilitarianism is a noun. The doctrine that the right course of action is the one that will lead to the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people. Jeremy Bentham, who was an English Philosopher was the founder of the word Utilitarianism. The word Utilitarianism originates back to 1820 – 1830. Utilitarianism is an attempt to provide an…

In ethics, ethical theories involve the basic concept of wrong and right behavior. There are two types of groups of ethical theories. These theories are consequential and nonconsequential. Consequential principles judge ethics on a certain action by the outcome of that action meaning the overall consequence. Consequential Ethics, determine what is ‘morally right’ and ‘morally wrong’ of the action that is occurring and is than determined by the rate of good to bad that a given action would make.…

regarding their ethical decision-making. The Normative Ethical Theory was used by the researchers to frame the methodology of the study as well as complement better understanding of the decision-making of these photojournalists. This theory encompasses the general sides of the ethical decision-making of the selected photojournalists, whether they would act upon the consequences of their actions (Teleological), or on what they think is universally right (Deontological). Under this theory, the six…