Moral character

Cultural relativism may be defined as a theory that advocates the idea of subjective morality. To extrapolate, this theory entails that “different cultures have differing moral codes” and these variances are merely arbitrary. Although this is a seemingly sufficient theory, there are key issues with this school of thought. James Rachels suggests several issues with accepting cultural relativism. He criticizes cultural relativism by stating that the theory is absurd as it entails severe…

I in this discussion post would like to discuss the externalities, meaning the uncompensated impact of one person’s actions on the well-being of a third party, presented and disregarded in the news in connection to the construction of a stadium in Las Vegas. In addition, I would also like to discuss if the stated assumptions of the positive externalities are correct or not. I will be taking articles from other new sources that will not be clearly directed at the Las Vegas stadium, but stadiums…

or wrong. The purpose of normative ethics is to help guide society on how humans ought to act. These theories provide justifiable and reliable outcomes to determine if an action is moral or immoral. Two principles that play a significant role in normative ethics are consequentialism and Kantianism. When faced with a moral dilemma, these theories may agree or conflict with one another. To fully understand how normative principles, justify morality, they must be broken down. We will begin with…

Describe two (2) ethical principles in conflict for the RN in the scenario. Ethical Conflict arises when an individual is confronted with a general belief system about morality, ethics or justice and their situation. Ethical dilemma, " usually involves a conflict of one individual right with those of another, conflict of one particular obligation with the right another or combined conflict of one group obligations and rights with those of another group."(Catalano, 2015,p.123). The important…

researching ethics for this essay, I realized that there is a significant distinction between ethics and morality. These were two things that I had considered one and the same. However, ethics is “the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation” (Merriam-Webster.com, n.d.). Morality is “conformity to ideals of right human conduct” (Merrian-Webster.com, n.d.). Utilizing the word conformity to define morality seems to present an opposition to ethics, in that…

looking at is Ethics. It appears that in this area, culturally derived concepts shape the moral conclusions (for example values) that people reach thus leading to apparent diversity. In order to challenge this apparent diversity one can explore two contrasting principles Cultural relativism and Soft Universalism. Cultural relativism states that there is a diversity of ethical codes and that there are no universal moral principles. The first example I will be using to prove this is taken from…

We are defined by the decisions we make in life. How do we know if the choices we make are right or wrong? Loyalty syndrome is an ethical trap where you make decisions based on respect and/or loyalty to an individual, unit, or organization etc. rather than on military rules, regulations, and codes of conduct (Mod 6). I find that loyalty syndrome is important to me because I believe a leader should treat everyone fairly and equally not matter the relationship you have with your personnel. I am…

Utilitarianism is a theory based on the principle that actions are right and moral when they promote happiness, but wrong when they create the opposite. This means that even though one has goodwill he might still be creating sadness. Good will is not enough to be moral, any action based on good will must result in happiness. Typically, when we think of an action caused by good will we think it’s going to cause happiness…

When carrying out an investigation, especially if it involves human beings, it is essential to conduct it as ethically as possible as to respect other's welfare and rights. Ethics, also known as morals, allow us to recognize what is right and wrong. Notwithstand, considering that they rely on each one's values and life experiences, they can be highly subjective. Behavioural norms are standards of conduct learned and strengthened through the course of a lifetime that help us make judgements…

The trolley problem is a moral paradox that questions human morality. The story begins like this, there is a runaway trolley headed down a steep hill. At the bottom of the hill, there are five workers on the track, in the way of the speeding trolley. You are the driver of the trolley and notice that right before the workers there is another set of tracks. On this set of tracks, there is only one worker. You have the ability to pull a switch and turn the trolley onto the other tracks. So the…