Normative ethics

Niccolò Machiavelli spent a large majority of his aristocratic platform defaming the many intrinsic characteristics of human emotion and experience. He consciously ignored the essential acts of care and compassion while promoting a message of fear and hate. His teachings offered detailed instructions on the succession and maintenance of a fear-abiding society encapsulated by submission. His philosophy stated that the best interest of the general public was to irrefutably follow the rule of law.…

actions and choices seem a bit questionable. God’s command to kill one’s own son is fundamentally unreasonable given the premise that God is all good, and Abraham’s willingness and lack of objection in obeying him subsequently demonstrates a lack of ethics. One of the first things that should raise some concerns in Abraham’s story is why God would command Abraham to kill Isaac, his only son, who God himself promised to him (Genesis 17:16). Operating on the premise that God is all-good, this…

Professional ethics has been an essential topic for engineers to comply to. This concept of professional ethics can be categorized into three varieties: prohibitive ethics, preventive ethics, and virtue ethics. Virtue ethics emphasizes the concept for engineers to promote the qualities of a character and also the quality of life of the people. This is supported by the Texas Engineer Practice Act where it is stated that: “Engineers shall be entrusted to protect the health, safety, property, and…

The most effective supervisor would communicate effectively with their staff. Supervisor will keep staff informed on changes or growth within an organization. They are aware of the value of listening both for building cooperative relationships avoiding tension and grievances. They have patience, self-assured and self-control in a professional setting. Supervisors carry themselves in appropriate manner (Remley & Herlihy, 2016). Guidance is provided to incoming employees, teach job requirements…

In 1886, Friedrich Nietzsche published his book Beyond Good and Evil in Germany, a work in which he implies his criticism of dogmatism while simultaneously emphasizing the need for one to adopt his own moral code. I believe he published his book not only for past philosophers, but for the middle class as well. He states, “the gregarious European man nowadays assumes an air as if he were the only kind of man allowable” (Nietzsche, 121). With this statement, I believe Nietzsche targets past…

There exists a woman, lets call her Jenny, who would have been appointed to a major advisory position if Hillary Clinton would’ve became president. Jenny is an expert on welfare policy. But, as you may know, Clinton didn’t win the election leaving Jenny without a Job. Now for our scenario lets say Hillary’s competitor, Donald Trump, who Jenny despises and believes will be a bad president, offers her the same job. Should she take it? My answer is yes; Jenny should accept the job. It would be in…

Utilitarianism is a consequentialist moral theory, where actions are judged right or wrong solely by virtue of their consequences which was introduced by Jeremy Bentham and later carried out by John Stuart Mill (Kemerling,2011). In regards to the consequences the only importance is the amount of happiness or unhappiness that was produced. In regards to utilitarianism it is believed that everyone counts as one, and no one counts as less or more than another person. And that a person should do…

Creating ethics in a moment’s notice, to having to be morally and ethically correct is unquestionably difficult for someone in the decision making process. What is considered moral? Whether we have a clear difference between what is right and wrong, is not always the case when it comes to ethical decision making. These choices can affect you for a long time, and make you think to yourself what if? A few months ago I was faced with a situation where my neighbor and one of my best friends tori…

Ethical ideologies are inherent and play a vital role in our decision to make moral decisions and whether or not those decisions are right or wrong. Two major philosophers that proposed two theories of ethics that gave an understand of what is right or wrong are Kant and Nagel. Kant theorized that the rightness or wrongness of actions doesn’t depend on our consequences but on whether we fulfill our duty. Nagel proposed the idea of Moral Luck and said that Moral Luck occurs when we judge an…

businesses, there was an issue pertaining to the loyalty that nurses display within their organization, and the ethics code that should be displayed towards the patients. Finding an appropriate balance between ethics and loyalty seemed to be the main issue, and is also something that I must prepare to face while starting my new career. The purpose…