Rationality

Virtue ethics starts with the question, “What makes for a good, or excellent, person?” They answer the question by arguing that being a good person is about having a good character. A character is a set of dispositions and those who have a good character are naturally disposed to do good things. It is believed that those with good characters are “virtuous” and that good character traits are virtues, while bad character traits are vices. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a virtue is a…

Introduction A firm’s existence is to maximize profits for shareholders. In order to achieve that, firms seek to reduce cost while enhancing growth. Modern technology has enabled the market to be more efficient and firms may benefit with lower cost for externalizing certain activities. However, in “The Nature of the Firm” Coase (1937) argued on the cost efficiency of using the market compared to using the firm. Firms are often caught in a dilemma of vertical integration or utilizing available…

would most likely be a valid option for determining a rational decision. However, it is still crucial to avoid rationalizations that can have a negative impact on ethical decision-making, not to be confused with supported decisions made through rationality (Josephson,…

Overly Confidence can breed ignorance to anyone’s character and people may be likely to repent from establishing and or maintaining any relationship with you. Moreover, you can become susceptible to the “fallacy fallacy” where you always intend to spot and exploit when the opposite person falls victim to any fallacy. In my personal observation we can all be better at making decision because we are predictably rational. Our intuition and way of deciphering things can influence our cognitive…

often condemned because it compromises one's values. The controversy of revenge is due to its complexity and whether or not it can be justified. These ideas are looked at in Jeffrie Murphy’s “Two Cheers for Vindictiveness”. Murphy uncovers the rationality and moral legitimacy of revenge. Murphy’s strongest arguments are against the irrationality of revenge. He does this by exposing the weaknesses of those who oppose revenge and shows how vindictive passions can be justified…

their irrational avarice, Pope Celestine sinned because of his emotion-driven cowardice. There is a sharp juxtaposition between Celestine’s punishment in Limbo (like Virgil’s, of longing) with Boniface’s preordained fiery suffering—due to the rationality scale on which the two of them sinned considerably differently. Celestine’s irrational cowardice contrasts with Boniface’s deliberate simony. After Boniface, the next sinner was going to be Pope Clement V, the “lawless shepherd of the…

Nurses play a central role in advocating for their patients. In the case of Freda, the moral conflict between the nurse and physician revolves around the implementation of a feeding tube, in which the nurses feel does not respect Freda’s wishes. In utilitarianism, the beneficence principle means the value of the good (Collier & Haliburton, 2015, p. 440). In Freda’s case she defines good as dying peacefully. In Kantianism, the principle of autonomy states that the competent individual has the…

Toni Morrison effectively demonstrates her ethos through her credible background, connection with Senator Obama—with whom she is directly addressing—and connection with the general audience. First and foremost, her winning of the Nobel Peace Prize displays her ethos quite efficiently. The Nobel Peace Prize is solely given to those who make significant change in the world through their lives and work, therefore, this rare honor elevates Morrison’s reputation and authority. In addition, the aura…

1) With duty-based ethics it’s about obedience of law, performing an act morally because it’s out of duty. The act is based on the fact that it’s our obligation, we do the duty out of oughtness. Virtue ethics is different from duty-based ethics as one is not acting out of oughtness or duty, but out of motivation and feelings. Acting on moral character. Virtue ethics would be to perform an act for example out of love for a mother who is ill; you take care of her because of the love you have for…

“I was captured by the Fascist Militia on December 13, 1943” (Levi 2). Thus begins Primo Levi’s account of the debilitation, demoralization, and destruction he witnessed as a prisoner of the Nazi regime’s largest concentration camp, Auschwitz. Levi’s memoir, If This is a Man, requires its readers to examine and comprehend the history surrounding the extreme actions taken against the Jewish population during World War II. However, in the 21st century, the understanding of this genocide is…