Utilitarian Viewpoint of Drones Ethical Issues The topic discussed within this document is "Uncharted Territory: When Innovation Outpaces Regulation for Private Use of Drones." What is interesting about this topic is that the crux of it revolves a Continue Reading...
Philosophy Human nature seems to be delicately balanced between destructive and constructive forces, which may wrestle and be in continual conflict. However, it is possible to resolve the conflicts inherent in human nature to create unity and harmon Continue Reading...
Death Penalty All indications are that capital offenses are on the rise and the response to this phenomenon has been a cry to impose capital punishment as retribution. Certainly the issue is one of the most hotly debated in the world today; both for Continue Reading...
Ethics: Assisted Suicide What is Assisted Suicide? Recent Issues Theories: Is it Ethical? The Death with Dignity Act (DWDA) The Deontology Argument Virtue Ethics The Velma Howard Case (Assisted Suicide) Peter Williams Case Ethics: Assisted S Continue Reading...
tension between businesses interests in maximizing profits and the public's interest in receiving complete, truthful, and non-misleading information about products that they purchase. The dangers against greenwashing are that consumers will have no Continue Reading...
Health Care One of the most contentious social issues in the United States today is the debate over the responsibility of the state to provide basic health care services for its people. Normal Daniels argues that "if social obligations to provide ap Continue Reading...
solving throughout this term. Solve the dilemma using Kant's ethics (Categorical Imperative). Solve the dilemma using any other method we have discussed to date (with which you agree.) State which resolution (Kant's or the other one you chose) yo Continue Reading...
Corporations are responsible for the impacts of its decisions and activities on society, the environment, and its own prosperity (What is Corporate Social Responsibility). The practice of selling contaminated product to a market, regardless of which Continue Reading...
Freedom and the root of utilitarianism are focused on providing society as a whole with happiness, not just a particular group of individuals in the social order. Mill risks generalizing at this point, as he is inclined to impose his point-of-view w Continue Reading...
Premeaux's investigation into ethics and business behavior resulted in four categories that can lead to ethical problems: a) coercion and control (the use of threats or extortion to force a manager to make a certain decision); b) conflict of intere Continue Reading...
Sex Offender Civil Commitment Civil Rights or Societal Rights Civil commitment is a legal process typically introduced into society for the mentally ill, or those individuals whom the Court or other professionals believe are a danger to themselves Continue Reading...
Humility and Moral Pluralism Humble Morals Humility can actually play a fairly significant role in ethical decision making, particularly when those decisions are related to any form of organization, whether professional, clerical, or even personal Continue Reading...
There are no shades of gray and there aren't times when something is right and something is wrong. Something that is right is always right and vice versa for wrong. That means that killing people is always wrong, no matter what the situation is. The Continue Reading...
Transaction Under Each of the Five Ethical Theories Ethical fundamentalism: Juanita's behavior is clearly in contravention of a normative code of ethics since each of the world's religions proscribe bribery. The Bible, for instance, as does the Ko Continue Reading...
Ethics Interstate -35 West Mississippi River Bridge The collapse of the Interstate-35 West Mississippi River Bridge, which is also known as Bridge 9340, was one of the most dramatic cases of structural engineering failure in the history of the Unit Continue Reading...
Law and Technological Developments Justin Ellsworth's parents should not have been given access to his e-mail correspondence. Notwithstanding the court order, Yahoo!'s decision to disclose Mr. Ellsworth's e-mail to his parents seriously compromises Continue Reading...
What social networks will need to do however is tread the line between keeping and growing user trust vs. monetizing their content. Trust within social networks and online communities have been studied for decades with the results showing transparen Continue Reading...
Computer and Web Ethics The term "computer ethics," as coined by Walter Maner in the 1970s, refers to a field of study that examines "ethical problems aggravated, transformed, or created by computer technology" (Maner, 1980). Maner suggested that pe Continue Reading...
Employees, competitors and the board are other important stakeholders who must be taken into consideration as well. There are a number of outcomes that must be noted for this evaluation. To the shareholders, the outcome of Dunn's actions was overwh Continue Reading...
This is an absolute approach to ethical analysis and leaves no room for consideration of exceptions for extenuating circumstance where the better outcome could be achieved by violating a rule to which adherence is more beneficial, generally (Mihaly, Continue Reading...
On the contrary, for Kant, to live a moral life is to live a life that is lived almost completely because of obligation (Moran, Rein & Goodin 2008, p 354). Someone can still do something that is their duty, but that doesn't mean that what they Continue Reading...
At the same time, optimized care is mandated by the medical code of ethics. If older people are therefore sufficiently able to function independently, access to care should be available to them, because this is their preference, and professionals ha Continue Reading...
" This could not even be termed a desire to do good, as then it would be fulfilling someone's desire to do a good deed, and would therefore have a selfish motive. Kant is one of the very few that attempted to divorce happiness from morality; even tho Continue Reading...
org). This makes the ethical dilemma faced by the Republican Party strikingly clear: they are caught between choosing to uphold their position on equality and personal liberty -- which would require them to include the Log Cabin Republicans and other Continue Reading...
The morality of the act can be defended by the Utilitarian principle that the number of deaths (250,000+) caused by dropping the weapons of mass destruction over Hiroshima and Nagasaki was less than the deaths that would have been caused by a land i Continue Reading...
The Bank CEO's Role in Defining Ethical Integrity Based on a thorough review of existing literature of the role of ethics in the banking industry, the role of the CEO as the ethical leader of their organization is next discussion. Based on the con Continue Reading...
Consequences of these choices only compound his deep-seated insecurities. (Zushi) Both Ben and Miko are Japanese-Americans, and their shared ethnic background impacts on their lives in significantly different ways. Miko is proactive and politicised Continue Reading...
Chickens never see the light of day nor set foot on solid ground. They are raised in wire cages no bigger than this page -- often three to a cage -- and thus are never able to spread their wings or to establish a normal pecking order. They are so u Continue Reading...
Dworkin's two models are extremes in their own right with regard to individual rights; the first model puts balancing individual rights against other social goals. The second model holds that one should err on the side of individual rights instead of Continue Reading...
" Deontological ethics, on the other hand, emphasizes the performance of certain duties regardless of the consequences. The most famous deontologist, the 18th century German philosopher -- Immanuel Kant further holds that the key to morality is inten Continue Reading...
death toll rises in Iraq and questions are raised regarding the foreign policies practiced by the United States, books like Jack Donnelly's International Human Rights become particularly relevant. American intervention in Iraq has become one of the Continue Reading...
Corrections Just Desserts Justice is an ambiguous term that refers to a sense of equality and 'fairness'. Social justice refers to the way in which this ideological term is put into practice. At its most basic level, social justice is the way in wh Continue Reading...
history of human civilization, the Scientific Revolution emerged during the 17th century, which happened right after the Renaissance Period. The Scientific Revolution is the period in history wherein scientific methods and results where arrived at u Continue Reading...
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT DILEMMA Applying Christian Principles to an Operations Management DilemmaFrom the onset, it would be prudent to note that the ethical dilemma I opted to focus on in this write-up relates to managing quality (chapter 6). Heizer, Continue Reading...
Balancing the Needs of Today and Tomorrow: The Ethics and Philosophy of the Fracking IndustryIntroductionFracking, or hydraulic fracturing, has become an integral part of the global energy landscape. This process has allowed for the extraction of oil Continue Reading...
Ethical Dilemmas: Case Study1 The JudgeThe situation in this case is that Woodrow Wilson is in need of mental health care and his actions are caused by acute addiction and associated mental illness. He may receive the care he needs if he is given a l Continue Reading...
Morality of Counterintelligence Ethical Implications and the Need for a Theoretical Framework CI Literature Review Deception is at the core of counterintelligence: yet, it is a problematic core because of the corruption associated with deception in e Continue Reading...
Introduction Human trafficking is defined as “the acquisition of people by improper means such as force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them” (UNODC, 2015). However, as with any definition or label, there is a subjective i Continue Reading...
Rational Choice Theory and an Example of How It Applies Introduction When it comes to explaining disorder in neighborhoods and communities, there are many theories that can be applied. Broken Windows Theory, for example, posited that crime comes to c Continue Reading...
