Essays on Normative Ethics

Introduction

Ethics refers to those things that are firmly accepted ideas about what we should do in given situations (Velasquez, Andre, Shanks, and Meyer). For example, ethics might refer to a standard that says that stealing or murder or assault is not the right thing to do, and so it imposes restrictions on those activities. Ethics also includes virtues, such as honesty, compassion, and loyalty. The right to life, the right to privacy, and the right to be safe are also embedded in ethics, whether stated directly or not. What these things have in common is that the standards of ...

1. In your own words, provide a concise formulation of Utilitarianism. In particular, explain the reasons Bentham and Mill give in support of it. In your own words, provide a concise formulation of Kant’s deontological ethics. In particular, explain the role of the Categorical Imperative in Kantian ethics. In light of the criticisms offered of both accounts, which account is more plausible? Explain why. (70 marks.) Within Utilitarianism it is believed that there is a moral obligation to attain the best world possible. In order to do so, it is necessary to ensure that harm, or what would ...

Reasons why the stakeholder theory is considered a bold proposal

Freeman defines a stakeholder as anyone who has an interest in the decisions that are reached by a firm. In a narrower sense, it is any party which is extremely significant to the success, as well as, survival of an entity. Their examples include customers, the community and also the owners of the corporation. Essentially, the stakeholder theory would thus refer to the appropriate business procedures that advocate for morals and also values in the management of business entities. This is very significant for the promotion of the ethically desired behaviors in the operations of the business. In relation ...

Analysis

The plan of ABC Company to build an adult entertainment retail store in the newly acquired land raises an ethical issue. The ethical issue arises from the fact that Owen is Luke’s brother who works for the company and has been assigned to develop the land for the construction of the entertainment facility. The construction of the facility would reduce the market price of the estate. Owen intends to sell the land and, therefore, Luke is concerned that the land belonging to his brother will deteriorate in price. Luke considers telling his brother Owen about the construction to ...

Abstract

This paper reports on ethics, ethical issues in the society branches of ethics and the role of ethics in the society. It goes ahead and narrows down on business ethics. This is done by defining what business ethics is giving concrete examples and showing how they affect the stakeholders in a given enterprise. Finally, it commends on various ways through which these issues can be curbed in order to arrive at a healthy business environment. According to Blackburn, S. (2001) The Term ethics refers to a branch of philosophy which studies morality -explaining what is right and wrong, justice and crime, ...

1. Introduction

Normative ethics and the concept of social construction are important in this essay’s exploration of how our pre-understanding of our social world causes us to construct issues in a way that limits the selection of possible policy solutions. Burke’s terministic screens are used to understand the method behind Yanow’s interpretive policy analysis. (Burke 45; Yanow 25). Normative ethics refer to a branch of Philosophy which we can use in a practical way for determining what is morally good or bad. When public policy decisions are being made this kind of ethics is useful in determining how ...

Reflective Essay on Three Books

Introduction Within the western philosophy, the main categories of ethics include meta-ethics, applied ethics, and normative ethics. This reflective essay is specifically concerned with normative ethics. By definition, normative ethics is the study of the ethical actions. This part of ethics is thus primarily concerned with the criteria of what is ethically wrong or right. Therefore, it includes formulation of the moral rules, which have straight implications for what ways of life, institutions, and human actions should be like. It believes that wrong or right are found in a person’s behavior. For this reason, this essay draws on ...

Introduction

"Never underestimate the other guy's greed." This isn't just a classic line from the 1983 Brian De Palma film Scarface, which was written by Oliver Stone. It also reflects the attitude that has caused the economic disaster we're now clawing ourselves out of. It is safe to say that at least part of the reason for the economic crash of 2008 can be attributed to a lack of ethical conscience on the part of the leaders in business, such as the executives, investment bankers, entrepreneurs, and everyone else whose decisions affected the financial well- being of other people. In this regard, ...

The subject of ethics is definitely wide, with various interests and resulting to impetuses that are inclined to spread their occurrences. Situations that often lead to arising of immoral actions are numerous, and it is in the light of this that considerations have to be made depending on the exact situation. Nonetheless, the principles of ethics in practice often seem related to each other in one way or the other as portrayed by theorists such as Aristotle, Kant and Bentham. Thus; this essay presents an occurrence I underwent that present an ethical dilemma, with the succeeding viewpoints. After ...

As far as we know, the question of virtue’s connection to happiness came out of the context of society. Though it is possible that this question arose in earlier human communities, we do know that strong arguments for this viewpoint arose from ancient Greek cultures, advocated by Aristotle, and also from the Buddhist tradition in the East. This idea makes sense, as modern humans exist within the context of a society. As Flanagan points out in Chapter 6, Buddhism is founded on this basic idea that happiness is a product of perspective that results from culminating virtue in one’s life. ...

Business Ethics

Recent decades have witness intensive debate and researches on the significant of business ethics in modern workplaces. Although researches on business ethics are still at infant stage, researchers have universally agreed on some basic significant of business ethics to both individual’s development and organisation productivity. Business ethics regards to values that focus on moral features in commercial activities. Ethics are also professional and applied virtues that explore ethical problems, morals, and ethical principles that emerge in the business environment. Ethics addresses individual’s conducts in a business while revolving other critical business conducts. Business ethics mainly comprises of both ...

Ethics are the principles that guide one in distinguishing right from wrong. Ethics has three main branches that form its foundation namely applied ethics, meta-ethics and normative ethics. Meta-ethics is the branch deals with understanding the nature of statements, judgement and attitudes of ethics. Normative ethics is a branch that deals with the action to take when one encounters a situation that requires them to take action and the rightness or wrongness of the action. Applied ethics deals with the approaches to issues from a moral standpoint (Miller 70). Every business must consider both the legal and ethical environment.

In the United ...

ESSAY DEVELOPMENT SECTION 1: ESSAY PLAN

Assessment question

Thesis Statement Long plagued by a negative public image the tobacco industry can apply the Global Business Codex (GBS codex) through corporate social responsibility to revamp its public image.

Main argument 1:

The tobacco industry should comply with the transparency principle (Barraclough & Morrow, 2008)

The transparency principle is one of the eight global business standards that all global companies should adhere to.

Descriptive ethics The transparency principle urges global companies to uphold ethics by being open and truthful especially when dealing with the customers to help them make informed decisions about products.

Tobacco use harms the health ...

Introduction

Ethics, is termed as moral philosophy, and is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, recommending and defending the concepts of the wrong and right behavior. The chief areas of the study in ethics incorporate; meta-ethics, which is the theoretical meaning and position of moral propositions and how their true values if any can be determined; normative-ethics, which concerns the realistic means of determining the moral line of action and applied ethics which considers how the moral results may be achieved in particular situations. Meta-ethics is the area, within which ethics seeks to comprehend the nature of normative ethics and ...

Morals are something that every person has, but the shape and extent of them varies widely between individuals. Both day to day decisions about behaviour, and choosing which side to take in an international debate, are elements of life that are controlled and shaped by a person’s moral standing and reasoning. Moral philosophy is the field of philosophy related to theories surrounding ethics, and about how people ought to behave and act during the course of their lives. Moral philosophy is split into three main domains. These domains are metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics. Metaethics is ...

Ethics is a moral philosophy that deals with the rights and wrongs of how we live. The study of ethics is dived into three branches: meta-ethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics. Meta-ethics deals with the literature and interpretation of ethical terms (Close, & Meir, 1994, p. 134). The other branch, normative ethics deals with behaviors and standards of conduct. Applied ethics deals with moral issues that arise especially in professions such as law. This is therefore the branch that is referred to when dealing with issues related to justice and criminology (Close, & Meir, 1994, p. 145). On the ...

Meta Ethics

Meta according to the psychologists means ‘after’ or ‘beyond’ and the term Meta ethics may be demarcated as the study of the foundation and meaning of ethical concepts.It pursues the understanding of the nature of ethical properties, and ethical proclamations, approaches, and judgments.

This seems to be the base foundation of other branches of ethics such as normative and applied ethics. Because in itself it tries to understand, what ethics is all about, what are its areas of applications in the modern life. For example in law, Meta ethics can be applied to try to analyze a certain branch of ...