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Immanuel Kant's Theories on Ethics

ethics, or those which are based on moral obligation and duty. Kant argued that "the moral status of an action is not determined b...

Carr, Gillepsie, and Drucker on Business Ethics

It appears that Carr has not even a speaking acquaintance with the concepts of integrity and trust. Neither does he effectively s...

Aristotle on Pride

who think that they are worthy of great things, but they are really unworthy of them, and that is pure vanity (PG). He goes on t...

Aristotle on Virtue

one is virtuous, and that their actions are virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right o...

Privacy and Telemarketing Call Lists

the truth is that companies will get these lists anyway. Is it good for business? Obviously it is or the lists would not be so imp...

The State and Virtue According to Alexis de Tocqueville and Aristotle

Virtuous action was defined by Aristotle as what a person with practical wisdom would choose. The golden mean, as defined by Ari...

Justice, Philosophy, and Ethics of Health Care Rationing

dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...

Questions and Answers Regarding Legal Issues

which would violate the dormant Commerce Clause (2001). In the case at hand, the state of Alabama is prohibiting a right that al...

Ethics, Analytical and Descriptive

Cross, nd). 3. Analytical ethics. This branch of ethics surveys normative ethics for the purpose of clarifying both its problems a...

The Sources of Christian Ethics by Pinckaers

views should be assessed and aligned. The Apostle Paul wrote to the Colossians that they should make the most of every oppo...

Politics and Structural Realism

to do this, but in reality, it is a necessity as the system structures force the state into this position (Waltz, 1979). When ...

Responsibility, Philanthropy, and Stakeholders in Business Ethics

do unwittingly (Nickerson, 1999). There is a simple reason for this result. As individuals produce goods in order to gain a profit...

Bhopal, India's Union Carbide Plant and Ethics

removed a pressure gauge that was attached to the tank, stuck a hose in the hole and filled the tank with water (Dykes and Graham,...

Assisted Suicide and Quality of Life

merely deny treatment. This is a commonly understood doctrine and one upheld by most medical professionals. However, many argue...

Ethical Code of Lockheed Martin

at all. Because it has its hand in multiple cookie jars, it likely should subscribe to a variety of ethical codes. Certain types o...

Karl Marx's 1844 Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts and Ethics

of men. Labour produces not only commodities; it produces itself and the worker as a commodity--and does so in the proportion in w...

Moral Education According to Aristotle

the right objects, towards the right people, with the right motive and in the right way. He states in Book II, "The moral virtues,...

Pride According to Aristotle

In an essay that consists of five pages Aristotle's lofty view of pride as the ultimate virtue is discussed within the context of ...

Business Ethics Case Study

still being disingenuous. He is not fulfilling his obligation as a lawyer to be honest, nor is he following the law. Whether or no...

Nursing Participant Observation Controversy and Qualitative Research

who choose to use qualitative methods tend to seek a deeper reality, inasmuch as their aim is to "study things in their natural se...

Ethical Considerations with Regard to Randomized Clinical Trials

depression, schizophrenia, etc. (Weijer and Anderson, 2001). These trials are justified via the rationalization that such...

Analyzing the Ethics of Immanuel Kant

In arguing with the Empiricists, Kant noted that the mind is necessary in order to quantify experience; that the mind isnt a blank...

Behavior Management and Ethics

were less than effective in their handling of chronic behavior management problems were not faulted for their lack of behavior man...

B.F. Skinner's Contributions

Law of Effect. In the Law of Effect positive effects serve to strengthen the stimulus/response connection while negative effects ...

Legal Consent, Sex, and the Consumption of Alcohol

the sexual act did not take place. It may only mean that a very bad decision was made that has the potential to cause a great deal...

Ethics of German Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer

held the belief that morality was performed because of the will of an "other," rather than driven by the beast within (The Philoso...

Case Study of the Enron Corporation

billions of dollars below expectations, the bottom fell out. The stock was dumped, and it lost value. The stock has lost 99 percen...

Immanuel Kant and Deontology

actions should not merely be personal. We cannot rely on our actions and motives being righteous and fully ethical if we are doing...

There is Never a Justification for Lying

lie to the police, and fabricate "evidence," in order to protect her daughter from possible harm? Or, should she allow her daughte...

The Dax Cowart Case Examined Philosophically

due to the fact that she was in so much pain. However, in the case at hand, the situation was far more serious. If one accepts th...