This essay presents and analysis of the Madoff scandal from a business ethics point of view. ... Investors trust investing companies and believe that every business decision that they make with their assets will be of their best interest, even though not all information is presented antecedently. ... At the prime of his shift Madoff began to seek what he assumed was the higher good, which were profits for himself, as oppose for the company. ... What is ironic is that one of the scheme tactics that Madoff utilized was advocating for the common good by assuring his clients that their investments...

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This essay will be based around the ethical perspectives of euthanasia. ... In this essay I will firstly be defining what euthanasia is and how it differentiates from other terms, such as assisted suicide and murder. ... A Kant maxim is a rule that what rational human beings should live by in order to live a good moral life. ... If the pleasure surpasses the pain causes than that was a good act. ... "Whatever good life holds, killing ends them" [Pet03]. ...

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For the sake of keeping the argument concise it will be maintained that business in this essay is referring to corporations, seeing that in sole proprietorships what is done with those businesses is also the will of the person, in other words the business is the person and vice versa. To understand where in the realm of business a good business should lie one must first see the ends of the spectrum. ... The wording is also vague for example the use of the word energy as a basic need, what exactly does that mean? ... In so much as Nike is a model ethical company, it is not, but in as far as...

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In addition, Mill believes in any situation, the morally right action is the one that makes everyone affected the happiest. ... At the same time, Mill shows several ways to promote the universal good. ... An utilitarianism is a theory about what is most desirable "or what is desirable in itself, it does not admit of a proof in the standard sense." ... His or her happiness will make me feel pleasure too, so I am glad to return the wallet to let more people feel happy. ... The principle of utility is a description of what makes something right or wrong but does not imply that we can calcula...

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But what exactly is happiness and how does one achieve this fate? ... Whatever this result may be, it always is some form of human good, although some desires are not universally accepted as being positively good. These actions consist of all conscious action and choices humans make in their lifetime. ... Aristotle then objectively defines what he agrees to be virtuous behavior. ... Moderation between two extremes of self-necessity and desire is what Aristotle defines as moral behavior. ...

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(ESSAY) Socrates and Epicurus had different teachings in regards to the human soul, which support immensely different ideas of what the pursuit should be in a person's life. ... Since the Athens society was continually changing they attempted to make sense of what was going on in their society. ... With this statement you can see that Epicurus accused the people of creating the gods in their own image, so they created what we would call false gods. ... However, "it is the belief that good and evil are not the chance contributions of a deity, donated to mankind for the happy life, but rat...

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This essay plans to highlight why prostitution is favored or why prostitution is not morally wrong while the second part of the essay aims to highlight why prostitution is morally wrong. ... Prostitution is considered by many as an act of selling a person's own body for a profit but in the 21st century there are many others that make a living by exerting a strong aspect of their own personality. ... In some even slavery is done to make a person enter into prostitution (Deady 2011,p.15). ... The theory further states that its main focus is on what actions are considered right or wrong as o...

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In my essay I will critically examine the two theories' that examine the relationship between morality and religion. ... God commands do not depend on what people think is right and wrong. ... Religious books allow us to understand God, and make it easier for us to live morally. ... Morality also makes Gods commands arbitrary cause if God wanted to he could make all things right, for example murder if God said murder was right there would be chaos in our country. ... Religious values do not affect the assumption of what is good, and the outcomes of moral analysis are religiously neutral...

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Both of these theories make valid points, and have strong proof. In this essay I will compare, and contrast Confucianism with Mill's theory. ... All humanity is good and always striving to be better, be loyal and live upright. ... Both theories are considered moral, and deal with what is, and what is not moral. ... Both philosophies feel education is good, thus they both believe that cultivation or gaining education is good. ...

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For some, the way to live your life and live a good life is to live totally for yourself, to do everything solely on the basis that what you do is good for you and the only person that matters in yourself. ... Seeing as how people have different views of what is good and what would be the best for the greatest number, utilitarianism is not a perfect moral ethics and when followed by the wrong people it can lead to disastrous consequences. ... He attempted not to make this a way to sneak in elitist values under the cover of hedonism. ... Mill's theory of utilitarianism can be disputed in m...

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This essay is exploring human behaviour both from an individual point of view, as well as considering society as a whole. ... The next step of the essay is to reflect on what course of action is considered to be ethical and how the judgements can be attained. ... The problem of trying to understand human behaviour has been discussed for a long time, but the outcome does speak for the matter due to the fact that there are many factors that make every individual act in a unique way. ... In contrast to what has been said about possibility to classify human behaviour, Dilthey proposed that "what m...

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Hume's positioning on suicide is reflective of Epicurean and Platonic philosophies, because of its emphasis on living a good life, rather than a long, unpleasant one. ... The essay was published in 1782, a time when philosophers were traditionally strongly against suicide, thus making Hume's work at the time very controversial. ... Socrates understands that we live under God's jurisdiction, and we must do what is right, to properly serve our duty to God. ... Many philosophers argue that it is the posthumous penalties towards the community that makes suicide an undesirable exper...

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Good ethics allow one to do what is right in the absence of written rules or guidelines. ... However, it was an essay in Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac, "The Land Ethic," in which Leopold explicitly claimed that the roots of the ecological crisis were philosophical (Davis 73). ... There are no global laws protecting the environment and that is why everyone should practice good ethics when it comes to environmental issues. ... Prior to the establishment of the EPA, the national government was not structured to make a coordinated attack on the pollutants which harm huma...

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Ginsberg makes an excellent point in his Essays in Sociiology and Social Psychology. ... (Westermarck, 412) If something is objective then it must apply to everyone who knows it, and an act cannot be both good and bad. ... (Westermarck, 410) If this, then, is the case, how should we make moral judgements at all, and what is morality? ... The degree to which different sentient entities count in this scheme and the exact meaning of happiness or good differentiates between different types of utilitarianism. For example, the ideal- utilitarian believes that there are things other than happines...

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John Stuart Mill essay Thesis: The argument in favor of the legislation is that the Anti-Semetic, neo- Nazi, white supremacist literature is invalid in beliefs, morally reprehensible in brainwashing children, bigoted in nature, and present great danger to society and must be stopped. ... This theory rules out such things as legal paternalism, that the state should never interfere with an individual's freedom, such as the liberty of thought and expression, simply for his or her own good. ... The best way to make a judgment about something is to hear both sides of an argument fully...

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John Stuart Mill essay Thesis: The argument in favor of the legislation is that the Anti-Semetic, neo- Nazi, white supremacist literature is invalid in beliefs, morally reprehensible in brainwashing children, bigoted in nature, and present great danger to society and must be stopped. ... This theory rules out such things as legal paternalism, that the state should never interfere with an individual's freedom, such as the liberty of thought and expression, simply for his or her own good. ... The best way to make a judgment about something is to hear both sides of an argument fully...

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The topic of my essay will be to develop a balance between opposing moral theories. ... Also, the role and degree of equality which should be present in a society, as well as where and what kind of equality. ... The extent and isolation of what these rights are though is disagreed upon by many people. ... The simple expression that equality is a good thing is not sufficient to make inequality an inherently bad thing. ... It implies that everyone wants to be treated just as you do, when rather each person wants to be treated in different ways, it is only that they wish and deserve it which mak...

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She verbalized that she is really scared of dying and she asked the team to do what so ever they think is the best. ... NMC (2008) code of conduct asserts that a registered healthcare professional must make the care of a patient her priority in every situation. ... This gives her parents the opportunity to make a choice for her in their own best interest. Furthermore, in relation to other components of the ethical principle Autonomy (Beauchamp and Childress,1989), which suggests that anyone with the right to consent are in control of their own bodies and make the necessary decision concerning...

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