He also believes that there can be no exceptions to moral rules. ... Kant's moral theory and Utilitarianism are similar because they both attempt to explain how one can go about acting ethically, but they differ in areas of measuring morality and their usage of rules. ... The major fault to Mill's ethics is that by making the greatest amount of happiness the first principle of morality, this takes advantage of the few for the well being of the majority. ... For Kant, moral rules are commands that apply to everyone in every situation. ... This wouldn't work because many rules ...

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Compared to rule utilitarianism, act utilitarianism appeals to some as being the more agreeable theory since the alternative option prescribes that everyone must follow given rules that will ultimately result in the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. Hence in a rule, utilitarian point of view the choices are limited to a finite number of possibilities due to the constraints of the aforementioned rules. ... In society act utilitarianism is not appropriate since rules and boundaries are needed in order for society to move forward and be able to coincide. ... An objection faced...

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Throughout "Apology," Socrates continued to bring up the issue of majority rule and the problems associated with the idea of an ideal democracy. In his opinion, just because there was a majority consensus on certain issues didn't mean that this majority consensus was always correct. ...

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If the vast majority of people wish to have agent centered, self focused, projects, then surely that is human nature, and to deny that which is natural, must naturally be wrong. ... The majority of people, whether they agree that it is morally impermissible to kill other people or not, believe that they have a right to life and to not be killed. ... This right best forms into a rule, or better stated as a guideline, that no person should kill another person through action nor inaction except for in circumstances where a person has either given consent to be killed. ... This distinction can be ...

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While the sources of ethical rules are different, these rules influence their actions. ... Ethical absolutists believe that there are universal unchanging ethical rules and that persons should obey these rules, regardless of the consequences. ... Police are in a very precarious position when the formal rules of conduct are in conflict with what a public in general sees as valuable outcomes of police action. ... The majority (53.85 percent) of new recruits and less than half (46. 15 percent) of the one-year trainees had a bachelor's degree or more education. ...

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Where the inspectors, who represent "society", are concerned the true villain is Tajomaru but the author uses the bandit to look deeper in upon "society" and critique it's shallow views on majority rule, who makes up that majority, the decisions that the ruling majority makes, and the harsh effects upon those unfortunate enough to be marginalized by those in power. ...

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Generally in the Deontological system, God determines our duties, rules, and obligations. ... A deontologist lives in a world of morally correct rules and Consequentialists make their decisions based on the appeal of the results. ... (BBC.2014) So basically the morally correct thing to do is to live to better the majority of the people. ... In order to organize our moral experience we must have some set of rules to abide by. ... We must comply with a set of rules or laws and Kantian Ethics typically follow the word of God. ...

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For example, a moral rule used my many individuals is treat others as you want to be treated. People who follow this rule are ethical egoists. ... In the majority of Western countries, it is thought that killing is wrong. ... There is no universal moral rule(s) so thought cannot be applied to it. ...

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The majority of men in Athens will think that Crito and other friends of Socrates are cheap. ... But Socrates argues that the opinion of the majority of men shouldn't matter. ... An athlete should pay attention to the opinions of doctors and physical trainers not the majority of the public (47). ... These are silly worries that the unwise and majority of people consider. ... Socrates answers with the one rule to obtain the "good life", one must never do wrong even when they were wronged themselves. ...

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Does it mean that it is enough just to know the general rules to run the business? ... Norms, which are based on the absolute values, shared by the majority of people, are called the moral norms. ... From the above-mentioned one can conclude that the norms, rules and values are closely interwoven. ... Making a conclusion, it is worth saying that business is a set of rules. Every country has its own rules and values. ...

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He proved this by paralleling a "just man" with that of a "just society"; wisdom, the mind or to rule and make decisions, courage, the heart, enforces the decisions, and temperance, the body, the people who follow the rules. ... When I say that "justice is to the advantage of the stronger", what I mean is that; he ruler of a society makes the rules and standards in which justice is practiced. ... Government or Parents) do not necessarily follow those rules, making them unjust rulers and therefore creating an unjust society. ... Therefore whatever the majority of the people are happy with, w...

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In order to maintain discipline & order in the professional realm, rules of ethics are not satisfactory enough to ensure the integrity of Accountants. Education and training in ethical matters should be mandatory for Accountants; evaluation and monitoring of their adherence to these rules is climacteric for maintaining standards. ... "Educators should address ethical issue beyond mere emphasis on the rules and educator should allow more use of live client and staff ethical dilemmas- (Warth, 2000 pg. 69). ... Number Percent Agree 9 90 No opinion 0 0 Disagree 1 10 ...

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Marriage, it is a wonderful thing. A sacred bond between two people who will go through a great journey. marriage seems to be important in all cultures. Since everyone in the world understands the wonderful sanctities of marriage, why shouldn't people do it as many times as they see fit. Many qu...

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This concept is validated since the majority of people disagree to this notion (Gensler, 1986). ... On one hand Aristotle recognises abortion as permissible if it is due to serious deformity or maintaining family size: "As for the exposure and nurture of infants, let there be a law against nourishing those that are deformed, but if exposing offspring because the number of children one has is prohibited by the customary rule, then a numerical limit must be set upon procreation.... The teleological nature of this rule is evident in the fact that the means is just as important as the ends. ...

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However, utility seems to require self-sacrifice in every decision a person makes because it is always trying to promote the well-being of the majority. ... John Stuart Mill himself is an atheist, but claims that God is a utilitarian and even mentions Christ and "The Golden Rule." The fact that he also tries to reassure people that they do not have to self- sacrifice, but encourages decision-making based on calculating what will promote pleasure for the majority does not add up. ...

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I think that from that we can see that the majority of people are in an abortion - middle ground, yes it does exist, but how to define it is the nest step. ... In what is now considered "civilized" society, it is unethical to kill others for religious sacrifice, to kill those who are in severe pain, or to kill for the good of a majority. ... Until that moment comes, I think that we must rely on set rules that every person has and on governmental enforcement in order to survive in this world. ...

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This is golden rule theory in a bible, which states that, "do to others as you would have them do to you" (Luke 6:31) and to Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative that we treat others as ends in themselves and not as means to an end. ... Code of Conduct for Members of Stuff The university institution should provide and formulate the rules and laws that lecturers or other stuff should follow and behave. ... Conclusion This paper has focused on the unethical conduct of sexual harassment that involves the lecturers and the students, it is immoral to behave unethical to the society...

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Yet, over the last decade, it's been alleged that to have achieved great success, the team management, as well as the players, have done so by purposefully ignoring the fundamental rules of college sports. ... A former coach stated that, it was well known that Bryant would not go to class unless shepherded, often by a football staff member, and that tutors did a majority of his coursework. ... The rules are clear that if a player was doing drugs, then takes a drug test and it shows positive for those drugs, they are suppose to be suspended and go through certain consequences. ...

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Ethics is defined as, a system of moral principles, the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc. ... This approach goes along with the "Golden Rule, " that every individual is created equal and that you should treat others the way you want to be treated. ... Alcohol is associated with a large majority of hazing activities. ...

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If a lot of people would be happy from the killing of one person then this rule can be broken. If very little or no happiness would come from this then the rule should be followed. ... Also, should one would have to make a count of the number of people that would be out of work if everyone stopped smoking, then the number of people that lose their jobs will be the majority and to keep them happy then we should have a choice or not rather than enforcing it as a moral to not smoke. ... If this supposition were true, the charge could not be gainsaid, but would then be no longer an imputation; fo...

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He feels that as far as politics are concerned the actual actions of the ruler need not be morally sound, if the outcome benefits the state, the actions of the ruler will be judged honorable by the majority of people and praised by everyone because "people are impressed by appearances and results " and pay little attention to the wicked deeds that may have been done as a means to an end. ... Another instance, for which Machiavelli feels that it is necessary for a prince to venture beyond "properly human means" and act beastly, or cruel is the way a prince must rule his military. ... However...

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Kant's golden rule states "Do on to others as you would have them do on to you". ... These actions also go against Kant's golden rule because "Tom" wouldn't want someone to rob him no matter what the reasoning. ... There is much conformity to stereotypical images of what is majority or "natural" behavior". ...

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With the vast majority of social media sites ranging from your average sites like Facebook or LinkedIn to the less known, Tumblr or Second Life, people are logging on at the office. ... Gamage, the court ruled that an injunction be granted after 4 senior employees from Whitmar Publications left the company. ...

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Utilitarianism provides the solution with the greatest utility, but often tied to great moral difficulty, while the theory of natural rights provides a set of moral rules for solutions without focusing on overall sums. ... According to modern experimental psychologists, experimental tests show that the vast majority of people think it is right to pull the lever but it is wrong to push the fat man, even though they have the same outcomes ("Philosopher's Toolkit: The Trolley Problem"). ...

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n one person's perspective may specifically be different in another person's perspective, yet from a rule utility perspective, everyone values some type of work they do, or else they would not work at all. ... The vast majority of people value some type of need to work. ...

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