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question: Are Ethical theories used correctly? Do you see alternative ethical perspective on this issue?
read and answer the question;
by the way in my class we talked about 4 ethicals:
1)Virtue Ethics: Character traits that a good person should posses, theorizing that moral values will direct the person toward good behavior.
-Virtue ethics is not a thoroughly developed ethical system of rules and guidelines, but rather a system of values that form good character.
2) Utilitarian reasoning: overall amount of good that can be produced by an action or a decision.
- Compare benefits and costs of a decision, policy or action.
- Costs and benefits can be economic, social or human.
- Drawbacks:
-The difficulty of accurately measuring both costs and benefits
-The majority may override the rights of those in the minority
3)Human Rights: Person or group is entitled to something or to be treated in a certain way.
-Examples of basic human rights are right to life, safety, and due process - Limitations: The difficulty of balancing conflicting right
4) Justice: benefits and burdens are distributed equally, according to some accepted rule. - Social Justice: society’s income and wealth are distributed among the people in fair proportions.
- Fair shares will vary from person to person and group to group.
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