Ethical Dilemmas: What should Jean do? Jean McGuire works as a salesperson of land property in Sunrise Land Developers. Jean’s superior Wright Boazman, the sales director, described the importance and efficiency of using “deal-closing techniques”. This technique is usually used to motivate the prospect into buying the lot, because often people really want to buy a lot but hesitate at the last few minutes of signing agreements. Wright introduced the most effective closing technology termed “the other
employees or else she might lose her job. Jean may have an ethical dilemma to either deceive customers or stay sincere; each choice, potentially affecting her employment. This essay will use a comparative analysis to discuss the characteristics of Jean’s ethical dilemma. In particular, it will explore the ethical issue by using consequentialist and non-consequentialist theories such as egoism, utilitarianism, and kantian ethics. Because most ethical dilemmas are complex. It is useful to look at the problem
Egoism is based on psychological egoism which maximizes self-interest of individuals and focus on personal advantage. A action will always bring a net benefit or benefit you the most is the morally right action, you might choose or made a decision an action that will bring the most benefit oneself. Self-interest and selfishness is different meaning, self-interest is choosing an option that would bring the net benefit to the decision-maker at the end of result while selfishness is lack of concern
INTERGRATIVE ESSAY There are several different ethical moral theories that we use, they are egoism, contractarianism, utilitarianism, deontological ethics, natural law, virtue ethics, and feminist ethics. Some theories judge actions in terms of their motive, some in terms of the character or nature of the act, and others in terms of consequences. Ethical reasoning and arguments are important, this is how we reason well in thinking or speaking. Ethics is also known as moral philosophy and is
Oppositely subjective site of an ethical dilemma is when an emotional component has affected an individual’s response the way a dilemma was seen and settled (MacNiven, 1993). As a guide by solving ethical dilemmas moral judgements are used. Shaw at al. (2009, p. 28) highlights, a moral judgement to be strong, ‘it must be supportable by a defensible moral standard, together
obeying God. Deontological moral systems typically stress the reasons why certain actions are performed. Simply following the correct moral rules is often not sufficient; instead, we have to have the correct motivations. This might allow a person to not be
systems typically stress the reasons why certain actions are performed. Simply following the correct moral rules is often not sufficient; instead, we have to have the correct motivations. This might allow a person to not be
problem’, it states that because we cannot always weigh the ‘prerequisite to outcome’ ratio the same in all situations, it is impossible to make a morally permissible universal rule, in this case, regarding torture. (Jason 5.8; 2) Next up is Ethical Egoism. Similar to Utilitarianism, it states that an act is procedurally or morally right. However, it is so only if it benefits the specific individual committing the act at that moment. (Jason 5.2; 1) Would it benefit an individual to torture someone
divide in cognitive thinking is between is between theories which assist moral rights and wrongs in terms of consequences of doing certain actions and some which do not consider actions. Those which consider actions are consequentialist theories and those which do not are non-consequentialist theories. Consequential Ethical Theory (Teleological Perspective) It’s a general behavioral theory that aims to attain a set end or a consequence. This theory does not consider any right or wrong virtue, deed
Egoism states “…one’s self is, or should be, the motivation and the goal of one’s own action (Moseley, N/A).” Egoistic theory states that everyone should want to act for the desired outcome of the self. There are two types of egoism: ethical and psychological (Kirkwood, 2016). Psychological egoism states we act in ways that are wrong, even though we know it is wrong, for our own selfish needs (Kirkwood 2016). In contrast, ethical egoism states that we should act in a certain way to benefit ourselves