The Virtue Theory

This idea of a rational calculation of the advantages and disadvantages of crime runs parallel with the Rational Choice Theory offered to us by

Clarke believes that situational crime prevention is an approach that focuses on reducing the opportunities for crime to occur rather than improving society’s institutions. This is largely based on the rational choice theory, which demonstrates how criminals decide if they are going to carry out a crime based on its costs and benefits. Thus, situational crime prevention aims to reduce the benefits of crime and increase its’

The Virtue Theory, also know as Virtue Ethics, refers to the character of each person. This theory states that every person should try for excellence. The characteristics of each individual are made up from their environment that they are a part of. The theory would further suggest

As a forensics graduate, the Rational Choice theory is a subject that needs more analogy and interest to pursue a better understanding. An example would be the current state of households within recent times. As time went on, the “worse” households are shown to produce much more troubling states of individuals. Most of these individuals, in regards to this theory, have the choices, like all humanity, in what happens to their lives. To note, some children born in harsh homes can leave, with proper ethical understandings. However the possibility that the same child with no moral implications and lack of societal realizations can cause miscued actions. In addition, objectively any criminal is looking to receive something for an imperfection

Virtue Theory relies heavily on the character of the person rather than the circumstances in which the individual acts. The virtue theory deemphasizes rules and regulations and instead focuses on the internal character of the act in question. The virtue theory is not concerned with the intentions of the act. Nor is it concerned primarily with the consequences of the act. Instead the virtue theory relies on moral virtues. If the individual is of good character or not is the primary concern with virtue theory. What is difficult to ascertain however, is the question of what constitutes character? How can one appropriate establish the contents of one's character? A person's character traits are the compesition of his character traits. These traits can either be good (virtuous) or bad (vices). In both instances, the virtue theory establishes and emphasized these two

Consequentialist: Focuses on the result of an action. The act is considered a good act if the result is good, likewise and act is considered bad if the result produced is bad. Under the consequentialist theory, we have Egoism and Utilitarianism.

The base of consequentialim lies in offering a punishment, which would help in bringing forth the good outcomes. In this theory good effects may be derived from offering the punishment which may compromise

Everybody has a choice, but it’s up to the individual to the make a decisions on what they choice to do in a positive way, in every event that takes place in their life on an everyday basis. In today’s society dealing with Rational Choice a question always comes into play on why people engage in criminal behavior, but who really knows and most people wonder is it who they surrender their selves around in their social life or could it have been where they grow up and what they sense as a child with their parents or in just in the neighborhood. But that’s not just the end we then begin with when crimes do take place how can we show the criminal and society how the Criminal Justice System use it to deterred crime from happen and make people think twice of commit a crime again. Now I’m going to talk about these two topic more broad and let you in on how Rational Choice and Deterrence Theory around the world most places then other plays a great big part in people everyday life, and how you can see from the beginning who was the creators to make these great idea up and put them into play, to what is being done, and even more if this theories really works in the world that we live in now.

Next we look at the Consequentialist theory and how it is applied in Monsters Inc. The Consequentialism-utilitarianism method looks at determining if act is right or wrong. It is determined consequential because it does not look at characteristics of how the act was performed but only on the final product. Act utility determines that if an act is ethically right if it maximizes utility.

1. Consequentialist moral theories see the moral rightness or wrongness of actions as a function of their results. If the consequences are sufficiently good, the action is right; if they are sufficiently bad, the action is wrong. However, nonconsequentialist theories see other factors as also relevant to the determination of right and wrong.

Consequentialism is primarily based on two principles. One is whether an act is right or wrong only depends on the result from that act. Also the more positive the consequences an act turns out, the better or more right that act is. “For a particular decision or action to be morally appropriate, then it must on balance generate better consequences than all other available courses of action” (William & Arrigo, 2012). If morality does depend upon that we bring about good consequences through action, we need to first acknowledge what things are “good” or possibly the things we value the most. People should be able to live to maximises the good consequences. Therefore, when people are faced with a moral dilemma, there should be a guidance where a person should choose the action that maximises the better consequences.

Consequentialism is a belief that was formed in an attempt to determine what actions are right or wrong. It is the view that an action is considered to be morally right if it produces better consequences than any other available action would have produced. For example, take into consideration someone debating the morally right action when confronted with the decision of whether to study for a test or whether to go to a movie. According to Consequentialism, studying for a test would be the morally right action. This is because the consequences of the action of studying: getting a good grade on a test, are better than the consequences of the action of going to a movie: enjoying the movie.

The ideas in this assignment that seem useful to me are the consequentialist ethical theories. According to Kenneth A Strike’s The Ethics of Teaching, “Consequentialist theories hold that the rightness or wrongness of an action is to be decided in terms of its consequences” (11). Consequentialist theories are decided between what is considered right or wrong of an action. The action is decided based on the consequences that may occur once the action is done. We usually pick the best action that has the best results and outcomes. For example, if someone was told by their friends to steal an expensive watch from a store they would most likely think of the consequences of her actions. If she steals the watch, her consequences would be she can

The Rational Choice Theory, more commonly referred to as Choice Theory is a view as to why criminals commit crimes, and more importantly why juveniles choose to be delinquent. The problem of juvenile delinquency according to this viewpoint, which makes juvenile delinquency an individual problem on and not a social problem. The Rational Choice theory will be detailed throughout this paper as well as the theory’s established ways in which the theorists believe juvenile delinquency can be prevented. The validity of the Rational Choice Theory will also briefly be discussed.

In the consequentialist theory; all what matters is the consequences, means do not have any importance as long the end result is achieved (Trevino p 40), and utilitarianism theory is may be the best known consequentialist theory (Trevino p 40).