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    believe that to live a good life, it had to be led by happiness, but it doesn’t also mean that it should only bring you pleasure and satisfaction. It explains that when one’s wants to live in a state of peace they have to live a moral life. Kant’s deontology is concerned with what people do and not the consequences of their actions. “Nothing can possibly be conceived in the world, or even out of it, which can be called good, without qualification, except a Good Will”, which means that only the intention

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    Deontology is an ethical framework, which states, that the rightness and wrongness of an act depends upon the nature of the act (Burkhardt & Nathaniel, 2014). People believe that healthcare disparities are not an issue in America today. Although, many minorities are receiving healthcare, the level of care revealed is not equitable. Today, minorities are not getting the same quality of care as the majority group, access to healthcare is not easily attained, and millions of minorities are uninsured

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    wanted them to know someone cares. I wanted them to see my confidence. Basically, I showed all students you can stand up to a bully with confidence. People are still trying to figure out what role they should play when it comes to bullying. The deontology applies when you think about my duty as a human being not to let other kids feel the way I did. I felt an obligation to make other kids feel welcomed. I did not break any school rules when dealing with my bullies. I just decided to "treat people

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    1. Define: a. Phenomenology The study of the meaning of experiences from an individual’s own subjective perspective. b. Deontology (within an ethical framework) ethics based on one’s duty. c. Consequentialism (within an ethical framework) ethics based on weighing the best or most optimal outcomes for parties involved. 2. How do the definitions above match or differ from the WHO definition of disability? I believe that the WHO definition of disability matches the definitions above in

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    If a faculty advisor censors an article written by a gay student, they are following their traditional viewpoints against the homosexual lifestyle. Several researchers have addressed the issue of sexual preferences and consequential discriminative beliefs. According to research by Herek (1987), religion is one of the most important social agents in defining viewpoints against homosexuality, and their intolerance reflects on both the academic community and the entire society. As a moral realist, I

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    actions, the lethal autonomous system’s mistake would eventually be neglected along with the lives that it would have taken in the process, ultimately leading to a degradation in the intrinsic value of life. Using the moral imperative of Kant’s Deontology in this situation, the action of taking lives without responsibility cannot be viewed as ethical. The implementation of such system would eventually result in the degradation of life due to a lack of responsibility. Therefore, by use a lethal autonomous

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    between the ethical schools of consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics and argue that in my opinion deontology is the most reasonable theory of the three. Consequentialism The first school of ethics I am addressing, consequentialism, looks at or predicts the consequences of all actions. The most outstanding example of this school of ethics is about the moral righteousness of acts. This means that an act is deemed righteous if

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    A Defense of Deontology: Particularism vs. Consequentialism While considering the various moral theories individuals have subscribed to over the centuries, I have struggled to find one that I have personally been able to fully accept. I was first introduced to philosophical moral theory last semester in my Introduction to Ethics course. When comparing and contrasting two of the most popular ethical theories, John Stuart Mill’s form of Utilitarianism and Kant’s form of Deontology, I discovered that

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    Utilitarianism vs. Deontology A better way to understand utilitarianism and deontology is to see it through a scenario with a moral dilemma. The scenario includes bombs, death, torture, and a moral dilemma. Utilitarianism is a theory in which decisions should be made in optimizing the greatest amount of pleasure over pain and the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people (Merriam-Webster). In the scenario a police chief desperately throws out the idea of torture of a crazy

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    Compare and contrast utilitarianism and deontology. Utilitarianism is the principle that the correct form of action be taken to benefit the greatest number of people. Deontology is defined as the area of ethics involving the responsibility, moral duty and commitment. Both utilitarianism and deontology deal with the ethics and consequences of one’s actions and behavior despite the outcome. To contrast utilitarianism and deontology, utilitarianism summarized is making the right decision followed

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