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Ethical theories are like those rules, but for life itself. Here’s the first simple definition: Ethical theories are ideas that help us decide which actions are good and bad by leading us to ethical choices that bring positive outcomes for everyone.
The document provides an overview of several major ethical theories - utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, Ross's ethics, and natural law ethics. For each theory, it outlines the key decision criteria, provides an example, and discusses strengths and weaknesses.
28 Ιαν 2003 · Chapter: 2. Publisher: Oxford University Press. Authors: Muel Kaptein. Rotterdam School of Management. Johan Wempe. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Citations (17) References (51) Abstract. This...
Every ethical theory is an attempt to identify the property that all right acts have in common, in virtue of which they are right, and ditto for wrong acts. Ethical theorists base their theories on two sorts of assumption.
2. What Is an Ethical Theory? Ethical theories have two main aims. The first is enumerative: identify those acts that we ought (or ought not) to perform. The second is explanatory: provide an account as to why we ought (or ought not) to perform the acts identified. Let’s take each of these aims in turn. 2.1 What You Ought to Do
5 Νοε 2012 · Following the Chapter 1 high-altitude overview of the whole terrain to be covered, Chapter 2 begins with an inventory of key concepts and theories. This is not a book focused primarily on theory.
following chapters analyse the answers provided by eight different theories of ethics: egoism, hedonism, naturalism and virtue theory, existentialism, Kantianism, utilitarianism, contractualism and religion. Graham begins with egoism and hedonism, and the notion of attaining the good life through the pursuit and satisfaction of desires ...
