In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, there is a wide discussion on what can be defined as human happiness. In book I, he points out that the highest of happiness has to be something that is desired for itself and not for the sake of anything else and is something that satisfies all desires with no evil (Aristotle, 10). When taking into account this view on happiness it is clear why Aristotle believes that pleasure is not the highest form of happiness, seeing that we choose it on account of itself,
Introduction Adolescence is the developmental period when youth are most vulnerable to peer opinion (Long & Pellegrini, 2003). According to Lansford (2014), there are positive peer affiliations that was supported by Bernat and Resnick (2009), wherein it was stated that there was a perceived connectedness to peers, family, neighborhood, and school are thought to mitigate some negative outcomes such as deliquency and risk behaviors. Adolescence is a developmental phase which presents with increased
Using animals to test the safety of products and to carry out scientific research has long been a contentious issue for decades. According to Orlans, F. Barbara (1993), “sixty percent of all the experimental animals were used in biomedical research and product-safety testing” (p.62). People seem to have different feelings for animals; many of them likely look upon animals as their soul mate whereas others might view animals as the essential resources for advancing the scientific research. No matter
Ethical Discussion The ethical framework I would like to analyze this case study with is Deontology (or also known as Kantianism). In this framework, there is a strict adherence to the categorical imperative, which consists of two parts: The Universality Principle and The Reciprocity Principle. In the former principle, we must consider if a maxim is applied universally then would this maxim still be ethical. The latter principle is basically a variant of the Golden Rule: Do to others what you wish
then why to force these defenseless animals. Animals have emotions and feel pain. Animals suffering pain for human benefits are unethical. According to David Thomas, of animal experimentation is unethical," suffering, indeed lies at the heart of all morality. We have more codes precisely because we had adversely affected others"(animal experimentation is unethical 1). The Suffering of any kind is unethical, therefore, why cause it? Any testing done on animals cannot be justified. Any living organism
Introduction The context of the study In modern day society, unethical and deviant workplace practices can be considered as a universal problem. As a result, unethical business practices have generated extensive interest in the world of work (Lloyd & May, 2010). In South Africa (SA), organizations are categorised by growing crime and unethical behaviour (Van Zyl, 2012). According to Wolmarans (2014), the South African business world is increasingly at risk of unethical practices, because there is
Action we take must have consequences whether good or bad. Utilitarianism is a theory that focuses on consequences that will bring about the best possible outcome of any situation, in terms of individuality or people, this means some sort of pleasure and happiness must be the result. On the other hand, deontology focus on the doing the right thing, were your intentions will be understood based on the right thing where everyone in your position would do the same, more like a universal command of doing
made no distinction between the drive for thirst and hunger and the drive for sex. They were mainly interested in “mastering” or taming these drives. Moreover, for Greeks, the gender of the sexual partner is of little importance when evaluating the morality of an action in comparison to the partner’s social status. The ongoing controversy whether homosexuality is permissible would then be of no relevance to the Greeks, but will definitely have a bearing on twentieth-century westerners due to the substantial
Taking ethical issues associated with it into account, equal sharing would decrease the esteemed value of the Boston Marathon. So, people will not find it respected due to its routine selection procedures. The historic value of this marathon is immense and washing of that value would be hurtful for the charity works (Cather, 2008). Also, the cost linked to the equal sharing, Contrary to the prevalent thought, will start snowballing as a consequence of the number of increased participants. Additionally
Utilitarianism Generally, people in the world are categorized into two: the good and the bad. People's morality are usually measured with how they act based on their intentions, decide based on how it would benefit them, and act either in a proper or improper way. That is why, various scholars from different generations have created concepts with regard morality. One of these concepts is utilitarianism. In line with this assertion, this paper will attempt to explain the theory of act - utilitarianism