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| The Categorical Imperative |
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"Act only according to that maxim by which you can, at the same time, will that is should become a universal law" (Immanuel Kant)
Could this act be turned into a universal code of behavior? |
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| The Conventionalist Ethic |
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| Business is like a game with permissive ethics and any action that does not violated the law is permitted. (Albert Z. Carr) |
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| Test an ethical decision by asking how you would feel explaining it to a wider audience such as newspaper readers, television viewers or your family. (Baxter Int'l Global Business Practice Standards) |
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| Virtue is achieved through moderation. Avoid behavior that is excessive or deficient of a virtue. (Confucius, Aristotle) |
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| The end justifies the means. Winners are not judged, especially when the judges are appointed by the winners. (Roman proverb, Machiavelli) |
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| Do unto others what you would have them do unto you. (Great religions & works of philosophy) |
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| What is good or right is understood by an inner moral sense based on character development and felt as intuition. (G.E. Moore in Principia Ethica) |
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| The Might-Equals-Right Ethic |
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| Justice is the interest of the stronger. (Thracymachus) |
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| Be loyal to the organization. (Not creditied) |
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| The Principle of Equal Freedom |
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| A person has the right to freedom of action unless such action deprives another person of a proper freedom. (Herbert Spencer) "Your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins." |
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| The Proportionality Ethic |
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| A set of rules for making decisions having both good and evil consequences. (Medieval Catholic theology) |
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| Each person has protections and entitlements that others have a duty to respect. (Western Europe during the Enlightenment) Natural vs. Legal rights |
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| Each person should act fairly toward others in order to maintain the bonds of community. (Contemporary, John Rawls) |
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| The greatest good for the greatest number. (English philosophers, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill) |
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