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BA 300 - Final Exam Study Questions And Answers Primary focus of Consequentialist theories outcomes (add person) Primary focus of Deontological theories (Rawls) rights and duties (add person) -Can't kill anyone. -No matter how bad consequences are ---> Can't throw the switch. Utilitariani...

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Primary focus of Consequentialist theories outcomes (add person)




Primary focus of Deontological theories (Rawls) rights and duties (add person)


-Can't kill anyone.

-No matter how bad consequences are ---> Can't throw the switch.




Utilitarianism Advantages -Replaces partiality with science.




Utilitarianism Disadvantages a. It is not always clear what the outcome of an action will

be

b. It is very difficult to quantify pleasures for cost/benefit analysis

c. Good may be achieved under conditions that are harmful to some

d. It fails to acknowledge any individual rights that could not be violated for the sake of the

greatest good

-Article: What is Utilitarianism?

-The means don't matter.

Example

, BA 300 - Final Exam Study Questions And
Answers
"The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas"




Objectivism Advantages -Reinforces personal responsibility




Objectivism Disadvantages -Individualistic and judgmental


Example

-Motive Communications




Objectivism Decision Rule -Be rational and be all that you can be




Utilitarianism Decision Rule -Maximize the common good.


d. An action is ethical if it results in the greatest utility for the greatest number of stakeholders




Categorical Imperative Advantages (Kant) ...




Categorical Imperative Disadvantages (Kant) ...

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Categorical Imperative Decision Rule (Kant) -focuses on whether the decision would be

morally acceptable if it were adopted as a universal rule, that is, if everyone resolved the ethical

dilemma we are facing that we are considering resolving it.

-a decision based on a detailed analysis of achieving the greatest net benefit to the greatest

number, as in utilitarianism, or any duty to principle, such as in Rawls' theory of justice, which

focuses on whether the decision benefits the least advantaged, or Kant's categorical imperative




Theory of Justice Advantages (Rawls) ...




Theory of Justice Disadvantages (Rawls) ...




Theory of Justice Decision Rule (Rawls) -the decisionmaker acts ethically if he or she

discharges their duty - regardless of the consequences - to advance the interests of the least

advantaged.




Theory of Rights Advantages (Nozick) ...




Theory of Rights Disadvantages (Nozick) -it licenses an almost complete disregard for

others who may have an interest in a business or a business decision.

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Theory of Rights Decision Rule (Nozick) -Is simply that behavior is ethical if it is free of

force and fraud.

-Nothing more is required.

-It has the benefit of giving the ethical decision-maker virtually complete freedom of action with

minimal government intrusion or even intrusion from the interests of anyone else who may claim

a stake in the way the decision is made.

-gives the ethical decision-maker in business maximum freedom to act as long as he or she does

without using fraud or force to gain an advantage or secure a commitment.




Ethic of Care Advantages e. A care approach has the advantage of responding in a flexible

manner to harm

(video 5)




Ethic of Care Disadvantages ...




Ethic of Care Decision Rule ...

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