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BA 300 - Final Exam Study Questions and Answers 100% Pass Primary focus of Utilitarianism - consequences (add person) -(Keeping boss's secret about layoffs) -Want to come up with a solution that provides greatest good for all. Primary focus of Rawls - social justice -Theory of Justice -Favor...

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Primary focus of Utilitarianism - ✔✔consequences (add person)


-(Keeping boss's secret about layoffs)


-Want to come up with a solution that provides greatest good for all.


Primary focus of Rawls - ✔✔social justice


-Theory of Justice


-Favor least advantaged


-Nothing is peoples fault (natural lottery)


-Can't take credit for being better.


Guy wants to buy a car he can't afford ---> (favor least advantaged) - Not his fault that

he doesn't know better. You can try to educate him (buy a used car, it's more

affordable).


Primary focus of Nozick Rights Theory - ✔✔individual rights


-Theory of Rights



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,-Don't lie, force, fraud.


Guy wants to buy a car he can't afford ---> Sell it!


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


"The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas"



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,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) - ✔✔...


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




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, 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.


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



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