PHI 2397 Lecture 5: PHI2397-Course5
9 Jun 2017
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Law may be often unclear regarding application , law may not be adequate to normal people. What is accepted is something that is ethically wrong. Common practices in accounting: some are not ethical. There are different religion and it may differ on different topic. Scared that people come with a different view, maybe be seen as something wrong. Need to find the base (determine what is) of the right and wrong. Text: audi, some approaches to determining ethical obligations , xxv-xxx. , and what is ethics? , pp. 22-38 in ronald duska, contemporary reflections on. It"s a general theory of what is right and wrong. Utilitarianism: an ethical theory where you may judge the right and wrong by consequences, judge by multiple results. What should i do, depending what is the consequences. Consider consequences for all persons affected (self and others) negative & positive consequences, harms (to yourself) & benefits (to yourself); degree/extent.
