ADMS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Seat Belt

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1000
• Professor: Keith Lehrer

Document Summary

Session 11: ethics beliefs and values: cost benefit analysis. Utilitarian or end point ethics: achieving the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people, ex. Ends justify means, seat belt installation on school busses not worth the. If achieved than the action is deemed ethical. time : limitation or problems: difficulty in estimating or measuring benefits and costs of stakeholders affected. The lengths needed for affect to take place are usually downplayed or ignored. Does the end justify the means: yes, it does, but the counter argument would be values whether or not the human life is of value, distribution is not taken into account with agriculture which is a big concern. Oil gas pipeline has a societal impact on indigenous communities. Utilitarian approach better now or then: potntial to be better now, what was a luxury in older generations become more and. More of a necessity in our present world.