COMM 104 Chapter Notes -Straw Man, Consequentialism
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Immoral: intending to do harm for one"s own benefit: ethics: the application of, or acting within moral principals, amoral: no consideration of ethical obligations in decision, csr examples of child labour, garment manufacturing (p. 8, pyramid of social responsibilities: economic responsibilities (be profitable), legal responsibilities (obey law), ethical responsibilities, philanthropic responsibilities (give back) Fallacies: straw man: argument where the arguer criticizes a weakened or distorted version of his opponent"s point of view, ad hominem ( appeal to person ): argument that focuses on criticizing a person rather than focusing on the strength of their reasoning common in debates, argument from tradition: should do something just because we have done it in the past, argument from popularity: should believe or do something because it is popular, false dilemma: argument that tries to convince there are only 2 options when not the case.
