Addresses such difficult issues as the nature of life, the nature of death, what sort of life is worth living, what constitutes murder & responsibilities we have to other human beings. Obviously, this framework is useful in situations that ask what sort of person one should be. WebRvs: Two Types of Values 1. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. normative ethics, that branch of moral philosophy, or ethics, concerned with criteria of what is morally right and wrong. One of the most influential recent proponents of ethical egoism was the Russian-American philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982), who, in the book The Virtue of Selfishness (1964), argues that self-interest is a prerequisite to self-respect and to respect for others. Immediate gratification, Ability to understand someone's unfamiliar and ambiguous gestures in the same way as would people from his/her culture, Positive or negative statements about object, people, or events, An individual's general attitude toward his or her job Problem= conflict with autonomy & beneficence. Organizational responsibility is fairly straightforward: Comply with applicable local, state, national, and international regulations. Others would say that suicide is ethically impermissible. WebValues express a normative model of conduct that tells members what they should pay attention to 1. Fairness of starting point is the principle for what is considered just. This book uses the This document is designed as an introduction to making ethical decisions. We define ethical behavior as whatever a virtuous person would do in the situation, and we seek to develop similar virtues. Something that helps give value to something else (money is valuable for what it can buy). However, the nature of human happiness is subjective. Ethical conduct is whatever a fully virtuous person would do in the circumstances. It also does not include a pronouncement that certain things are always wrong, as even the most heinous actions may result in a good outcome for some people, and this framework allows for these actions to then be ethical. This hypothetical contract is considered fair or just because it provides a procedure for what counts as a fair action, and does not concern itself with the consequences of those actions.