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| Type of paper: | Term Paper |
| Subject area: | Business |
| Academic level: | College |
| Style: | APA |
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1887 words/7 pages
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| Author: | Shemika Carter |
| Date submitted: | 2009-09-19 08:47:06 |
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| Tags: | good, action, job, ethics, personal, individual, answers, ethical, chapter, week, Carl Rogers, Natural, Davis, Rogers, Christian Holy Trinity, Kantianism, Michael Davis |
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It seems the choice between human life and personal gain is an easy one to make but if people are honest , the decision is often not so easy and how an individual reconciles personal , organizational and cultural values as well as ethics in a global setting is something that takes a great deal of effort and consideration and must take into account the utility values of their actions . Virtues like charity and honesty can be universally admired , though not universally practiced . A person of affluence may be able to donate money to the less fortunate , even to the desperately poor that may have their lives saved by such charitable action . However , most people of all income levels choose to buy things beyond the basic necessities of life , like televisions , expensive foods , or a night on the town , and few consider this action to be immoral . However , when considering the implications of such action in terms of ethics , the ability to donate to charity and choosing not to makes the morality behind the uncharitable action unclear . By applying virtue theory , Kantianism , utilitarianism , and humanistic psychological analysis to the concept of charity to personal , organizational and cultural values as well as ethics in a global setting , it becomes obvious that those who do not donate when they have the means are committing an immoral act and will only be incomplete humans . Virtue theory is one of philosophy 's oldest concepts , dating back to ancient times in both Western and Eastern philosophy . Beginning in Western tradition with Plato and advanced significantly by Aristotle , virtue ethics place precedence on what an individual sees as the best possible choice for a situation in an attempt to become a good individual based on character . By following this approach , as Aristotle stresses , the perception of the particular takes priority in the sense that a good rule is a good summary of wise particular choices , and not a court of last resort (Pfaff , 2008 . When using this approach to address charity , a person would not donate their money to the poor because rules or an obligation , but because he or she would feel that doing so would be the best course of action and the most decent thing to do in building their own good virtue . The ultimate goal of their act is personal happiness , and by embarking on what they feel is virtuous , like courage and benevolence , people will be able to achieve their ultimate goal . By not donating to the less fortunate , the qualities that instill these virtues and build character are not achieved . Buying personal luxury items instead of pursuing charity in the community , whether local or global , is not virtuous by this approach . For Kantianism , the goal is less to build character through virtue , but to use reason to understand the best course of action for a particular situation . All humans are born with free will , and the decision to be charitable or uncharitable rests within that freedom . The German Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant... |
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