Ethics

Ethics We teach the children only the highest of our ideals, the most virtuous of our values. An integral part of our “code of chivalry” is Immanuel Kant’s Golden Rule: Do as you would be done by. It is taught as a rule to be followed not only in school, but one to live by. Children never fail to imitate the behavior of their elders. This is a beckoning to us, the people of the village who will raise the child, to illustrate our words, to show that the Golden Rule isn’t just an empty cliché. Whether we look to utilitarianism or consequentialism and always consider the outcome of a particular action, or conform to a more deontological form of ethical thinking and focus on always acting in a manner that seems ‘right,’ a beginning of an overview on this subject would serve to shed light on a common, yet far from resolved issue plaguing those who grapple with the issue of the death penalty. In examining the ethical issues surrounding businesses today, it is important that we examine a few types of ethical views in order to better understand this heated issue at hand. The Consequentialist view is that action, one, happiness, right, utilitarianism, issue, rule, produces, possible, ethical, consequentialism, consequences, always, upon, therefore, seems, people, particular, number, must, measure, greatest, golden, form, decide, children, better, best, actions, right, yet, world, words, whether, virtuous