Utilitarianism Deontology Ethics

Business Ethics

Introduction

What sorts of duties do deontological theorists endorse? Deontologists normally recognize two classes of duties: (1) general obligations and (2) special obligations. General prohibitions include many of the commandments endorsed by Judao-Christian religious thinking, including prohibitions on lying, cheating, promise breaking, murdering, and torturing. One might say that they are general because they are owed to all human beings. By contrast, special obligations are those obligations which derive from one's having made a promise, signed a contract, or as a result of occupying a social role such as being a teacher or doctor or a parent.

It is easy to see that these obligations do not bind everyone in the same way. If one has made a promise to do something, say, to wash the dishes, then this gives you a reason to do it, a reason which does not bind someone who has not promised. Similarly, a teacher is required to perform actions not required of everyone simply in virtue of being a teacher. This entails that the identity of the agent often seems relevant to ascertaining what he or she is obligated to do.

Discussion

This is again a fairly interesting case as it takes into account the moral and ethical issues. It is a story of a person who was working on the rights of others and the use of the utilitarian and deontological approaches is simply superlative. The representation of the company as it has been portrayed around here is really worth noting.

The people who were are stake in this case all belonged to the company. But at the end of the day there would have been some victors and there would have been losers as well. The case was of such nature that it would have impacted only the people belonging to ...