Chapter 6
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moral philosophy | refers in particular to the specific principles or rules that people use to decide what is right or wrong.
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monists | believe that only one thing is intrinsically good, and the pluralists believe that two or more things are intrinsically good
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hedonism | that one's pleasure is the ultimate intrinsic good or that the moral end, or goodness, is the greatest balance of pleasure over pain.
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quantitative hedonists | those who believe that more pleasure is better
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qualitative hedonists | those who believe that it is possible to get too much of a good thing (such as pleasure)
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goodness theories | typically focus on the end result of actions and the goodness or happiness created by them
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obligation theories | emphasize the means and motives by which actions are justified
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egoism | defines right or acceptable behavior in terms of its consequences for the individual
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enlightened egoism | abide by professional codes of ethics, control pollution, avoid cheating on taxes, help create jobs, and support community projects
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utilitarianism | the utilitarian seeks the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
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rule utilitarians | determine behavior on the basis of principles, or rules, designed to promote the greatest utility rather than on an examination of each particular situation.
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act utilitarians | specific action itself, rather than the general rules governing it, to assess whether it will result in the greatest utility
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nonconsequentialist | ethics based on respect for persons.
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rule deontologists | believe that conformity to general moral principles determines ethicalness.
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act deontologists | requires that a person use equity, fairness, and impartiality when making and enforcing decisions.
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relativist perspective | use themselves or the people around them as their basis for defining ethical standards, and the various forms of relativism include descriptive, metaethical, or normative
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metaethical relativists | understand that people naturally see situations from their own perspectives and argue that, as a result, there is no objective way of resolving ethical disputes between value systems and individuals
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normative relativism | assume that one person's opinion is as good as another's.1
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virtue ethics | that what is moral in a given situation is not only what conventional morality or moral rules (current societal definitions) require but also what the mature person with a “good” moral character would deem appropriate.
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justice | business ethics involves evaluations of fairness or the disposition to deal with perceived injustices of others
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distributive justice | based on the evaluation of the outcomes or results of the business relationship
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procedural justice | based on the processes and activities that produce the outcome or results
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interactional justice | based on evaluating the communication processes used in the business relationship
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