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Ethics refers to a set of norms and morals that govern human action and inform what we ought or should do. There are three forms of ethics, namely, virtue ethics, duty based ethics and consequentialist ethics.

Generally stated, a discussion of ethics assumes a moral standard, which is used to determine the morality of one’s actions. For example, actions that conform to the standard are moral actions. Actions that do not conform to the standard are immoral actions.

The basis of ethics is to establish a system of motivations and deterrents, which factor heavily in controlling and directing human desire. Individuals should desire to do moral actions and should be deterred from doing immoral actions. Thus, ethics prescribes proper moral action and dissuades individuals from desiring to act immorally. 


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  • organizational identity and ethics: the case of the idf


    orgtheory.net — Authority Authority: 575
    The New Republic ran an article by Moshe Halbertal about the Israeli Defense Forces and the problems of policing/fighting in territories such as the Gaza Strip . The article is long, but let me summarize the key points: Western style military organizations are designed to fight clearly identified opponents. Our ...
    7 hours ago

  • Handwriting on the Wall?


    Bank Lawyer's Blog — Authority Authority: 123
    In mortgage banking, the " elephant in the room " used to be repurchase obligations. That elephant (just like Sarah Palin) "went rogue" over the past two years and as a result, mortgage loan investors are busy trying to ensure that if you pay it forward, you sure better be able to buy it back , Fannie ...
    7 hours ago

  • Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas): “Greed is Good”


    tobefree — Authority Authority: 138
     “I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them! The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed — for lack of a better word — is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms — ...
    8 hours ago

  • Making Beauty Artificially


    Writing for Designers — Authority Authority: 130
    Recently France has been playing with the idea of  having a warning placed on images that have been photoshopped or retouched. Beauty is different to everyone, it changes with the decade and with the time. It morphs from person to person and with every nationality. Those of us in the AVT program are both designers ...
    8 hours ago

  • Take Part, Sleep Out


    TakePart Social Action Network — Authority Authority: 623
    On November 12 Centerpoint , a center for homeless teens and young adults in Britain, will host its fifth annual Sleep Out. The event raises money while volunteers aka “Sleepers” experience what it’s like to be homeless for a night, although the Centerpoint site explains “This event does not re-create ...
    9 hours ago

  • Danger Will Robinson…The Link Economy Has A Dark Side


    TEACH J: For Teachers of Journalism And Media — Authority Authority: 112
    OK, I know I mixed my geek metaphors in my headline, but I wanted to explain my idea in a catchy way.  The thing that is bothering me right now is a collection of ideas that are percolating in my brain.  Dave Winer at Scripting The News hit the nail on the head about the danger of the link economy when it is mixed ...
    10 hours ago

  • Wrong About Torture


    Alexandria — Authority Authority: 443
    One of the aspects of the torture program that really bothered me was the amateurs they hired to consult and advise about torture. The lack of any experience with interrogation by the psychologists they hired was well documented in Jane Mayer’s book, The Dark Side and here, by Ackerman. I had assumed that they ...
    10 hours ago

  • Threedonia’s Word for the Day — Mendacious


    threedonia.com — Authority Authority: 494
    Mendacious: Lying, untruthful; false. OED 2d ed, June 2008 draft revision. Example… newly elected Rep. Bill Owens from the formerly unknown NY-23. He scored a trifecta plus one (is there a tetrafecta or quadfetca???) by breaking 4 campaign promises in his very first hour. Most Congressmen have to wait at least ...
    10 hours ago

  • A Strange System: Food: Hard Travelin’ Blues


    Science & Soul — Authority Authority: 106
    You walk through the aisles of your local supermarket.  Apples in June.  Watermelons in February.  Oranges in December.  Weird star fruit in….well I don’t actually know if star fruit have a picking season.  So how do we have these fruits and vegetables when it is not time for them to be picked. Most of our ...
    11 hours ago

  • Seminar on Teaching Writing: Intro to Research


    A Teacher's Education — Authority Authority: 420
    For the last few months, Dingo , O’Mama and I have been zipping emails back and forth through cyberspace as we’ve taught our respective classes.  We’ve talked about pretty much everything from grading (Oy!  The papers !) to professional development.  We’ve found a lot of useful material and invaluable ...
    11 hours ago

  • Elderly U.K. Couple in Good Health Commit Suicide, Complain of Assisted Suicide Law


    Anglican Mainstream — Authority Authority: 152
    By Hilary White for LifeSiteNews An elderly, but healthy British couple who are thought to have committed suicide together, sent a letter to the BBC just before their deaths complaining about the law prohibiting assisted suicide. Neither Dennis nor Flora Milner of Newbury, Berkshire, aged 83 and 81 respectively, ...
    12 hours ago

  • Texas Late-Term Abortionist and Baptist Minister Admits: “Am I killing? Yes, I am.”


    Anglican Mainstream — Authority Authority: 152
    By Thaddeus M. Baklinski  LifeSiteNews.com In a jarringly candid statement made to WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas, late term abortionist and Baptist Minister Dr. Curtis Boyd said that when he performs abortions he is "killing," and he has no issues with it whatsoever. "Am I killing? Yes, I am. I know that," Boyd said ...
    12 hours ago

  • International banksters twist Jesus’ 2nd Greatest Commandment as if it’s no longer hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven


    tobefree — Authority Authority: 138
    From: National Post Bankers say Jesus would have approved of fat paycheques “Profit is not satanic,” Barclays chief executive John Varley said at the historic St. Martin-in-the- Fields church on London’s Trafalgar Square, one of several top executives to argue that Jesus would have approved of their pay ...
    12 hours ago

  • Open narratives for preparing the future


    MixedRealities — Authority Authority: 128
    Another one about the future and disruptive technology. Bruce Sterling on Beyond the Beyond refers to the When Everything is Programmable Digital Stories of the Institute for the Future. It’s a nice example of the use of vernacular video (video by Howard Rheingold) for telling provocative but plausible stories ...
    12 hours ago

  • US Catholic Bishops & the Affordable Health Care for America Act


    Bout of Context — Authority Authority: 426
    Regarding the below:boutofcontext: Separately, if you read the appeal, the Bishops are at worst...
    12 hours ago

  • remembrance


    The Shiny Headed Prophet — Authority Authority: 124
    It was Remembrance day today in the UK. At the cathedral this is a pretty large event with representatives from all the armed forces, the emergency services and civic dignitaries. As I get older I find this service to be more poingant as I look around the cathedral at the young faces in uniform full of potential and ...
    13 hours ago

  • Panel: On the Challenges of Implementing Library 2.0 Services


    michaelzimmer.org — Authority Authority: 512
    On Tuesday, a group of librarians and information professions will be holding a panel discussion on “ The Challenges of Implementing Library 2.0 Services ” at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology ( ASIS&T ). On the Challenges of Implementing Library 2.0 ...
    13 hours ago

  • Once again for the clue-challenged


    Hoyden About Town — Authority Authority: 135
    Dear Internet Interlocutor, criticising rape jokes does not mean censorship of rape jokes, so how is bringing up free speech relevant again? My latest comment responding to somebody objecting to Melissa McEwan’s statement that “rape jokes are rape culture” in her Rape Culture 101 post which was crossposted to ...
    13 hours ago

  • Ethics and Morality :: RE: Murder - Do you Always Oppose It?


    Philosophy Discussion — Authority Authority: 172
    Author: Juice Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:19 pm (GMT -5) We have to understand that the burden of substantiating my view concerning "defensive homicide" in the form of propotional defense of self and the goal that one be successful in that attempt by whatever means, or others or society and the duty of law to enact ...
    13 hours ago

  • “No one is righteous”…metaphorically speaking


    Dominic Bnonn Tennant — Authority Authority:
    Today I received an email from a reader named Ryan, who writes: I’m in a discussion with a guy regarding free will, and in our discussion, we’ve come to a point where he is asking how we know when to interpret Scripture literally or figuratively.  The reason he asks is because he utilizes the argument against ...
    14 hours ago

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