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Certain actions can be right even though they do not maximize good consequences, for the rightness of such actions consists in their representing certain norms. Discuss with examples.
Answer: According to the Deontological ethics of normative ethical theory, an action can be said to be right if the action follows a set of rules or standards not because of the amount of good in the outcome. This proposition is against the idea of consequentialism, which judges actions based on theRead more
Answer: According to the Deontological ethics of normative ethical theory, an action can be said to be right if the action follows a set of rules or standards not because of the amount of good in the outcome. This proposition is against the idea of consequentialism, which judges actions based on their results. For instance, taking the side of a Dalit mid-day meal cook at a primary school, even though the majority of parents threaten to change their children’s schools if she continues to cook is the right action. Even though, the result of children dropping out of school may be a wrong consequence. Norms that ensure the rightness of an action despite consequences:
However, sometimes de-emphasising consequences makes us guilty of ‘Crimes of Omission’, for example, not lying about the location of a friend, even to a person trying to murder him. One way of resolving this problem is through an idea called threshold deontology, which argues that we should always obey the rules unless in an emergency situation, at which point we should revert to a consequentialist approach. Nonetheless, it can be said that the deontological approach possesses the strong advantage of being able to account for strong, widely shared moral intuitions about one’s duties better than consequentialism.
See lessThe power, which administrators wield, can bring the nation great dividends if rightly used, but can bring harm and disrepute if abused. Elaborate.
Answer: The values and ethics of administrators are given a lot of emphasis by the society as they wield extensive power to formulate policies, implement schemes, supervise funds and maintain law and order. The power, which administrators wield can bring the nation great dividends if rightly used: ARead more
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The values and ethics of administrators are given a lot of emphasis by the society as they wield extensive power to formulate policies, implement schemes, supervise funds and maintain law and order.
The power, which administrators wield can bring the nation great dividends if rightly used:
At the same time, abuse of the power can bring harm and disrepute in the following ways:
Although abuse of power can be reduced by improving transparency through computerisation of the governmental operations and displaying of records on websites, at the end of the day, the key to the problem is the underlying ethics and moral values of the administrators. Without ethical rooting, it is difficult to prevent abuse of power.
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