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*Moral rights are not rights in the strict sense, but are better
thought of as moral claims, which may or may not eventually
be assimilated within national or international law. Moral
rights are rights that, it is claimed, exist prior to and
independently from their legal counterparts.
DISTINGUISHING
MORAL RIGHTS AND
LEGAL RIGHTS
No. 3:
JUSTICE: RAWLSIAN JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS
Rawls constructs justice that citizens are free and equal and
that society should be fair. He sees it as resolving the tensions
between the ideas of freedom and equality, which have been
highlighted both by the socialist critique of liberal democracy
and by the conservative critique of the modern welfare state.
No. 4:
Virtue Ethics: Making Decisions Based
on Integrity and Character
Virtue Ethics is a tradition within philosophical
ethics that seeks a full and detailed description of
those character traits, or virtues, that would
constitute a good and full human life.
VIRTUE ETHICS
VIRTUE ETHICS
1. Determine the facts
2. Identify the ethical issues
involved
3. Identify stakeholders
4. Consider the available
alternatives
A DECISION-MAKING MODEL
FOR BUSINESS ETHICS
REVISITED
5. Consider how a decision affects
stakeholders
a. Consequences
i. Beneficial and harmful
consequences
b. Duties, rights, principles
i. What does the law say?
ii. Are there professional duties
involved?
iii. Which principles are most
obligatory?
iv. How are people being treated?
c. Implications for personal integrity
and character
i. What type of person am I
becoming through this decision? A DECISION-MAKING
ii. What are my own principles and
purposes? MODEL FOR
iii. Can I live with public disclosure
of this decision? BUSINESS ETHICS
REVISITED
6.Guidance
7.Assessment
A DECISION-MAKING MODEL
FOR BUSINESS ETHICS
REVISITED