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A FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) sheet

1. What is ethics?

Ethics are moral ideas that guide a person behavior.

2. Why do ethics vary from person to person?

The absentia of the standardize regulations on ethicsinfluence the variance observed in most cases

3. What are key features of utilitarianism?

Utilitarianism is dominated by one primary characteristic that the wrongness or the rightness of the action is determined by its consequences (Armstrong, 2003). The action greatest of happiness of great numbers of the people will mean that the action is right. The theory forms its base of discussion of the pleasure perception which also concludes to be its feature

4. What are key features of ethical egoism?

The primary property of ethical egoism that the fact that some actions are triggered by self-interest (Broad, 2014). The theory focus on the benefit of an action to the doer which also happens defines the rightness and wrongness of the event.

5. What are the differences between utilitarianism and ethical egoism?

The different between utilitarianism and ethical egoism is the fact that utilitarianism focuses on the result of an event to determine whether it is wrong or right but ethical egoism emphasis on the benefit of an action to the doer.

The utilitarianism is well-known theory because of the dimension it uses to explain the wrongness and rightness of the action ethical egoism defines ethics based on the interests achieved during the event. The direction taken by ethical egoism makes it to have few theories to support the literature. Like the consequentialist theory, utilitarianism continues to even entice more scholars to carry out research that aims to add more information to the already existing bank of information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

Armstrong, W. S. (2003). Consequentialism

Broad, C.D. (2014). Five types of ethical theory