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Central Tenets
Major
Ethical
Definition

Proponent
System
Jeremy
Rightness of an
End-result
 How does one
 One must
action is
Bentham
define
consider all likely
ethics
determined by
(1748-1832)

happiness
consequences.
John Stuart
considering
 Actions are more
pleasure, or
Mill
consequences
right if they
utility?
(1806-1873)
promote more
 How does one
happiness, more
measure
happiness,
wrong as they
produce
pleasure, or
unhappiness.
utility?
 How does one
 Happiness is
trade-off
defined as
between short-
presence of Major Concerns
pleasure and term vs
absence of pain. long-term
 Promotion of happiness?
happiness is  If actions create
generally the happiness for
ultimate aim. 90% of the world Unit 12: Ethics in Negotiation
 Collective and misery for
happiness of all the other 10%
concerned is the are they still
goal. ethical?
 Human conduct  By what Notes
should be guided authority do we
by primary moral accept particular
principle. rules or the
 Individuals should “goodness” of
stand on their those rules?
principles and  Which rule do
restrain we follow when
themselves by rules conflict?
rules.  How do we
 The ultimate good adapt general
is a life of virtue rules to fit
(action on specific
principles) rather situations?
than pleasure.  How do rules
 We should not change as
adjust moral law circumstances
to fit our actions, change?
but adjust our  What happens
actions to fit when good rules
moral law. produce bad
consequences?
 Are these rules
without any
exceptions?
Social Rightness of Jean-Jacques  People must  How do we
Social Rightness of Jean-Jacques  People must  How do we
contract
Rousseau
an action is
determine the
function in a social
contract an action is Rousseau community determine the
function in a
(1712-1778)
determined by
ethics
general will?
ethics deter- mined (1712-1778) context to survive.  What is meant
social community
general will?

by the
by the  Communities  What is meant
context to
customs and
by the “common
survive.
norms of a
customs and become “moral by the “common
good”?
norms of a  Communities  What do we do
community
good”?
bodies” for
community determining  What do we do
become “moral
with
bodies” for
independent
ground rules. with
determining
 Duty and independent
thinkers who
ground rules.
obligation bind the thinkers who
challenge the
community and challenge the
morality of the
the individual to existing social
each other. order (e.g.,
 What is best for Jefferson,
the common good Gandhi, Martin
determines the Luther King)?
ultimate standard.  Can a state be
 Laws are corrupt and its
important, but people still be
morality “moral” (e.g.
determines the Nazi Germany)?
laws and  How could we
standards for right justify ethics
and wrong. other than by
 Locus of truth is saying, “It felt
found in human like the right
existence. thing to do”?
 Conscience within  How could we
each person calls achieve a
them to fulfil their collective
humanness and to definition of
decide between what is ethical if
right and wrong. individuals
 Personal decision disagreed?
rules are the  How could we
ultimate achieve Contd....
standards. cohesiveness
 Pursuing a noble and consensus
goal by ignoble in a team that
means leads to an only fosters
ignoble end. personal
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 There are no perspectives?
absolute formulas  How could an
for living. organization
 One should follow assures some
one’s group but uniformity in
also stick up for ethics?
what one
individually
believes.