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Issues at Boeing

of Harry Stonecipher, CEO of Boeing, over alleged ethical violations (Holmes, 2005). Its alleged that Stonecipher was having an af...

Rebuttal to James Rachels

all the same species, we are all precisely equal. That is clearly untrue: we are all very different in physical appearance, and we...

Dealing with Ethical Dilemmas

the reality of the good end" (Ross, 2005). Ross suggests that we can "have the satisfaction of being right, regardless of the dama...

'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' by Ursula LeGuin

know the child is there, because each of them is taken to see it when they are quite young, perhaps 8-12 years of age. They cannot...

Advertising and Morality

Kanner, PhD, the extent to which advertisers go to draw in the young, impressionable target market is becoming more and more infil...

Case Study on Medical Ethics

disseminated across electronic media can make it comparatively easy for unauthorised personnel to access such data. Health care wo...

Anti Abortion's Normative Argument

all abortions in the United States. The abortion rate of Black women is three times that of White women." Anti-abortion activist...

Ethical Theories and Norma Rae

offer the greatest good to the greatest number, in that the rights of the majority - the workforce - are protected. However, we al...

Children, TV, and Ethics

It can seriously affect all aspects of their behavioral health. For example, "Exposure to and the influence of media violence dire...

Ethics and Business Article Summary

require the ability to cope with new situations, and therefore more flexible and organic structures will require a greater utilisa...

Ainsworth/Attachment Theory

following discussion of attachment theory, which particularly focuses on the contributions of Ainsworth, offers an overview of it...

Counseling Ethical Dilemmas

that are more appropriate for the specific ethical issue reported. Ethical Dilemma #1 College instructor is teaching counseling ...

Report of Actual Ethical Cases

Anyone working in any area of mental health or social services faces ethical challenges and dilemmas on a regular basis and it is ...

Plato's "Crito" and "Apology"/Augustine's Confessions

This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...

Plato's Gorgias and Phaedrus

This essay pertains to Plato's perception of rhetoric and the role of eros, as indicated by his texts Gorgias and Phaedrus. Five p...

Psychology and Philosophy

for the student of psychology to develop a well-rounded and complete understanding of the discipline, it is necessary to study bot...

Plato's Allegory of the Cave: A Metaphysical View

would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images" (Plato, 1969. p. 409). He then likens the philosopher to a prisoner who ...

Happiness and Individuality According to Socrates and Huxley

wish, they have other freedoms that are perhaps not as obvious. Brave New World supports the hedonistic view. That is, Huxley (199...

An Analysis of a Case Study Regarding a Life and Death Decision

Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...

Personal Knowledge and Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"

of his text The Republic, Plato presents one of Western civilizations most accurate conceptualizations of the tremendous influence...

Female Characters and Ancient Texts

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

Did Plato Influence St. Augustine

truly understand Gods word: "I ask Thee, my God: pardon my sins, and as Thou didst grant to Thy servant to speak those words, gran...

X- AND Y-THEORY AND LOGISTICS

empowerment and the taking of responsibility. Though it might seem as though these two are at the opposite end of the spectrum, le...

Plato and Gender

unison (Rosen, 2005). Plato (1996) writes: "Is not the community of pleasure and pain the tie that binds? The sharing, to the grea...

Achilles and Socrates

ghost, a phantom-true, but no real breath of life" (23.122-23). This minimal survival apparently depends on the appropriate funera...

The Life of Socrates

could be products of society, but never the causes, or it would alter the objectivity of sociology as a science (Hamilton, 1995). ...

Plato's View of Who Should Rule

for which they are talented. Here, it is thought that the rulers who are willing to rule, who go into the cave, who are vocal, are...

Jury Member Speaks Out on Socrates’ Innocence

brought against me, and with my earliest accusers, and then with the later ones" (Plato, 1961, 18b). First, Socrates has been acc...

Excerpt from Euthyphro by Plato

impious act. Euthyphro replies to Socrates claiming "I am amused, Socrates, at your making a distinction between one who is a re...

Life and Morality

role in this respect. Plato held that the key agent in any sort of behavior but especially ethical or moral behavior (or lack of t...