Thursday, March 6, 2008

COMM 317: bong hits 4 ethics

Aristotle- Golden Mean- "virtue lies at the mean between two extremes of excess and deficiency"

-don't go overboard.
-don't go off too far in either direction

-advice for the principal "don't show your authority just because you can"

-advice for student- "don't push your luck, but don't sit back and take any crap either"

-advice for chief justice roberts- "take another look at this case, are you sure you want to make this ruling like you are?"


Immanuel Kant- based on the notion that it is the act itself, rather than the person who acts, in which moral force resides.

ties it back to the golden rule





Jereny Bentham- The consequences of actions are important in deciding whether they are ethical

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