[PHI2397] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (206 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 2397
• Professor: Sardar Hosseini

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Burden is not the one seeking proof: second, it should be analyzed by specialists since scientists are not professionals on ethics, the scientists are not the evil monsters, we must focus on seeking alternatives. uottawa. Ancient art and science of determining criteria for making correct decisions. Ethics plays a big role in business. Business is universally based within a consequentialist ethical theory. Determine your actions based upon the anticipated consequences: consequentialism, based on wants, utilitarianism, ends justifies the means, the goal is the only thing that matters. Determine your actions based upon a sense of moral duty: based on duty, deontology duty based ethics. Deon meaning duty: idea of people"s rights, this is where we get our ideas of justice and equality. There is a difference between wants and rights. Sometimes you do what it right regardless of the consequences. Good and right does not necessarily mean the same thing. Wants are no the same thing as rights.