ADMS 3660 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Egotism, Categorical Imperative, Kantianism

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 3660
• Professor: Avraham Kleiman

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Citizenship (obey laws, assist community, protect environment) (cid:1) Responsibility (accountable for actions, accept fault, apologize, don"t. Caring (avoid unnecessary harm, do good when little cost to oneself, Morality depends upon whether the majority of reference point (e. g. , (cid:1) (cid:1) firm, industry, customers, society) believes activity should be considered morally acceptable (cid:1) (cid:1) culture, etc. (cid:1) Moral judgment can easily change based on time, circumstance, Consequences or individual moral rights can be ignored. Do whatever you want to do because it"s the right thing which works. Psychological egoism: people act according to their own perceived. Ethical egoism: people should only act according to their own. Ii) determine costs and benefits for each stakeholder under each. Iii) select alternative that produces the greatest net good (i. e. , utility) Unable to deal with rights (individuals could be sacrificed) and justice. Common mistakes: if the sum total of the benefits are greater than the sum total of the.