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    The medium sized sports company that is planning to outsource its business activities to a company in another country has the moral responsibility to fairly and justly contribute for the betterment of the other country with moderate level working conditions and lack of resources. Garret Hardin and Peter Singer propose two different perspectives of ethics. While Garret Hardin emphasizes that there are only limited resources on the earth and due to issues like poverty, overpopulation, and insufficient

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    Obligations The definition for obligation is “Something by which a person is bound or obliged to do certain things, and which arises out of a sense of duty or results from custom, law, etc.” Obligation comes in many different forms, like how soldiers are obligated to fight for their country. This exact example can be seen morally and socially in the novel The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien where he tells many stories from his time in or related to the Vietnam War and tries to make the reader

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    fact of adult children having duties to their parents. Many philosophers believe that because of tradition adult children do have duties to their parents, but more recent philosophers are beginning to think otherwise. The change in these philosophers’ beliefs could be directly linked to the change in society’s views today. This topic should be studied so that future generations could potentially have a new and better social norm. In this

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    re-consider her decision to shift to Crytex Systems. Moral obligations and interpersonal responsibilities have been increasingly differentiated both in the philosophical and in the psychological literature. Moral obligations in the Kantian tradition define duties or obligatory actions that we owe to everybody under all circumstances. They include, for example, the obligation to keep a promise or to be veridical. These obligations have been subsumed under the principle of justice and fairness. On the other

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    Cicero’s definition of duty is a term in which in this course, is far reached than what we would have ever thought duty would stand for. Defining duty can be said to be a commitment or obligation to someone or something that causes them to pursue a certain action. Duty is split into two parts which consist of dealing with what is the “supreme” good and second, practicing rules which are strictly regulated in all means of daily life. Another classification of duties are duties which are middle or complete

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    monetarily. Singer further claims that duty and charity should not be as distinct as they are now, and hints at uniting the two. Upon careful analysis of Singer’s paper, one can find multiple loopholes in this proposal,

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    Wand(1979) expounds on Hume ethical theory in relation to moral obligation is a theory of good and evil rather than one of duty and obligation- , according to Wand (1956:55):”this statement is quite erroneous’ for Hume does not merely wish to discover the foundation of our moral actions”. Hume account of how motives prompt men to moral actions is quite complex, but Wand (1979) also asserts that Hume distinguishes between two basic type of action to make it more understandable. The first type are

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    like a patchwork quilt with a large number of distinct pieces of legislation going back in ancient time. One of these patchworks is CDM regulations. The following is coverage of analysis that explain the role and duties of designers and analysis of sources of design liability. The duties and regulations are as explained below. Designers must evade predictable dangers to those included in the development and future utilization of the structure. Architects must dispose of dangers so far as is sensibly

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    Kant’s Categorical Imperative outlines a significant section of his ethics, concerning the search for moral knowledge. This is a mechanism used in accordance with knowing how we ought to act, rather than how we act instinctively through desires and appetites. The identification of the Categorical Imperative is found through rationality and indeed must be equally applicable for all reasonable human beings. Within this essay, I will initially outline Kant’s first formulation of the Categorical Imperative

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    Being at the right place, time, and uniform displays discipline and supports the team. The consequences are more significant than the rewards. It can either make everything very simple, smooth, and efficient when you fulfill your duties. It will hinder, and remove other soldiers from a mission when one fails to uphold their responsibilities. The responsibility of attendance and proper attire is not difficult nor complicated. Communication is also a key part that supports the efficiency of the two

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