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Noûs, 1988
One component of a moral theory consists of principles that assign moral status to individual actions-principles that evaluate acts as right or wrong, prohibited or obligatory, permissible or supererogatory. Consideration of such principles suggests that they play several different roles. The first such role may be viewed as theoretical.
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One component of a moral theory consists of principles that assign moral status to individual actions-principles that evaluate acts as right or wrong, prohibited or obligatory, permissible or supererogatory. Consideration of such principles suggests that they play several different roles. The first such role may be viewed as theoretical.
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Making Moral Decisions: Comparing Two Theories
Mental Retardation, 2001The birth of a child is a moment in time that parents cannot forget. The child may be born on his or her due date, a couple of days later, or even weeks early. Prior to this date, many decisions involving tests must be made. One test reveals whether a woman is pregnant, another test reports the gender of the child, and yet another test can determine ...
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2000
What is it like to make a choice? The temptation we easily give way to is to think that it's always the same kind of thing; or that there's one kind of decision-making that's serious and authentic, and all other kinds ought to be like this. In our modern climate, the tendency is to imagine that choices are made by something called the individual will ...
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What is it like to make a choice? The temptation we easily give way to is to think that it's always the same kind of thing; or that there's one kind of decision-making that's serious and authentic, and all other kinds ought to be like this. In our modern climate, the tendency is to imagine that choices are made by something called the individual will ...
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Moral-Hazard in Strategic Decision Making
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014Where a manager’s actions are “costless” and influence firm risk, the manager’s career concerns give rise to moral-hazard. The optimal contract cannot be found using the standard techniques as the Monotone Likelihood Ratio Condition does not hold.
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Moral Decision Making in Business: A Phase-Model
Business Ethics Quarterly, 2000Abstract:The traditional model of ethical decision making in business suggests applying an initial set of principles to a concrete problem and if they conflict the decision maker may attempt to balance them intuitively. The centrality of the ethical conflict in the accepted notion of “ethical problem” has diverted the attention of moral decision ...
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Adam Smith’s moral decision-making process
2020The aim of this paper is to explore Adam Smith’s account of the process of making moral judgements as he describes it in his Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS). The paper argues that we can make sense of Smith’s decision-making process in moral cases only if we refer to the complete account of the faculties of the human mind that he presents in his work.
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1993
A decision is a thought process that leads to one of several possible options. Each option — if chosen and carried out — has consequences for the decision maker or others. That is, the option chosen has a causal effect on things someone cares about, on someone’s goals or aims or desires.
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A decision is a thought process that leads to one of several possible options. Each option — if chosen and carried out — has consequences for the decision maker or others. That is, the option chosen has a causal effect on things someone cares about, on someone’s goals or aims or desires.
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Moral Decision-Making in Business
2016When the joint venture (JV) between PepsiCo and its local partner in Sichuan broke down, many observers compared their relationship to an ill-fated marriage passing through various stages toward an inevitable failure. Initially described as a marriage of convenience or an arranged marriage, it brought together two most unlikely partners—with apparently
Stephan Rothlin, Dennis McCann
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Moral decision making and moral judgment in multiple sclerosis.
NeuropsychologyObjective: Moral cognition has been insufficiently studied in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). This study investigated moral decision making and judgment using ecologically valid moral dilemmas in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) and progressive MS phenotypes, exploring associations with clinical and psychological variables.
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Moral Decision Making and Multinationals
Business Ethics Quarterly, 1991American business schools are going international. Courses in international business are blossoming everywhere and international topics are being added to existing courses. Although business ethicists have addressed international issues for the past fifteen years or more, there has been no systematic book length treatment of international business ...
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