A Table to be Used in Making Decisions

See also: MBA 527 Syllabus | Short Papers/Case Analyses | Final Paper

 

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Consequences

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principles

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

Character

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social contract

 

 

 

 

 

 

Relationships

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Definitions

Consequences: the costs and benefits to society resulting from a decision
Goal: maximizing net benefits

Principles: statements concerning the absolute rightness or goodness of an action
Goal: fulfilling principles

Rights: fundamental aspects of life to which people are entitled
Goal: maintaining or enhancing rights

Character: the sum of traits that are seen as good or not good for an individual to possess
Goal: to maintain and exhibit good traits

Social contract: the rules agreed upon, explicitly or implicitly, by members of a society
Goal: to maintain and enhance the security and fairness in society

Relationships: the connections, natural, intentional, or accidental, of one human being with another
Goal: to maintain and strengthen relationships

Duties: the specific imperatives given by specific actions of oneself or others
Goal: the fulfill duties as far as possible

 

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