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This is a 7 page paper discussing aspects of moral and ethical decisions making. The theories of reflective equilibrium by John Rawls, utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill, and most recently Milton Friedman’s view of social responsibility of business, all relate to individual, corporate, governmental and societal moral dilemmas which are as relevant today as when first discussed several centuries ago. Social, moral and ethical responsibility is looked at in terms of coherence and balance between individual self-interest and larger beliefs, the concepts of the greatest good for all and the ideal that in business, a balance may not always be attained in regards to moral decisions and the profit; all theories disputed and discussed in modern society.
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view of social responsibility of business, all relate to individual, corporate, governmental and societal moral dilemmas which are as relevant today as when first discussed several centuries ago. Social, moral
and ethical responsibility is looked at in terms of coherence and balance between individual self-interest and larger beliefs, the concepts of the greatest good for all and the ideal that
in business, a balance may not always be attained in regards to moral decisions and the profit; all theories disputed and discussed in modern society. Reflective Equilibrium
John Rawls method of reflective equilibrium attempts "to give us some sort of theoretical guidelines for testing moral claims against the background of
intuitions about general truths and specific cases" because humans cannot just argue that moral intuitions are enough to legitimate moral reasoning in that intuitions do not necessarily pertain to how
they should function. While many cases of moral reasoning in that they can easily be resolved by syllogistic reasoning, harder cases require that individuals "test" various aspects of moral beliefs
against other beliefs "seeking coherence among the widest set of moral and non-moral beliefs by revising and refining them at all levels"; this is the key idea to reflective equilibrium
(Himma, 2003). Throughout their lifetime, individuals are presented with moral dilemmas and situations in which they must make a decision to either act or not act upon a moral decision
and moral concern, obligation and moral action exist in "expanding circles of relationship" (Cahill, 2002, p. 324; HS, 2003) . In general, this moral deliberation involves two major activities: "getting
a clear picture of moral institutions considered in moral judgments about what is right or wrong in certain situations; and, trying to find principles which will explain why actions we
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