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This 11 page research paper describes a personal code of ethics that a student planning for a career in forensic science might adopt. The framework of a code based on rule utilitarianism is described. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Personal Code of Ethics/Forensics Research Compiled
By - properly! The following paper describes and discusses a
personal code of ethics that a student might adopt in regards to career in forensic science. Personal code of ethics as compared
to professional code: From the listing of major ethical systems as described by Pollock (2005), the system that best fits this writer/tutors personal code of ethics is utilitarianism, which evaluates
the morality of actions based upon their consequences, i.e., their utility, in bringing about the common good. Utilitarianism, as it is known in contemporary society, was formulated during the nineteenth
century by Jeremy Bentham and then later refined further by John Stuart Mill (Pojman, 1998). Bentham did not invent the principles that form the basis for utilitarianism, but he was
the first to formulate a comprehensive theory using these principles. The fundamental concept of this ethical system is the evaluation of the morality of an action should be entirely based
on its consequences and its subsequent result for society and human welfare. Pojman (1998) breaks down utilitarianism into two major categories: act and rule. These categories are extremely important
because they address the inherent fallacy in Utilitarianism, which is that it can be used to justify and rationalize actions that are considered immoral by mainstream society. Act utilitarianism may
be thought of synonymous with the classical approach outlined by Bentham and Mill, as this system judges actions based purely on the degree of benefit they generate for the common
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