Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making

Critiquing Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making Critiquing Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making When looking at ethical decision making in a philosophical approach you must consider the consequentialism ethics, deontology ethics, or the virtual ethics of any case you are evaluating. The following is a discussion of three different scenarios and the different approaches in decision making for these cases. This author will talk about what makes each scenario ethical or non-ethical. Each case will be approached and looked at with respect to the three philosophical approaches of decision making for these scenarios. The three philosophical methods that will be used in this analytical paper are†¦show more content†¦If she does not meet her sales quota again in the next period does she want to repeat? 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