EXAM 2 BA 300 Austin/122 Complete
Questions and answers
Objectivism - focuses on 2 things - -Be rational and be all that you can be
be rational
- Objectivisim - rand believed that americans tend to get sloppy because of
what?
She believed the only way to convince someone of your decision is through
what? - -She thinks americans get tend to be sloppy by believing that
peoples intuitions or emotions give them reason or cause to change our way
of interacting with one an other
She believed that the only way you should be conniving someone of your
decision is through reason
- Biggest pro of objectivism - -- Reinforces personal responsibility
-Very important for people to take responsibility for themselves and develop
through productive energy to help yourself with the pros and cons in your life
- biggest con of objectivism - --Individualistic and judgmental
-They think it is too self centered
-they want people to be more community oriented and they think that rand it
too focused on the self
- what is an example of a company creating their culture on objectivism ? -
--Motive Communications
-this company said we want competitive people, we want independent
people, we don't want people who needs pats on the back
- Objectivism pushes what values to the limit? - -american values
objectivism values capitalism
- Integrative Social Contract Theory - -Decision Rule: decision is ethical if it
is compatible with ethical rules of community I am doing business with=>
meaning ethical norms are authentic, permit exit, allow community
voice/input and are legitimate so they do not conflict with a hyper norm
- Integrative Social Contracts Theory pro and con - -Pro:
-its adaptability
-that you care about the local culture
-Gives you more respect for local cultures, helps you see how other people
live
-Adapts to variations in local norms within some global limits
, Con: concept of a hyper norm is vague; theory can be impractical
*accepts a community's ethical norms as legitimate ONLY to the extent that
they do not conflict with a hyernorm*
- what are the the two hyper norms of integrative social contract theory? - -
1) you need to respect the dignity of all human beings
2) Respect human rights
- Example of integrative social contract theory - -levi strauss had kids
working as seamstresses in bangladesh
- people saw this as violating human rights
- levis pais for the kid workers education and told them they can come back
after school and work for them
- Ethic and care focuses on what two things? - -Focus on relationships and
responsibilities
- Ethics and care
more on how it focuses on relationships - --your relationship with your
spouse kids peers your colleagues coworkers - take care of those people - do
not treat those as abstract people
-if sam the supplier isn't delivering in time- go talk to him
-he says that his son got hurt thats why things aren't on time
and your response - as someone who is relationship oriented - say no
problem we will make do etc.
- Biggest pro of ethics and care - --protects the weak and dependent
-the theory cares about those less advantaged
- Biggest con of ethics and care - -- it can neglect justice
- if someone does something wrong, you try to find causes/ feel sorry for
them --> enables their bad behavior
- What are care ethics? - -care ethics emphasize how ethical reflection
should focus on the quality of caring relationships
- What did the feminist gilligan argue about the language of individual rights
and justice? - -She argued that the language of individual rights/justice did
not accurately capture how people - especially women understand ethics in
terms of concrete relationships and responsibilities interwoven in life
- why did Feminist gilligan not agree with psychologist Kolbergs stages of
moral development? - -she argued that it represented a male bias and that
women tend to speak with a different moral voice
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