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Ethics is two things. First, ethics refers to well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues. Ethics, for example, refers to those standards that impose the reasonable obligations to refrain from rape, stealing, murder ...
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- The Utilitarian Approach. Utilitarianism was conceived in the 19th century by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill to help legislators determine which laws were morally best.
- The Rights Approach. The second important approach to ethics has its roots in the philosophy of the 18th-century thinker Immanuel Kant and others like him, who focused on the individual's right to choose for herself or himself.
- The Fairness or Justice Approach. The fairness or justice approach to ethics has its roots in the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, who said that "equals should be treated equally and unequals unequally."
- The Common-Good Approach. This approach to ethics assumes a society comprising individuals whose own good is inextricably linked to the good of the community.
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University works with professionals and organizations in many fields, as well as students and educators to promote ethical reflection and action.The Center does not tell people what to think; rather we suggest what to think about and how to think it through. We focus on:
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Website. www.scu.edu/ethics. The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics is a department at Jesuit Santa Clara University. It was created by Manuel Velasquez, a faculty member in the School of Business, and funded by early Apple Inc. investor Mike Markkula and his wife, Linda Markkula.
History. The Ethics Center's second home on Franklin Street. Like many elements of its Jesuit tradition, Santa Clara University’s commitment to ethics goes all the way back to its founding in 1851. The study of ethics is part of the institution ’s commitment to educating the whole person.