Description
Taking what you have learned about the various approaches to ethical decision making, consider what dimensions of each of these influence your style of decision making. Do you tend to see ethical decisions from a rules-based (deontological) or a consequences-based (teleological) perspective? Do you believe that there should be a fair distribution of benefits and burdens, and if so, how do you define “fair”? Do you seek the greatest good for the greatest number of people or take more of a care approach?
Chances are your ethical decision making style is informed by several of the different approaches we have discussed. In this paper assignment, you should first begin by telling me which of these approaches are reflected in your decision making and how they are reflected. This paper is not an essay on the styles we have discussed; rather, it is an analysis of how these styles are evident in your own personal decision making.
Next, consider how these approaches became integrated into your thinking. Did you learn them from your parents, teachers, pastor, boss, etc.? Did certain life events influence your decision making?