Three Primary Ethical Schools
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Three Primary Ethical Schools
Teleological ethics
Teleological ethics is a theory of morality that derives duty and moral obligation from what is right or wrong. Actions are neutral when apart from their consequences. It contends the wrongness or rightness solely based on either bad or good effects. It deals with the end or final causes. It acknowledges that scientific research is done to discover laws of a particular phenomenon. And when adequate reasons assigned to it, any fact is scientifically explained everything known on the occurrence of conditions
Deontological ethics
It is the normative ethical position which adheres to the rules set and judges the morality of an action. In this, actions are considerate of more importance than the consequences. Working with deontological in making tough decisions asks the best principle to be used in making a valuable decision (Beauchamp, 2001).
Philosophical ethics
Ethics is the branch of philosophy that evaluates the nature of moral virtues band helps in the human evaluation. Philosophical ethics is grounded in notions of happiness and the well –being of a human. The best thing is that it avoids the strict laws and religion as long as irrationality that may cultural or personal issues. There is another tradition that claims that actions are at times inherently right or wrong, e.g., cheating and stealing. (Kyle et al., 2012).
In the film, American Sniper, released in late 2014, is dominated by the deontological primary ethical school. The legacy of Kyle is defined when he acts as a sniper and kills 160, which makes him, in the American military history, the deadliest sniper. In this, deontological ethics comes in because his killing actions are of more importance than the consequences. Sniper being a war film comes with an expected level of controversy with some supporters praising Kyle’s selfless movie heroism and patriotism. On the other...