Introduction to Ethical Theories

Amin Alizadeh () and Deepu Kurian ()
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Amin Alizadeh: University of Delaware
Deepu Kurian: University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio

A chapter in Ethics and Human Resource Development, 2024, pp 13-28 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter is an introduction to ethics, and it briefly covers the historical background of the major ethical theories and principles that are useful for analyzing moral problems. It presents eight theories and highlights the importance of each of them for the field of HRD. Four of these theories—Kantianism, utilitarianism, social contract theory, and virtue ethics—can be counted as the most relevant theories to our field. Such ethical theories are attempts to assist HRD students and practitioners in the decision-making process.

Keywords: Ethical theories; Utilitarianism; Deontology; Virtue ethics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38727-2_2

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