Firing Joe According To Kant's Utilitarian Theory

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a) Utilitarian theory says that an action is fair if it brings happiness to the greater number of people. In this scenario firing Joe is bringing happiness to neither Joe nor the company as he had been a loyal employee for 5 years and worked his way up to the managerial position. Thus, firing Joe isn’t justified by this theory. b) Kantian which is a nonconsequentialist theory considers that an act is right if it is motivated by a sense of moral duty, but it implies “Act only on principles that you can universalize.” Firing Joe is justified by Kant’s theory because company can’t universalize that it won’t fire anyone who is taking marijuana. Such cases should be considered on case by case basis, but Kant’s theory doesn’t approve special circumstances. Thus, firing Joe is justified by Kant’s theory. c) …show more content…

Considering all the factors, virtue ethics supports that it is my moral duty to retain him as the human resource director and give him the new position, this theory doesn’t justify firing

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