11 1505 Capella University Ethic Of Work Dignit

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Discussion Questions for this week Ethic of Work – Type of Justice

Ethics is the philosophical study of morality. One of the main topics in ethics is justice, and there are different types of justice. These include retributive justice, distributive justice, and many others. Retributive justice concerns the topic of desert. In other words, retributive justice concerns the fair management of rewards and punishments. Distributive justice concerns the fair distribution of goods and resources in a society. Distributive justice is concerned with the fair distribution of both the good things a society has to offer, and also the burdens that must be taken on by someone. Should wealth be distributed equally? Should it be distributed solely by need? Or should it be distributed according to what people deserve? If the latter, how is that to be determined? How should goods like education, health care, and job training be distributed? Similarly, we have to figure out the fairest way to assign the burdens of life. For instance, what is the most just form of taxation?

Legal Dictionary. (2016). Distributive justice. Retrieved from https://legaldictionary.net/distributive-justice/

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (n.d.). Distributive justice. Retrieved from https://www.iep.utm.edu/dist-jus/

Fairness is a subset of justice. In this sense, it cannot be separated from justice, but justice is a broader topic than fairness. To explore these concepts in more detail, read the following resources:

Velasquez, M., Andre, C., Shanks, T. S. J., & Meyer, M. J. (2014). Justice and fairness. Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Retrieved from https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethica…

Aristotle. (n.d.). Nichomachean ethics: Book V (W. D. Ross, Trans.). Retrieved from The Internet Classics Archive: http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.5.v..c

Distributive Justice

1. This week discussion, you will continue to discuss ethics in the workplace, including concepts articulated by the famous philosopher Kant. You will focus on distributive justice. You will talk about a time that social change happened in the workplace as a result of the search for distributive justice. You can select an example from history, or you can select an example from your own experience. Support your opinion with one articles from below about this change. Be sure to attribute the content from the articles to the author of the article. Be sure to also share the link to the article.

o Identify who was impacted by the change—both positively and negatively.

o Explain why this particular event is of interest to you.

Ethic of Work Dignity and Meaning

2. We have probably all heard the expression “the means justified the end.” Basically, that means that a person, business, group, et cetera, feels justified in taking whatever actions they deem necessary to get the result they want. According to one version of Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative, we should treat all persons (ourselves included) with dignity and respect at all times, and never merely as tools to achieve an end. We should consider the respectful and dignified treatment of other persons as an end in itself and separate from any other objective we are trying to achieve. Read Kant’s Moral Philosophy and the below material: Defend the concept below. I will attached the Ethic of Workplace after bid to help with this question.

  • Defend this concept: We should treat all persons (ourselves included) with dignity and respect at all times.

    • Kant’s Moral Philosophy

    The key to Kant’s moral philosophy is the categorical imperative. Kant believed that this imperative is the fundamental moral principle on which all particular obligations we have in our lives can be grounded. He gave several formulations of it, but the most intuitive version states that you should always treat people (including yourself) as an end and never simply as a means. Kant believed that as rational beings, who are not driven purely by instinct, human beings have an inherent worth and dignity that no other types of beings have. The categorical imperative requires that you respect the worth and dignity of each person (which Kant sometimes called autonomy) by never using them simply as a means to accomplish some goal you have set for yourself. Does this mean it would be wrong to have someone work for you as an employee? After all, you would be using them as a means to making a profit. This would not necessarily violate the categorical imperative. It is morally permissible to use someone to achieve a goal as long as the person has freely chosen (without coercion) to be used in achieving the goal. But does the categorical imperative morally require that companies make sure that workers are safe when doing their jobs? More controversially, does it require them to ensure the work is at least somewhat meaningful? Ultimately, one wants to create a work culture where there is dignity and meaning. Think about what this means to you as you read the following:

    o Bowie, N. E. (1998). A Kantian theory of meaningful work. Journal of Business Ethics, 17(9/10), 1083–1092.

    o Lucas, K., Manikas, A. S., Mattingly, E. S., & Crider, C. J. (2017). Engaging and misbehaving: How dignity affects employee work behaviors. Organization Studies, 38(11), 1505–1527. doi:10.1177/0170840616677634