• Ethics Essay
•             Virtue theory refers to the moral agent of an individual that drives philosophical forces that demonstrate on being rather than doing. Utilitarianism theory refers to the doctrine of which utility influences the criterion of virtue (Rae, 2009). Deontological ethics refers to the judgment in the morality of various choices basing on the criteria that is very different from the general consequences that those choices may create.
•             The above three theories tend to be similar in some issues that include explain the philosophy behind a moral outcome. The three theories agree on the issue of duty of ethics (Morgan, 2007). This means that in the theories emphasis on the issue of an individual to adhere to ethical principals and various duties in the society. The three theories hold a similarity virtual that they cannot define all the moral concepts that a society ought to follow especially in terms of virtuous agent and the right action that a person ought to take.
•             Regarding to the issue of addressing ethics and morality, the above three theories tend to differ in various reasons. Virtue theory accounts to moral aspects of an individual while referring to deep aspects of human life (Rae, 2009). The main difference related to the above three theories is how each approach to the issue of morality. According to virtue theory, morality tends to lie more on moral dilemmas than the conclusions that an individual may make. Utilitarianism on the other hand accounts that the morally course of action referring to the greatest good for the greatest number (Morgan, 2007). In the utilitarianism theory, an individual tends to maximize the benefits that come from a certain course of action without making regard to the consequences.
•             According to the definition of deontological theory, the theory is against the moral philosophy. This theory tends to convince an individual that it is not wrong to perform an action that is against the rules in a society. Example where the three theories clearly show differences is when an individual decides to lie. The virtue theory states that it is ethically and morally wrong to make a lie. Virtue ethics most of the time take into consideration the advantage and disadvantage that may come from the act of telling lies (Rae, 2009).
•             Utilitarianism theory defines that the issue of telling a lie is wrong considering the consequences that may result afterwards. However, in utilitarianism theory, certain foreseeable consequences that come because of telling lies may result in giving an account of allowing a person to make the lie. The deontological theory argues that telling a lie is very wrong even if there can be a certain advantage that may result from this action (Morgan, 2007).
•             One of my personal experiences concerning the deontological theory is when I witnessed a group of people killing a person by burning him using a flammable liquid. According to the group, they accused the person who faced his death through the mob killing as being a thief. On this case, the person failed to withstand with the virtues and moral values of the society. The act of stealing was moral wrong according to the ethical values that an individual ought to withhold. Even if the group managed to reduce the number of thieves in the society by killing one of them, it was morally wrong to do so according to the deontological theory. The theory states that such kinds of acts are not neither morally nor ethically permissible.
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• References
• Morgan, W. J. (2007). Ethics in sport. New York: Human Kinetics.
• Rae, S. (2009). Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics. New York: Zondervan.