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Provides no guideline for determining priority when different duties
conflict.
For example, what if you don’t believe in lying or copying
someone else’s work? Would you lie and tell a friend
that you don’t
have the paper he wants to look at and possibly copy? Or do you let him
have the paper? Duty-based ethics provides no framework for you to resolve
the conflict. |
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Duty-based ethics could simply become “rule following,” with
possible temptations to bend the rules or to cut corners. |
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Doing one’s duty can have negative results. If it does, can the
action taken still be considered moral? |
