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Aaron Feuerstein's decison to keep paying his employees is consistent with which of the 4 philosophical approaches? Explain your answer.

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Provides an explanation regarding Aaron Feuerstein and his decision to keep employees.

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Aaron Feuerstein's decision to keep paying his employees is consistent with the philosophical approach of utilitarian. In this approach, the utilitarian makes decisions for the greater happiness of a society instead of for an individual (Brooks & Dunn, 2010). The right in the approach of a utilitarian is not what makes the decision maker happy, but what makes everyone concerned happy. This aspect of the utilitarian is seen in Aaron Feuerstein actions after the fire because he could have closed the family owned manufacture business, taken the insurance money, retired and never thought about his employees or the town that the ...

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