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What are examples of criteria and decision-making systems used in making ethical judgments?

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The expert examines decision-making systems used in making ethical judgments.

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The criteria for making an ethical judgment can be very broad, since they will depend on whatever system of ethics the decision-maker is using. For example, if you look at the site:

http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/framework.html

you will see that there are 'at least' five approaches to making ethical judgments, and each of these would have its own criteria. A person who chooses the utilitarian approach will make the judgment as to whether an action is right or wrong based on whether the action produces the greatest possible good and the least possible harm. Different decisions may be reached using the different approaches because the decisions are based on different criteria. To use a common example, a utilitarian may argue (as the ...

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