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– The Tavani reading supplemented by Bentham, O’Neill, Smith, and lecture examples provides a framework to make sense of moral claims and assess the validity of moral arguments. Drawing from this work, answer the following questions. What kinds of moral issues are faced by people occupying a public role (civil engineer, government administrator, politician)? What different evaluative criteria are at stake in, for example, deciding to use costbenefit-analysis versus a human-rights approach (just an example, we considered varieties of consequentialist, deontological, and virtue theories) in deciding on an action that affects the public? Be sure to clearly specify the views you are entertaining, the evaluative criteria at stake, and the reasoning behind favoring one over another The use of either real-world or imaginary examples is highly recommended, provided they accurately illustrate the concepts at hand (be sure to make clear why they do)
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Moral Issues
Individuals who occupy public offices are faced by many moral issues as they are undertaking the various duties and responsibilities that are expected of them. These moral issues can affect the delivery of various services and goods that are meant for the public. One of the major moral issues that they face is the temptation to steal or defraud the public authorities. These institutions are mandated to manage billions of dollars that belong to the people (Smith and Stewart, 11). When such an individual does not observe the various codes of ethics, they may be tempted to embezzle the funds and use them for their selfish reasons and gains. Fraud is the most common and costly moral issue that is faced by individuals who hold public office.
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