Throughout this course, you have examined multiple ethical theories, among them: utilitarianism, deontological, normative ethics, ethical relativism, natural law, virtue theory, and so forth. Chapter 13 in your textbook presents three additional ethical theories: ethical egoism, hedonism, and Stoicism. Explore the normative and analytical philosophies of morality and criminal justice in Duff’s
Theories of Criminal Law
(2012). Which of the listed theories, or any ethical theory you choose to research, provides the best “model” for ethical behavior in criminal justice? Carefully explain the major premises of the ethical theory and provide both the positives and negatives of the application of this theory to the field of criminal justice.
A necessary focus of your discussion will be an examination of which areas of the field of criminal justice require the most moral conduct and ethical consideration. Provide an analysis as to which ethical theory will best serve society as a whole, and the field of criminal justice in particular.
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Throughout this course, you have examined multiple ethical theories,.docx
1. Throughout this course, you have examined multiple ethical
theories, among them: utilitarianism, deontological, normative
ethics, ethical relativism, natural law, virtue theory, and so
forth. Chapter 13 in your textbook presents three additional
ethical theories: ethical egoism, hedonism, and Stoicism.
Explore the normative and analytical philosophies of morality
and criminal justice in Duff’s
Theories of Criminal Law
(2012). Which of the listed theories, or any ethical theory you
choose to research, provides the best “model” for ethical
behavior in criminal justice? Carefully explain the major
premises of the ethical theory and provide both the positives
and negatives of the application of this theory to the field of
criminal justice.
A necessary focus of your discussion will be an examination of
which areas of the field of criminal justice require the most
moral conduct and ethical consideration. Provide an analysis as
to which ethical theory will best serve society as a whole, and
the field of criminal justice in particular.
