Homework Assignment: The Different Ethical Types

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The different ethical types will have different approaches when dealing with a dilemma. Persons under egoism will concentrate on what suits them best, under utilitarianism the person will take action based on benefits to the highest number of people, in existentialism persons are likely to ignore the consequences of their actions and decisions, in divine command religious beliefs play a vital role, deontology follows written set of rules, under conformism the persons will look to others for their decisions, the eclectic will consider a number of influences (Santa University, 2017).
Before the scoring the ethical type using the test, I would have thought that I belong to the eclectic group (Larimer, 2017). This is relative to the ideas I felt that I tend to have a number of influences affecting my ethical decisions (Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, 2017). This way before coming to a conclusion, I will have looked at my inner self and a number of others aspects.
After scoring in the test, I discovered that I am more of a divine command person. I scored 28 points in the test and a mean of 25. This is to mean that I tend to base my ethical standards mostly based on my religious beliefs. It was slightly surprising as I considered myself more dynamic in that I would consider a number of influences before coming to a decision.
The reflection of the ethical indicator that I tend to follow religious beliefs is largely sows that I rely on my religion to make decisions that have some ethical bearing (Santa University, 2017). This is the reason relative to the fact that, much of my ethical standards are based on the religious believes that I hold (Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, 2017). This is also largely due to the fact that, much of the ethical standards that were taught about from a young age, were reflective of the religious believes were brought up with. This is a common practice in the family wh...