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right. Kant felt that right actions had moral value in of themselves, not simply because of their consequences. Therefore, he wrot...
be serious diseases amongst the populace. By mandating it for the greater good, as it is something that will help the greatest num...
as President against John Kerry. Rathers broadcast suggested that Bush had received preferential treatment by being allowed to se...
of the marketplace by big business (Bittlingmayer, 2002). Catanzaro (2000) accuses President Richard Nixon of using antitrust law ...
remembered that slavery was legal until the mid-nineteenth century and racism and discrimination were likewise legal until the mid...
times. However, not all societies approve of it or approach it in the same way. Since there is a great deal of criticism of it as ...
of ethical considerations in the art of persuasion, Johannesen (2010) offers the scenario of a hypothetical speaker attempting to ...
policy for dealing with the issue of gays and lesbians serving in the US military was implemented by the Clinton administration as...
by nature to carry. When this occurs, the couple is urged to undergo a procedure where some of the embryos are selectively...
In seven pages cloning is examined from an ethical perspective with supporting utilitarian and Kantian philosophies presented. Se...
In five pages this paper examines the ethics of testing a child for this rare and fatal condition using Kantian and utilitarian ph...
even know that IV drug use is. Should such persons be subject to taking unnecessary tests, or rather, should the government trust ...
due to the fact that she was in so much pain. However, in the case at hand, the situation was far more serious. If one accepts th...
lying promise is something that is said in order to achieve a favorable outcome. What if someone has a gun to the victims childs h...
the buying and selling of human beings. How would a Kantian analyze the ethics of slavery? How might a utilitarian, a social con...
such morality, we render ourselves essentially useless. In other words, Lachs contends that it is one thing to expound about the ...
power, which indicate submissiveness, and so on....
in question happens to be offensive to seventy-five percent of the population, it is highly likely that the twenty-five percent wh...
In two pages this paper is structured as a letter to the editor and considers capital punishment form a utilitarian philosophical ...
himself, without mischief reaching at least to his near connexions, and often far beyond them"(Mills,9). John Stuart Mill seemed ...
behind such behavior it simply cannot be condoned, inasmuch as society cannot be defined as a scientific expression when it routin...
of which are central to maintaining existing opposition in the society as a whole. When Carol discovered that she had been dia...
universal laws? Clearly, they can sometimes, but other times they would not be thought of in such a manner. John Stuart Mill on th...
In six pages the pros and cons of euthanasia are examined before arguing in support of its practice with various euthanasia catego...
In four pages applied ethics are examined within the context of euthanasia in a consideration of the essays 'The Survival Lottery'...
In five pages euthanasia is examined regarding its Australian legal status with a discussion of a nonprosecuted 'assisted death' c...
In five pages euthanasia is explored in terms of history, types, and issues of economics, living wills, and human rights....
In four pages this paper disagrees with James Rachels' euthanasia argument. There is no bibliography included....
in such cases, and no one is the wiser. Euthanasia is then practiced routinely in a clandestine fashion. Why? It is not as if thes...
to die, doing nothing about it, and withdrawing things such as machines to assist, passively, in the death of an individual. ...