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will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...

In five pages business ethics are examined through applications of theories by philosophers David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and John St...

This 8 page paper responds to the question of whether a utilitarian approach to moral reasoning is adequate. The writer first desc...

In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...

causes them to prefer intellectual pleasures over sensual ones. He continues in his thinking to assume that the principle of utili...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the Gospels of John, Luke, Mark, and Matthew, with Thomas' Gospel. There are no o...

a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

anti-discrimination legal issues and laws, equal rights protection, and the newer "discipline" of modern and critical race theory....

action should be judged in terms of whether or not that act brings the "greatest good" to the "greatest number" (Frost, 1962, p. 9...

of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...

fairness and justice (Rawls, 1958). Many of Rawls philosophies are reflective of those of other great thinkers who preced...

being antithetical to their interests, but rather looked upon government as an instrument for promoting and protecting the interes...

shoppers. What is proposed is a nuisance law, with a nuisance being defined as something that contributes nothing to the social go...

reasons why Mill make this assertion at the close of his argument lie within the work itself. In chapter III, Mill puts worth two ...

contributions to ethical and social theory" (Anonymous John Stuart Mill 1806-1873, 2002; MILL.HTM). In his work "Principles of ...

line of work, or even work at all. The government does demand allegiance and can draft members of the society if a war thus demand...

the solider represents the state and the people are merely innocent bystanders. At the same time, during a draft, one could also a...

facilitate a persons physical or moral good. In other words, laws should be formulated only in so far as one persons actions inter...

Still, most Americans see themselves as free and voice their opinions loudly. What does this mean exactly? Is it the same freedom ...

himself, without mischief reaching at least to his near connexions, and often far beyond them"(Mills,9). John Stuart Mill seemed ...

of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...

of stem cell research far outweigh the negativities. Because of these benefits stem cell research can be ethically defended utili...

what the concept of rights truly meant to the populace as a whole, with his general consensus reflecting the respect for and appre...

Woody Guthries and Henry Fondas careers, and many current land- and water-use policies in the western United States. Ideas, even b...

altar, they represent Jesus human and divine natures. Believers are also called to be the light of the world. In the Smoking Flame...

the realm of reality as researchers in the United Kingdom produced a cloned sheep and others at the University of Tennessee cloned...

penalties, it leaves fewer means of escape, penetrating much more deeply into the details of life, and enslaving the soul itself" ...

in order to protect society. Mill does advocate freedom to a great extent, but not to the extent that it hurts other members of th...

should be used to silence the opinions of others makes the implied assumption that his opinions are infallible. Mill grants that i...

contradictory, which is why he is so controversial. One can take the meaning of Mills writings to suggest that individuality rules...