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Aristotle and John Stuart Mill on Happiness

In six pages this paper contrasts the utilitarian concept of John Stuart Mill with the true happiness theory of Aristotle. Five s...

Philosophers and Their Weak and Strong Theories

In six pages this paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various philosophical theories with the utilitarianism of John S...

Virtues, Morals, and Ethics of Bill Clinton and the Monica Lewinsky Scandal

In ten pages various philosophical methods are applied to the Monica Lewinsky scandal in terms of what might offer the best instru...

The Distinction Between Persons and the Principles of Utilitarianism

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

John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant's Philosophies

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

Ethics and Advertising

In a paper that contains eight pages the motive for the existence of advertising through profit and persuasion are examined within...

Gender and inequality

The correlation between social and economic power and the perception of gender is something which has been addressed by various hi...

Morality According to Kant and Mill

In five pages this paper offers a comparative analysis of the moral philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill. Four sour...

Moral Reasoning and Utilitarianism

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

Lying According to J.S. Mill

that lying is not only necessary in some circumstances, but one may go beyond the few exceptions and see good in the lie. It is ce...

The Development of Utilitarianism

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

Wartime and Ethical Considerations

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

Political Ideologies of East and West Compared

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

Corporations and Self Limiting of Size

after his death would become the worlds largest retailer. In principle and on paper at least, Wal-Mart still operates on th...

Analysis of On Liberty by J.S. Mill

that they progress and improve. Mill writes, "The human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative feeling, mental activit...

Nursing Applications and the Ethics of Stem Cell Research

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

Euthanasia and Ethics

behind such behavior it simply cannot be condoned, inasmuch as society cannot be defined as a scientific expression when it routin...

Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Ethics

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

Information Technology Responsibilities and Professional Ethics

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

Artistic Portrayal of Women

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

'Justice as Fairness' and John Rawls

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

Chapters and Arguments in On Liberty by J.S. Mill

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

A Philosophical Approach to Animal Rights

In five pages the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant and utilitarian philosophy of John Stuart Mill are contrasted with the c...

Policies of Birth Control in China

In eight pages the philosophical views of Pythagoras, Immanuel Kant, and John Stuart Mill are applied to an exploration of the bir...

Consequences of Moral Philosophy

In one page this essay considers how Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy on consequences transforms it into the utilitarianism princ...

John Stuart Mill Arguing in Favor of Legalizing Marijuana

In five pages the philosophical concepts of John Stuart Mill are used to argue in support of U.S. marijuana legalization. Three s...

Major Characteristics of Conservative and Liberal Thought of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

In five pages this paper discusses conservative and liberal thinking of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as each is represe...

Teaching Police Ethics

In thirty five pages various philosophers such as Pythagoras, Plato, John Stuart Mill, and Immanuel Kant are incorporated into an ...

Nestle's Baby Formula Business Ethics Case Study

In eight pages this research paper considers Nestle's practice of providing new mothers in third world nations with free infant fo...

Shaping Business Ethics Philosophically

In this paper consisting of seven pages balance in terms of community interest and self interest are explored as are potential con...