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ethical theory, utilitarianism and deontology often enter the picture. Mill (2001) for example, who is a utilitarian, claims that ...
a prison takeover (Burke, 1995). Though unusual, if something like that were to happen, officials would be at an extreme disadvant...
be wrong. Of course, one only has to look back half a century to see Martin Luther King, Jr. sitting in jail in Birmingham because...
is one alternative in deriving a moral theory when considering a variety of philosophical models. Above all, it is simplistic. And...
right. Kant felt that right actions had moral value in of themselves, not simply because of their consequences. Therefore, he wrot...
words, living a life of virtue has its own implicit rewards some might equate with happiness, but the instant gratification achiev...
administration that is tied to a clandestine love affair. Forbes prints a small article regarding another type of conflict of inte...
are doing is unethical. Why? The majority of people are not environmental activists and they do not care about the trees. Of cours...
trust the individuals in the position, or is a drug test needed? Utilitarianism supports the idea that the greater good is what i...
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...
the face of it, to go against the utilitarian principle of the "greatest good of the greatest number", taking a more long-term vie...
workplace issues and discrimination are at the forefront. There are of course laws that protect against discrimination in terms of...
According to Kantian theory, private employee monitoring - at least, without informing the employee - is not moral, no matter how ...
their own minds, try to "find" a motivation for Mersaults actions. Mersault is eventually convicted and sentenced with a motive th...
as it impedes upon the fundamental tenets of social responsibility. Doctors who accept these gifts - which might include but is n...
our manner of interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or ...
rule utilitarianism (Pojman and Meagher 223). Act utilitarians are often thought of as consequentialists because they look at the...
some point, the fetus has a face, but perhaps cannot survive on its own. The question becomes whether or not this fetus is a human...
such morality, we render ourselves essentially useless. In other words, Lachs contends that it is one thing to expound about the ...
by nature to carry. When this occurs, the couple is urged to undergo a procedure where some of the embryos are selectively...
This paper consists of five pages and contrasts and compares Baron's Kantian views, Pettit's consequentialist persperspectives, an...
In five pages this paper examines the ethics of testing a child for this rare and fatal condition using Kantian and utilitarian ph...
In six pages this research paper examines whether or not it is ethical to try juvenile offenders charged with violent offenses as ...
In this argumentative paper of five pages the Kantian normality perspective is employed to argue that abortion is not always wrong...
The poor in America are considered in a paper consisting of five pages in which various ethical philosophical perspectives includi...
In seven pages cloning is examined from an ethical perspective with supporting utilitarian and Kantian philosophies presented. Se...
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...
of vocation of Man, "Faith." "Idealism" is basically a way of perceiving and interpreting reality. Wherein materialism (re...