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Quantity v. Quality in Utilitarianism

This 5 page paper analyzes John Stuart Mill's theory of Utilitarianism, how it works and how it evaluates actions, both quantitati...

Liberal Government and Utilitarianism According to J.S. Mill

ideas about economic theory and in doing so, he arrived at the conclusion that "conventional economic analysis could not show that...

Mill and Utilitarianism

films, good meals-it doesnt really matter in the context of the doctrine. His point is that things can only be considered "better"...

Can Utilitarianism Be Considered a Sound Ethical Theory?

complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...

Theoretical Comparison of John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant

exists where half of the population is in ecstasy while the other half are totally miserable, this would not be desirable under th...

Modern Conservativism Founders Edmund Burke and Thomas Hobbes

In eight pages this paper discusses the views of Burke and Hobbes on government, man, and human nature with a comparison of their ...

Deontology and Utilitarianism

direct encounter with value occurs in the experience of pleasure. Delight or felt satisfaction was, according to his official vie...

Morals, Utilitarianism and William Frankena

deem as acceptable. The concept of a rational society, in which the entire community is greatly influenced by principles its mem...

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...

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...

The Theory of Utilitarianism

up with perhaps the earliest fully developed system of utilitarianism, of which two prominent features are noteworthy ("Utilitari...

Is Utilitarianism a Coherent Position to Take in Ethics?

the greatest number." We can see if that makes sense in regard to a coherent position in ethics, as De George explains it. Lets l...

Government's Role In A Market Economy

do not believe government is the best resource for solving social or economic problems and that government involvement decreases b...

Utilitarianism and Morality According to John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant

but when exampled it becomes clear. For instance, one ought to respect human life. If one respects the life of another, then they ...

Health Care Delivery and Various Moral, Philosophical, and Ethical Issues

ethical, philosophical, and moral issues that characterize the one delivery mechanism also characterize the other. A particular c...

Lex Service Group CAT Analysis

roughly 12 percent of the displaced employees a change at relocation within the company. Forty percent would be hired by the new b...

Moral Conduct and the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

nature of human thought. Kants stance is extremely rational. However, some of his maxims prove to be unworkable in regards to ce...

Fluor's Dedication to Integrity

there are other outside influences. In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can aff...

Ethical Validity of Conscription

Halberstadts involvement with the military didnt end after Vietnam. Indeed, he has moved in and out of the military circle for de...

Moral and Ethical Decisions in Business

(Himma, 2003). Throughout their lifetime, individuals are presented with moral dilemmas and situations in which they must make a ...

Responsibility According to John Stuart Mill, Immanuel Kant, and Aristotle

his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...

Enron Scandal and Business Ethics

benefit from various government subsidies, it also cheated millions of shareholders using questionable accounting practices design...

Human Nature and Comparing Mill and Marx

his time, and advocated many changes which he thought would make the world a better place but which were certainly not in keeping ...

Contrast and Comparison of Karl Marx and John Stuart Mill

of common sense, then any form of control that is promoted by Mills utilitarian belief comes not from the desire to better the wor...

Contemporary Society and the Utilitarianism of John Stuart Mill

He explains: "Men lose their high aspirations as they lose their intellectual tastes, because they have not time or opportunity fo...

Ethics According to John Stuart Mill and Mo Tzu

did not invent the principle of utility (which goes back to Plato) however, he was the first to devise a comprehensive theory base...

John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant's Philosophies

In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of Immanuel Kant with John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. There ...

Tutorial on J.S. Mill's On Liberty and Utilitarianism

particular truths involved (Mill, 1987). But, in art, individuals must operate from the opposite direction - first there is a gen...

John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism Chapter 4

He and a group of utilitarians formed a small Utilitarian Society based on many of the writings of Bentham. His many works appeare...

The Concept of Virtue

distinguishes between the activities of the practical and intellectual virtues, with the activities of political virtue having a s...