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commandment "thou shalt not kill", for example, are forced to re-examine their views in the light of military service in wartime, ...

are doing is unethical. Why? The majority of people are not environmental activists and they do not care about the trees. Of cours...

rule utilitarianism (Pojman and Meagher 223). Act utilitarians are often thought of as consequentialists because they look at the...

absolute, or to take the view that killing an enemy to defend ones country is not "covered" by the ethical imperative....

things, some of which were not the original intent of Jeffersons vision. Having money has come to be equated with a sense of free...

In looking at the greatest good we may argue that there are many people that have benefited from the use of the internet,...

is a theory that a student writing on this subject should certainly explore. Central to utilitarianism is the premise that it ...

2004). John Stuart Mills, in his book Utilitarianism, further stated that not all forms of pleasure were of equal value (Free-Defi...

trust the individuals in the position, or is a drug test needed? Utilitarianism supports the idea that the greater good is what i...

(Larue, 1998). This value determination was given a moral rationalization and basis through interpretations of scripture and relig...

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

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

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

to properly identify herself surely saved lives. In the hypothetical situation at hand, there is no heroism, so it would be diffic...

in subconscious thought. John Stuart Mill fit into the general history of political, economic and social thought by applying his ...

technology grows, so will options in conception and birthing. One can only imagine that the future holds a scary world of artifici...

when they heard the ringing of the bells, for they would associate this with being fed. In Brave New World, behaviorism takes the...

technical crime. It is worth noting that ethics is not what values are actually held by the courts or the individuals, but of th...

a fair and equitable return for the business owner and his or her investors. Clearly, the world has become far more complicated a...

to that of Egoism which is based on the premise that mans concern with his own good is the basis of mans morality. Sidgwick in his...

hold onto an ends justify the means philosophy. Consequentialism is a relatively recent concept in utilitarianism that rejects ...

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

Mills view of homosexuality and same sex marriage be? How would one construct an argument against the morality of homosexual sex ...

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

rights of another individual. In this way, then, even if one chooses badly, they have not been damaged to the point that they have...

The problem with meaning as it relates to Kantian duty is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotati...

other businesses, had been taking place which would eventually result in the workers favor. Transfer of ownership of these busine...

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

even harder to achieve. This paper considers some of the principles of justice theories, how they differ from utilitarianism, how ...

moral philosophies applied to my own decision making, I lean towards: Utilitarianism or Deontology? When considering a moral phi...