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every objection. What is perhaps striking is that Mills theory is applicable to a variety of situations. Unlike Kant for ex...

patient, but it could serve to avoid having the same thing happen again in the future. Other Facts, Options and Consequences ...

first time Kant introduced the notion of the human mind as a creator of experience instead of merely a passive recipient (Immanuel...

the old mans money to the poor. While he fears being found out, when he is, the people not only forgive him, but elect him their n...

In six pages the media coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is evaluated in terms of ethics and then applies the p...

not merely things to be used to reach ones goal, but are sentient beings with worth beyond measure. The golden rule may be interp...

rule-utilitarianism. Act-utilitarianism "supposes that each particular action should be evaluated solely by references to its own ...

hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Andrew, but it can be assured that there is...

manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...

In five pages this essay discusses Mill's essay 'On Liberty' in a consideration of panhandling prohibition ordinances and freedom ...

which can possibly be doubtful, but think that some particular principle or doctrine should be forbidden to be questioned because ...

Stuart Mill (that is, if they had been contemporaries). Both men believed that the greatest threat posed by democratic rule was in...

keep order and lock up criminals and investigate injustices, but it is not governments job to tell the people how to live their li...

respond to and voice his opinions regarding the political events and developments of his time in England, but with a vision for th...

any experience they may have gained in this aspect. Rational beings need not confer with others in order to determine a true good ...

prevailing arguments these days is that one would not want a physician operating on one when the physician is using marijuana on h...

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

live up to its promises. Mill realized that the male had practically unlimited power over the woman and that the institution of ...

of knowledge through experience, and so is the basis for synthetic statements that are linked to a postiori knowledge. Kant used ...

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

this chapter, the highest normative principle involves the idea that "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happ...

physical body to be sold, for the enjoyment of others, is tantamount to transforming the human body into a physical object. Kant...

an emotional argument such as that, it is not sufficient to prompt a true, logical conclusion regarding the problem of world hunge...

lying promise is ethical, even if it might save the life of a child. Smythe (1998) writes: "As Kant had indicated, we have a duty...

public opinion than when in opposition to it" (Mill 76). When assessing the notion of progress and how it related to Mills...

is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...

of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others" (Mill). Thus, he does advocate freedom to a great extent...

In three pages these concepts are defined and then the concept of pleasure is examined through an application of Immanuel Kant's c...

freedom of speech as well as to be able to use reason publicly in all matters without fear of retribution, is very important. It i...

In five pages this paper discusses freedom of speech as defined by Mill in On Liberty not as an absolute right in a consideration ...