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In six pages this paper considers the views of Professor Bernard Williams, who is Cambridge University's Knightbridge Professor of...
This paper examines organ donation from the viewpoint of utilitarianism in 5 pages. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....
In six pages this paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various philosophical theories with the utilitarianism of John S...
exists where half of the population is in ecstasy while the other half are totally miserable, this would not be desirable under th...
In ten pages this paper examines law enforcement work in an assessment of ethics and moral philosophy with the Amadou Diallo case ...
then, where does one go? Which way is correct? Going back to ancient times, Aristotle had a lot to say about virtue. In the Nicoma...
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...
things, some of which were not the original intent of Jeffersons vision. Having money has come to be equated with a sense of free...
is a theory that a student writing on this subject should certainly explore. Central to utilitarianism is the premise that it ...
and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...
nature of human thought. Kants stance is extremely rational. However, some of his maxims prove to be unworkable in regards to ce...
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....
ideas about economic theory and in doing so, he arrived at the conclusion that "conventional economic analysis could not show that...
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...
Halberstadts involvement with the military didnt end after Vietnam. Indeed, he has moved in and out of the military circle for de...
state of the art technology. Their lives will be saved above the others. It is somewhat like the scenario when the Titanic went do...
of employment at the plant instead of clear skies. The issue for shareholders, the board and executives, at lest is bottom line p...
when they heard the ringing of the bells, for they would associate this with being fed. In Brave New World, behaviorism takes the...
of stem cell research far outweigh the negativities. Because of these benefits stem cell research can be ethically defended utili...
technology grows, so will options in conception and birthing. One can only imagine that the future holds a scary world of artifici...
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...
In six pages this paper examines morality as represented by utilitarianism and as conceptualized by philosophers including Carol G...
In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of Immanuel Kant with John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. There ...
if Nagel had included in this line, a hint at travesties such as the Holocaust, the reader may well become more concerned with the...
In six pages this paper considers relatives of people suffering from debilitative diseases such as Alzheimer's and concludes that ...