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Three Philosophies: Utilitarianism, Libertarianism and Rawlsianism—Which Makes the Most Sense?

society, he would most likely act simply to benefit himself, but if he worked from behind a "veil of ignorance," in which he did n...

Ethics Awareness Inventory

also something that is easily masked. Bad people can appear good and vice versa. Making a determination about an individuals tru...

Colonization, Economic Development, Geographical Distinctions and the American Civil War

Geography is also important because, as noted, the North had become industrialized. Almost all of the industry was located there, ...

Social Work, A Utilitarian Approach

This research paper/essay presents an overview of social work ethics from a perspective based on rule utilitarianism. The ethical ...

Categorizing Crime

This paper distinguishes between criminologists and criminalists as well as other less than obvious points of distinction in the c...

Distinction Between Being a Counselor and Counseling Skills

on the counselling skills of those close to them, in addition to this we need only took to the role of friendship within which the...

Leadership in Nursing

change, understand the reasons for this change and hare a vision of the future" (Gokenbach, 2003, p. 8). The catch is that these g...

Promotion and Advertising Distinctions

in the minds of the customer and helps stimulate demand for the product" (McNamara, n.d.). Promotion includes ongoing advertising...

Animal Rights, Preference Utilitarianism, and Peter Singer's Theory of Rights

is caused by eating an animal. As a utilitarian, Singer focuses more on the consequences of the act and not the consequences of f...

Traditional Hunting and Its Relevance to Eskimo Societies

and fictitious" (Dahl 25). For one thing, hunting economics in Greenland are usually household oriented, rather than oriented tow...

Salvage Law and Government Property in US Waters

is agreeable to turning the plane over to the Navy but only if he is at least reimbursed the money that he has been out recovering...

Growth and Development Theories of Freud, Erickson and Piaget

growing up or feels too little guilt over that separation (Boeree, 2002). Erik Erikson, of course, was an accomplished ps...

Bas van Fraassen's A Defense of the Observational/Theoretical Distinction and Grover Mazwell's Theoretical Entities

He admits that the higher powered the glass through which we are looking, the more vague our observations may be, but he also indi...

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien as Fact or Fiction

without ever becoming preachy. Tim OBrien wrote Things They Carried, and not so coincidentally, the texts narrator was also named...

Ethical Views of the Movie Saving Private Ryan

the face of it, to go against the utilitarian principle of the "greatest good of the greatest number", taking a more long-term vie...

History of the Dachshund Dog

snag and hurt the dog as he burrows through the brush and deep Earth. Varieties Dachshunds come in three varieties: long-hair...

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...

Pros and Cons of Employee Offshoring

the United States, the chances are excellent that your order will be taken by someone based in either Africa or India. Thats how f...

Industrial Revolution, Gender Distinction, and Fashion

is just one author that contends that gender differentiation in both the public and private spheres became increasing exaggerated...

Moral Acceptability of Set Aside Business Programs

taken ten years to be resolved (2003). These authors also report there are so many lawsuits being filed related to the set-aside p...

Mother with 2 Young Children Interviewed

In five pages this research paper presents an interview sample featuring Ginny, a mother of two young boys in a discussion of moth...

Styles of Making Legal Decisions

who also figure prominently in the decision-making process by virtue of the arguments they offer for courts consideration and the ...

Distinguishing Between Modernism and Postmodernism

there is no universal truth that all people search for. In the past, people, as a whole, always searched for that truth. In ter...

Justice and Ethics

Long-term solutions carry "higher personal risks and an intangible measure of worth" (Schafer, 2002; p. 14). 2. Utilitarianism A....

Creating a Personal Ethical Philosophy

that this is wrong. They believe that there is an intrinsic morality and that women should not be executed for committing adultery...

Auditors and Ethics

dealing with the actual philosophies and how they fit into the auditing profession. What well do, first of all, is define what it ...

Cases of Conflict of Interest

administration that is tied to a clandestine love affair. Forbes prints a small article regarding another type of conflict of inte...

Religious Prejudice and Ethics

perhaps for good reasons but with disastrous results over the long term. Community over self is more obvious and calls to m...

Case Study Analysis of Environmentalist Ethics

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

Social Control Methods, Law, and 4 Distinctions

separate "men from animals" (Burt, no date). The Sumerians saw the merit of asking advice from those wiser than the average man, ...