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action should be judged in terms of whether or not that act brings the "greatest good" to the "greatest number" (Frost, 1962, p. 9...

and nurses often object to actively participating in active euthanasia on the basis of their professional codes which explicitly p...

that when things were fully developed, and had naturally reached their conclusion - or ending - they were simply following their n...

keep it alive" (Christian Answers to Moral Problems, 2002). Furthermore, in their article entitled "Letting Handicapped ...

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

the idea that there are reasons for implementing law beyond the idea of just maintaining law and order. Other supporters of positi...

Many contend that while God is all good, man has free will and brings the suffering on himself. At the same time, animals cannot r...

tendencies within society and the fact that people are far too concerned with their own well being to fend for those who cannot fe...

one looks at a variety of lifetimes via reincarnation, its purpose explained by knowledge. In other words, people are born and liv...

and Cavaliers differ somewhat from those that are associated with Europe. What we most often remember in America is the differenc...

strive for bigger and better opportunities, to reach beyond what has become comfortable and consistent in order to attain that whi...

being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...

does not love and who is better than twenty years older than her. Then, his son goes into the future son-in-laws bank and manages ...

II. Facts of the Case The case in question was presented to Lord Justice Ward, Lord Justice Brooke and Lord Justice Robert Wal...

lie to the police, and fabricate "evidence," in order to protect her daughter from possible harm? Or, should she allow her daughte...

have anticipated the degradation that would take place toward the trees, grass and animals, all of whom are just as integral to th...

past times are given (or as he put it more cautiously, "presupposed") in the present time. It is possible, according to Kant, tha...

exist myriad philosophies by which people live their lives, which help maintain order and a sense of direction that otherwise woul...

there is continuity through time in terms of personal identity and her doubt about her own continuing identity is contradicted by...

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

is good (Frost 84). For Socrates, "a life which is always inquiring and trying to discover what is good is the best kind of life, ...

well-being but our physical well-being also. For instance, Terry (54) tells us that music has been widely recommended as a techni...

world, few governments would allow either situation to exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by ...

political ends, one should do so through peace and peaceful activism, and not through violence. There were many other philosophica...

taking a life to save two hardly ever arises. How can these outlandish case studies and extreme concepts be applied to administrat...

Brian Vickers portrays Plato as an intellectual Odysseus, stealthily stealing the rhetorical arsenal of the sophists and using it ...

He didnt believe that going to church necessarily related to a relationship with God. He felt that church almost got in the way o...

is anguish all the time, but there is also a sense of joy at the realization that one is inextricably bound with another. This sen...

simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...

are the natural order of things. Are there coincidences, or do no coincidences exist? Much again, has to do with how a person perc...