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Life and Death Ethical Decisions

man without getting help from the fire department or EMS. One is faced with an ethical challenge that requires weighing two sets o...

Why Employers Should Not Be Able to Do Genetic Testing

states have passed legislation making the practice illegal (Schafer, 2001). One would think that ones blood is private as are medi...

Unethical Policy: Don't Ask, Don't Tell

policy for dealing with the issue of gays and lesbians serving in the US military was implemented by the Clinton administration as...

Prostitution - A Utilitarian Perspective

that its legalization would produce the benefits of a safer society, increased tax revenue, and the empowerment of the individuals...

Persuasion and Ethics

of ethical considerations in the art of persuasion, Johannesen (2010) offers the scenario of a hypothetical speaker attempting to ...

Socialness of Marketing and the Impact of Hedonic and Utilitarian Satisfaction

The paper is a summary of two articles on marking dealing with the value of hedonic and utilitarian values, one in the satisfacti...

Curse or Opportunity in Terms of an Alzheimer's Test

carry the gene. Therefore, one might be of the notion that as long as the vast majority favors and accepts the associated compone...

J.S. Mill's 'On Liberty' and Abortion

issue. The extreme range of emotions that are involved in the debate concerning abortion can be difficult for the woman in a situ...

The Dax Cowart Case Examined Philosophically

due to the fact that she was in so much pain. However, in the case at hand, the situation was far more serious. If one accepts th...

Cultural Impact of Television

reasons why Mill make this assertion at the close of his argument lie within the work itself. In chapter III, Mill puts worth two ...

Requiring HIV Testing of Women Who Are Pregnant

even know that IV drug use is. Should such persons be subject to taking unnecessary tests, or rather, should the government trust ...

Ethics and the Media: Lessons from the Dan Rather Scandal

as President against John Kerry. Rathers broadcast suggested that Bush had received preferential treatment by being allowed to se...

Cloning and Stem Cell Research: Ethical Dilemmas

of an action, but there is no obvious reason to suppose that intentions, but not motives, are especially strongly connected to the...

Buddhism and Utilitarianism

consciousness" (Sayadaw). These are the normal processes of perception, movement, and consciousness. With this concept Buddha arri...

Reflection on the Ethics of Smog

over those ten years it will add to the current level of air pollution in the state. This results in negative effects in terms of ...

Multiculturalism And Literature In The Classroom

comprehend and places in increased requirement for the reader to be able to determine what texts should be used. The role of conte...

Burning CDs/Ethical Issues

and spread of music, but "bad" in that it could, conceivably, destroy the source of this music, the recording industry. However, i...

Ethics: Utilitarianism

the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation" (Jeremy Bentham, 2006). This simple co...

The Argument for Progressive Taxation

the people. For many individuals, the idea that resources should be redistributed, and that the very wealthy should be made to sh...

"Ferris Bueller" and Four Ethical Traditions

when Jesus says that "He has not come to abolish the Law but to fulfill it."4 Theologians argue over the correct interpretation ...

Dickens/Utilitarianism & Hard Times

he is absolute appalled that Sissy does not know the scientific definition for "horse," and that his own children have been tempte...

The Flaw in Utilitarian Theory

is one alternative in deriving a moral theory when considering a variety of philosophical models. Above all, it is simplistic. And...

Ethics and the Practice of Organ Trafficking

well as] hard physical work and unhealthy lifestyle" and most donors are sent home after only five days (Tomiuc, 2003). While the ...

Defining UK Architecture Cultural and Utility Reflection

light. Our eyes were created to see the forms in light; light and shadow reveal the forms. Cubes, cones, balls, cylinders and pyra...

Analyzing Same Sex Marriages Theologically and Philosophically

in our society advocate same-sex marriages vary dramatically. Individuals of the same sex have cohabited throughout history witho...

Utilitarianism View of Prostitution

as a morally acceptable act from a Utilitarian point of view. Many philosophical and sociological questions loom over this issue...

Utilitarian Views on Homosexuality

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

Set Aside Programs and Morality

the consequences (Honderich, 1995). Thus, in the argument presented above, it would not be necessarily wrong to kill an individual...

Deontological and Utilitarian Ethical Perspectives on Organ Transplants

significant proportion of the feelings associated with organ transplant are positive. Not all aspects of organ transplant are ass...

Rule Utilitarianism vs. Act Utilitarianism

rules (Honderich, 1995). Act-consequentialism evaluates righteousness in respect to consequences. There is a significant different...