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"Happiness is not mans greatest good. There are important realizations every man must make. The aim of man is the will to power, n...

'Right Action' and Utilitarianism of J.S. Mill

(4). As he explained in Utilitarianism, this pursuit of the greatest happiness is not based on mere human selfishness, but rather...

Philosophies and Democracy

In five pages the statement 'Democracy is not a mechanical device, it is, rather, a living organism that can only flourish in cert...

Wartime and Anti-Civilization

In five pages the ways in which Primo Levi reveals how anti civilization commences during times of war in his texts Collected Poe...

Medical Ethics and Disclosure of HIV

In five pages the issue of HIV disclosure is examined from the perspective of medical ethics in a consideration of the perspective...

Harm Principle of John Stuart Mill

be viewed as a doctrine where the useful is good and the determining consideration of right conduct should be the usefulness of it...

Justice Defined

the fittest paradigm does hold true. One can view that truth in daily life. Children who have accidents often have them in the pr...

Artistic Portrayal of Women

altar, they represent Jesus human and divine natures. Believers are also called to be the light of the world. In the Smoking Flame...

Chapters and Arguments in On Liberty by J.S. Mill

being antithetical to their interests, but rather looked upon government as an instrument for promoting and protecting the interes...

Case Study Analysis of Freedom of Speech

shoppers. What is proposed is a nuisance law, with a nuisance being defined as something that contributes nothing to the social go...

Social Philosophy, Distribution, and Production According to John Stuart Mill

contributions to ethical and social theory" (Anonymous John Stuart Mill 1806-1873, 2002; MILL.HTM). In his work "Principles of ...

Jean Jacques Rousseau's Flawed Freedom

line of work, or even work at all. The government does demand allegiance and can draft members of the society if a war thus demand...

Wartime and Ethical Considerations

the solider represents the state and the people are merely innocent bystanders. At the same time, during a draft, one could also a...

Edmund Burke, Joseph de Maistre, and John Stuart Mill

facilitate a persons physical or moral good. In other words, laws should be formulated only in so far as one persons actions inter...

Corporations and Self Limiting of Size

after his death would become the worlds largest retailer. In principle and on paper at least, Wal-Mart still operates on 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 ...

Political Ideologies of East and West Compared

of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...

Philosophers on Moral Theory

a store, and decides that he will not do it again but keeps the merchandise anyway to avoid prosecution, he is being reasonable. H...

Society and Freedom According to John Stuart Mill

Still, most Americans see themselves as free and voice their opinions loudly. What does this mean exactly? Is it the same freedom ...

Political Society's Objectives in On Liberty by J.S. Mill

penalties, it leaves fewer means of escape, penetrating much more deeply into the details of life, and enslaving the soul itself" ...

Information Technology Responsibilities and Professional Ethics

Woody Guthries and Henry Fondas careers, and many current land- and water-use policies in the western United States. Ideas, even b...

Philosophy and Whether to Inform or Keep Mum

The central issue has nothing to do with the sex of the individuals. The case is not affected by the fact that they are two...

Rapid Change in Works by John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, and Mary Shelley

in which genetic information will be used by insurance companies and employers in order to discriminate. It is discrimination that...

Unity, Being, and Becoming According to the Philosophers

can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees it as symbolic of humans o...

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

womens lives were a measurement in comparison to these male priorities and values. The life of a woman, in other words, was that ...

Arguments of John Stuart Mill in On Liberty

that appraisal in terms of wrong, immoral, or wicked is appropriate: only in this area that deterrence and retribution as they ope...

Homeless Assistance and Value Theory

In ten pages this paper discusses goodness through the concepts of John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant and discusses how in assista...

Comparing Ideas of Mill and Nietzsche

And Nietzsche might agree. After all, if morality is a fluke, then everything is okay. Of course, in other writings, Nietzsche di...

Size of Society and Democracy

seeking it have been unable to achieve it on their own. This is high praise and noble purpose for a structure that Madison called...

Utilitarian Ethics and Embedded Journalism

closest to as it is hard to be objective in such a circumstance. State the specific circumstances involved with the case. To prov...