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In seven pages this report examines Utilitarianism and the ethics of Immanuel Kant in a comparison of the rational and moral views...
(Larue, 1998). This value determination was given a moral rationalization and basis through interpretations of scripture and relig...
be serious diseases amongst the populace. By mandating it for the greater good, as it is something that will help the greatest num...
ethical theory, utilitarianism and deontology often enter the picture. Mill (2001) for example, who is a utilitarian, claims that ...
actions that he would normally finds repugnant. Similarly, the captain of the guard who compels Joe to commit murder undermines Jo...
administration that is tied to a clandestine love affair. Forbes prints a small article regarding another type of conflict of inte...
are doing is unethical. Why? The majority of people are not environmental activists and they do not care about the trees. Of cours...
a prison takeover (Burke, 1995). Though unusual, if something like that were to happen, officials would be at an extreme disadvant...
In twelve pages community policing is considered from an ethical perspective in terms of virtue, Kantian ethics, utilitarianism wi...
rule utilitarianism (Pojman and Meagher 223). Act utilitarians are often thought of as consequentialists because they look at the...
trust the individuals in the position, or is a drug test needed? Utilitarianism supports the idea that the greater good is what i...
is one alternative in deriving a moral theory when considering a variety of philosophical models. Above all, it is simplistic. And...
made to render the greatest happiness for the greatest number. That is all that utilitarianism is equated with. There are differen...
situations where lying is attached to a greater good, no one can predict the future. The premise is therefore sound as a maxim. In...
of ethical considerations in the art of persuasion, Johannesen (2010) offers the scenario of a hypothetical speaker attempting to ...
the face of it, to go against the utilitarian principle of the "greatest good of the greatest number", taking a more long-term vie...
The poor in America are considered in a paper consisting of five pages in which various ethical philosophical perspectives includi...
In six pages this research paper examines whether or not it is ethical to try juvenile offenders charged with violent offenses as ...
the backcountry, where the weather gets very dry and then, pass on any of their costs to customers instead of holding the company ...
This 5 page paper defines the philosophy of utilitarianism and differentiates between act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism. ...
In six pages this essay defines utilitarianism and then attempts to answer 'Does rule utilitarianism collapse into act utilitarian...
rule-utilitarianism. Act-utilitarianism "supposes that each particular action should be evaluated solely by references to its own ...
of an action is determined only by the welfare of individuals (2003). It is important to note that this topic involves the environ...
This 5 page paper analyzes John Stuart Mill's theory of Utilitarianism, how it works and how it evaluates actions, both quantitati...
films, good meals-it doesnt really matter in the context of the doctrine. His point is that things can only be considered "better"...
offer the greatest good to the greatest number, in that the rights of the majority - the workforce - are protected. However, we al...
words, living a life of virtue has its own implicit rewards some might equate with happiness, but the instant gratification achiev...
be wrong. Of course, one only has to look back half a century to see Martin Luther King, Jr. sitting in jail in Birmingham because...
right. Kant felt that right actions had moral value in of themselves, not simply because of their consequences. Therefore, he wrot...
there is a contradiction. Good will should be implemented, but at the same time, there is a sense that relying on such ideas, or s...