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nature of human thought. Kants stance is extremely rational. However, some of his maxims prove to be unworkable in regards to ce...

rule utilitarianism (Pojman and Meagher 223). Act utilitarians are often thought of as consequentialists because they look at the...

absolute, or to take the view that killing an enemy to defend ones country is not "covered" by the ethical imperative....

things, some of which were not the original intent of Jeffersons vision. Having money has come to be equated with a sense of free...

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

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

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

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

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

commandment "thou shalt not kill", for example, are forced to re-examine their views in the light of military service in wartime, ...

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

a certain set of circumstances, and that would not be acceptable as a moral guide. B) Consider a new law that requires people wit...

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

vision and bring it to life for others"; third, leaders establish trust by using a set of actions that implement their vision; fou...

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

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

a prison takeover (Burke, 1995). Though unusual, if something like that were to happen, officials would be at an extreme disadvant...

every objection. What is perhaps striking is that Mills theory is applicable to a variety of situations. Unlike Kant for ex...

humans, it is not necessarily the best thing to do. Kant also supports a categorical imperative principle which suggests that some...

matters and this aspect of Benthams theory is called hedonistic utilitarianism ("Utilitarianism," 2005). Bentham (1988) further s...

roughly 12 percent of the displaced employees a change at relocation within the company. Forty percent would be hired by the new b...

the street ... must and will reflect our personal moral standards" (Reavley, 2001). Those moral standards, Reavley implies, must ...

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

plagiarism sometimes enters the picture. For example, after a certain number of years, a copyright is exhausted and writers can us...

the balloon, and certain gestures, were definite responses to the environment and evidence of consciousness, but the doctors disag...

made to render the greatest happiness for the greatest number. That is all that utilitarianism is equated with. There are differen...

The idea of utilitarianism is one that addresses whether something is of utility, whether it can actually create something positiv...

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

this chapter, the highest normative principle involves the idea that "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happ...

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