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morality that originated in its modern form with Jeremy Bentham -- utilitarianism. Mill believed that an action should be judged b...

but when exampled it becomes clear. For instance, one ought to respect human life. If one respects the life of another, then they ...

In eight pages this paper discusses the views of Burke and Hobbes on government, man, and human nature with a comparison of their ...

In six pages this research paper examines religion and the state as viewed by philosophers Mill, Rousseau, and Hobbes. Three sour...

direct encounter with value occurs in the experience of pleasure. Delight or felt satisfaction was, according to his official vie...

In ten pages this paper considers the right to bear arms in America in a discussion of community with a comparison of the philosop...

did not invent the principle of utility (which goes back to Plato) however, he was the first to devise a comprehensive theory base...

In seven pages this paper examines how Thomas Hobbes' writings were influenced by Francis Bacon....

same time that other men pursue the same desires (Hobbes 185). The development of enemies comes from this course of natural compe...

This paper examines how in Amphiboly of the Concepts of Reflection, Immanuel Kant refutes Locke and Leibniz's theories in 5 pages....

offer the greatest good to the greatest number, in that the rights of the majority - the workforce - are protected. However, we al...

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

In ten pages this paper discusses the fool's argument, the personal contract, the prisoner's dilemma, and the assurance game as pe...

This paper considers 2 Victorian Age writings, essayist John Stuart Mill's 'Speech in Favor of Capital Punishment' and John Henry ...

In seventeen pages the collapses of several structural buildings in Asia are discussed in a consideration of design ethics and com...

ethical, philosophical, and moral issues that characterize the one delivery mechanism also characterize the other. A particular c...

that school. He points out that the insight that Aristotle provides in "On the Soul" and "On the Generation of Animals" serves as...

a man will not work, he shall not eat" (2 Thessalonians 3:10). "Work" is not always something that returns money as a reward or p...

there are other outside influences. In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can aff...

the backcountry, where the weather gets very dry and then, pass on any of their costs to customers instead of holding the company ...

(1757) were published when he was only in his mid to late twenties. In the same time period, he married an Irish Catholic woman na...

the time, which was that an absolute monarchy was not an adequate form of governance because it contained no means by which indivi...

This 8 page paper responds to the question of whether a utilitarian approach to moral reasoning is adequate. The writer first desc...

regarded as being little more than attempting to keep a pig satisfied. Because man has the intellectual capacity for reason, he s...

In six pages this paper discusses crime and punishment in a fictitious dialogue between Kant, Hobbes, and Plato. Three sources ar...

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

critics contending that dialogue apart from justice is nothing more than a veiled continuation of social domination. Distin...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the views of Immanuel Kant and John Locke on the concept of government as represen...

In nine pages a business dilemma is examined by consulting philosophers Rawls, Mill, and Kant on how to best handle the economic d...

Categorical Imperative and states that before we act we consider what the effect of that action would be if it became a universal ...