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is a theory that a student writing on this subject should certainly explore. Central to utilitarianism is the premise that it ...
In looking at the greatest good we may argue that there are many people that have benefited from the use of the internet,...
of moral realistic thought and debate. Thomas Hills "Moral Agency Presupposes Autonomy of the Will"...
contradictory, which is why he is so controversial. One can take the meaning of Mills writings to suggest that individuality rules...
& Associates, n.d.). This was the temperature advised for optimum taste of the coffee (ATLA, n.d.). It was also determined that ot...
This 8 page paper explains the theories of both Bentham and Mill, and argues that corporate America should embrace a mild form of ...
Where Philosophy and Reality Meet Accessibility to and the cost of health care have been overriding issues...
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...
2004). John Stuart Mills, in his book Utilitarianism, further stated that not all forms of pleasure were of equal value (Free-Defi...
trust the individuals in the position, or is a drug test needed? Utilitarianism supports the idea that the greater good is what i...
In ten pages this paper discusses the rights and virtue theories as well as utilitarianism, cost benefit analysis, ethics, solutio...
In twelve pages community policing is considered from an ethical perspective in terms of virtue, Kantian ethics, utilitarianism wi...
demonstrate how utilitarianism appears to have the peoples best interest in mind; however, that extension is limited to the number...
This 15 page paper asks whether a utilitarian approach is the correct model for the design of a welfare state. The writer uses the...
In one page this essay considers how Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy on consequences transforms it into the utilitarianism princ...
in mind; however, that extension is limited to the number of people who stand to benefit from its application. For example, Londo...
heartlessness of the industrialist, Bounderby, against the humanity and goodness of one of his textile workers, Stephen Blackpool....
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the similarities in the utilitarianism perspectives of Jeremy Bentham and John Stu...
In five pages the thematic development of individualism and utilitarianism as it relates to the characterization of Charles Foster...
In twelve pages the moral doctrines articulated by German philosopher Immanuel Kant are related to principles of Catholicism and U...
if Nagel had included in this line, a hint at travesties such as the Holocaust, the reader may well become more concerned with the...
In six pages this paper considers relatives of people suffering from debilitative diseases such as Alzheimer's and concludes that ...
but be harmful to them. However, after the completion of 30 studies, only 6 found conclusive evidence of this fact, the other 24 ...
further support would be shown for the concept as not only are the immunizations used to insure health for the greater number of p...
irresistible force" and the result would be the establishment of the perfect civil constitution (Kant 45-46). Mans complicity in ...
others), Mill recognized that mans relationship of the benefits of his actions necessarily related to the ability to weigh the pos...
a beneficial consideration in determining the different ways of applying deontological and utilitarian constructs. Recent legisla...