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Essays 301 - 330
the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation" (Jeremy Bentham, 2006). This simple co...
university policy that clearly states personal business is not to be conducted upon school computers. Nick had more than enough r...
In five pages this essay discusses Martin Luther King's 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' from John Stuart Mill's utilitarian philosop...
as a morally acceptable act from a Utilitarian point of view. Many philosophical and sociological questions loom over this issue...
He and a group of utilitarians formed a small Utilitarian Society based on many of the writings of Bentham. His many works appeare...
(4). As he explained in Utilitarianism, this pursuit of the greatest happiness is not based on mere human selfishness, but rather...
the guidance of peripheral forces. When one looks more closely at the nature of these two arguments, it becomes easy to see how f...
it offers little appeal to what Hollywood filmmakers perceive their audiences want to see: cookie-cutter molds. Bach points out h...
todays society persists in the misconception that "all desires are rights" in and unto themselves (Carter). Carter, citing James O...
and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...
his motivation for stealing Jean and Ricks car. However, in committing grand theft auto, Anthony objectifies Jean and Rick just as...
of accountability, is at the root of the moral morass over the issue of abortion. The following discussion, which is founded on ...
hide those Jews that were being persecuted by Hitlers war machine. He used his unsuccessful businesses as fronts to move various f...
times, one person is pursued by another, but the advances are unwanted. This too can result in a suit. Finally, uncomfortable situ...
system and ones desires, but there must still be an element of freedom if one is to turn those desires into action. Compati...
the other rights come from and then they spread like branches (Joffrain, 2001). This view sees a work as "an extension of the cre...
dime to look like an model. In fact, in reality, it was not too long ago when it was discovered that models were selling their egg...
life of one individual for the greater good, for the lives of all the others on the trolley (Helmuth, 2001). But if the same indi...
Deming (1986) admonished American business to adopt a democratic management style with small doses of authoritative measures only ...
what necessarily constitutes morality for another. In light of this the government has no ultimate control over an individuals own...
who one is, murder is deemed to be wrong. It is ones duty to find other means of solving ones problems than to simply murder the o...
to maintain a state of consciousness is no proof that it does not exist elsewhere. Consciousness is not something specific ...
- he refuses to take nourishment or leave his place of business. Instead of taking a sympathetic view of his employee, the narrat...
and their attempts to fulfill their desires (Boeree, 1997). This leads to a lack of social interest or concern (Boeree, 1997). On...
thirdly the contemplative" life" (Aristotle, 350 B.C.E.). Here, Aristotle divides life into types. Such a typology is applicable t...
knowledge that Desiree has gone to her death, even though Arnaud will have to cope with a revelation that shakes the foundations o...
be able to live with himself if he follows orders and faxes information that is at best misleading. Another ethical dilemma for ...
physical body to be sold, for the enjoyment of others, is tantamount to transforming the human body into a physical object. Kant...
beyond culture. Humans have intrinsic morality. The student goes on to explain that James Rachels does argue that point and claim...
reversals of fortune, illness, accidents and other events which contribute to their unhappiness. At the same time, the "evil m...