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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...

is not under dispute, and as such she has been keeping a place for the purposes that are prohibited under the act. As place is def...

is a theory that a student writing on this subject should certainly explore. Central to utilitarianism is the premise that it ...

2004). John Stuart Mills, in his book Utilitarianism, further stated that not all forms of pleasure were of equal value (Free-Defi...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

beliefs and attitudes. Most of us have many different values and attitudes. Self-accountability is one value by which I try to liv...

their behaviors or lack thereof. Also, Georges wife, Mary, is not a decision maker but she no doubt has an influence on the decisi...

he is absolute appalled that Sissy does not know the scientific definition for "horse," and that his own children have been tempte...

also something that is easily masked. Bad people can appear good and vice versa. Making a determination about an individuals tru...

achieved" (Kay , 1997). That is, Kant said that it was not the outcomes of actions that were important but the intent of the perso...

the person to do what is right for themselves (Sager, 2009). With persuasion, the decision is clearly left to the consumer and the...

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

in order to accomplish a number of goals, both those of the organization and those of individual participants" (p. 44). According...

school, and despite working as many hours as I could, I knew I could never afford tuition, so I had to win a scholarship. Winning ...

that birth occurs when a woman is in the youthful childbearing years. A student asks: " Should age be factor in permitting pregnan...

with good and bad (Boeree). An example of this is when people ask one another for advice (Boeree). Egoism is another premise. It d...

the general population are serviced. There should be no preference due to the fact that someone knows one of the workers, or becau...

ethical theory, utilitarianism and deontology often enter the picture. Mill (2001) for example, who is a utilitarian, claims that ...