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(Himma, 2003). Throughout their lifetime, individuals are presented with moral dilemmas and situations in which they must make a ...

This 8 page paper explains the theories of both Bentham and Mill, and argues that corporate America should embrace a mild form of ...

& Associates, n.d.). This was the temperature advised for optimum taste of the coffee (ATLA, n.d.). It was also determined that ot...

Where Philosophy and Reality Meet Accessibility to and the cost of health care have been overriding issues...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

this principle, Kant directly addresses the topic of lying by posing the question: "When I am in distress, may I may a promise wit...