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other businesses, had been taking place which would eventually result in the workers favor. Transfer of ownership of these busine...
of stem cell research far outweigh the negativities. Because of these benefits stem cell research can be ethically defended utili...
Where Philosophy and Reality Meet Accessibility to and the cost of health care have been overriding issues...
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....
originally? Even if it is passed on to future generations, or victims, it has to come form somewhere. While some say it is origina...
He explains: "Men lose their high aspirations as they lose their intellectual tastes, because they have not time or opportunity fo...
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...
In six pages this paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various philosophical theories with the utilitarianism of John S...
In six pages this research paper examines whether or not it is ethical to try juvenile offenders charged with violent offenses as ...
In six pages this paper considers the views of Professor Bernard Williams, who is Cambridge University's Knightbridge Professor of...
that lying is not only necessary in some circumstances, but one may go beyond the few exceptions and see good in the lie. It is ce...
reason (Anonymous, 2001, April 16). Utilitarianism Utilitarianism, on the other hand, is an approach to morality that was devel...
then, where does one go? Which way is correct? Going back to ancient times, Aristotle had a lot to say about virtue. In the Nicoma...
(Larue, 1998). This value determination was given a moral rationalization and basis through interpretations of scripture and relig...
did not invent the principle of utility (which goes back to Plato) however, he was the first to devise a comprehensive theory base...
will a universal law" (Immanuel Kant). In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can ...
to that of Egoism which is based on the premise that mans concern with his own good is the basis of mans morality. Sidgwick in his...
when they heard the ringing of the bells, for they would associate this with being fed. In Brave New World, behaviorism takes the...
technical crime. It is worth noting that ethics is not what values are actually held by the courts or the individuals, but of th...
a fair and equitable return for the business owner and his or her investors. Clearly, the world has become far more complicated a...
and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...
of employment at the plant instead of clear skies. The issue for shareholders, the board and executives, at lest is bottom line p...
Mills view of homosexuality and same sex marriage be? How would one construct an argument against the morality of homosexual sex ...
hold onto an ends justify the means philosophy. Consequentialism is a relatively recent concept in utilitarianism that rejects ...
his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...
rights of another individual. In this way, then, even if one chooses badly, they have not been damaged to the point that they have...
ideas about economic theory and in doing so, he arrived at the conclusion that "conventional economic analysis could not show that...
The problem with meaning as it relates to Kantian duty is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotati...