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In 5 pages this paper discusses how Hamlet's characterization was influenced by the philosophies of Saint Augustine of Hippo, Plat...

In six pages this paper presents the arguments of Karl Rahner regarding philosophies on the individual according to Aquinas and Lo...

In five pages the utilitarianism philosophy as conceptualized by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill is examined with the 'The Ult...

In one page this essay considers how Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy on consequences transforms it into the utilitarianism princ...

and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...

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...

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...

nature of human thought. Kants stance is extremely rational. However, some of his maxims prove to be unworkable in regards to ce...

study, many infants actually died as a result because the women could not properly store the man-made food. Here, the moral dile...

to properly identify herself surely saved lives. In the hypothetical situation at hand, there is no heroism, so it would be diffic...

on actions, then the argument would end there. Utilitarianism, therefore, is their effect on society and the world at large. Actio...

In ten pages this paper examines law enforcement work in an assessment of ethics and moral philosophy with the Amadou Diallo case ...

In six pages this research paper examines whether or not it is ethical to try juvenile offenders charged with violent offenses as ...

trust the individuals in the position, or is a drug test needed? Utilitarianism supports the idea that the greater good is what i...

dealing with the actual philosophies and how they fit into the auditing profession. What well do, first of all, is define what it ...

that this is wrong. They believe that there is an intrinsic morality and that women should not be executed for committing adultery...

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

made to render the greatest happiness for the greatest number. That is all that utilitarianism is equated with. There are differen...

society, he would most likely act simply to benefit himself, but if he worked from behind a "veil of ignorance," in which he did n...

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

in the different trade-offs so that the greatest utility "goodness" can be provided. This can be contrasted with other approaches,...

rules (Honderich, 1995). Act-consequentialism evaluates righteousness in respect to consequences. There is a significant different...

point: "Thus my character is in part made of the stimulus which other people provide, and is not mine, as yours are" (267). It s...

the expense of so many others? Indeed not, inasmuch as Sarahs mistake cannot be expected to cost one hundred innocent lives over ...

action should be judged in terms of whether or not that act brings the "greatest good" to the "greatest number" (Frost, 1962, p. 9...

causes them to prefer intellectual pleasures over sensual ones. He continues in his thinking to assume that the principle of utili...

to do with whether or not the act increased or decreased overall happiness or whether they have utility. Acts are evaluated based ...

the greatest number." We can see if that makes sense in regard to a coherent position in ethics, as De George explains it. Lets l...

complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...