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Censorship and Utilitarianism Memo

in mind; however, that extension is limited to the number of people who stand to benefit from its application. For example, Londo...

Hard Times by Charles Dickens

heartlessness of the industrialist, Bounderby, against the humanity and goodness of one of his textile workers, Stephen Blackpool....

Themes in Dostoyevsky's Novel, Notes From The Underground

demonstrate how utilitarianism appears to have the peoples best interest in mind; however, that extension is limited to the number...

Community Policing and Ethics

In twelve pages community policing is considered from an ethical perspective in terms of virtue, Kantian ethics, utilitarianism wi...

Morality

shows that not all people think alike. For example, God had commanded that man should not steal. Yet, is it morally right to steal...

Utilitarianism in 'Shooting an Elephant' by George Orwell

In its raw form, utilitarianism appears to have the peoples best interest in mind; however, that extension is limited to the numbe...

Moral Duty According to John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant

In five pages this paper examines the ethics of moral duty within the context of Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill and the politi...

Is Utilitarianism the Best Model for a Welfare State?

This 15 page paper asks whether a utilitarian approach is the correct model for the design of a welfare state. The writer uses the...

Euthanasia According to John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant

is the same condition that essentially puts them in an ethical position to make this choice. The integration of Kants perspective...

American Poverty and Philosophy

The poor in America are considered in a paper consisting of five pages in which various ethical philosophical perspectives includi...

A Theory of Justice by John Rawls

to his awakening and allowed him to become a critical philosopher, "synthesizing the rationalism of Leibniz and the skepticism of ...

Immorality of Surrogate Motherhood

technology grows, so will options in conception and birthing. One can only imagine that the future holds a scary world of artifici...

Contemporary Social Applications of the Human Rights' and Justice Theories of John Rawls

man with fine moral sense when dealing with other human beings and is considered to be an admirable man not only because of his wr...

A Moral View of 'Thin Red Line'

In 8 pages, this paper evaluates the film by applying such moral theories as Kantianism and utilitarianism. There are 6 sources i...

John Rawls, Utilitarianism, and Distributive Justice

In five pages utilitarianism and distributive justice as depicted by political philosopher John Rawls in A Theory of Justice are d...

Theory of Utilitarianism as Perceived by J.S. Mill

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

Liberal Government and Utilitarianism According to J.S. Mill

ideas about economic theory and in doing so, he arrived at the conclusion that "conventional economic analysis could not show that...

Case Study on Toxic Waste Exporting and Ethics

of employment at the plant instead of clear skies. The issue for shareholders, the board and executives, at lest is bottom line p...

Ethics of Capital Punishment Case Study

The problem with meaning as it relates to Kantian duty is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotati...

Ethical Validity of Conscription

Halberstadts involvement with the military didnt end after Vietnam. Indeed, he has moved in and out of the military circle for de...

Slashing Home Health Care and Ethics

state of the art technology. Their lives will be saved above the others. It is somewhat like the scenario when the Titanic went do...

Henry Sidgwick's Theories and Arguments

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...

A Business Dilemma and the Ethics of Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and Thomas Hobbes

a fair and equitable return for the business owner and his or her investors. Clearly, the world has become far more complicated a...

Brave New World Philosophical Analysis

when they heard the ringing of the bells, for they would associate this with being fed. In Brave New World, behaviorism takes the...

Courts and Ethics

technical crime. It is worth noting that ethics is not what values are actually held by the courts or the individuals, but of th...

Chemistry, the 'Right' Candidate, and the 'Right' Job

60 percent of responding managers realized they made a mistake in hiring within the first month of the employees start date (Barri...

Honesty and Ethics in Philosophy

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

Legal Profession and Ethics

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

Creating a Personal Ethical Philosophy

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

Human Nature and Comparing Mill and Marx

his time, and advocated many changes which he thought would make the world a better place but which were certainly not in keeping ...