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(Larue, 1998). This value determination was given a moral rationalization and basis through interpretations of scripture and relig...
be serious diseases amongst the populace. By mandating it for the greater good, as it is something that will help the greatest num...
some point, the fetus has a face, but perhaps cannot survive on its own. The question becomes whether or not this fetus is a human...
ethical theory, utilitarianism and deontology often enter the picture. Mill (2001) for example, who is a utilitarian, claims that ...
actions that he would normally finds repugnant. Similarly, the captain of the guard who compels Joe to commit murder undermines Jo...
situations where lying is attached to a greater good, no one can predict the future. The premise is therefore sound as a maxim. In...
rule utilitarianism (Pojman and Meagher 223). Act utilitarians are often thought of as consequentialists because they look at the...
trust the individuals in the position, or is a drug test needed? Utilitarianism supports the idea that the greater good is what i...
administration that is tied to a clandestine love affair. Forbes prints a small article regarding another type of conflict of inte...
are doing is unethical. Why? The majority of people are not environmental activists and they do not care about the trees. Of cours...
a prison takeover (Burke, 1995). Though unusual, if something like that were to happen, officials would be at an extreme disadvant...
In twelve pages community policing is considered from an ethical perspective in terms of virtue, Kantian ethics, utilitarianism wi...
is one alternative in deriving a moral theory when considering a variety of philosophical models. Above all, it is simplistic. And...
representative of a different generation, one that freely mixes and matches from the whirring flood of information across new and ...
In seven pages this report examines Utilitarianism and the ethics of Immanuel Kant in a comparison of the rational and moral views...
the nineteenth century, abortion was seen as the only recourse for women who had become pregnant due to being lured into the bed o...
made to render the greatest happiness for the greatest number. That is all that utilitarianism is equated with. There are differen...
of ethical considerations in the art of persuasion, Johannesen (2010) offers the scenario of a hypothetical speaker attempting to ...
mother was very angry with her6. Does this mean that the hold on the women of this group is weakening? Is there an abortion debate...
the face of it, to go against the utilitarian principle of the "greatest good of the greatest number", taking a more long-term vie...
Abortion is a hotly contested controversy in the United States. There is a very long history of abortion. Ancient and medieval civ...
The topic of abortion never fails to be surrounded by controversy. Most think that this is...
The poor in America are considered in a paper consisting of five pages in which various ethical philosophical perspectives includi...
In six pages this research paper examines whether or not it is ethical to try juvenile offenders charged with violent offenses as ...
the backcountry, where the weather gets very dry and then, pass on any of their costs to customers instead of holding the company ...
In this argumentative paper of five pages the Kantian normality perspective is employed to argue that abortion is not always wrong...
rule-utilitarianism. Act-utilitarianism "supposes that each particular action should be evaluated solely by references to its own ...
In six pages this essay defines utilitarianism and then attempts to answer 'Does rule utilitarianism collapse into act utilitarian...
This 5 page paper defines the philosophy of utilitarianism and differentiates between act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism. ...
of an action is determined only by the welfare of individuals (2003). It is important to note that this topic involves the environ...