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rule utilitarianism (Pojman and Meagher 223). Act utilitarians are often thought of as consequentialists because they look at the...

2004). John Stuart Mills, in his book Utilitarianism, further stated that not all forms of pleasure were of equal value (Free-Defi...

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

things, some of which were not the original intent of Jeffersons vision. Having money has come to be equated with a sense of free...

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...

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

administration that is tied to a clandestine love affair. Forbes prints a small article regarding another type of conflict of inte...

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

a prison takeover (Burke, 1995). Though unusual, if something like that were to happen, officials would be at an extreme disadvant...

a beneficial consideration in determining the different ways of applying deontological and utilitarian constructs. Recent legisla...

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

This research paper/essay presents an overview of social work ethics from a perspective based on rule utilitarianism. The ethical ...

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

discusses a personal code of ethics that a student might adopt in regards to career in forensic science. Personal code of ...

single location" (Francis Lowell, 2001). Contemporary commentary on the way in which Lowells first factory seemed to spring up ov...

the general population are serviced. There should be no preference due to the fact that someone knows one of the workers, or becau...

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

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...

originally? Even if it is passed on to future generations, or victims, it has to come form somewhere. While some say it is origina...

not for ones performance, but for his or her actions which may be attributable to a sense of duty (Honderich 323). To some, this m...

"a priori" as they are "evident through thinking alone and not based on sense experience" (Gensler, 2002). "A priori" ethics are n...

theoretically more justifiable in such an instance, how do we deal with other situations of killing? How do we justify killing wh...

Therefore, Kant reasons, perception of this permanent is possible only through a thing outside me" (Kant 245, B275). What makes K...

patient, but it could serve to avoid having the same thing happen again in the future. Other Facts, Options and Consequences ...

other words, relativity really does not have a place in this line of thinking. Kant did to some extent however distinguish betwee...

worthy but they are not. This leads Kant to further defining what makes good will different from bad will: "A good will is good...

is the act of lying. Suppose one is held hostage in a similar situation as the one described, but the victim does not have to do a...

are told, when will others in the same position known if they are being told the truth, or will they assume the worse, harming hum...

to their marriage, but they lust in their hearts. Some might fault such individuals anyway, because they are acting only due to th...