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

of common sense, then any form of control that is promoted by Mills utilitarian belief comes not from the desire to better the wor...

(Himma, 2003). Throughout their lifetime, individuals are presented with moral dilemmas and situations in which they must make a ...

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

roughly 12 percent of the displaced employees a change at relocation within the company. Forty percent would be hired by the new b...

ethical, philosophical, and moral issues that characterize the one delivery mechanism also characterize the other. A particular c...

He explains: "Men lose their high aspirations as they lose their intellectual tastes, because they have not time or opportunity fo...

did not invent the principle of utility (which goes back to Plato) however, he was the first to devise a comprehensive theory base...

qualities that would indicate that there are more differences than points that could cause the individuals to be called equal to e...

In ten pages this paper discusses the rights and virtue theories as well as utilitarianism, cost benefit analysis, ethics, solutio...

Long-term solutions carry "higher personal risks and an intangible measure of worth" (Schafer, 2002; p. 14). 2. Utilitarianism A....

the face of it, to go against the utilitarian principle of the "greatest good of the greatest number", taking a more long-term vie...

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

design engineers did not intend for the Pinto to be dangerous in rear-end collisions, so the Kantian perspective essentially would...

deaths resulting from the Pintos faulty design because no one at Ford could know the future. Certainly design engineers did not i...

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

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

the person to do what is right for themselves (Sager, 2009). With persuasion, the decision is clearly left to the consumer and the...

ethical theory, utilitarianism and deontology often enter the picture. Mill (2001) for example, who is a utilitarian, claims that ...

that birth occurs when a woman is in the youthful childbearing years. A student asks: " Should age be factor in permitting pregnan...

also something that is easily masked. Bad people can appear good and vice versa. Making a determination about an individuals tru...

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

for a long period of time. It may be noted that the problem was caused by steroid use when jerry was in his 20s, and the dangers w...

moral philosophies applied to my own decision making, I lean towards: Utilitarianism or Deontology? When considering a moral phi...

In six pages this paper examines how the morality theories of these philosophers can be practically applied. Two sources are cite...

distinguishes between the activities of the practical and intellectual virtues, with the activities of political virtue having a s...

actions should not merely be personal. We cannot rely on our actions and motives being righteous and fully ethical if we are doing...

the considerations surrounding his concepts of the mind and he supports his contentions with direct demonstrations of the applicab...

chap6f.html). We note that with deontology, "If, in the nature of action, a contradiction is found, then that is the rational ...

in that area, only fifteen miles down the road, accepting that level of emission as long as the plant is staffed only by Mexican w...