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book by Scott Soames; he asks what 20th century analytic philosophy comes to, and reveals that "Soames thinks its two most importa...

Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...

behind progress in other areas. I. Introduction When a Bichon Frise was thrown into traffic and killed early in 2000, due to ...

the English Poor Law tradition, the nations welfare system has been through a maze of change since its original inception. Indeed...

fence, but rather that remedies should address both social concerns and the realities of this social, economic and political probl...

performance assessments from a legal perspective, a professional perspective and an ethical perspective. 2. Performance Assessment...

right. Kant felt that right actions had moral value in of themselves, not simply because of their consequences. Therefore, he wrot...

commercial activities and examine the effect on the society around them. This is no easy task, since an activity that generates m...

is one alternative in deriving a moral theory when considering a variety of philosophical models. Above all, it is simplistic. And...

there is a contradiction. Good will should be implemented, but at the same time, there is a sense that relying on such ideas, or s...

be wrong. Of course, one only has to look back half a century to see Martin Luther King, Jr. sitting in jail in Birmingham because...

remembered that slavery was legal until the mid-nineteenth century and racism and discrimination were likewise legal until the mid...

words, living a life of virtue has its own implicit rewards some might equate with happiness, but the instant gratification achiev...

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

situations where lying is attached to a greater good, no one can predict the future. The premise is therefore sound as a maxim. In...

times. However, not all societies approve of it or approach it in the same way. Since there is a great deal of criticism of it as ...

not all agree with that assessment. Harvey began to mistrust the government which could prove dangerous if he were to become invo...

representative of a different generation, one that freely mixes and matches from the whirring flood of information across new and ...

of ethical considerations in the art of persuasion, Johannesen (2010) offers the scenario of a hypothetical speaker attempting to ...

actions that he would normally finds repugnant. Similarly, the captain of the guard who compels Joe to commit murder undermines Jo...

as it impedes upon the fundamental tenets of social responsibility. Doctors who accept these gifts - which might include but is n...

workplace issues and discrimination are at the forefront. There are of course laws that protect against discrimination in terms of...

lying promise is something that is said in order to achieve a favorable outcome. What if someone has a gun to the victims childs h...

their own minds, try to "find" a motivation for Mersaults actions. Mersault is eventually convicted and sentenced with a motive th...

According to Kantian theory, private employee monitoring - at least, without informing the employee - is not moral, no matter how ...

due to the fact that she was in so much pain. However, in the case at hand, the situation was far more serious. If one accepts th...

even know that IV drug use is. Should such persons be subject to taking unnecessary tests, or rather, should the government trust ...

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

lived in a society where multifetal pregnancy reduction was a socially acceptable alternative to the numerous fetuses produced by ...

policy for dealing with the issue of gays and lesbians serving in the US military was implemented by the Clinton administration as...