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Community Policing and Ethics

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

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...

Warren Massacre and Utilitarianism

if Nagel had included in this line, a hint at travesties such as the Holocaust, the reader may well become more concerned with the...

Utilitarianism, Virtue, and Ethics

In six pages this paper considers relatives of people suffering from debilitative diseases such as Alzheimer's and concludes that ...

Smoking and Utilitarianism

but be harmful to them. However, after the completion of 30 studies, only 6 found conclusive evidence of this fact, the other 24 ...

Jeremy Bentham's Utilitarianism Philosophy

further support would be shown for the concept as not only are the immunizations used to insure health for the greater number of p...

Politically and Morally Rationalizing Terrorism and the Perspectives of John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant

irresistible force" and the result would be the establishment of the perfect civil constitution (Kant 45-46). Mans complicity in ...

Philosophers on Morality

In six pages this paper examines morality as represented by utilitarianism and as conceptualized by philosophers including Carol G...

John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant's Philosophies

In five pages this paper contrasts the philosophical perspectives of Immanuel Kant with John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism. There ...

Utilitarianism Compatibility in the Philosophical Views of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the similarities in the utilitarianism perspectives of Jeremy Bentham and John Stu...

An Argument in Favor of Utilitarianism in Third World Workshops

This 4 page paper is an argumentative essay that uses the principles of utilitarianism to defend the right of The Gap to exploit t...

Individualism and Utilitarianism in Orson Welles' Citizen Kane

In five pages the thematic development of individualism and utilitarianism as it relates to the characterization of Charles Foster...

Religion and the Principles of Immanuel Kant

In twelve pages the moral doctrines articulated by German philosopher Immanuel Kant are related to principles of Catholicism and U...

Consequences of Moral Philosophy

In one page this essay considers how Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy on consequences transforms it into the utilitarianism princ...

Utilitarianism and John Stuart Mill

others), Mill recognized that mans relationship of the benefits of his actions necessarily related to the ability to weigh the pos...

Utilitarianism v. Deontology

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

Electronics, Utilitarianism, and Happiness

In two pages this essay examines the acquisition of happiness through electronic means and also considers what the father of Utili...

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....

Chapters Two and Four of Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill

regarded as being little more than attempting to keep a pig satisfied. Because man has the intellectual capacity for reason, he s...

Chapter 5 'Equality and Impartiality' in Utilitarianism by J.S. Mill

In five pages this paper discusses this work's concluding paragraph in an analysis of its meaning regarding equality and happiness...

Abortion. Deontology and Utilitarianism

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

Chapters Two and Four of Utilitarianism by J.S. Mill

regarded as being little more than attempting to keep a pig satisfied. Because man has the intellectual capacity for reason, he s...

'Right Action' and Utilitarianism of J.S. Mill

(4). As he explained in Utilitarianism, this pursuit of the greatest happiness is not based on mere human selfishness, but rather...

John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism Chapter 4

He and a group of utilitarians formed a small Utilitarian Society based on many of the writings of Bentham. His many works appeare...

Utilitarianism Approach to an Ethical Dilemma

In five pages this paper considers a utilitarian approach to an ethical problem. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

Utilitarianism and Civil Rights

In five pages this essay discusses Martin Luther King's 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' from John Stuart Mill's utilitarian philosop...

Tutorial on J.S. Mill's On Liberty and Utilitarianism

particular truths involved (Mill, 1987). But, in art, individuals must operate from the opposite direction - first there is a gen...

Utilitarianism and Morality According to John Stuart Mill and Immanuel Kant

but when exampled it becomes clear. For instance, one ought to respect human life. If one respects the life of another, then they ...

Utilitarianism View of Prostitution

as a morally acceptable act from a Utilitarian point of view. Many philosophical and sociological questions loom over this issue...