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to break. To bring the point home, half a million people die each year from cigarette-related causes (Whelan, 1994, p. 77), with ...
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. ...
rule-utilitarianism. Act-utilitarianism "supposes that each particular action should be evaluated solely by references to its own ...
of an action is determined only by the welfare of individuals (2003). It is important to note that this topic involves the environ...
offer the greatest good to the greatest number, in that the rights of the majority - the workforce - are protected. However, we al...
This 5 page paper analyzes John Stuart Mill's theory of Utilitarianism, how it works and how it evaluates actions, both quantitati...
but be harmful to them. However, after the completion of 30 studies, only 6 found conclusive evidence of this fact, the other 24 ...
films, good meals-it doesnt really matter in the context of the doctrine. His point is that things can only be considered "better"...
hazard and choosing to smoke is the risk factor. Being exposed to secondhand smoke is a risk factor as well. Just because tobac...
(Ferrence and Ashley 310, Brownlee 66). The evidence is mounting, however, that secondary smoke is more than just a nuisance to n...
goes into the air will harm them. Some take it so far as to want to ban cigarette smoking in outdoor parks for example, but usuall...
any number of physical ailments, including halitosis and lockjaw throughout Europe (ASH, 2006; Randall, 1999). Sir Frances Drake ...
health risks. Children: The risk to children comes largely from secondhand smoke, derived from the tobacco products their parents...
the greatest number." We can see if that makes sense in regard to a coherent position in ethics, as De George explains it. Lets l...
is one alternative in deriving a moral theory when considering a variety of philosophical models. Above all, it is simplistic. And...
complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...
up with perhaps the earliest fully developed system of utilitarianism, of which two prominent features are noteworthy ("Utilitari...
to do with whether or not the act increased or decreased overall happiness or whether they have utility. Acts are evaluated based ...
the expense of so many others? Indeed not, inasmuch as Sarahs mistake cannot be expected to cost one hundred innocent lives over ...
action should be judged in terms of whether or not that act brings the "greatest good" to the "greatest number" (Frost, 1962, p. 9...
causes them to prefer intellectual pleasures over sensual ones. He continues in his thinking to assume that the principle of utili...
direct encounter with value occurs in the experience of pleasure. Delight or felt satisfaction was, according to his official vie...
deem as acceptable. The concept of a rational society, in which the entire community is greatly influenced by principles its mem...
In six pages this paper examines policy creation with regard to smoking and A. Lee Fritschler and James M. Hoefler's text Smoking ...
avail. Only in the last six months has an agreement been reached to reimburse states for tobacco-related health care costs. Wit...
The question is whether or not e-cigarettes work in terms of quitting smoking. This paper continues some earlier papers that were ...
bans are commonplace today, full bans normally are found primarily in large corporations and hospitals. Any hospital intending to...
to be the "third leading cause of preventable death in the United States," as it constitutes a "major source of indoor air polluti...
Numerous articles conclude that people who have mental health disorders are more likely to smoke than people who do not have such ...