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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 ...
rule-utilitarianism. Act-utilitarianism "supposes that each particular action should be evaluated solely by references to its own ...
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. ...
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 ...
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...
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...
any number of physical ailments, including halitosis and lockjaw throughout Europe (ASH, 2006; Randall, 1999). Sir Frances Drake ...
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...
health risks. Children: The risk to children comes largely from secondhand smoke, derived from the tobacco products their parents...
(Ferrence and Ashley 310, Brownlee 66). The evidence is mounting, however, that secondary smoke is more than just a nuisance to n...
causes them to prefer intellectual pleasures over sensual ones. He continues in his thinking to assume that the principle of utili...
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...
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...
is one alternative in deriving a moral theory when considering a variety of philosophical models. Above all, it is simplistic. And...
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...
up with perhaps the earliest fully developed system of utilitarianism, of which two prominent features are noteworthy ("Utilitari...
complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...
22.4% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004). Cigarettes, once considered glamorous and chic, have emerged as t...
as already noted, in the Introduction. The introduction of this article clearly tells the reader what the study is about by citin...
rules (Honderich, 1995). Act-consequentialism evaluates righteousness in respect to consequences. There is a significant different...
but has not instigated any cause for concern toward those nonsmokers who must inhale the expelled pollutants of smokers. From air...
Orem defines a "self-care deficit" as when a clients condition or injury prohibits that individuals ability to meet the requiremen...
[There will be a variety of responses, like taking medication, calling and e-mailing loved ones, etc.] Short discussion about the ...