Court only wanted what was best for society during this time. The majority ruling of the case…
The final paper is an analysis of the McGraw-Hill MIS Video Case: Primis. Students are to review the case questions in advance of watching the videos located in the Final Paper link in the left navigation panel of your Online classroom. In an eight to ten page, APA style, cohesive paper, answer the following questions:…
Summarise their decision as a result of their finding and discuss if you believe it was the right…
1. The essay claims that human nature is not sufficiently selfish to make it possible that many people will sacrifice so much for a stranger. The facts of human nature which was clearly described by the author using two stories about Dora and Bob. Singer effectively argued the ethical distinction of right and wrong between the acts of Dora who sold a child to organ peddler but later realized and corrected her action, with the action of Bob, who chose to save a valuable old car than the life of a child.…
The idea of utilitarianism classifies actions of being "morally" right or wrong solely based on the results and outcomes of the actions. This paper will analyze the problem that Arthur, "the art dealer", faces with artwork pieces he stumbles upon. Arthur's predicament is that he is given an opportunity to buy looted artworks. His dilemma is to either purchase or to not purchase the art work. This paper will evaluate the two analysis views of a utilitarian: act (extreme) and rule (restricted).…
Utilitarian ethical theories are based on one’s ability to expect the concerns of an deed. Utilitarianism’s creed is that the result of any action takes importance over any type of means, this means that Utilitarianisms objective is to help as many individuals as possible even if it were to negatively disturb people along the way so as long as it helped the general populace. Basically, it’s the ends that matter not necessarily the means.…
In studying Amy Chua’s “Day of Empire”, one finds a lot more similarities than differences shared among the great empires. Tolerance is a common theme that repeats itself over and over, and along with assimilation, unity, and acceptance, it is the glue that holds together these hyperpowers. But the path to the golden times of peace and glory and the strategic use of tolerance differs in each empire, and within the empire itself, from ruler to ruler. The Roman Empire enjoyed far more longevity than the Mongolian, British and American empires combined; two millennia[1] to be exact. Also, another unique feature of the Roman Empire was the idea of Rome, which was bigger than the empire itself, and an ambitious vision shared by most Roman Emperors. But let’s analyze the commonalities and differences among these four empires through three different lenses: political, economic and social.…
Ethical judgments involves weighing competing values or principles – there is no formula for doing this…
I have been informed of a heart that has become available. There are three patients awaiting a heart transplant. Each patient has their own unique situation, but in order to make an ethical decision that benefits the greater number of people, I must consider each person’s health history, life expectancy after the transplant, and the effect on their families. “If we make decisions on principles of utility or consequence, we would carefully consider everyone affected by the decision, and weigh the harms and benefits of every action.” (Levith)…
about whether the likely legal result in this case is also an ethical result. If the result…
choices even when a decision has not been deemed to be in their best interests…
The Utilitarianism theory supports individual capability to foresee the costs of an act. A Utilitarian considers the decision of giving the best profit to a large number of people; this is known to be ethically correct.…
One problem with this method of decision-making is that many people might not agree with the premise that maximization of happiness should be the basis for morality. An example of this is an eye for an eye; if you kill someone in my family then I will have your life. In earlier history…
5. Thinking critically about the approach you used to make the decision, what alternative approaches might you have used to make it? Could these alternatives have produced a different decision? How?…
2. Is there past case law to be considered that would assist in reaching the proper decision?…