Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) developed his ethical system of utilitarianism around the idea of pleasure. John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) later furthered and many believe he improved Bentham’s theory (Mill is often linked to Rule Utilitarianism) but still followed many of his original ideas. The theory is based on ancient hedonism‚ which pursued physical pleasure and avoided physical pain. Hedonism saw human beings as “Under the governance of two sovereign masters of pain and pleasure.” So a key concept
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the key features of utilitarianism The theory of utilitarianism was developed by and associated by Jeremy Bentham and utilitarianism is a teleological ethical theory where the moral value of an action can be judged by its consequences. Three main philosophers have come up with different types of utilitarianism. Jeremy Bentham introducing Act Utilitarianism and John Stuart Mill trying to improve the flaws that he encountered with Bentham’s theory with his Rule Utilitarianism and lastly‚ Peter Singer
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Basics of MULTIMEDIA By Dolon Mukherjee Lecturer at George College of Management and Science‚ Kolkata‚ INDIA mukherjeedolon@rediffmail.com ……………… Well‚ before learning the definition of multimedia‚ let us know the meaning of medium. The entire topic is presented in question and answer format‚ so that it helps the reader to quickly understand and remember it. Q) What is medium ? Ans) A medium (plural media) is something that can be used
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Information Technology Session Plan Subject: Basic Accounting Batch: 2010-12 Foundation Program Faculty: S. Vijayakumar Bharathi Session Date | Session Details | Plan | Session Method | Session 1-3 | Pre-session preparation | Read from the book Accounting for Management | Syllabus discussion‚ PPTs / Videos on relevant topics | | Session | Introduce Accounting to the students | | | | PPT on basic concepts of Accounting. | | | | GAAP (concepts and conventions
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Microsoft Small Basic An introduction to Programming Chapter 1 An Introduction Small Basic and Programming Computer Programming is defined as the process of creating computer software using programming languages. Just like we speak and understand English or Spanish or French‚ computers can understand programs written in certain languages. These are called programming languages. In the beginning there were just a few programming languages and they were really easy to learn and comprehend
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Chapter 2 Basics of Vibration Dynamics Vibrations are mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium position. There are cases when vibrations are desirable‚ such as in certain types of machine tools or production lines. Most of the time‚ however‚ the vibration of mechanical systems is undesirable as it wastes energy‚ reduces efficiency and may be harmful or even dangerous. For example‚ passenger ride comfort in aircraft or automobiles is greatly affected by the vibrations caused by outside
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Basic Instinct Basic Instinct is a 1992 American erotic thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas‚ and starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone Basic Instinct establishes Tramell (Sharon Stone) as a successful crime novelist who is connected to the violent stabbing death of a rock musician‚ Johnny Boz. She is investigated by San Francisco homicide detectives Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) and Gus Moran (George Dzundza)‚ who learn that Boz died in exactly the same manner
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Basic Strategy There are four types of basic strategies that many companies apply to respond to the uncertainties. The four basic strategies include defender‚ prospector‚ reactor‚ and analyzer. Each type of the strategies has their own way to react with the uncertainties. Prospectors will always focus on developing or expanding new market. They will put their effort for seeking out new markets rather than waiting things to happen. Defenders can be defined as expert at producing and selling narrowly
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Basics of Computer :: 1 1 Basics of Computer 1.1 INTRODUCTION In this lesson we present an overview of the basic design of a computer system: how the different parts of a computer system are organized and various operations performed to perform a specific task. You would have observed that instructions have to be fed into the computer in a systematic order to perform a specific task. Computer components are divided into two major categories‚ namely‚ hardware and software. In this lesson we
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