Philosophy comes from the Greek roots meaning “the love of wisdom.” Philosophers are persons who have a compelling need to pursue wisdom. Since the beginning of time‚ wise man and women have dedicated themselves to asking “Big Questions”. Depending on the questions‚ there are various areas of philosophy including metaphysics‚ epistemological‚ axiology‚ ethics‚ aesthetics‚ political philosophy‚ social philosophy‚ and logic. Homework Make a “Creative” representation of someone
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Corrections are simply to correct the life of the defendant. Such as they chose a bad choice in the life‚ if the court decides they ’re guilty of it they place them in a correction facility Jail/Prison thinking it will help change their life around to a more moderate‚ average person not being a danger to anyone or anything. Crime and penalty had gone side-by-side beforehand America was even born and the dominions were even established. One thing recognized is that even though regulations were not
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planning at the local level and in particular circumstances may develop formal Title V applications for their service region. Compare and contrast the Utilitarian and Kantian theories. Jeremy Bentham is primarily known today for his principle of utilitarianism‚ which assesses actions given their results. Bentham believes that an act is considered “just” if it produces the most joy and minimal pain for the best number of individuals who affected directly or indirectly by that action. On the other hand
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feeling of happiness * Instrumental: Used to promote happiness * i.e. exercise‚ money‚ food‚ etc. 7. When we refer to the ‘interests of the community‚’ what does Bentham claim we are referring to (and can only be referring to)? * The sum of the interests of the members who compose the community 8. Does Bentham endorse utilitarianism as a view about personal morality‚ or a view about
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search This article discusses utilitarian ethical theory. For a discussion of John Stuart Mill’s essay Utilitarianism (1861)‚ see Utilitarianism (book). The Utilitarianism series‚ part of the Politics series Utilitarian Thinkers[show] Jeremy Bentham John Stuart Mill Henry Sidgwick Peter Singer Forms[show] preference utilitarianism rule utilitarianism act utilitarianism Two-level utilitarianism Total utilitarianism Average utilitarianism Negative utilitarianism animal welfare
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even extremer type of rule that would be a perfect panoptic society in his novel 1984. However‚ due to the holes in the structure of his created society in 1984‚ George Orwell fails to represent a perfect state of panopticism. Designed by Jeremy Bentham‚ panopticism lays a heavy emphasis on the importance of effectively educating the youth. Education in a panoptic society is suppose “to ‘fortify’‚ to ‘develop the body’‚ [and] to prepare children ‘for a future in some …work’” (Foucault 224). A panoptic
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Brief Description of week 2 submission: At the beginning of the semester my understanding of responsible commerce was‚ for companies to build a socially acceptable business‚ that not only conformed to shareholders wants but to that of society and the environment. Social responsibility is about being transparent so that the business has the trust of the community. It is about looking after all people who have an interest in the business managers‚ to employees‚ the community‚ government‚ it is all
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The two sources of moral guidance are the rivaling theories of Kantianism and Utilitarianism‚ both normative moral theories‚ meaning they deal with how we know what is right or wrong. Kantianism is a deontological theory developed by Immanuel Kant. This means that the theory holds the importance of duty and motives of an act in higher prestige than the consequences of said act. Kant argued‚ what came with is religiosity‚ that we‚ humans are rational‚ moral beings. This meant that we understand intrinsically
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References: E-Guide to Ethics and the Legal Environment. (n.d). E-Guide to ethics and the legal Bentham/Mill. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/5q.htm Principles and Theories. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/kabernd/indep/carainbow/theories.htm John Rawls. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://caae.phil.cmu
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of ethics based on the idea of ‘utility’. This means usefulness and utilitarian suggest that everyone should be the most useful thing. The theory was devised by Jeremy Bentham who said “an action is right if it produces the greatest good for the greatest number”. He believed human beings are motivated by pleasure and pain. Bentham lived in an era of great social and scientific change and unrest; he wanted to produce a modern and rational approach to morality. He was hedonist and believed that humans
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