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    Utilitarianism‚ or the “Greatest Happiness Principle”‚ is an ethical system that is heavily focused on by John Stuart Mill in his essay appropriately titled‚ “Utilitarianism”. In the essay‚ Mill adequately lays out the curriculum for utilitarianism and explains that the actions of being in the right are directly proportional to how much happiness is produced‚ and the actions of being in the wrong are directly proportional to how much they produce the reverse of happiness (Mill). Happiness produces

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    Describe the main strengths and weaknesses of Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism was originally formulated by Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century‚ and fully developed by John Stewart Mill in the 19th. It states that we should always act so as to produce the greatest ratio of good to evil for everyone concerned with our decision. As with all moral theories‚ utilitarianism has many strengths and weaknesses. The main strength for this theory is that it is always looking for the greatest good for the greatest

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    Part A Utilitarianism Upon applying utilitarianism theory to Tom’s current situation‚ Tom would maximise the greatest good and increase the happiness of more people and parties by exaggerating his work experience. The first party that would benefit from this is his parents. As was said in the case study (2014)‚ Tom’s mother had lost her job a few years ago and has remained unemployed since. Tom’s father has also not been doing well financially‚ as his business has not been doing well as of lately

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    Explain Bentham’s Utilitarianism: (30 Marks) A man called Jeremy Bentham had a theory called the ‘Utilitarianism theory’. He was born in London at the time of the great scientific and social change and wrote ‘The Principles of Morals and Legislation’ in 1789. Bentham had the theory that all humans seek pleasure and avoid pain at all costs. Utilitarianism has been described as an act or a rule rather than a theory. We break this down into three parts: -Motivation: Bentham was a hedonists (‘Hedone’

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    In this paper I will be discussing Gaverick Matheny’s concern with utilitarianism and its relationship to factory farm animals. Gaverick Matheny’s first premise is that utilitarianism is a legitimate ethical theory. Matheny’s second premise is that utilitarianism includes non-human interests. Matheny’s third premise is that factory farms violate utilitarian beliefs. Matheny’s conclusion‚ therefore‚ is that factory farms are unethical and that “most of us should change the way we live” (13)

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    Corporate Governance‚ Financial Crime‚ Ethics and Control Coursework Bribery and Corruption in the Public Sector‚ is Endemic and Unavoidable in all Societies UP715860 Corporate Governance‚ Financial Crime‚ Ethics and Control Coursework In this paper we will be critically discussing the existence of bribery and corruption in the public sector‚ predominately critiquing the presence in all societies and the geographical span of the effects. Additionally‚ evaluating the regulatory framework put in

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    John Stuart Mill’s foundation of Morality and his basis for Utilitarianism are based on the Greatest Happiness Principle. In his essay titled Utilitarianism he states that morality should be governed by pleasure and freedom from unhappiness which are the only alluring ends to this life. Everything in life that is pleasurable is sought after because of the desires they fulfill or how they reduce pain. Early on in the essay he clearly distinguishes between the mental and physical pleasure. Despite

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    Flight 93 and Utilitarianism in Times of Crisis On September 11‚ 2001 United Airlines flights 93 crashed in a field near Shanksville‚ Pennsylvania. It has been theorized that the crash was a result of the passengers trying to regain control after it had been hijacked by four members of the Al Qaeda terrorist group in their attempt fly the aircraft into either the White House or the U.S. Capitol building. With that being said‚ let’s change the scenario a little bit. Suppose that none of the

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    TO WHAT EXTENT IS UTILITARIANISM COMPATIBLE WITH CHRISTIANITY The main idea of utilitarianism (U) is to create ‘the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people’. This is similar to Christianity and the golden rule ‘love your neighbour as yourself’. With situation ethics‚ in a dilemma you should always do the most loving and compassionate thing. However in contrast to the utilitarian idea that you should try and greatest happiness for the most people‚ Christian ethics would look at everyone

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    two ethical theories that will be applied Kantianism and Rule Utilitarianism. Kantianism is an ethical theory where it states that it does not treat people as a means to an end. Rule Utilitarianism states that it is ethical if the moral rules are applied universally and that is has to look at all the actions to find which results can have the greatest amount of happiness or unhappiness (Quinn‚ 2013). Under Kantianism and Rule Utilitarianism is it ethical?

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