kill everyone currently living in this world that could not support agriculture in order to bring about a world without starvation‚ a deontologist would argue that the act of killing everyone is morally wrong since the act to kill is wrong. A consequentialist would then argue that since killing everyone would cure starvation‚ then killing everyone is morally right. Hence‚ utilitarianism focuses on the outcomes‚ or
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Human vs. Other Organisms # of differences in the amino acid sequence Rhesus monkey None. Horse 3: Valine‚ Glutamine‚ Alanine Donkey 3: Valine‚ Glutamine‚ Alanine Common zebra 3: Valine‚ Glutamine‚ Alanine Pig‚ cow‚ sheep 3: Valine‚ Glutamine‚ Alanine Dog 3: Valine‚ Glutamine‚ Alanine Gray whale 3: Valine‚ Glutamine‚ Alanine Rabbit 3: Valine‚ Glutamine‚ Alanine Kangaroo 3: Valine‚ Glutamine‚ Alanine Chicken‚ turkey 3: Isoleucine‚ Valine‚ Glutamine Penguin 4: Isoleucine‚ Valine‚ Glutamine
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Sandhu‚ Simran English 1 Anna Mavromati Connection vs. Communication What is connection? Connection is a relationship in which a person‚ thing‚ or idea is linked or associated with something else; for example: two people connecting via Facebook. What is communication? Communication is the imparting or exchanging of information or news; for example: two people exchanging information to one another. In Sherry Turkle’s article‚ “The Flight from Conversation”‚ she explains how social media websites
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Intro to Ethics Kant vs. Mill Philosophers Emmanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill both have different views on moral worth and Utilitarianism‚ which states that an action is morally right if it produces more good for all people affected or suffering from the action. Mainly‚ the question is how much of the morality of an action is predicted by its outcome. Both men have moral theories that differ on this topic. Mill’s theory of Utilitarianism relates moral actions to those that result in the greatest
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Kantianism is a non-consequentialist theory introduced by a German Philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant. Kantianism refer to the rightness or wrongness of actions does not depend on their consequences but on whether they fulfill our duty. In this theory‚ Kant stressed on the role of moral sentiment and desire for moral commitment and motivation. Kant argued that morality and rationality coincided. To be moral is to be rational‚ to be immoral is to be irrational. Kant believed that there were some rules of
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minimum. It is understood that no truly crime-free environment exists‚ however‚ utilitarian thinkers strive to inflict only as much punishment necessary for the overall prevention of future disturbances in the society’s peace. This thinking is consequentialist in nature. The amount of good that comes from a punishment should wholly exceed the evil done by the crime‚ however‚ it is also recognized that punishment brings consequences to both the punisher and the receiver. An interesting example of
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Hobbes vs. Locke vs. Rousseau/ State of Nature/ Allam/ 2013 “I am at the point of believing‚ that my labor will be as useless as the commonwealth of Plato. For Plato‚ also is of the opinion that it is impossible for the disorders of the state ever to be taken away until sovereigns be philosophers . . . I recover some hope that one time or other this writing of mine may fall into the hands of a sovereign who will consider it for himself‚ for it is short‚ and I think clear.” -The Monster of
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A long debate‚ are you made who you are or born that way. Nature vs Nurture has been a long debate where psychologists and biologist are trying to figure out if you are made into the person you are or born‚ there is many different documented cases and experiments along with a long study on criminals to decide if what they did was purely biological or previous events made them do it. In recent history scientists have focused on aspects of intelligence‚ aggression and sexual orientation. But when
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Good vs. Evil‚ Wrong vs. Right‚ and Ought/Should Be vs. What Is Group B: Question 1: An office worker had a record of frequent absence. He used all his vacation and sick leave days and frequently requested additional leave without pay. His supervisor and co-workers expressed great frustration because his absenteeism caused bottlenecks in paperwork‚ created low morale in the office‚ and required others to do his work in addition to their own. On the other hand‚ he felt he was entitled to take
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their actions (do the right thing‚ do it because it’s the right thing to do‚ don’t do wrong things). Under this system of ethics‚ you can’t justify an action by showing that it produced good consequences which is why it’s sometimes called “no-consequentialist.” Individuals who follow rule-based ethics believed that the right thing should be performed in ethical situations‚ even if it produces more harm (or less good) than doing the wrong
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