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    Court has ruled on multiple cases defending women’s rights to choose to have an abortion. Deontological Ethics says that the only thing good in itself is a good will‚ this idea allows women who choose to have an abortion if it’s for the one’s moral duty and not her inclinations. Roe v. Wade was a groundbreaking decision by the Supreme Court on the issue of abortion because the Court ruled 7–2 that a right

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    Utilitarian and Hedonic Needs How Companies Attract Consumers of Utilitarian and Hedonic Products Melvin Johnson Professor Sersland MKTG 310 December 1‚ 2012 Abstract While it is fair to say we purchase goods because of their functionality and overall usage‚ we can also say we purchase goods simply because they make us feel good. This paper will demonstrate how two different companies use their websites to attract buyers of utilitarian products and hedonic

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    Women in the Early Nineteenth Century vs. Women in The Awakening There are many different types of women portrayed in The Awakening. The goal of this paper is to compare and contrast the women in the book to the women during the turn of the nineteenth century and the society’s reaction to the novel.. The novel shows the social constraints of women in the Victorian era. During this time‚ women were supposed to be docile‚ domestic creatures‚ whose main concerns in life were to be the raising of their

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    In this paper I intend to show examples of deontological and teleological on how they are critiquing war. The first paragraph will exemplify evidence of a deontological view and how its critiquing and affecting just war. I will also be reasoning why it’s better than teleological. The second paragraph will represent the teleological aspect‚ how it cannot critique wars‚ as well how teleological is less effective than deontological. Finally‚ in the third paragraph‚ I will revise both arguments and personally

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    Philosophers with utilitarian views would argue about whether abortion would be for the greater good for the family‚ individual and the society at large. With utilitarianism‚ there is no wrong doing in denying a woman an abortion‚ if it is for the good of society. John Stuart Mills‚ one of the strong advocates of the utilitarian theory‚ fought against age- long beliefs that abortion was demonic but rather the end results make allowances for the action (Mills‚ 2003). These philosophers

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    Deontological ethics is too rigid in its emphasis on duties‚ utilitarian ethics too keen to override basic human rights. Deontology and utilitarianism are both types of ethics referring to how one reacts in a certain situation. Deontology is based on following a set of duties and sticking to these duties no matter what the consequences whereas utilitarianism is based on choosing the best outcome over a short term and long term even if it means depriving people of basic human rights for example

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    Stuart Mill. Contrary to the deontological approach to ethics that perceives morality as a duty or a moral rule that has to be followed‚ utilitarianism is a form of teleological ethics focussing on the consequences of actions meaning that the moral value of an action is solely determined by its outcome. Thus an action is considered right if it tends to produce happiness and wrong if it leads to the reverse effects of happiness‚ not only to the executer of the action but also to everyone else that

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    Women and Minorities in Law Enforcement Working to end discrimination in this country has been a long and hard fought battle. In the early 1950’s federal laws began to offer some help to those who had been persecuted against for so many years. During the Nixon Administration the federal government began to push employers to make a "good faith effort" to employ women and minorities and to track their progress. These were known as affirmative action programs. Some minorities contend that discrimination

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    national minority in Croatia is Serbian minority. Writing about this minority is very interesting for me because Croatian had lived with Serbians in one country‚ former Yugoslavia and we had big war which had separated two nations. Despite the war that we had and which has started 1991. and finished 1995.‚many people with Serbian nationality lives in Croatia. The protection of minority rights in Croatia is comprehensively assured by the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities (CLNM)

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    this action has resulted in reduced forest cover especially tropical forests. Tropical forests are known to be home of various animal species. Therefore‚ when tropical forests cover decrease so will the population of animals that depend on the forests for food and shelter. Despite the fact that clearing of tropical forests increases land for farming so as to meet food demand for the growing population‚ the arguments of deontological ethical theory would disagree. According to deontological ethical

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