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    Journal of Business Ethics (2009) 91:65–82 DOI 10.1007/s10551-009-0068-2 Ó Springer 2009 Analyzing Insider Trading from the Perspectives of Utilitarian Ethics and Rights Theory Robert W. McGee ABSTRACT. The common view is that insider trading is always unethical and illegal. But such is not the case. Some forms of insider trading are legal. Furthermore‚ applying ethical principles to insider trading causes one to conclude that it is also sometimes ethical. This paper attempts to get past

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    Utilitarianism Utilitarianism the ethical doctrine of the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the criterion of the virtue of action. The principle that utilitarianism use in making moral decisions is a form of moral hedonism; that people should seek pleasure and avoid pain. Utilitarianism seeks to produce the greatest good for the greatest number. But‚ the problem is in determining what the greatest good is. Utilitarian define the “good” as good is what equates pleasure and reduces

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    THE BOOK OF ELI MOVIE REVIEW The Book of Eli is a film directed by Hughes Brothers‚ Allan and Allen Hughes‚ the story was written by Gary Whitta. It was released on March 17‚ 2010 in the Philippines. The main characters were Denzel Washington as Eli‚ Gary Oldman as Carnegie‚ Jennifer Beals as Claudia and Mila Kunis as Solara. Denzel Washingtons acting was good enough‚ he portrays a man with a real personality of Eli in the story. A man who has strength to fight and survives all by

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    1 I) Utilitarianism…………………………………….P.3 II) Introduction to the main idea of Utilitarianism : The Principle of Utility ………………………….P.6 The Greatest Happiness Principle…………….P.9 III) Two kinds of pleasure………………........…P.11 IV) The Calculation of Utility…………………....P.15 V) The measurement of utility……………..…..P.17 VI) The proof of Principle of Greatest Happiness……………………………….…..P.18 VII) The Harm Principle ………………………..P.19 VIII) Assessing Utilitarianism…………………..P.21 2 I) Utilitarianism: + Whenever

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    Maggie Friedman Professor Sullivan TSEM 102 Section 058 22 September 2014 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in the late 1800’s. Its original purpose was to help people separate cotton fibers from their seeds. This process was necessary in order to use the cotton in its proper way. This invention came at a time when slavery was starting to slowly become less crucial to the nation’s economy and freeing slaves was gaining momentum. The cotton gin soiled all plans of reducing slavery by increasing

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    Utilitarianism as an ethical theory Utilitarianism is the view that an act is right if it equals the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. Utilitarians describe moral actions as actions that boost something good and lessen something that is bad. Virtue‚ knowledge‚ and goodwill are all good but they are only good if they give people a pleasurable existence. Pain is the only thing that is intrinsically bad. Utilitarians focus on the result of an act instead of the inherent

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    Where do you draw the line on what is right? Ethical theories are something that have been tossed around between people for years. The dispute over what is right or wrong is endless and has many ways of reaching an answer. Each of these theories that arise has both its benefits and drawbacks. No one theory can be perfect and fit everyone’s needs. For a theory to be successful it needs to have supporters. For it to have supporters people need to believe in it. For people to believe in it‚ it

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    Utilitarianism‚ by John Stuart Mill‚ is an essay written to provide support for the value of utilitarianism as a moral theory‚ and to respond to misconceptions about it. Mill defines utilitarianism as a theory based on the principle that "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." Mill defines happiness as pleasure and the absence of pain. He argues that pleasure can differ in quality and quantity‚ and that pleasures

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    Title: The Book of Eli Director: The Hughes Brothers Genre: (Film) Action‚ Adventure‚ Drama‚ Dystopian‚ Post-Apocalyptic How is the idea of Dystopia presented in the text? In the Book of Eli‚ the world is in disarray. It has no government‚ leadership‚ poverty‚ hunger‚ weak townships‚ or none at all‚ and violence. The ideas of dystopia are presented through visual techniques in the film. The dull‚ barren scenery and settings‚ paired with the dodgy characters helps to portray an effect of dystopia

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    Eli is a grown man’s recollection of what it was like to be the ten-year-old son of an emotionally distant mother and a father suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Woven into this family are Eli’s equally troubled aunt‚ sister‚ and best friend. His aunt‚ who became famous protesting the Vietnam War‚ has come home to live with her brother’s family while she fights breast cancer. His sister is dealing with the new and painful knowledge that the dad she has always known is not her biological

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