is a consequentialist theory‚ which means that it judges the morality of an action based on the consequences that follow from it rather than on external moral duties. Philosophers who adhere to utilitarianism regard the maximisation of utility as the key determent for understanding whether an action is right or not . In this essay I will argue that the amount of utility produces by an action is not an ideal way of determining its morality. This will be done by firstly clarifying the meaning of the
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1. The Supreme Court’s interpretation of the commerce clause was to favor national power over the economy. Any effort by the federal government to regulate commerce in such areas as fraud‚ the production of impure goods‚ the use of child labor‚ or the existence of dangerous working conditions or long hours was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 2. There are four views of federalism dual federalism‚ cooperative federalism‚ regulated federalism‚ and new federalism. Dual federalism is
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William Shakespeare?s Macbeth is the last of four tragedies that were made into plays. The other?s being Hamlet‚ King Lear and Othello. Compared to the others‚ Macbeth is a short play and is considered to be his darkest work. The play includes murder‚ evil inclination‚ betrayal‚ deceit‚ treachery and possibly the most influential feature‚ greed. The play is not only extremely immoral‚ but it?s portrays almost every evil quality that human beings can bear. Morality is defined as the conformity to
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societies follow different moral codes. This means that they will may have different answers to the moral questions asked by our own society. What I am trying to say is that every society has a different way of analyzing and dealing with life ’s events‚ because of their cultural beliefs. This is claim is known as Cultural Relativism. Cultural Relativism is the correct view of ethics.<br><br>1. Different societies have different moral codes.<br>2. There is no objective standard that can be used to judge one
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PFC Ray 4/27/2014 Army Core Values Being a solider in the United States Army‚ everyone follows the Army Core Values. The seven Army values are Loyalty‚ Duty‚ Respect‚ Selfless Service‚ Honor‚ Integrity‚ and Personal Courage. All of the Army core values complement one another. Without the tight bond between them all‚ there would be no army core values. Honor and Loyalty are complimented by respect as you can’t have honor nor loyalty without it. The most
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The "Information Superhighway"‚ or Internet‚ is a powerful medium for today ’s information driven society. From it ’s humble beginnings as a series of networks established to help the military and government share resources‚ it has become a place for people to engage in commerce and also for people to interact socially in both business and personal faculties. Along with the excellent opportunities for meaningful communication in this new atmosphere‚ the Internet has evolved as an open‚ democratic
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contributed profoundly to the world of philosophy and especially in regards to his thought on the subject of morality. Kant disagreed with Hume that morality is objective and not subjective. Kant wanted to propose a pure moral philosophy‚ one of absolute necessity and independent of all human feelings‚ because if it not so‚ it will not be absolute and binding upon every person. The purpose of morality is to affect our behaviour and that it is reason that makes humans moral
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Piaget’s view or the Nature verses Nurture discussion or Gardener’s multiple intelligences? Piaget focuses on the mental processes that occur‚ rather than on the actual measure of the intellect. He uses four areas to define intelligence where Gardner defines nine. For Piaget these areas are a biological approach to looking at intelligence‚ the series of the stages‚ understanding‚ and intellectual ability. Piaget’s approach focuses on the physical and mental aspects of our bodies. He also discusses
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Is morality a relative concept? In any society there exists a somewhat mysterious consensus‚ which changes over the decades‚ and for which it is not pretentious to use the German loan-word Zeitgeist (spirit of the times). This spread of dates through the twentieth century is a gauge of the shifting Zeitgeist. Another is our attitude to race. In the early part of the twentieth century‚ almost everybody in Britain (and many other countries too) would be judged racist by today’s standards. Thomas
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the 1960’s. At the end of the fifites‚ It was thought that this new decade was going to hold a great future. However‚ it quickly turned into a decade of unrest. The most signficant event was the Vietnam War. It was a very stressful time for America. American’s often used sports for a diversion from the trouble time. The biggest historical‚ political and social event of the 1960’s was the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. According to the history.com‚ The Vietnam War was a long‚ costly
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