extract confessions. Even though is cruel to torture one to extract information‚ it is our duty as citizens to maintain the happiness as a whole and do what is necessary to save lives. Utilitarianism is a consequential normative moral theory‚ which state the moral value of an action is determined by the most happiness or utility it creates (Mill 461). If we use this definition to analyze the case‚ then yes it is sufficient to use cruel actions such as waterboarding and sodium pentathol injections on
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moral?’. To support his argument‚ Prichard refers to two arguments that we face when we think about the reason to be moral. The first argument is dilemma that is‚ today‚ called ‘Prichard’s dilemma’. The second argument appeals to the analogy of the ‘Theory of Knowledge’. Although the second argument is important in explaining why Prichard considers that there is no reason to be moral‚ in this essay‚ for our purpose‚ I will only deal with Prichard’s first argument‚ i.e.‚ ‘Prichard’s dilemma’. According
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the distinction between two kinds of value: intrinsic and instrumental value. To have intrinsic value‚ something would be valuable in and of itself‚ and not because it serves a purpose or use to another thing. To have instrumental value‚ something would be valuable insofar as it serves a purpose or use to another thing‚ in order to aid in the attainment of something else. To ascribe moral consideration to something is to say that that thing has intrinsic value. A common criterion for ascribing moral
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depriving someone of a future. He goes on to explain that you deprive them of a future of experiences‚ achievements‚ relationships‚ etc. Importantly‚ he notes that this does not only apply to humans but rather to all species‚ or anything with a future of value for that matter. Furthermore‚ Marquis says that having a valuable future is not a necessary condition for killing to be immoral‚ but it is a sufficient reason‚ and that having a valuable future is not the only reason that killing a being could be wrong
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Preface The foundation of the metaphysics of morals is a critical examination of a pure practical reason. The present foundations is the search for and establishment of the supreme principle of morality. Method: analytically from common knowledge to the determination of its supreme principle; then ‚ synthetically from the examination of this principle and its sources back to common knowledge. Division: 1. the common rational knowledge of morals -> the philosophical rational knowledge
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INTRODUCTION Definition and Obligation of Family As an individual‚ one may be at one and the same time a mother‚ a grandmother‚ a wife‚ a sister‚ a daughter‚ an aunt or a niece. Similarly‚ if one is a male‚ one may be at one and the same time a father‚ a grandfather‚ a husband‚ a brother‚ a son‚ an uncle or a nephew. This fact is all too obvious to everyone here. But there are many social systems in our time which care very little whether one is a wife or a husband‚ a mother or a father‚ etc
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any means necessary. One way you could get food is by stealing it from your neighbor. In this essay I will examine whether this issue is morally right. I will argue that by using Kant’s End in itself theory‚ stealing food from your neighbor in time of famine is morally wrong. Kant’s end in itself theory is stated by him‚ “Act in such a way that you always treat humanity‚ whether in your own person or in the person of any other‚ never simply as a means but always at the same time as an end.” This explains
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120 Days of Moral Deterioration: Pasolini’s SALÒ in the Misinterpretation of Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality “Because we’re not their masters‚ even the most bizarre manias derive from a basic principle of refinement. Yes‚ old buggers. It’s a question of delicacy.” -The Bishop‚ in SALÒ or the 120 Days of Sodom “No festivity without cruelty; such is the lesson of the earliest‚ longest period in the history of mankind – and even in punishment there is so much that is festive!” -On
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2/13/13 Value Summery Intrinsic and instrumental value. Intrinsic goods; good because of their nature. Value of human life because of its nature‚ value justice. Instrumental goods; good because of what it can do or get us‚ help us get other things that we desire. Health has both Hedonism‚ pleasure of good Hedonistic Paradox If you want happiness don’t aim for it. Put up with the bad to get the long term good. Are values objective or subjective? Plato: good have value independent
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The three top terminal values that I picked for my individual model of leadership are: “salvation”‚ “health” and “family security”. My top three instrumental values that I chose for my individual model are: “obedient”‚ “responsible” and “logical”. When I think of my individual values I first think of my spiritual well-being‚ which for me is ultimately salvation. I didn’t think of my physical and mental well-being‚ which is my overall health. As part of my individual values I include family security
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