"In the utilitarian sense of accomplishing the greatest good for the greatest number in society was the standard oil company a net plus or a minus" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 34 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    I had a lot of failures in my short lifetime. Some of the failures I have done have done a lot of good for me. I am a person that likes to do a lot of things and with a lot of things to do; there is a lot of failures that comes with it. The biggest thing I like to do is play basketball. With basketball a lot of the greats had found failure before they became the biggest hero in sports. This essay is about things I have failed at and how they turned into success moments. The first thing I can remember

    Premium Basketball High school National Basketball Association

    • 593 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    the 21st century has just begun‚ there have been many scientific inventions during the first decade of it‚ among which iPod is no doubt one of the greatest. iPod is a portable media player designed and marketed by Apple and launched on October 23‚ 2001. From then on‚ iPod has been the best digital music player in the world. iPod is one of the greatest inventions in the 21st century for many reason. First and foremost‚ the birth of iPod marked the beginning of the MP3 era. iPod‚ together with iTunes

    Premium Digital audio player

    • 341 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Developing Good Business Sense 1 Developing Good Business Sense Nathan Knight III Introduction to Business Instructor Valley Behjou February 2nd‚ 2008 Developing Good Business Sense 2 Developing Good Business Sense I made three choices. The first would be the post office. Second‚ I chose a bank. The third was a small pizzeria. The first company I want to talk about is the post office. Our finished

    Premium Manufacturing Supply chain management terms Customer

    • 797 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Who is the greatest Canadian in History? Tommy Clement Douglas‚ the Father of Medicare without doubts. One can be qualify and granted with the title ‘Greatest Canadian in History’ when Canadians be proud of the legacy one has created. An online survey conducted by Leger Marketing has shown that 94 percent of Canadians thinks that Canada’s Universal Health Care created by Tommy Douglas is the most important pride as a Canadian; even though Europe too has Universal Health Care for their citizens. Although

    Premium Great Depression Unemployment Wall Street Crash of 1929

    • 403 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Greatest Traitor In American History Benedict Arnold was a brave and cunning American general who became known as the greatest traitor in American history. Born on January 14‚ 1741 in Norwich CT‚ Arnold quickly developed an unsavory and violent personality‚ which lasted until the day he died on June 14‚ 1801. He started out his life in debt‚ but became a successful sea merchant and smuggler who served in the French and Indian War. By age 25‚ he was the leader of a rebel group‚ the Sons of Liberty

    Premium American Revolutionary War Treason United States

    • 874 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Utilitarian Arguments

    • 1694 Words
    • 7 Pages

    I have always been one to side with a utilitarian’s point of view‚ such as Mill and Bentham. The greatest happiness of the greatest number‚ or as cold as it may be‚ sacrificing the few for the good of the many. Utilitarian moral theories evaluate the moral worth of action on the basis of happiness that is produced by an action. Whatever produces the most happiness in the most people is the moral course of action. I will give the best arguments against Utilitarianism‚ and show in my own opinion‚ why

    Premium Utilitarianism Ethical egoism

    • 1694 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Better Essays

    is the one of the greatest painters in Canadian History. He painted the landscape of Canada on the canvas with new style. His new style was crude and eliminated the details of objects. With his group members he traveled all over the country sketching out Canadian landscape and endeavored to depict the nature as it is. It was innovative but not appealed to the public because people assumed that anything European is automatically superior to anything Canadian and Impressionism was commonly known to

    Premium Painting Canada

    • 1205 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    be the greatest killer. Twice as many Civil War soldiers died of disease then that were killed in combat. This was due to unsanitary and filthy conditions‚ untrained Medical personnel and poor medical examination of new soldier’s. One fact from the Civil War was 315‚000 soldiers died from illnesses that included: 44‚558 from diarrhea/dysentery‚ 10‚063 from malaria‚ 34‚833 from typhoid‚ 958 from typhus and 436 from yellow fever. The sanitary conditions that a cured during the civil war was shocking

    Premium Medicine Physician Infectious disease

    • 466 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The novel‚ The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins‚ is a highly informative book which defends the theory of evolution‚ explaining details behind the topic and broadening a reader’s viewpoint on the subject. Throughout the book‚ hundreds of intriguing examples are provided that not only show the wonders of nature but also create fascination and a desire to research phenomena beyond the pages of this story. Bright and colorful images are provided alongside these examples to help illustrate and

    Premium English-language films Fiction Universe

    • 415 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    market refers to a somewhat mixed economy. In this economy‚ government intervention takes place even though the majority of the market is capitalist. This paper aims to explore the utilitarian argument of capitalism and discuss whether government intervention in an otherwise free market leads to inefficiencies on utilitarian grounds. Capitalism refers to a profit or market system (Shaw‚ 2008; Gray‚ 2011). In this system‚ economic activity is private and operates with the goal of making a profit

    Free Capitalism Economics

    • 2057 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
Page 1 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 50