also referred to as disciplinary power‚ incorporates structures that help disciplinary power function‚ which include invisibility‚ self-monitoring‚ normalisation‚ and surveillance. As a result‚ the Panopticon was an architectural design put forth by Jeremy Bentham in the mid 19th century for prisons‚ insane asylums‚ schools‚ hospitals‚ and factories. The first theory of the Panopticon was a prison‚ in which the wardens could always see the inmates‚ but the inmates could not see the wardens. “He is seen
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David Beckam Dropbox 4 Business Ethics A Utilitarian Argument in the Ford Pinto Case In 1971 Ford Motor Company decided they wanted to create a compact car that could compete with the other Japanese manufactured cars. It rushed from its inception to its actual production. In the end‚ these cars proved to be one of the most dangerous ever produced because of their extreme flammability in instance of rear impact collision. The decision by Ford to not recall any of its cars‚ and not fix
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The Powers of Panopticism Michel Foucault seeks throughout his work‚ Panopticism‚ to analyze how contemporary society is differently structured from the society that preceded us. He displays‚ through Jeremy Bentham’s architectural realization of the Panopticon‚ a prison for society and those who inhabit it. Also‚ there is the matter of constant surveillance‚ discipline and power in society. The Panopticon is not only a building where people are being governed‚ but also a laboratory-- “The Panopticon
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family from one another‚ and daily inspections. All modern mechanisms for controlling abnormal individuals derive from these disciplinary mechanisms created in the fear of the plague. The one disciplinary mechanism that you discuss extensively is Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon. The Panopticon tower is described to have a “design ensured that no prisoner could ever see the ’inspector’ who conducted surveillance from the central location within the radial configuration. The prisoner could never know when
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Ingenious Theory PHL 101 Issues in Philosophy | A French philosopher‚ Michel Foucault developed the theory Panopticism and is explained in his book‚ Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Foucault was able to erect this theory based off of Jeremy Bentham’s idea of a panopticon. A panopticon is a circular structured building with a watchtower on top‚ emitting light from all directions. It lies in the middle of a wider circular area‚ enabling the watch tower to see every aspect of the particular
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and classify what might be deemed of moral character‚ and to apply the moral character as a base for one’s choices and actions." (Gowdy‚ 2011). Ethical thinker associated with theory The ethical thinker/thinkers associated with utilitarianism are Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Emmanuel Kant (Trevino & Nelson‚ 2011). Aristotle (Trevino & Nelson‚ 2011). Decision-making process The decision making process is to Identify all of the possible stakeholders and what would be the consequences
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different direction due to many philosophers that thought of this theory. Utilitarianism is not discovered by just one person‚ it’s made up of many ideas from many different philosophers. Although many people believe that utilitarianism started with Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill‚ there were philosophers that came up with similar ideas as utilitarianism. Before we talk about the authors of this theory‚ we must really understand the history of utilitarianism and how it came to be. Way back in history
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Outline the key features of utilitarianism The theory of utilitarianism was developed by and associated by Jeremy Bentham and utilitarianism is a teleological ethical theory where the moral value of an action can be judged by its consequences. Three main philosophers have come up with different types of utilitarianism. Jeremy Bentham introducing Act Utilitarianism and John Stuart Mill trying to improve the flaws that he encountered with Bentham’s theory with his Rule Utilitarianism and lastly‚
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a more realistic view of human morals. Background Explanation The two philosophers that this essay critically analyzes have very different views of human nature. The variation in their views is what separated their respective ethical viewpoints. Jeremy Bentham was pessimistic about humans and believed that individuals would only carry out actions that generate personal gain. Immanuel Kant‚ on the other hand‚ believed people were intrinsically
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Moral Law is a rule or a group of rules of right living conceived as universal and unchanging. Moral law is a system of guidelines for behavior. These guidelines may or may not be part of a religion‚ codified in written form‚ or legally enforceable. For some people moral law is synonymous with the commands of a divine being. For others‚ moral law is a set of universal rules that should apply to everyone.(SR‚ page 87) It is understood to combine the pinnacle of “Natural Law” and “Deontological reasoning”
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