Ethical Egoism and Utilitarianism are considered consequentialism theories because they both focus on the outcome of conduct as the primary motivation of that action and whether or not that conduct is ethical. Consequentialism is a moral theory that states that the consequences of one’s actions are the basis of any morality or judgement toward that action. The major difference between the two theories is where those acts are directed. Utilitarianism focuses on the idea of the greater good or to
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Utilitarianism and libertinism are debatable philosophies to decide what is just. Utilitarian main principle is maximizing society happiness. From Utilitarian point of view‚ the best action is the action produce happiness for the greatest amount of people. Even though minority of people will suffer for the majority’s happiness. Moreover‚ utilitarianism measures the cost and benefit in single scale which is happiness. From this view‚ any other things than happiness are not valuable. On the other hand
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There are certain stereotypes about libertarians that hold some truth. Many people who followed this movement‚ do so only to advance a personal agenda and do not follow the whole ideology. There are a couple of people in this group who only use the label “libertarian” just to agree with Democrats and Republicans. Also‚ some individuals joined just so they could spout anti-government hate. For example‚ Alex Jones associated himself with libertarians just so he could get attetion to his cause. He
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Jeremy Bentham’s ideas throughout his life has had an extreme impact on today’s criminal justice system and how it works. Whether or not some of his ideas thrived throughout history‚ some ideas we still use today such as the panopticon prison design that established a great advantage in monitoring the inmates‚ the utilitarianism ethical system of making a judgment based on the outcome of the act‚ developing a theory on how to punish people without having to use revenge but helping the offender get
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At the centre of Aristotelian Naturalism is that moral goodness is a kind of species-specific natural goodness. As Foot remarks in Natural Goodness: ‘I believe that evaluations of human will and action share a conceptual structure with evaluations of characteristics and operations of other living things‚ and can only be understood in these terms. I want to show moral evil as ‘a kind of natural defect’. Life will be at the centre of my discussion‚ and the fact that a human action or disposition is
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Tyranny of Majority Tyranny of Majority refers to the belief in which the majority of society or a group agrees upon an action which does not incisively mean that‚ that opinion is correct. I believe that this occurs more in a democratic government than anywhere else‚ we as a country elect our representatives to exercise their opinion or rule on what are best benefits for the majority of the country. The great issue about leaving the decision to the majority is that eventually it could fail by
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Rawls is a Liberal who gained much of theory from the philosopher Kant. His original position heavily relies on the ideas he proposes in the Veil of Ignorance. MacIntrye and Sandel are heavily skeptical of his ideas‚ but it can’t be argued that Rawl’s ideas are heavily relevant to his ideas of Liberalism and that he needs these ideas to stand to be able to support his position. Before it is discussed further‚ it is important to state that the Veil of ignorance’s ideation relies on the fundamental
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Narrative Authority Creating New Perspectives In the opening passage of “The Halifax Explosion 1917” MacLennan established his narrative authority by writing from the point of view of the people of Halifax. MacLennan used purposeful degradation in his descriptions of the Mont Blanc to make it abundantly clear that this vessel was so unassuming that going unnoticed was not out of the ordinary in this situation. This bias altered the portrayal of the event and leaned away from a traditional‚ purely
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Rowan believes that people have fundamental rights that other individuals should observe always. Rowan also criticizes people based on their rights is not only absolutely ridiculous but also irrational. Rowan argues that people have the freedom to criticize ideas because it is our sole right to a free society. Although Rowan argues that people should be free to oppose other people’s ideas‚ the other argument put forward is that the failure to accept criticism or ridicule would ultimately lead towards
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A. East’s holistic view of happiness; East aims at creating a stable society; encompassing personal and social pleasure; social cohesion‚ interconnectedness and cultural harmony are the cardinal features of pleasure; positive success brings happiness but negative is an essential part of life‚ therefore accept both the best and the worst. B. Western commercialism an antithesis to Eastern spiritualism; West feels fulfillment on accumulation of wealth ; a trend of persistent efforts and haste in
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