John Stuart Mill as one of the most influential philosophers advocating liberalism points out the importance of freedom for individuals and therefore society. He thinks of freedom as an extrinsic value promoting happiness. As it will be shown‚ liberty as a mean to maximizing utility must not be restricted unless it causes harm to others or if the agent is not mature enough to exercise freedom properly. Mill’s “Doctrine of Liberty is supported by a view of human happiness which in turn depends on
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1863. The Emancipation Proclamation declared freedom for all slaves with the Confederacy. President Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address: "In your hands‚ my dissatisfied fellow countrymen‚ and not in mine‚ is the momentous issue of civil war. The government‚ while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve‚ protect and defend it." In Lincoln’s address he was warning the South of the changes to slavery that were about to occur. President Lincoln was not a well known politician
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Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill are two philosophers with opposing views on the morality of an act. Mill’s utilitarianism theory places the focus of right and wrong solely on the outcome of an act rather than on the act itself. He believe that an act is right if the outcome promotes happiness in the majority of others; “it is not the quantity of pleasure‚ but the quality of happiness that is central to utilitarianism” (Utilitarian Theories). Kant’s theory (Kantian) is concerned with the motive
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change within the society which they looked over. The individuals who all used their distinctive Presidential‚ Egalitarian‚ and Nationalist voices to impact the environment around them are Abraham Lincoln‚ through his Gettysburg address‚ presented on the 19th of November 1863. John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s
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censorship and those who would be censored. In his essay On Liberty‚ utilitarian philosopher John Stuart Mill settles this balance with the assertion that‚ no matter how unpopular a certain opinion is‚ censorship of any opinion is unjustified – indeed‚ “no more justified … than [one man] would be justified in silencing [all of] mankind.” My thesis is that‚ though there are serious objections to Mill’s conclusions‚ Mill successfully defends his arguments from these objections and constructs a compelling
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nineteen sixty one John F Kennedy held his speech in Washington as a new term was to beginning. He was placed in office during the American racia fight against communism and the Cold War which had people very concerned. His audience were not only Americans but those watching and listening worldwide to get a sense of confidence from their new leader. Throughout his speech we take realize his approach‚ ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos to help analyze his efficiency in comforting those in doubt. John F Kennedy’s inaugural
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The ideals of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mills utilitarianism can easily be compatible with the ideology of other political institutions; communism is one that I think relates to this theory on an international level. utilitarianism is a form of social philosophy meaning the valued principle and ethics only have the power because we consciously give the ideals jurisdiction. Utilitarianism is a means to support and claims pleasure for majority of the population‚ even if the general population
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Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Though the terms act and rule utility came after the time of Bentham and Mill‚ it can still be noted that Bentham was clearly an act utilitarian and the Mill was a rule utilitarian. This paper will focus on the way Bentham and Mill would direct us to apply the principle of utility‚ and the possibility that the differences in their views may make us come to different moral decisions. In the application of the principle of utility‚ Bentham and Mill differ greatly
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The purpose of John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address is to unite the people of America and to outline the plan for his presidency. Kennedy establishes his purpose by emphasizing the importance of a united country through word choice and listing pledges. The author establishes ethos in his speech and employs antithesis‚ repetition‚ and an allusion in his address to aid him in fulfilling his purpose. Kennedy immediately establishes ethos in his speech‚ starting with when he speaks about the founding
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important‚ Kennedy effectively uses rhetorical devices such as parallelism‚ alliteration‚ and repetition in his Inaugural Address to successfully express his goal for his presidency. For example‚ Kenney uses parallelism in perhaps his most memorable line of his Inaugural Address‚ “Ask not what you can do for your country- ask what you can do for your country” (Kennedy). Through parallelism‚ John F. Kennedy dramatically symbolizes his entire speech into one sentence. By reversing the order of the sentences
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