SCI/241 May 2‚ 2013 Kristin Ellsworth Face the Facts What are bad fats? Bad fats are saturated fat and trans- fat. Saturated fat have chemical makeup in which the carbon atoms are saturated with hydrogen atoms. Saturated fats occur naturally in many foods. The majority come
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deciding whether or not to torture a terrorist who has planted a bomb in New York City‚ a utilitarian must evaluate both the overall welfare of the people involved or effected by the action taken‚ and the consequences of the action taken. To calculate the welfare of the people involved in or effected by an action‚ utilitarianism requires that all individuals be considered equally. Quantitative utilitarians would weigh the pleasure and pain which would be caused by the bomb exploding against the
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UTILITARIAN AND KANTIAN APPROACHES TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GROUPS AND OUTSIDERS All of the social and political theories discussed in the previous sections agree that good leadership must be in the interests of followers. Where they disagree is on how much inequality between leaders and followers can be justified in pursuit of the common interest. Thus far we have equated the common interest with the interests of leaders and followers alone.[11] We turn now to a second main question about inequality
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“PUTTING A PRICE TAG ON LIFE” In this video‚ some real life examples of Utilitarian principles and morality are presented. Generally‚ utilitarianism is an area of philosophy relating to the principles of justice‚ fairness‚ ethics and one of the studies helping to answer to the question “what is the right thing to do?” Jeremy Bentham is an early advocate of utilitarian philosophy‚ in which‚ the highest principle of morality is to maximize the general welfare and mass happiness. In other words
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the greatest amount of people. Therefore‚ a utilitarian would agree to push two heaviest passengers overboard to save the six. While it violates our morals to kill two people‚ a utilitarian would explain their choice with the integrity objection. In the situation of the lifeboat‚ one is faced with a situation that does not present a perfect outcome. However‚ a utilitarian would say that we must choose the best outcome‚ which in the view of a utilitarian‚ would be throwing the two passengers overboard
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’The greatest good for the greatest number.’ Therefore‚ a positive utilitarian will say we should aim simply to increase the happiness of all those affected by our actions. Negative utilitarianism is the attempt to minimise the amount of misery. An action is right if and only if it produces at least as much good for all affected by the action as any alternative action the agent could do instead. Therefore‚ a negative utilitarian will say that we should seek to reduce the unhappiness of those affected
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When Justin was detained upon entering Australia under similar circumstances last November‚ he supposedly received a warning for using "inappropriate language" towards officers. The alleged drugs onboard had disappeared‚ and "none of the items could be linked to Bieber‚ his father‚ or their guests." No members of the flight crew were willing to file charges against Bieber‚ his father‚ or the 10 passengers so they were free to go… and off they went‚ indeed. On Friday night‚ Justin and his
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MOM AND DAD: Without my mom and dad where would I be in the world‚ here i’ll tell you I wouldn’t exist. Mom and Dad are important they feed you‚ care for you‚ well they should do this stuff for you. They spend a lot of money a month I don’t know how much they spend because I don’t keep track but it’s a lot. Can’t forget about Christmas and you’re birthday getting you presents‚ Oh I almost forgot about vacations they pay a lot money for that stuff too. Not only that they work hard almost everyday
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Hi everyone. Good afternoon. I’m Jennifer Edwards. It’s good to see all of you. I’m glad you could all make it to this beautiful campus here in Dallas. I want to thank Southern Methodist University for hosting us today. I have a passion for education so being able to speak to you from an institution of higher learning makes me feel right at home. I am running for Dallas County Judge‚ but before I start telling you why I am running for Judge‚ I would like to take a moment to introduce myself to those
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The genre of the spy film has been highly influential in culture and the media since the introduction of the James Bond Series. This influence has since extended into the music video genre‚ for example Madonna’s Die Another Day and Justin Timberlake/50 Cent’s Ayo Technology. The bond franchise is a well-known franchise with expectations such as gender stereotypes with males being more dominant and women being not dominant and only being used as sexual objects in the films. James bond is shown to
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