alone but also for all susceptible children in the community. This justification will be reinforced using two ethical theories that nullify the refusal of administration of the vaccine by a guardian‚ the first theory that will be exhausted will be Act Utilitarianism and further reinforced using W.D. Ross’s Ethical Pluralism theory. Act utilitarianism (AU) is a fairly straightforward theory with an obligation to equality and impartiality. It comprises of mainly utility and disutility‚ or in simple
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Antigone‚ like Kant‚ is governed by a philosophy of duty‚ but one that is very different from Kant’s. Antigone’s duty is to the gods. Unlike Kant who follows a sort of subjective moral law‚ Antigone’s moral law is far less arbitrary. She is obligated to uphold her family duties regardless of the circumstances. I believe this is what separates Antigone from both Mill and Kant‚ as well as Smith. Her actions are independent of circumstances. There
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Brown PHILL 111 Lisa McLeod 10/31/2011 The Abortion Debate The permissibility of abortion is a highly debated ethical dilemma. There have been many valid arguments for both sides. Don Marquis is an author who presented his view on the topic in his article titled “Why Abortion is immoral”. An equally convincing paper has also been written by author Judith Jarvis Thomson debating the other side of the argument. Her work is titled “A Defense of Abortion”. Both of these papers attempt to use logical
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Abortion Essay To draw a line in the sand and say this is when a person becomes a person is arbitrary. The argument in itself is supercilious to me but it still has its moral context‚ yet there is a bigger picture to abortions. If we all agree that a fetus is a person or an egg is a person‚ there is still an ethical decision to be made‚ and there is still the consequence of your actions to be considered. Abortion affects the future life of someone soon to
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Catholic affiliation from St. Joseph’s Hospital due to an abortion performed at the hospital in November of 2009. The abortion was performed 11 weeks into the pregnancy because doctors believed that if the pregnancy were to continue‚ the mother would die. Bishop Olmsted said that he made his decision based on his interpretation of a directive by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that prohibited the “direct” taking of a human life by an abortion. He said the life of the fetus had been “directly” taken
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What is beauty? Hinduism and Immanuel Kant “Beauty is an integral quality of the soul and God. If God is beautiful‚ the entire universe has to be beautiful. There can be nothing ugly in the universe.” (Hindu Janajagruti Samiti)¬¬ Hinduism is the oldest of all living religions. It was not man-made and is based on a set of dogmas. Unlike Islam or Christianity‚ it was not started as a system. It was developed by the teachings of such teachers as Avataras‚ Rishis‚ Vedas‚ the Upanishads‚ the
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In “What is Enlightenment? ” by Immanuel Kant‚ he addresses the state in society‚ and what we must do to help society progress from an “Age of Enlightenment” to an “Enlightened Age”. Society needs to come to a form of being enlightened or in other words the people in society need to become more informed and more knowledgeable. Kant argues firstly‚ that the individual must be enlightened and in order to achieve enlightenment “must be fully released from self-incurred tutelage”‚ which is “the release
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Adedayo Adeniyi November 13‚ 2008 Expository writing An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus‚ resulting in or caused by its death. An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced. Abortion as a term most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy‚ while spontaneous abortions are usually termed miscarriages. Abortion has a long history and has been induced by various methods
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10/21/2012 Abortion: Is it her choice or theirs While a woman should have the right to choose abortion without being criticized‚ the issue of abortion is very disputable. Everyone has their own individual opinion. Many people believe abortion is a moral issue‚ but it is also a constitutional issue. It is a woman’s right to choose what she does with her body‚ and it should not be altered or influenced by anyone else Abortion represents a woman’s right to choose whether or not to continue a pregnancy
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Abortion Research Paper Abortion has been performed for thousands of years‚ and in every society that has been studied in some way shape or form. Abortions were openly advertised and commonly performed then and still are now. In fact‚ studies performed by Planned Parenthood show that more than 1 out of 3 women in the U.S. have an abortion by the time they are 45 years old (Abortion). Bringing a baby into the world is not something to take lightly and many women feel they should have the right to
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