Group Take-home Test (THT) 3 DUE August 5 MWF/ August 1 TTh Thomas Malthus and John Stuart Mill Date accomplished: 8/3/13 Class schedule: MWF 9:30-10:30AM Contributing group members: *BASIC REFERENCES: lecture files and linked chapter readings from "The Worldly Philosophers” (6th ed.‚ by Robert Heilbroner) in the Links section of the egroup YOU MAY ALSO DO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH. ALWAYS CITE REFERENCES AT THE END OF YOUR PAPER. Always answer in your own words. 1. List
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General Mills is a leading producer of packaged consumer foods. According to the financial statements‚ General Mills makes most of the money from sales. They have 3 segments: US Retail‚ International and Bakeries and Food Services. b) 1) The following are the financial statements that are commonly prepared for external reporting purposes: * Balance Sheet * Income Statement * Statement of cash flows * Statement of Stockholder’s equity 2) General Mills gives the
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beliefs. You have to ask yourself what is more important to you‚ is it morally right to pleasure the masses even if it causes harm to some people which is Mills Utilitarianism theory or do you do what is logically and morally right according to universal law like Kant’s deontological theory. In Bernard Williams experiment against Utilitarianism Jim is put in a very difficult situation with only two options and can either not kill any of the Indians or kill one of them himself. In this scenario their
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of Mill’s most famous works and remains the one most read today. In this book‚ Mill expounds his concept of individual freedom within the context of his ideas on history and the state. On Liberty depends on the idea that society progresses from lower to higher stages and that this progress culminates in the emergence of a system of representative democracy. It is within the context of this form of government that Mill envisions the growth and development of liberty. Chapter I defines civil liberty
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is happiness? For hedonism philosophers‚ the main goal has been to reach a state of form of pleasure‚ while for utilitarianism philosophers the ultimate goal in life is to find happiness. Both‚ which seem reasonable goals to live by each day. But what does hedonism and utilitarianism mean‚ what is happiness‚ would either approve of Nozick’s Experience Machine in order to achieve happieness or pleasure? In this paper‚ I will explain how utilitarianism and hedonism works‚ what are their philosophies
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The two sources of moral guidance are the rivaling theories of Kantianism and Utilitarianism‚ both normative moral theories‚ meaning they deal with how we know what is right or wrong. Kantianism is a deontological theory developed by Immanuel Kant. This means that the theory holds the importance of duty and motives of an act in higher prestige than the consequences of said act. Kant argued‚ what came with is religiosity‚ that we‚ humans are rational‚ moral beings. This meant that we understand intrinsically
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systems debated today are utilitarianism and deontology. These two traditions parallel the sayings “the ends justify the means” or “the means justify the ends”. Inspired by Jeremy Bentham’s philosophies‚ John Stuart Mill applied his ideals to his many pamphlets and short works regarding Utilitarianism. This philosophy considers that the best thing to do ethically for a society is to maximize its happiness‚ interests‚ preference‚ or well-being. In effect‚ utilitarianism focuses on outcomes or the
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My Strengths 4/10/13 My strengths include communication‚ input‚ competition‚ learner‚ and woo. I believe that these traits identify my personality and style. I have had jobs in different industries‚ held positions at various levels in companies‚ managed employees‚ and have owned my own business. My strengths have served me well throughout my lifetime both professionally and personally. The strength I gravitate towards the most would be communication. Although I am still working on being confident
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listens to Abraham and says he won’t and Abraham manages to convince God himself to change his mind. Now I feel like this story is very much related to the topic we are discussing here in this story we can see that god and Abraham are not using utilitarianism to go about their decisions they are using Kent method
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Two criticisms of utilitarianism influence Mill towards rule-utilitarianism. The first criticism involves objectors viewing this philosophy as encouraging society to do what is expedient for the moment (22). The second objection proposes “that there is not time‚ previous to action‚ for calculating and weighing the effects of any line of conduct on the general happiness” (23). Mill argues both of these objections by taking rule-utilitarianism into consideration. Rule- utilitarianism states that a rule
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