summary‚ is utilitarianism as presented by Mill (sometimes called classical utilitarianism). It is the ethical philosophy that bases right and wrong on the production of happiness. It is also an ethical philosophy that stresses the greatest happiness of the greatest number as seen from an impartial bystander’s perspective. Before we discuss how Mozi’s philosophy can be applied to utilitarian morality‚ a distinction within utilitarianism must be made. Act Utilitarianism vs. Rule Utilitarianism Generally
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Utilitarianism and Genetic Engineering In the past thirty years‚ humans are witnessing a huge revolution in the genetic engineering industry. Having identified most of the Human Genome‚ gene sequencing has become programmed and extremely fast‚ and laboratory techniques in molecular biology allow for in-vitro fertilization and transfer of genetic material. Gene therapy and repair based on stem cells research allows for replacement of a defected allele in the DNA‚ and even a whole damaged tissue in
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Consequentialists are a group of philosophers who asses whether an act is right or wrong based on the consequences of the action. There are different types of consequentialism including: ethical egoism‚ act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism. These three branches of consequentialism will be discussed later in this paper. A supererogatory act is something that is good but is not obligatory; these acts involve rendering aid to others that go above moral requirement. Consequentialists claim that
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happiness” (Mill‚ pg.7). This shows utilitarian’s hope to create an excelling society by including the satisfaction for the largest amount of people with no intention of punishing others. The true morals are based off qualitative and quantitative happiness. Qualitative happiness is shown by the intensity of the pleasures‚ or who needs it more than others. Quantitative is simply the most amount of people that are in need of the pleasure. With these measurements of pleasure and pain‚ utilitarianism can create
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Hindi films are banned in Manipur since September‚ 2000‚ by separatist militant group Revolutionary Peoples Front which claims that Bollywood goes against Manipuri values. Priyanka Chopra is happy with all the critical praise coming her way for her performance as MC Mary Kom in the boxer’s biopic but the actress says it is “disheartening” that people from Manipur cannot see the movie. Kom too had expressed her sadness over her hometown missing its date with the big screen version of her life-story
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Rod mills are very similar to ball mills‚ except they use long rods for grinding media. The rods grind the ore by tumbling within the the mill‚ similar to the grinding balls in a ball mill. To prevent the conditions leading to rod charge tangling‚ the length to diameter ratio is maintained at 1.4 to 1.6. Rod mills accept feed up to about 50 mm (2 in.) and produce a product in the size range of 3000 to 270 mm (–4 to –35 mesh). Grinding action is by line contact between the rods extending the length
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Mill Ball Influences Output of Ball Mill Mill ball‚ as main materials for ball mill processing‚ is very important for improving output of ball mill. The quality of steel ball‚ the reasonable ratio and different mining conditions will all affect the output of ball mill. Grinding ballmanufacturers must know about these factors which affect the output of ball mill for the sake of customers. The use of steel ball is the core condition of ball mill processing. The more knowledge of casting ball proportion
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strive to maximize his own utility. “I regard utility as the ultimate appeal… on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being.” (Mill. On Liberty. Trans. Rapaport. 10). He believes man is naturally geared towards good. He believes man will always act towards his own advantage. He believes‚ if allowed to‚ man will only move in one direction; forward. Mill believes that human development and therefore the overall progression of society is best fostered in an atmosphere of complete freedom.
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Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory‚ which means that it judges the morality of an action based on the consequences that follow from it rather than on external moral duties. Philosophers who adhere to utilitarianism regard the maximisation of utility as the key determent for understanding whether an action is right or not . In this essay I will argue that the amount of utility produces by an action is not an ideal way of determining its morality. This will be done by firstly clarifying the
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Investors of asset backed securities (ABSs) are subject to interest rate risk. When interest rates rise‚ the prices of ABS fall‚ and vice versa. The risk of rising interest rate will affect yields because it may influence the pace of prepayments of the underlying loans. This is normally in the case of mortgages consumer asset backed securities. The underlying borrowers of asset backed securities may fail to make interest and principal payments when due and unable to meet other obligation such as
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