The philosophical theory that I choose to do is called “utilitarianism”. In a brief sentence‚ utilitarianism means the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Basically what this means is‚ doing the right thing is based on how many people your action benefits rather than how much it benefits you. According to the Oxford American Dictionary utility means “the state of being useful‚ profitable‚ or beneficial”(oxford dictionary‚2013). The whole theory is all about how much it benefits and
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March 26‚ 2013 Word Count = 1115 In the beginning of Utilitarianism John Stuart Mill states that throughout history very little progress has been made towards developing a set of moral standards to judge what is morally right or wrong. Although a certain disagreement about such foundations can also be found in the most “certain” sciences‚ in those areas truths can still have meaning without understanding the principles underlying them. On the other hand‚ in philosophy‚ where all actions exist
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The Philosophy of Utilitarianism may have a positive outcome‚ but it can be flawed at times as well. The Utilitarian theory states “ The greatest happiness for the greatest number of people”. Some say this approach is flawed due to it lacking reason and consequence‚ I believe this depends on specific circumstances. Abortion is a big issue now a days and I feel that the utilitarian theory would be a reasonable outlook on this particular situation. To apply the Utilitarian theory to abortion‚ first
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ASSIGNMENT ON MICROSOFT WORD What is Microsoft Word? Microsoft Word‚ or Word as it is commonly known‚ is a software application that allows you (the user) to perform word processing. You may use Word to create documents such as letters‚ invitations‚ term papers‚ flyers‚ resumes‚ novels‚ and much more! Microsoft Word is a proprietary word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written
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the world. 2. What are the legal impediments to Microsoft growing its sales in China? What are the political impediments? The legal impediments to Microsoft in China are the laws that are in place to prevent piracy of software but are lightly enforced by the foreign government authorities. This non-action forcing Microsoft to decrease the purchase price of about 200% to stay in competition against the software pirates. Though Microsoft has taken such drastic measures‚ they are still in
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“Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness” –John Stuart Mill. Utilitarianism is based on doing what makes a person happier or provides more pleasure to that person and decreasing the things that makes you unhappy. Happiness and the absence of pain are considered the most desirable things to a person. According to utilitarianism‚ no matter what a person does‚ if it increases that person happiness‚ it is perfectly fine
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|Microsoft Zune | |Proposal | Background The market for portable music players has been an industry that continues to be innovative and in current years has been dominated by Apple products. Apple has been in the portable music industry since 2001 and the world has been forever changed due to their ever-popular iPod
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The struggle to define right and wrong is one centuries old and continues to be relevant day by day. In issues concerning the military and acts of war‚ this struggle takes on new meaning. The ethics of military orders quickly become a problem when studying right and wrong. The problem ethics raise concerning military orders is solved using the theory of utilitarianism‚ and though opposed by ethical relativism‚ in this situation utilitarianism is the answer. The study of morality is called
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Utilitarianism Valeria Ornelas Grand Canyon University: PHI 305 10/30/14 John Stuart Mill’s Moral Theory John Stuart Mill‚ a philosopher and political economist‚ is known today as one of the most influential sponsors for Utilitarianism. His moral theory tends to go along with a “Utilitarian rubric” (Fitzpatrick‚ 2006) and thus holds that the theory is based on how to define right and wrong in terms of happiness. For Mill‚ “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong
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What is a Database? A database is simply a collection of related information. For example‚ if you gathered together all your photographs‚ you would have a database of photographs. If you collected all your photographs that included your dog‚ you would have either a more targeted database or a subset of your larger database. If your database is small (for example‚ your home insurance policies)‚ you can probably manage the information manually. In such instances‚ you might use a traditional management
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