(Redirected from Utilitarian) Jump to: navigation‚ search This article discusses utilitarian ethical theory. For a discussion of John Stuart Mill’s essay Utilitarianism (1861)‚ see Utilitarianism (book). The Utilitarianism series‚ part of the Politics series Utilitarian Thinkers[show] Jeremy Bentham John Stuart Mill Henry Sidgwick Peter Singer Forms[show] preference utilitarianism rule utilitarianism act utilitarianism Two-level utilitarianism Total utilitarianism Average
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Political Economies (continued): Fascism and the Welfare State Fascism: A fascist regime is “government according to the insights and views of a strong leader or ruler who is trusted to steer the country in the right direction both economically and culturally.” There is no specific theory such a ruler needs to follow‚ so under fascism one can find capitalist‚ socialist‚ welfare statist and other regimes‚ just as the ruler believes is best. Contemporary political economies are mixtures of fascism
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alternate medical experts on top of the four she has already produced. A High Court judge overruled Mrs. Roberts’s objections and ruled Neon should undergo surgery and radiotherapy for the tumour against his mothers wishes. I believe the judge thought he was focusing on the best interest of the child balancing the best treatment for the child against the downsides of that treatment (utilitarian approach) which surgeons suggested would be death within three months without the treatment. After reviewing
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Table of Contents I. Introduction……………………………………………….. 3 II. Theories of Ethics…………………………………………. 4 1. Kantian View……………………………………... 4 2. Utilitarianism……………………………….……. 6 III. Objections…………………………………………………. 6 1. Altruism…………………………………………... 6 2. Exploitation and Coercion……………………….. 7 3. Slippery Slopes…………………………………… 8 IV. Solution……………………………………………………. 9 V. Kidney Market in Pakistan………………………………… 9 VI. Conclusion………………………………………………… 13 2 Selling Kidneys: Right or Wrong? I. Introduction
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“The Singer Solution to World Poverty” Singer begins his essay by describing two scenarios. The first scenario is about Dora. She was told she could make $1‚000 if she brought a homeless boy to an address. With the money she made she bought herself a television. Later on she was told the boy would be killed and his organs sold. Dora knows that what will happen to the boy is wrong and goes to get the boy back. The next scenario is about Bob. Bob is going to retire soon and invested the majority of
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Utilitarianism: “Actions are right in the proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.” John Stuart Mill utilitarianism‚ 1863 Utilitarians founder Jeremy Bentham has a famous formulation that is know as the “greatest-happiness principle”. The definition of this is “the ethical principle that an action is right in so far as it promotes the greatest happiness of the greatest number of those affected”. Central Beliefs: There are seven
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stability‚ integrity‚ and beauty of the biotic community and it’s wrong if it tends otherwise - the ethic we should adopt being part of land community; the reason why someone might adopt the ethic (self-enlightenment – do it b/c it’s better for you; utilitarian justification; instrumental value) - eco-fascism? Fri.‚ Nov. 23 DEEP ECOLOGY (contrast to shadow ecology) (wholeist) - taking ecology and understanding our role on earth - self-in-self: achieved thru self-reflection (identification‚ empathy;
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Paper #1 In A Critique of Utilitarianism‚ Bernard Williams argues that when following a Utilitarian approach for moral dilemmas‚ Utilitarianism might have us sacrifice or modify our moral integrity. Williams explains this argument with a hypothetical execution situation with protagonist Jim. Jim‚ who is a botanical expeditionary‚ accidentally wanders in the central square of a small South American town. There‚ he finds twenty Indians tied up in a row‚ with several armed soldiers standing in front
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legal rights of gun owners to own‚ carry‚ or use firearms‚ with the intent of reducing gun crimes such as murder‚ armed robbery‚ aggravated rape‚ and the like. So defined‚ gun control understandably brings favorable responses from some‚ and angry objections from others. The gun control debate is generally publicized because of the efforts of the Pro-Gun Lobby or the Anti-Gun Lobby.The best known of the Pro-Gun Lobby is the NRA‚ headed by Charlton Heston and Wayne LaPierre. The Anti-Gun Lobby includes
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“For the man whom I seek to use for my own purposes by such a promise cannot possibly agree with my way of behaving to him‚ and so cannot himself share the end of the action (42).” The other person’s humanity is being used as a means for ends. The objection to this is there is a lack of respect for a fellow individual’s rationality and humanity. Regardless of how the money is spent‚ the agency of another has been violated. For utilitarianism‚ lying is only wrong if it creates net unhappiness. It allows
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