the self determination of individuals c. provide a relief from prolonged suffering d. make a dignified death possible 2. In his article on VA euthanasia‚ Brock examines two broad lines of arguments against euthanasia: a. deontological b. utilitarian 3. People are generally opposed to killing because they have learned or been taught to think about it in negative terms. Killing is usually reported in the context of murder‚ not in the context of humanitarian service. 4. Allowing someone
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Republic Book II: -Know the three classes of goods that Glaucon distinguishes at the beginning of the book; these are stated at the beginning of Book II; see p. 65. -Socrates says that justice is the highest or best kind of good. It is the sort of good that is desirable for its own sake‚ and for the sake of the consequences it brings. (Acting justly is both valuable to us in itself apart from its consequences‚ but it also is good insofar as being just brings about good consequences). -Glaucon
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reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white‚ or women created for men." -Alice Walker Ethics of Vegetarianism In many societies‚ ethical issues regarding the consumption of meat have arisen. These ethical objections are commonly divided into two categories: opposition to the act of killing in general‚ and opposition to certain agricultural practices surrounding the production of meat. Reasons for objecting to the practice of killing animals for consumption
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Study Guide for Final Exam The final will be cumulative‚ although much of the test will focus somewhat more heavily on the material covered since the last midterm. There will be some questions that have been taken directly from the two earlier midterms. You’ll almost certainly recognize these questions; if you’ve reviewed the earlier exams with me in class (or in person) & know the answers to most or all of the questions‚ you’ll breeze through them. Read each question carefully‚ though‚ as
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one‚ Putting a price tag on life‚ takes Jeremy Bentham’s theory of Utilitarianism and applies it to cost-benefit analysis. Part two is titled “How to Measure Pleasure”. In this section he introduces JS Mill‚ a utilitarian philosopher who attempts to defend utilitarianism against the objections raised by critics of the doctrine. Episode 1:The Moral Side to Murder In episode one‚ Sandel presents a hypothetical case of a trolley car whose brake system is not working. You are the driver and see
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September 5‚ 1999 The Singer Solution to World Poverty By PETER SINGER Illustrations by ROSS MacDONALD The Australian philosopher Peter Singer‚ who later this month begins teaching at Princeton University‚ is perhaps the world’s most controversial ethicist. Many readers of his book "Animal Liberation" were moved to embrace vegetarianism‚ while others recoiled at Singer’s attempt to place humans and animals on an even moral plane. Similarly‚ his argument that severely disabled infants
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to satisfy one’s moral obligations. Deontology can be looked at as a generally flexible moral theory that allows for self-interpretation but like all others theories studied thus far‚ there are arguments one can make against its reasoning. One objection to deontological moral theory is that the theory yields only absolutes and cannot always justify its standpoints. Actions are either classified as right or wrong with no allowance for a gray area. Furthermore‚ the strict guidelines tend to conflict
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of production and distribution is in private hands‚ operating under what is termed a profit or market system. (Shaw et al. 2013‚ p.118) As compared to other forms of economic systems‚ capitalism benefits the society in various ways (and based on utilitarian argument‚ this will be morally preferred because the balance of good over bad is the greatest). Few would deny that capitalism is the most productive and efficient economic system‚ especially after the collapse of Soviet Communism. But some
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forms the essence of social progress. It’s through the aid of exceptional minority minds that push and perpetuate intellectual and social boundaries that critical discourse and negotiations of higher diverse truths serve against the constricting objections of customs which stagnate progress such as the web‚ in today’s society. Mill’s On Liberty serves
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This paper will evaluate the two analysis views of a utilitarian: act (extreme) and rule (restricted). First of all‚ an act (extreme) utilitarian concentrates on the effects of individual actions; therefore‚ act utilitarian believes that actions should result in the best overall result possible and produce the most usefulness. Usefulness is defined by
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