(Macleod‚ 2016). The intense scale of study that J.S. Mill endured inevitably impacted his mental health‚ and aged twenty he faced a “mental crisis” (Macleod‚ 2016). This crisis “left him concerned to develop what he saw as a more complex‚ liberal‚ utilitarian philosophy.” (Philip & Rosen‚ 2015‚ p. i). J.S Mill was a firm believer in representative democracy‚ and believed that everyone should be entitled to an education. Alongside this‚ he believed all adults should be allowed the right to vote‚ including
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1. Defining the Concept ‘Equality’ is a contested concept: “People who praise it or disparage it disagree about what they are praising or disparaging” (Dworkin 2000‚ p. 2). Our first task is therefore to provide a clear definition of equality in the face of widespread misconceptions about its meaning as a political idea. The terms “equality” (Gr. isotes‚ Lat. aequitas‚ aequalitas‚ Fr. égalité‚ Ger. Gleichheit)‚ “equal‚” and “equally” signify a qualitative relationship. ‘Equality’ (or ‘equal’)
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everyone’s opinion. 3. Focus on the arguments and not the people giving them: (a) Even if you are pro-life‚ you may agree that a certain argument against abortion is not sound. (b) May agree with those on the other side about what the most compelling objections to an argument may be. 2 C. Helping the poor: the Issue 1. Some statistics about
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utilitarianism. A utilitarian would argue that Raskolnikov has not reached an acceptable solution because he has not accurately solved the problem. On the other hand‚ a non-utilitarian would reject even the notion of deliberating about the act of murder in such a mathematical manner. He might contend that Raskolnikov’s reasoning‚ and the entire theory of utilitarianism‚ cannot be used to judge morality because it rejects individual rights and contains no moral absolutes. A utilitarian bases his belief
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with deontological moral judgements being ‘driven by automatic emotional processes’ in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPC)‚ an area specific to moral judgements (Greene & Haidt‚ 2002) and social emotion (Damasio‚ Tranel & Damasio‚ 1990)‚ and utilitarian moral judgements being ‘driven by controlled cognitive processes’‚ in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DPC). In line with this‚ it has been shown that emotions are important in raising an individual’s awareness of moral dilemmas and help to make
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maturing. We cannot forget that they are only children and it is not too late for them to modify their behaviors for the better. With proper discipline‚ there is an excellent chance that this can be achieved. After all‚ regarding punishment‚ utilitarians would consider actions as good if and only if a punishment were fair and were for the better good. Some‚ such as a universal ethical egois‚ believes that sentencing a juvenile to an adult prison is not
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types of Utilitarianism; "act" and "rule". An act utilitarian uses thought processes associated with utilitarianism to make all decisions. This requires a lot of thought and careful calculation. For example‚ an act utilitarian deciding from a list of possible day trips would sit down and calculate out the utility of each possible decision before coming to a conclusion as to which one was preferable. Contrary to an act utilitarian‚ a rule utilitarian uses the principles of utility to create a set
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CASE STUDY: SUICIDE SUICIDE Suicide is defined as “the act of killing oneself purposely”. It is an act wherein you put an end to your own life. Suicide is an enigmatic and disconcerting phenomenon. Because of others’ inability to directly occupy the mental world of the suicidal‚ suicide appears to elude easy explanation. This inexplicability is stunningly captured by Jeffrey Eugenides in his novel The Virgin Suicides. In the novel‚ the narrator describes the reactions of several teenaged
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Contractualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). [online] Available at: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/contractualism/ [Accessed: 14 Mar 2012]. John Stuart Mill‚ Utilitarianism‚ Fontana Press 1962. Henry R. West‚ An Introduction to Mill’s Utilitarian Ethics‚ Cambridge 2004.
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the weakness of the utilitarian on animal and human rights is callous‚ the strength and the weakness of that theory is relation to the issue. The strength of the Utilitarian Peter Singer regarding animal rights‚ and utilitarianism are equalized. Although‚
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