He justifies his murders of a pawnbroker and her sister‚ Alyona and Lizaveta Ivanovna‚ by claiming that he is exempt from the law. Raskolnikov also originally uses utilitarianism as justification by stating that he contributes to the greater good of others by removing a harmful “louse” from society. However‚ following the murders‚ Raskolnikov suffers from immense guilt and torment. Through an exploration of Raskolnikov’s
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Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory that aims to maximize total societal utility. Consequently‚ in determining whether or not there is a moral duty to vote‚ utilitarians would factor in everyone interests — this includes those ineligible to vote‚ noncitizens‚ and future people — to arrive at the total utility calculation. Two types of utilitarians exist. 1) Act utilitarians‚ who act to maximize total social utility‚ and 2) Rule utilitarians‚ who advocate acting according to rules that
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With the high development of technology‚ including smart phones‚ tablets‚ cloud computing‚ computers‚ etc.‚ human beings nowadays benefit a lot from them without a doubt. Technology not only makes our lives more convenient but changes the ways that people used to interact with others and live their lives. Nonetheless‚ there are several potential risks and dangers when people only work and socialize with the internet or computer screens. Mankind may become more and more indifferent toward others.
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Writing an opinion essay should be a piece of cake for most students‚ as people in general love airing their opinion. In this case the only difficult part is to pen down those opinions and present them to the readers in a coherent way. For those who do not like to share their views and thoughts this is also a good chance to speak out. Therefore writing an opinion essay should be the easiest assignment that a student can write on. The first step in writing the essay would be to look up for a good
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PHIL310 – Ethics Essay #2 – Theme: Core Ethical Theories The two ‘core’ ethical theories covered in class that I started to assess are the categorical imperative and utilitarianism‚ both of which offer an approach to decision making in the context of social and interpersonal relationships. In this with in depth understanding of both that Kantian ethics is much easily appreciated than the ethics of utilitarianism as Kantian ethics apply to everyone yet both ethical approaches lead to faults.
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Individualism is "the opposite of collectivism; together they form on of the dimensions of national cultures. Individualism stands for a society in which the ties between individuals are loose: everyone is expected to look after himself or herself and his or her immediate family only." *10 Collectivism "stands for a society in which people from birth onwards are integrated into strong cohesive ingroups‚ which throughout people’s lifetime continue to protect them in exchange for unquestioning
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The Best and The Worst Since the birth of the first humanbeing‚ humanity always invented new things to feed their needs. Some inventions were really filling a blank and made people take one more step further to new questions and needs but some inventions seemed so innocent and useful till humanity become captives of them and forgot about living. In the first ages of human life‚ people were collecting; fruits and seeds to feed themselves‚ rocks to create places tol ive‚ leaves to cover their
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“Family should never turn against family” Families assist in your development over the lifespan. No matter what the situation is‚ your family is always there to support you through your journey. Though‚ just because they stick by your side‚ does not mean it is in a positive manner. It may mean they are just doing their job‚ following the rest of society to create an image of the perfect family‚ which may never exist. Though in order to maintain a healthy family‚ you must respect their beliefs and
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There were two very smart men back in the day‚ both trying to figure out how to run our country‚ The United States of America. Their names of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Both of these two men were brilliant and had strong feelings about their beliefs of how to manage our country. Both Jefferson and Hamilton had me hooked very strongly and Jefferson did get me on his side for a little‚ but overall Hamilton is the one I believe had better viewpoints as to how to run our government. Some
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categories of ethics in terms of the thought behind the decision are deontology and utilitarianism. Utilitarianism relies on the basis that we judge morality based on the consequences or results of these choices (Bowen‚ 2009‚ p. 4). Moral and ethical choices have good consequences and create happiness‚ whereas unethical or bad choices cause pain or suffering and cannot be justified or normalized. People who follow the utilitarianism approach want the greatest good for the greatest number of people. These methods
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