Utilitarianism: Bentham – Hedonic Calculus Bentham was a hedonist – he believed that pleasure is good in itself‚ and other things are good in so far as they bring about pleasure and the absence of pain. “Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters‚ pain and pleasure.” You could work out which action to perform by calculating which option brought about the greatest amount of pleasure: Duration – how long does the pleasure last? Remoteness – how distant is the pleasure?
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Assignment Paper 2 1. What do Act Utilitarianism believes? How do their beliefs differ from those of Rule Utilitarianism? According to Aggabao (2013)‚ act utilitarianism (AU) capture that people must implement that deed that well bring about the greatest benefit for all people who concerned. Act utilitarianism believes that each situation is different from other situations. On other word each situation is unique and non-repeatable. So each individual has to try to avoid about the greatest number
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Utilitarianism Definitions of Justice like “giving individuals what they deserve” or “equal distribution of resources” cause tension with utilitarianism concept because it states that what people ‘deserve’ is not essential as maximizing the overall well-being. The concept of utilitarianism is to maximize happiness or minimize suffering and none of these concepts bears a direct relationship with the concept of justice. So‚ a decrease in suffering or increase in happiness will not correlate with an
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7.4 Torts at work : • If an error occurred in a pharmacy the pharmacist on charge is the one who is responsible for the error‚ even if the error is one of the pharmacy tech faults (Chaze‚ 2014). • According to the NCPA (2016) if any wrongful activity occur in any pharmacy that may lead to hurt the patients‚ may be counted negligence. The NCPA explained that lawsuit against pharmacist illegal activity can only be applied if the case include these elements‚ which are: the pharmacist had a duty of
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Chapter 26 in your assigned course textbook. In a one-to-two page paper‚ explain why you would or would not accept the proposal to add a retail pharmacy to a hospital. List at least three improvements that could be made to the proposal to make it more effective. I would accept the proposal to add a retail pharmacy to the hospital. A retail pharmacy would offer the convenience of shopping for customers such as filling your prescription the same day as your hospital or physician appointment‚ fill
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The moral theory of utilitarianism consists of welfarism‚ a theory of the good‚ and consequentialism‚ a theory of the right. Utilitarianism dictates that a moral action is one whose results bring about the greatest amount of welfare for all relevant parties. Though‚ at first glance‚ utilitarianism may be appealing (Who can disagree with the claim that promoting the welfare of all members of society is the right thing to do?)‚ upon further reflection‚ it is clear that utilitarianism has a few shortcomings—namely
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Reflection paper midpoint My internship experience has proved to be valuable and has provided me with new knowledge. Attending as a pharmacist intern student is rewarding. I am able to observe the pharmacist and technicians‚ and can interact with patients. I was able to see the working relationship between the pharmacist and the technicians. I got a glimpse about what a pharmacist can do in the community for patients. As an internship student‚ I thought I could only do fill drugs. However
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Act Utilitarianism is the treatment of each type of moral situation as a unique situation‚ therefore bring the maximum amount of happiness to everyone that is affected by the act. The agent in these types of situations must determine what is the right things that should be done for this exact situation in present time. The agent must not be bogged down by past experiences‚ as that will affect the judgment of what to do in this particular situation. While this type of utilitarianism is good in a variety
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The Role of Institutional Pharmacy Technicians An institutional pharmacy technician must be aware of policies and procedures and state and federal laws. They have to be accustomed with dosing‚ compounding‚ IV administration and other drug related procedures (Johnston‚ M. (with Frank‚ C.‚ & Luke‚ R.)‚ 2006). Pharmacy technicians are there to provide support to the pharmacist in preparing prescriptions‚ taking care of customer service‚ any administrative duties required by the pharmacist
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Introduction In this paper‚ I will develop a pharmacy process map and cover the following: SIPOC model‚ root causes‚ identify tools to be used and provide a solution to the pharmacy’s on-going problem. Process Map Here are the key problems that a pharmacy may have could be transcribing what the physician wrote on the prescription. Next anther problem could be when the insurance company only pays for a generic version or they do not pay at all. Another problem could be the medication is filled
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