Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that states that the best action is the one that maximizes utility. Jeremy Bentham‚ the founder of utilitarianism‚ described utility as "the sum of all pleasure that results from an action‚ minus the suffering of anyone involved in the action." (Encyclopedia Britannica) Followers of utilitarianism have disagreed on a number of points‚ such as whether actions should be chosen based on their results (act utilitarianism) or whether followers should conform to rules
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standard of morality and justice. But what truly determines whether an action is moral or immoral? As I analyze the works of Jeremy Bentham‚ in his "Principle of Utility‚" Alongside John Stuart Mill‚ on "Utilitarianism‚" we will better understand what the foundations of morality are in accordance to their writings. Furthermore‚ through their standards of utility I will analyze the situation proposed as to whether cheating on your income taxes can be justified as morally right or wrong in the eyes of
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Retributivism and Utilitarianism. Retributivism is a theory of criminal justice that advocates punishment to be the best response and consequence in retribution for what criminals have inflicted. It is also the first theory answering the reason why we established punishment institutions. Since in retributivism‚ it is justified to punish people when and only when they deserve to be punished‚ which is can be summed up as “an eye for an eye‚ a tooth for a tooth” from the
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be enjoyed by employees who have served the company for 20 years. As VP-HR (Vice President-Human Resources)‚ you have to effect the decision. If you fire the “deadwoods” without a just cause and due process‚ then you violate the basic employee right to a security of tenure‚ which is both illegal and unethical. If you do not fire them (out of your Christian conviction‚ soft heart of whatever)‚ then you might be risking your own job for insubordination. Reflection: The case presented above
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Test Question The two major theories we encounter in ethics are utilitarianism and deontological ethics. These two forms of ethics differ greatly. Utilitarianism is the ideal moral principle. This form of ethics believes that a certain action or choice is based upon one’s feelings. If an individual’s experiences happiness from something that have done in their life it is associated with being something good. In general utilitarianism exhibits many strengths which includes serving of the greater good
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Utilitarianism is the ethical viewpoint that every decision should be based on trying to create the most amount of “good” for the most people. The “good” in this case is the utility – the positive consequence we should strive for. Utility is the foundation of utilitarianism‚ as the name suggests‚ and it keeps the welfare of people as its highest consideration. Jeremy Bentham‚ an English philosopher‚ proposed his own idea of how utilitarianism should work. He determined that utility could be measured
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Kantianism and Utiliarianism. So far‚ it seems to be the best moral theory we have talked about because it seems to take parts from both Kantianism and Utilitarianism; neither of which seemed like the “correct” moral theory. Virtue ethics is more concerned with the aim of humans. On the other hand‚ Kantianism dealt with intent‚ and Utilitarianism was about maximizing happiness for the greatest number. Virtue ethics seems to be more practical than theoretical like the previous moral theories we talked
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Caring‚ central to nursing practice as it promotes patient health outcome spiritually‚ physically‚ and emotionally. Society sees nursing as a caring profession and it is also a reason why many of us chose this career path. Caring is one of the main reason why I decided to pursue nursing as my profession. Earlier this year in my intro to nursing class‚ I presented on the Watson’s Caring theory for our class project. It was also where I discovered that Kaiser Permanente whom shares the same belief
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Caring is thought to coincide with good nursing practice. As guided by the concept analysis framework of Walker and Avant (1983)‚ an attempt is made to gain better understanding of the constituent properties of caring. This includes the evaluation of various definitions of caring‚ key attributes‚ antecedents‚ consequences‚ and the perception of caring from the patients and nurses point of view. Then‚ drawing a conclusion of the significance of caring‚ thereof. The Oxford Dictionary defines caring
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Description of Theory In today’s nursing profession‚ nursing care is aimed at caring for the needs of a machine rather than considering the needs of the patient attached to the machine. According to Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Care‚ “Nursing is concerned with promoting health‚ preventing illness‚ caring for the sick‚ and restoring health (Nursing Theory‚ 2016).” Watson believes that caring is the essence of nursing practice‚ and promotes health changes. The profession of nursing requires that
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