Consequentialists are a group of philosophers who asses whether an act is right or wrong based on the consequences of the action. There are different types of consequentialism including: ethical egoism‚ act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism. These three branches of consequentialism will be discussed later in this paper. A supererogatory act is something that is good but is not obligatory; these acts involve rendering aid to others that go above moral requirement. Consequentialists claim that
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My goal in life right now is a choice between two very different careers. The careers I have in mind are being a Foreign Service officer or being a software engineer. I know in my career paper I indicated a preference towards becoming a Foreign Service officer‚ particularly one involved in economic affairs‚ as it fits my major better. However‚ I’ve always held an interest in computer and software design and programming and my interests would also be served by becoming a software engineer. My goal
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It takes into account a kind of cost-benefit analysis that incorporates the immense amount of people in society and tries to maximize the Greatest Happiness Principle. This principle “holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness” (Mill‚ pg.7). This shows utilitarian’s hope to create an excelling society by including the satisfaction for the largest amount of people with
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Utilitarianism and Aristotelian Ethics John Stuart Mill and Aristotle are two of the most notable philosophers in history to date. Between Mill’s Utilitarianism and Aristotle’s virtue ethics you can see a large portion our cultures ethics today. Their philosophies are apparent in contemporary everyday life. Aristotle has written several pieces on virtue and friendship. The two most notable works being the Magna Moralia and the Eudemian Ethics. However‚ his Nicomachean Ethics were by far the
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This shows that love can be impractical as it may not take into account justice alongside love. However‚ Joseph Fletcher who devised situation ethics used a working principle which stated ‘Love and Justice are the same‚ for justice is love distributed nothing else. In this case of the rapist being punished‚ there would still be justice. However‚ it would be served with love. Therefore‚ the conclusion may
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INTRODUCTION Valve software is a successful entertainment and software company with over 300 employees. Valve software wanted to create a working environment that empowered their employees and gave them the freedom to be creative. What they have achieved is a very successful company that operates on a ‘flat’ structure where there are no managers or supervisors to report to and all employees are equals. “The company tries to keep its structure flat to remove or reduce barriers between the employees
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Act Utilitarianism vs Rule Utilitarianism Our world is governed by rules‚ either implied or implemented‚ and early on we are taught to live by these rules. Society expects us to act in such a way that will conform to these rules in order to live happy‚ harmonious lives. We do things‚ careful not to break any of the rules that might hurt or cause harm to others. Sometimes though‚ we do things not in accordance with the rules but based on what we feel is the right thing to do. Some people believe
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APPLICATION SOFTWARE- is all the computer software that causes a computer to perform useful tasks (compare with computer viruses) beyond the running of the computer itself. A. Programming Language-is an artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a machine‚ particularly computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs that control the behavior of a machine and/or to express algorithms precisely. Definition of programming language * The description of a programming
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Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that holds‚ that an action is right if it produces‚ or if it tends to produce‚ the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people affected by the action‚ otherwise the action is wrong" (DeGeorge‚ 44). The utilitarian approach assesses each action separately and the effects that arise from it. Act utilitarianism‚ the most common form used in many circumstances‚ looks at the consequences of each individual act and calculate utility each time the act
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Most ethical theories are concerned with what is right or good‚ and they often attempt to find this by applying a rule or several rules that seem to fit with outcomes that we most commonly find are “good”. An ethical based individual moral objective would be to seek the action that has the most affectionate consequence‚ a utilitarianism person would argue for the greatest amount of happiness‚ a Kantianism’s rule would be to follow the categorical imperative‚ and maybe Natural law‚ we do what is in
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