Utilitarianism and Kant’s respective have different ways for demonstrating whether an act we do is right or wrong. Corresponding to Kant‚ we should look at our maxims‚ intentions‚ of a particular action. Kantians believe “If we are rational‚ we will each agree to curb our self-interest and cooperate with one another” (Shafer-Landau‚ Russ 194). In other words‚ humans are rational beings capable of rational behavior and should not be used purely for self-interest. On the other hand‚ Utilitarian’s believe
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My original purpose for beginning this education was to achieve a master’s degree. I had no thought process put into the idea except simply achieving the degree. As time progressed into my first semester my competitive nature kicked into gear. I did not just want to achieve a degree and slide by the next two years I wanted to excel. I had found my drive again and I wanted to soak up everything I possibly could about technology. A considerable amount of time and effort needed to be put forth
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Student Reflective Practice Building Deeper Connections to Concepts Kathleen R. Murphy My classroom is quiet except for the light sounds of tapping keys on keyboards. There is an occasional rustle of papers as students pour through their labs searching for data and information. I move slowly through the rows of tables‚ looking over shoulders‚ commenting quietly on work‚ and answering a question here and there. Suddenly a student calls out‚ "Oh‚ I get it‚ Ms. Murphy! I just had an aha moment
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professional growth and improvement in my teaching. Because I regularly think about how I teach‚ I better understand my students’ learning goals‚ preferences‚ and challenges. Through reflective practice‚ I have figured out what works well in the classroom and what needs to be changed to help students learn more. Reflective practice has enabled me to adapt my teaching to evolving student needs and classroom contexts. I have made wise choices about instructional design‚ classroom management‚ and evaluation
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different theorist‚ Jeremy Bentham and Immanuel Kant‚ with regards to their views on moral worth of an action. The idea of good and bad creates heated debates among many‚ but this essay will successfully unravel the layers of Bentham’s theory of Utilitarianism and his belief that all our motives are driven by pleasure and pain. While arguing Kant’s opposing argument that moral worth of an act revolves around democratic attitudes‚ and that moral truths are founded on reasons that is logical to all people
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and a meaningful exercise in self-expression. Others contend that we should vote in pursuit of a democratic ideal‚ and still others argue that we should vote out of respect for those who have defended our rights. As a consequentialist theory‚ utilitarianism is utterly unconcerned with these principle-oriented arguments. Utilitarians are concerned only with maximizing total social utility‚ or the overall well-being of society. Thus‚ utilitarians would assert
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above case‚ we are going to face a dilemma between risking our life to save our colleague or to abandon them in order to save ourselves. This essay will argue that we should abandon our injured colleague and save ourselves base on the concept of utilitarianism‚ which is always choose whatever action or social policy would have the best consequence for everyone concerned‚ self-interest in Mohism and also the uncertainty about consequences in Kantianism. This will be asserted by explaining two main reasons
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Utilitarianism assumes that it would be morally correct for me to employ the water boarding technique on this possibly innocent man if it meant obtaining possible anti-terrorist information that could possibly save thousands of innocent Americans. The ‘greatest good for the greatest number’‚ so they say‚ but is torture really the best way to obtain the best consequence? I will use my take on the Just War model and J.J.C Smarts’ suggestion to focus on all consequences of a situation to argue against
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University of Technology Jodian Allen I.D #: 1305502 Business Etiquette Assessment Reflective Paper Lecturer: Dr. Jennifer Yee-sing Date: September 27‚ 2013 Reflective Paper Shifting my head slowly from left to the right I glanced at my classmates‚ as the lecturer entered the room I was awfully anxious with muddled thoughts flowing through my head. I sat patiently in the room amongst the others‚ looking peculiarly sneaky as fear had already numbed my body to a pulp. However‚ as Dr
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Pensyarah : Mr. Ruban Paul Durai A ‘reflective practitioner’ is a person who applies a ‘reflective practice’ into his her professional field for the sake of the professional development although we cannot deny that the purposes can also be for the sake of getting higher income and obtaining fame. The literature of reflective practice is widely discussed regardless of different professional fields especially in the aspects of the definition of the term ‘reflective practice’ itself‚ the methods or means
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