Arguments on Utilitarianism Which is more valuable: a game of push-pin or the study of Latin? Which has greater worth: the life of a single young girl or the lives of an entire community? These are the sorts of questions raised when dealing with the matter of utilitarianism. According to Jeremy Bentham‚ the father of the theory‚ the ultimate moral goal of human beings should be to increase pleasure and to decrease pain. To maximize the amount of time spent in content‚ and minimize the times of
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Introduction Much like the idea of utilitarianism‚ my view on morality and ethics has to do with happiness‚ but not my personal happiness nor the happiness of others. My idea of morality is doing what makes God happy. I am a Christian‚ and my “moral compass” comes right from the Bible. Right and wrong are not subjective‚ they are not grey areas‚ and they are not up for debate. What God says is right is right‚ and what God says is wrong is wrong. This is why I absolutely detest the idea of Cultural
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suppressions of the twentieth century. The difference between the two has always been perceived as which side of the World War II they fought on‚ meaning Stalin was viewed as the ‘good guy’ and Hitler as the ‘bad guy’. Hitler in history is written as the evil dictator‚ planning to take over the world and the suppression and murder of over 6 million Jews‚ where Stalin does not have this title due to his support for the allies in WWII. Where the debate between these two men starts is when knowing that Stalin
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representation can be clearly seen throughout the media‚ in our day by day social interactions and even within our own families. Interestingly enough‚ race is constructed in different ways depending on the country‚ but yet there are striking similarities between them. Brazil has a very complex and fluid constructed race. As one of the largest multiracial countries in the West‚ thanks to the African Slave Trade introduced by the Portuguese colonists‚ its color-based color racial classification is
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ethical philosophy and build a foundational knowledge and understanding of how such thinking has evolved and progressed in humans over time‚ one must look to possibly one of the most influential approaches to ethics in history: Utilitarianism (Driver). In order to understand what Utilitarianism is and how this system of thought developed and can be applied in society‚ one must look back to the writings of thinkers who began to discover a clearer definition of the concept in the early nineteenth century
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emphasized the importance of wisdom and willingness to realize they must grow as a person. The development of the plot between the characters signified this. Even though characters such as Danny‚ Reuven‚ and Reb had conflicting personalities‚ they were still able to find a way to interact with each other and advance a subplot. This newfound “Wisdom” created a friendship between Danny and Reuven. It took time for Reuven’s father‚ Reb‚ to accept this‚ however his maturity along with knowledge allowed
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star‚ the Sun‚ eight planets‚ and an asteroid belt; the eight planets‚ Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth‚ Mars‚ Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ and Neptune‚ in order from the Sun. Uranus and Neptune are the furthest from the Sun‚ which gives these two planets many similarities‚ but also many differences too. Being two separate entities in space the
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with a group of teenage girls‚ led by Abigail Williams‚ accusing every person who spoke out against them. This play was written during the time of McCarthyism and it‚ along with George Clooney’s 2005 film Good Night and Good Luck‚ explore the similarities between the actual events and their fictional counterparts. At first glance Senator McCarthy and Abigail Williams‚ the antagonists during McCarthyism and throughout The Crucible respectfully‚ seem very different‚ however‚ their actions and mannerisms
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There are some similarities between Hobson and Lenin works on capitalist imperialism. Lenin started by focusing on the massive industrial concentration that had happened in all industrialized capitalist countries in the late 19th and early 20th century. Subsequently‚ he presented the statistics and descriptive data and accounts of the emerging of monopolies‚ oligopolies‚ cartels‚ and trusts in the capitalist countries (Hunt & Lautzenheiser‚ 2011). Similar to Hobson‚ Lenin highlights the importance
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decades rap artists from Tupac to Kanye have continually commented on political figures in their music and when talking to the press. While many politicians and parents have critiqued rappers persona and lifestyle‚ there are uncanny parallels and similarities between rappers and politicians. Both of these roles or
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