Austin Carlson 4/16/16 PHL 212 Ethics Final Paper I’m doing my final paper on John Stuart Mill’s utilitarianism theory. The source I’m using is Mill‚ John Stuart Ethics: History‚ Theory‚ and Contemporary issues‚ edited by Steven M. Cahn and Peter Markie 362-396. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 2012. Thesis: I will show how the greatest happiness principle (GHP) should have greater nuance so it won’t remove happiness from others in order to create more happiness. I’m taking two quotes out
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quote by Harry Truman is similar to Thomas Hobbes’ beliefs. Hobbes believed that if we want to live in a society peacefully and harmoniously we need to surrender some of our rights and have a single leader. However‚ his theory was contrary to John Stuart Mill’s beliefs‚ that each and every single person of society should be their own leader. In regards to Hobbes‚ he believed in the natural right of self-preservation. He believed that human beings are greedy and have unlimited desires; they overuse
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The Controversy of Obedience A classic experiment on the natural obedience of individuals was designed and tested by a Yale psychologist‚ Stanley Milgram. The test forced participants to either go against their morals or violate authority. For the experiment‚ two people would come into the lab after being told they were testing memory loss‚ though only one of them was actually being tested. The unaware individual‚ called the “teacher” would sit in a separate room‚ administering memory related
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The speech of Stuart Scotts was an emotional speech who won an award for being an example public figure who never gave up and beat cancer. As he was on the stage he has represented a fighter against cancer and a father. His speech was so moving because he spoke how he fought cancer‚ the struggles he had to face and who there to support him. As he was giving his speech there were some humor jokes. The way he uses many rhetorical questions to make the audience think and engaging them. However‚ he uses
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Criterion of right and wrong Pleasures and pain contribute in determining the classification of one’s actions. In Mill’s Utilitarianism‚ he examines what determines an action to be considered right or wrong‚ his own version of the hedonistic utilitarianism argument. He claims that these qualities‚ including the quantity‚ are an important factor in determining‚ when included in the consequences‚ the criteria of an action. The consequences are significant in determining the results of one’s actions
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John Stuart Mill begins his argument for utilitarianism by convincing us that‚ without a measure for determining moral value‚ we cannot accurately hold ourselves responsible as our own moral agents. In response to this concern‚ he outlines a moral code based on the principle of utility. As a promoter of the highest presence of pleasure and lowest presence of pain‚ Mill continues on to argue that the ultimate end is happiness‚ with all other actions and intentions having value only so far as being
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ISLAM Islam (Arabic: الإسلام) is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion articulated by the Qur’an‚ a book considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God (Arabic: الله Allāh‚ and by the teachings and normative example (called the Sunnah and composed of hadith) of Muhammad‚ considered by them to be the last prophet of God. An adherent of Islam is called a Muslim. Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable and that the purpose of existence is to worship God. Muslims also believe that
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Stanley Park Program Evaluation Courtnie Brown RES 562 Deborah Gonzales October 27‚ 2014 The city of Kelsey has experienced notable growth within the last few years that has subsequently resulted in the need to expand the public facilities. Among other additions‚ the proposed Stanley Park Project will include the addition of eight multipurpose athletic fields‚ enclosed dog parks‚ four tennis courts‚ and an aquatic facility (Apollo Group‚ 2012). Before such an undertaking can be completed‚
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John Stuart Mill once said‚ “The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius‚ mental vigor‚ and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.” John Stuart Mill is one of the most prominent English-speaking philosophers during the 19th century. His works incorporated a huge range of topics in his articles and papers he has written‚ in which a few of them include A System of Logic‚ On Liberty‚ and
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The essay titled “The Subjection of Women” is co-authored by John Stuart Mill and his wife Harriet Taylor Mill in 1869. The main argument in the essay is advocating for equality between the male and female genders. During the publication of this essay‚ it was regarded as an affront to the traditional European traditional values and norms that dictated the status of both men and women in the society (Mill 30). In the first chapter‚ Mill starts by enumerating the challenges he faced in pursuing
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