Question : What is Utilitarianism? Identify and discuss the arguments for and against using Utilitarian principles in the workplace. Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that proclaims that the morally right course of action in any given situation is the one that produces the greatest amount of pleasure over pain for everyone affected (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich &Ferrell 2008).This is evident in business decision making processes done by analysts‚ legislators and managers‚ for instance on deciding
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Laura McCreanor Dear Sir‚ I am writing in reply to the recent publication of an item on the topic of corporal punishment. I do not agree that it is needed to bring discipline back into our schools. It is assumed that a child who has been caned would be less likely to commit another offence ‚ but this was never proved and ‚ in fact ‚ one theory holds that severe corporal punishment increases the likelihood of future offences. There are better ways to discipline students than hitting them. Some
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When Oliver North was asked to explain why he lied to congressional committees about his role in the Iran-Contra affair‚ he replied‚ "Lying does not come easily to me. But we all had to weigh in the balance the difference between lies and lives." Elsewhere in his testimony‚ North was asked about the false chronology of events he fabricated when preparing a summary of the government’s involvement in arms sales to Iran: Questioner: . . . You have indicated that. . . in your own mind . . . it was a
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March 14/11 Tommy Douglas’ “Capital Punishment” focuses on the negatives aspects of the death sentence in Canada. “I am in favour of the motion to abolish capital punishment and I am also supporting the amendment to put it on a five-year trial basis” (Tommy Douglas 558). Being a person who lives abroad in the public with millions of others‚ I must say I disagree with Douglas’ argument as to abolishing the punishment‚ as I feel having capital punishment would indefinitely reduce the murder rate
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Punishment 1 Corporal Punishment HIS 324 Kenneth Howder Ginger Harbin August 9‚ 2010 Punishment 2 Corporal punishment is deliberate infliction of pain as retribution for an offence‚ or the purpose of disciplining or reforming a wrongdoer‚ or to defer attitudes or behavior deemed unacceptable.
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Discuss the distinction between a fundamental and a subordinate moral principle using the utilitarian theory as an example. A fundamental moral principle is a moral principle which is the ultimate basis for evaluating the rightness or wrongness of all acts. It is the ultimate and final reason in itself. It is the intrinsic value of the moral principle itself‚ not that it appeals to other moral principle or justified by other reasons‚ that makes it the fundamental moral principle. The absolutist
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Running head: PUNISHMENT OR REHABILITATION? Punishment or Rehabilitation? Tanisha Denson-Hodge University of Phoenix - Online Survey of Justice and Security CJA 500 Mark McCoy‚ Ed. D Nov 18‚ 2006 Abstract The debate between punishment and rehabilitation for criminal offenders has been an ongoing issue for many years. What is the true focus of our criminal justice system today? Some argue that it is to punish those that choose to disobey the laws of the land and indulge in criminal
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Corporal Punishment: A Non-Effective Way of Discipline Corporal punishment dates back in United States history to colonial times when children were physically punished for misbehaving in school (Corporal Punishment in Schools 1). It is a form of discipline still used in schools today in a number of states throughout the United States. In education‚ corporal punishment is defined as ?the infliction of pain by a teacher or other educational official upon the body of a student as a penalty for doing
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conflict between law and ethics. Public opinion does not coincide with the state opinion. There are 33 countries‚ which use death penalty as capital punishment. According to Amnesty International Report‚ in 2011‚ China‚ Iran‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Iraq‚ and USA topped the list. According to statistics‚ in USA 33 states use death penalty as capital punishment and other 17 does not. (Amnesty International‚ 2011) Death penalty’s primary goal is to make people think twice before doing crime. The Death penalty
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2011) Cesare Beccaria is known as the founder of the classical school of criminology‚ the first organized theory of crime causation linked to appropriate punishments. According to (Seiter‚ 2011) Beccaria suggested that the purpose of punishment is utility or the prevention of crime. According to (Seiter‚ 2011) Jeremy Bentham is the creator of the hedonistic calculus suggesting that punishments outweigh the pleasure criminals get from committing crime. According to (Seiter‚ 2011) another way to remove
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