TO WHAT EXTENT IS UTILITARIANISM COMPATIBLE WITH CHRISTIANITY The main idea of utilitarianism (U) is to create ‘the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people’. This is similar to Christianity and the golden rule ‘love your neighbour as yourself’. With situation ethics‚ in a dilemma you should always do the most loving and compassionate thing. However in contrast to the utilitarian idea that you should try and greatest happiness for the most people‚ Christian ethics would look at everyone
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To what extent was the League of Nations a success? In 1914 war broke out in Europe. The war ended in 1918 and Germany solely blamed. The end of the war was signed with the treaty of Versailles. From the war was born the League of Nations; who helped nations resolve disputes peacefully without going to war. When the League was formed‚ the defeated nations were not invited to join. The League originally had forty-two members. All forty-two members made up the assembly‚ who met once a year. As incidents
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To what extent is Ethical Language meaningful? We often hear of people being told how they should behave and they should live their lives; sometimes through advice and sometimes via the governments of countries. However‚ we can never truly know what ‘good’ and ‘bad’ is‚ there is nothing that confirms or denies what each of these mean‚ there is only your opinion. Looking at the meaningfulness and usefulness of ethical language is known as Meta ethics. It also sets out to understand terms used in
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Most Significant Factor in Helping Create the Weimar Republic’ Do You Agree? The role that Hindenburg played was the most significant factor in helping create the Weimar Republic; however there were also other contributing factors which assisted the creation of the Weimar Republic. Firstly‚ the role that Hindenburg played was the most significant factor in helping create the Weimar Republic. This is because after the sudden announcement that World War one was
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PERIOD 1‚ US HISTORY ACC. Question: To what extent was the Reconstruction a failure? Reconstruction was the period directly after the end of the Civil War (1865-1877). This era was a necessary time for the United States to restore the divided nation. The eleven rebel states that had been defeated leaving the government unsure weather to punish or pardon them. In Reconstruction era‚ the three goals emerged from the federal government: rebuild the South‚ provide and protect freedman’s
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What is CSR? To what extent is there a business case for CSR? In the late 1960s and early 1970s‚ the phrase ‘Corporate social responsibility’ (CSR) came into public view. This essay will describe that what CSR is and how much profits will be taken in business for CSR. Nowadays‚ companies not only sell their products but also give back to the society such as being active in the charity drive‚ solving environment problems‚ spending money to making infrastructure and helping other people achieve
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To What Extent Can The Years 1924-1929 Be Described as a Period of Recovery and Stability in Germany? By mid-1923 the German economy was in ruins and the Weimar Republic was close to collapse. However a number of changes in economic policy led to economic recovery from 1924 onwards. Much of the credit for the transformation must go to Gustav Stresemann. Stresemann‚ who was a more skilful politician than Ebert became chancellor in August 1923. Although he was only Chancellor for a few months he
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Slavery made its way to the colonies during the 1600s due to a lot of major factors. Before there were any slaves‚ there were indentured servants. The indentured servants mostly came from Great Britain. Looking for new space‚ life‚ and opportunity. The catch was the fact that these people had no money to pay their way into the New found land. So‚ that turned into people looking for a way to get over here. So people thought and talked about working off a debt‚ if someone were to pay their way over
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anti-corn law league‚ wanted repeal of the Corn Law‚ the 10 hour work movement wanted to reduce factory hours and the free trade movement wanted currency reformer. This was key in failure as they never raised any support at one time so the government did not worry as small uprisings were easy to deal with. This is the case in source three as Asa Briggs states a proper appreciation of regional and local diversity is needed‚ which is fundamental in the understanding that it agrees and blames regional
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To what extent were the consequences of WWI the causes for WWII At the end of World War One‚ Europe was left in a devastating state‚ four major empires disappeared and the economy was profoundly damaged. The first global war had taken place and fear of a second one was strongly felt across the continent. In order to bring political order to European politics and to prevent such a catastrophe from ever happening again‚ the Paris Peace Settlement took place. The outcomes were the signing of the
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