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    Introduction The concept of abortion‚ regarding its morality and legality‚ has been one of the most controversial topics worldwide. In particular‚ this paper will use the Utilitarian perspective to explore the moral dilemma related to genetic/disability-selective abortion and to explain why I believe that this type of abortion is morally permissible. The Issue and the Ethical/Moral Dilemma By definition‚ a moral dilemma is a situation involving two or more competing moral principles‚ which each

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    United States Military Veterans University of Central Florida PAD 3003 7/20/2014 Abstract In the United States‚ homelessness among veterans is a massive epidemic that the government is currently battling. Returning from military service to no home‚ is a situation no one should bare. The VA has vowed to end veteran homelessness by the year 2015. To combat this issue‚ the government instated the Open Doors program in 2009. As of 2013 there were roughly 57‚486 veterans without a home. Since

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    1 Introduction Utilitarianism is a major position in normative ethics stemming from the late 18th and 19th century philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Contrary to the deontological approach to ethics that perceives morality as a duty or a moral rule that has to be followed‚ utilitarianism is a form of teleological ethics focussing on the consequences of actions meaning that the moral value of an action is solely determined by its outcome. Thus an action is considered right if it tends

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    The difference bewtween deontological and teleogical theories is that teleogical theories are the outcome of your actions and deontological is the actions that you perform. Teleological theories are what the consequence or outcome of what your actions do and Kant thinks that this is wrong and that we should act deontologically and act out of duty‚ not out of compassion. He believes that we should do something‚ because we have to‚ not out of compassion or if we think its morally wrong or right‚

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     obligation." To understand the Deontological and Teleological separations it is necessary to understand what ethics is. Obviously as it is a philosophical study‚ there are varying degrees and definitions that can be based simply on ones individual perception of these types. Deontological ethics is the study of moral obligation; obviously‚ morals are based on many separate views‚ as a result‚ it is important to understand the varying perceptions. In the study of deontological ethics‚ it is the right or

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    about the Utilitarian Theory which believes that it is ethically satisfactory to keep raising animals for food on the off chance that we enhance their living conditions‚ however it is not ethically worthy to kill them .On the other hand‚ there are the Deontological Theories

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    also explain how our emotions play a role in our decisions to make consequentialist moral judgements and deontological moral judgements. Next‚ I will discuss how our emotions influence our decisions. Greene believe that we should not trust our deontological moral judgements.  I agree with Greene and I will give examples and reasoning behind why I also do not think we should make deontological moral judgements. Consequentialism says we should only focus on the consequences of our actions. According

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    before it begins. The United States government has been in an endless debate as to whether a law should be created making abortion illegal. The US Supreme Court has ruled on multiple cases defending women’s rights to choose to have an abortion. Deontological Ethics says that the only thing good in itself is a good will‚ this idea allows women who choose to have an abortion if it’s for the one’s moral duty and not her inclinations. Roe v. Wade was a groundbreaking decision by the Supreme Court on the

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    population of animals that depend on the forests for food and shelter. Despite the fact that clearing of tropical forests increases land for farming so as to meet food demand for the growing population‚ the arguments of deontological ethical theory would disagree. According to deontological ethical theory‚ human beings are morally obligated to act according to certain set principles and rules regardless of the outcome of the

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    A deontological ethical system is one that is concerned solely with the inherent nature of the act being judged. If an act is inherently good‚ then even if it results in bad consequences‚ it is still considered a good act. Teleological systems judge the consequences of an act. An act might look bad‚ but if it results in good consequences‚ then it can be defined as good under a teleological system. Ethical formalism is a deontological system because the important determinant for judging whether

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