that there are certain standards that apply‚ or should apply‚ on a global level. The theory of ethical relativism more or less seems like a means of avoiding responsibility and an outlet for placing profits over principles. For instance‚ slavery‚ torture‚ arbitrary detention‚ and restrictions of speech‚ association and assembly are violations of human rights across the globe. Unocal was fully aware that they would face violations of human rights and made the decision to proceed anyway. They rationalized
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consequences. I would use this too‚ because police officers have a duty to the community/ state they are on the police force with. I believe my views have changed. I did not realize that somethings such as the war on drugs‚ three strikes law‚ use of torture in the war on terror‚ supermax prisons‚ and college education for inmates. I really learned so much about representing the poster and listening to the others presentations. I really enjoyed those a lot. I did not realize so many dilemmas were hurting
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people around the world who suffer from the diseases listed‚ such as AIDs‚ many different types of cancers‚ and several other diseases. The majority of people would benefit from this exchange and just a small percent would be harmed. So from the Utilitarian perspective of wanting to maximize the amount of people who would benefit‚ the right choice would be allowing the Alien society to take those 10‚000 people and perform these possibly lethal experiments. Although Rule Utilitarianism also wants to
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Philosophical Ethics: Part A 1. Name and briefly describe the four main aspects of the AU decision-making process. i. Scope → Includes all those affected by the act‚ either directly or indirectly ii. Duration → Considers the length of time of each effect iii. Intensity → Considers the force or strength of each resulting experience iv. Probability → Considers how likely each effect might be‚ given that we don’t know ahead of time which of the many possible effects will actually occur.
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do something (such as leave one’s country) that one does not want to do. Again‚ many people value knowledge of other galaxies regardless of whether this knowledge will create pleasure or avoid pain. 3. Opponents often charge that classical utilitarians cannot explain our obligations to keep promises and not to lie when no pain is caused or pleasure is lost. 4. Punishment of a criminal causes pain‚ a consequentialist can hold that a world with both the crime and the punishment is better than
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right if it serves to increase the amount of happiness in the word or to decrease the amount of misery. Conversely‚ an action or social policy is morally wrong if it serves to decrease happiness or to increase misery.” (RSL/Rachels‚ EL 247) The utilitarian argument is used to justify and condemn many policies‚ however‚ I believe that the argument is especially fitting when it comes to the matter of active euthanasia. Mercy‚ an action that serves to decrease the overall misery in the world‚ is an unquestionable
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standpoint the utilitarian approach (which is easy to have an objective view from one ’s desk and not directly involved)‚ the Unocal really did a good job. Although‚ hundreds of people were used as forced labor and also forced to move to accommodate the pipeline project; it did provide more jobs for local people and made a huge improvement for Asian countries’ economic growth. Considering the above mentioned‚ benefits and cost‚ Unocal got the positive consequence in the utilitarian approach. In my
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Is Terrorism Justified ? Is terrorism ever justifiable ? The answer is no‚ terrorism is never justifiable. I will argue that terrorism is not justifiable because it does not contribute to a goal of a more peaceful society. Terrorism contributes to conflict‚ no matter what reason is used to legitimize it. But in order to argue that terrorism is unjustifiable I must first decide on a definition of terrorism. This definition encompasses all the acts that we would determine as terrorism. This
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models in biological and medical research to study human disease‚ injury‚ development‚ psychology‚ and anatomy and physiology (AAVS‚ 2010). Animals undergo tremendous cruelty in these studies. Animals should not have to tolerate unnecessary pain and torture that they can avoid. Even though it has always been known that the animals are what scientists and researchers use to test new products that we use‚ they should find a better alternative to test products. First of all animals and humans are very different
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Ethical Issues in The 2002 Steven Spielberg Movie Minority Report Technology is progressing every day. We have come so far in the past ten years. Imagine life in 2054‚ and what life will be like. That is what Philip K. Dick did in 1956 when he wrote the short story Minority Report‚ which was later produced as a movie. In the movie Minority Report‚ a team of officers led by John Anderson (Tom Cruise)‚ work together in the precime division. They collect information given by precogs to find
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