deontological vs. utilitarian ethics Kant believed that morality is dependent upon reason‚ that to act rationally was the same as acting morally. He placed a high value upon duty in determining the moral worth of an action. Kant’s deontological ethics is essentially an ethics of duty or obligation. As such‚ he claims that the moral worth of an action depends solely on whether or not it was done exclusively from a sense of duty. If an act is done simply because one is so inclined‚ the act has no
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Final Project Part 2 Utilitarian Ethics: act and rule Definition of Act Utilitarian The goal of an act utilitarian is to maximize a person’s overall happiness in the universe. With an act utilitarian the goal will be to “Maximize pleasure and minimize pain” (Waller‚ 2005‚ p.49). An act utilitarian says that people could do that and they would not only make everyone happier but they would also be doing what is morally right. An act utilitarian doesn’t have conflicts over any action being
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COMPUTERS USE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED Braille system is used to support access to information and reading comprehension which is easy to grasp through by a visually impaired‚ nowadays technology paved its way to the learning process of students with this kind of disability. Computers revolutionizes the learning system for the visually impaired. It can respond and talk to student through sophisticated programs that are designed exactly for the needs of student who cannot see. This results in
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EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILD Sometimes babies are not born healthy or normal. Some parents will have a baby who has a birth defect‚ who is developmentally delayed or a baby who is born with special needs. Before your baby is born‚ you may or may not know that your baby will have special needs. When parents learn that their child has a disability‚ they begin a journey that takes them into a life that is often filled with strong emotions and difficult choices‚ and they
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The underlying principle of utilitarian theory is it seeks to punish offenders to discourage or deter future unlawful activity. However‚ the retributive theory seeks to punish offenders because they deserve to be punished (Net Industries‚ 2014). The utilitarian theory recognizes that punishment has penalties for both the offender and society. It holds that the total good created by the punishment should go beyond the entirety of evil; meaning punishment should not be unlimited. For example‚ releasing
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CRITICAL THINKING PAPER #5 Abstract This paper expresses the viewpoint of a Utilitarian and how they would look at abortion. This paper illustrates there should be a right to choose what you should be able to do in regards to abortion and uses the term “reproductive freedom”. Contained within are statistics on social and economic benefits of abortion and the Utilitarian viewpoint for abortion is explained. Abortion is an essential part of living in the modern world. Today‚
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place and we were produced only to be consumed?”. To continue this discussion‚ we must take it to a philosophical level... so let’s get started‚ shall we? On the one hand‚ there would be no point in this reading without talking 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
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Programme I. Invocation-------------------------------------------Raja Barber (SSG President) II. Opening Remarks-----------------------------Sir Victor Gardoce (SSG Adviser) III. Message------------------------------------Mam Marietta Maines (Principal IV) **Intermission Number----------------------------SPA Innovation Combo IV. Homeroom Officers 1st Year--------------------------------------Sir Edgardo Villarba(English Dep’t Head) 2nd Year---------------------------------------Sir
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Therefore school sports should be removed to raise students grades‚ lower costs‚ and help districts improve test scores. For decades schools have had sports been around but most of those sports are the cause of most failing grades.This is proven when the author states that the science class was deteriorating due to ill funds towards the classroom and more funds the sports instead.Another example of this is that the grades of the students that participate in these schools sports drop and are expensive
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PRODUCE ADEQUATELY PHYSICALLY FIT AIRMEN? 1. This position paper will address why the current physical fitness program should be revamped. The first point addressed are the reasons why the current program needs to change. Second‚ why the program should not be changed because airmen are adequately fit. Lastly‚ why other forces are revamping their fitness programs and why the Air Force should follow suit. 2. The USAF’s current physical fitness program does not produce physically fit airmen for a
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