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    University of Nebraska at Lincoln Professor Sobel Philosophy 106 The Utilitarian Approach What is morally right‚ and what is morally wrong? Different ethical theorists have a wide variety of definitions to this question. Although it wasn’t until the ethical revolution during the 18th and 19th centuries that utilitarianism took center stage defying all other theories. David Hume‚ Jeremy Bentham‚ and John Stuart set this revolution into progress stating that utilitarianism explains that morality

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    Humans become Human? A Utilitarian Approach to Abortion The topic of abortion is possibly one of the more controversial topics in the bioethical world today. The major disputes regarding abortion occur over when‚ if at all‚ a foetus is considered a human being. Conversely‚ there is equal dispute over when exactly one could consider a foetus non-human‚ and whether or not that affects the morality of abortion as a whole. If we approach the topic of abortion through a utilitarian lens‚ the solution may

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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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    political influence declared by the nobility and projected that all humans were liberated to act in whatever way they choose. Human beings act as free agents to make contracts with other humans to fulfill their civic and social duties. The utilitarian approach asserts that humans are principally driven by the idea to maximize their pleasure and diminish pain. The basic principle of the classist school of thought claims that human beings are free in their will to take up criminal activities on the

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    against the Utilitarian Approach (276)‚ however‚ most of the people I discussed it with defaulted to that very

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    topic - the psychoanalytic approach vs. the humanistic approach. One supports and provides reasoning for mental disorders and specific behavior‚ while the other states that behavior is based off of personal decisions. Although both the psychoanalytic and the humanistic approaches are well developed theories it is conclusive that the psychoanalytic approach is more useful and instrumental in treating mental disorders. Both approaches defined: The psychoanalytic approach‚ proposed by Sigmund Freud

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    (Davies & Bhugra‚ 2004). The biological approach and psychoanalytic approach are both deterministic. They both claim that innate componants are responsible for our behaviour. The biological approach claims Behaviour is caused by specific brain structures or that genetic makeup. For example if you have a gene for for a specific behaviour‚ you will exhibit that type of behaviour. Valentine(1992‚ cited in Davey & Sterling‚ 2008). The psychoanalytic approach deterministic as it claims the unconscious

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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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    RUNNING HEAD: ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER Systems Approach vs. Medical Approach w/ ADHD Gregory C Hyde University of Phoenix Dr. Stephen Sharp In studying the aspects of psychology different considerations and approaches that should be viewed as clinical applications for the treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in children and adolescents. Within the scope of practice circumstantial causations

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    for health. The opposite Social justice is collective responsibility for health. So market justice approach is mainly individual rather than collective‚ responsibility for health. Social justice approach is basically views the equitable distribution of health as a social responsibility. This is the difference between the to but I would agree with the market approach. I agree with the market approach for individual responsibility for health is because sometimes people intend to overuse something that

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