COMPARE UTILITARIAN AND DEONTOLOGICAL THEORIES Utilitarianism is the idea that the moral worth of an action is determined by its usefulness. In maximizing utility and minimizing negative utility‚ in short it can be defined as pleasure minus pain. Deontology means duty or obligation. This theory was founded by a German philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). According to Kant‚ it is the only way of making moral decisions. Another definition for deontology is that it is an approach to the justification
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another‚ producing acontraction that changes both the length and the shape of the cell. Muscles function to produce force and motion. They are primarily responsible for maintaining and changing posture‚ locomotion‚ as well as movement of internal organs‚ such as the contraction of theheart and the movement of food through the digestive system via peristalsis. Muscle tissues are derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells in a process known as myogenesis. There are three types of muscle
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Flu Memorandum To: Representative Henry Waxman House Committee on Government Reform From: Senior Policy Analyst Date: 9/18/2012 Re: Influenza Shortage Distribution Recommendations This memo outlines ways to address the recurring shortages of the influenza vaccine that occurred in the United States between 2000 and 2004. There were two important contributing factors to these vaccine shortages. First‚ there has been a significant reduction over the past few decades in the number of
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Memorandum I am writing this memorandum to document to the hospital and my colleagues the process in which I have taken to pick a heart transplant. The decision must be made in a timely manner. However‚ it needs to be made in proficient ethic manner as well. I have 3 patients awaiting a heart transplant and will need to schedule surgery immediately after the decision is made. The three patients are Jerry a male at age 55‚ Lisa a female at age 12‚ and Ozzy a male at age 38. Jerry is a mid-level
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UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN (UTAR) FACULTY OF ACCOUNTANCY AND MANAGEMENT (FAM) Unit Plan | |Unit Code & |UKML2013 Company Law | | |Unit Title: | | | |Course of Study: |Bachelor of Accounting
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mean that they will die. He says that kidney transplants tend to be more of a life-enhancing surgery‚ as opposed to a life-extending surgery. On the argument that to give a kidney to someone who will die soon anyway is a waste of a perfectly good organ; Appel says this objection is invalid. A small percentage of death row inmates are ever actually executed‚ seventy-five percent of death sentences are appealed and overturned and that one in fifteen death row inmates is acquitted. Because of these
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INTERNAL MEMORANDUM TO: Norfolk Southern FROM: Date: October 15‚ 1996 Re: Regarding our Hostile Bid for Conrail Rail Corporation Today‚ CSX Corporation(CSX) and Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) announced an $8.3 billion merger‚ the first and third largest railroads in the Eastern United States. This merger would create the second largest rail system in the United States in the United states‚ and the largest rail system east of the Mississippi river by far. This merger has huge implication
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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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Tax File Memorandum To: Peaceful Pastures Funeral Home From: Whomever Date: 2/17/2013 Re: Peaceful Pastures Tax Payer Engagement Confidential I SPOKE WITH PEACEFUL TAX PAYER ABOUT THE AUDIT NOTICE THE IRS HAD SENT. IT CONTENDS THAT THE AMOUNT PREPAID UNDER PEACEFUL’S PROGRAM CONSTITUTES PREPAID INCOME THAT MUST BE INCLUDED IN PEACEFUL’S INCOME (AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO TAX) IN THE YEAR IN WHICH IT IS RECEIVED. THE TAX PAYER WANTED TO KNOW IF THE IRS FINDINGS
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This assignment will provide an overview of the main justifications for punishment and essentially discuss the moral and political arguments for and against punishment. A constant theme that will run throughout will be the Utilitarian philosophy of punishment. Utilitarianism is forward-looking and therefore seeks to prevent the reoccurrence of crime. This is generally achieved through Deterrence‚ Rehabilitation and Incapacitation with all too some extent playing a vital role in the criminal justice
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