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    Lethal Sex: Conditions of Disclosure in Counseling Sexually Active Clients with HIV Elliot D. Cohen‚ Ph.D. The present HIV pandemic presents challenges for mental health practitioners who‚ in the course of therapy‚ sometimes become privy to confidential information about potentially lethal sexual relationships ongoing between the client and one or more uninformed partner(s). In this lecture I will discuss the current professional/legal status of making disclosure in such cases‚ and

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    after a goddess of selfless love and is believed to be a prerequisite to heaven‚ as well free of sin. It is explained that rituals are being lost from all this pollution because the water is no longer safe to use. The river is a victim of the utilitarian perspective due to it being used as a source to carry away wastes instead of sins. Haaberman first begins with a quick history lesson on Hindu religion‚ he familiarizes us with the many different names and powers of these gods or goddesses that

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    Would you advance your career by omitting the truth of the data? In 2016‚ James Robert Lang pleaded guilty in the conspiracy to defraud the United States emissions tests in thousands Volkswagen’s diesel vehicles [1]. Lang received enormous pressure to produce a vehicle that would pass America’s strict emission test. Under the pressure‚ Liang and co-conspirators developed a defeat device that would meet the Clear Air Act standards by implementing a “software to recognize whether a vehicle was undergoing

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    and description of utilitarian theory. 2) Reviews the article “Interest s‚ Universal‚ and Particular: Bentham’s Utilitarian Theory of Value.” 3) Reflects on recent events in the news chronicling human rights violation in public and nonprofit organizations trough the selection of 3 specific examples of human rights violations in a public or nonprofit organization 4) Consideration of how the resolution of these violations could be ranked according to utilitarian theory Ethics and

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    Ethics In Movies Assignment For this group assignment (4 members per group)‚ you are required to pick and watch any one (1) of movies from the list given: 1. Minority Report 2. Return to Paradise 3. Man of Steel 4. Runaway Jury 5. Extreme Measures 6. The Island 7. Match Point 8. The Insider Assignment Objective Upon watching the movie your group has chosen‚ this is what your groups are required to do: You must answer four questions based on the movie. The questions are listed according to the

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    person and everyone else satisfied and safe for the most part. Although it is morally wrong to lie‚ according to the utilitarian approach in this situation‚ it is morally acceptable to lie because of the benefits over harms for majority of people. This approach goes hand in hand with the trolley problem. While taking someone’s life is morally wrong‚ in this situation through the utilitarian approach‚ it is morally acceptable because saving five lives by sacrificing one provides the greatest volume of

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    people use to object drug use‚ is utilitarianism. In utilitarianism‚ the main goal is to maximize the welfare of the composite‚ meaning the balance of benefits and harms should be equal‚ and the harms should never outweigh the benefits. If a utilitarian were to speak about drugs‚ they might argue that drugs should not be legal or used‚ because the harms outweigh the benefits (Sencerz‚ 2011). Their argument might be considered valid‚ but it cannot be concluded that it is sound. The premise for

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    Consequentialism By Jeremy Ciolli University of the People For this paper I choose the topic of consequentialism. Consequentialism is the subject of this study that I felt I most related to and was true for me. In this paper I will explain what it is‚ why I relate to it‚ and why I feel it is incomplete. Consequentialism is the subject in morality of weighing the consequences of your actions by the outcomes it will effect. You tally up the consequences and if they are more right or

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    Utilitarianism in the Theory of Punishment – Utilitarian ideology states that it is our duty to whatever will increase the amount of happiness in the world. Applying this ideology to the Theory of Punishment may seem counterintuitive. Taken at face value‚ Utilitarianism is incompatible with punishment‚ because by definition punishment makes people unhappy‚ therefore‚ is immoral under the strict tenants of Utilitarianism. However‚ Utilitarians‚ do see the need for punishment. Punishment restores a

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    should strive for that perfection at all times. The deontological theory states that people “have a moral obligation to follow certain principles.” I liken this to the Ten Commandments‚ rules or principles that we all are expected to follow. “The utilitarian theories‚ as supported by John Stuart Mill‚ call for generating the greatest aggregate good for the greatest number of people. One major benefit of such theories is that they take consequences into account. They seek specifically to promote the

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