had access to those accounts and pulled out all of the money‚ instead of offer to give families some of their money back. Madoff was worried himself and his family. He was taking money from others so he could have a nice life. Bernard Madoff is a utilitarian because he believed that he could help people gain more money. He promised to his investors that their money would grow and grow. People made 18% back on their money and Madoff only made 10%. Madoff investor made back more of their money than they
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consequences instead of by the means. I’m not saying that the end justifies the means‚ but I think that when it comes to make a decision you have to analyze the effects that this decision can have over yourself and the rest of the people. I also like the utilitarian theory that says that as long as it makes you happy that is the correct moral decision to take. As explained in the book happiness is different from simple pleasure. Pleasure is a satisfaction you can get in certain moment‚ but that in long term
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Retribution is non utilitarian and asserts that punishing offenders will cause them not to return to crime. Deterrence assumes that offenders are rational‚ in that increasing the cost of crime usually through more certain and severe penalties—will cause offenders to choose to
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Assignment: Explain the thesis‚ create an argument against it‚ then conclude with a counter argument to the counter argument. John Rawls‚ using Kantian rationality‚ discusses ways to determine principles of social justice. He begins by making a clear distinction as to what defines the social justice used in his argument – “the way in which the major social institutions distribute fundamental rights and duties and determine the division of advantages from social cooperation”. Rawls then continues
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Quiz‚ explain how different individual ethical perspectives can be reconciled to account for the ethical expectations of most business. Flaming utilitarians believe that the best moral action is one that maximizes utility. Their ethnics focus on what is the most profitable of the business. A moderate utilitarian believes similar to a flaming utilitarian but to a less degree. So they believe in the profitability of the company but also focus the legal actions of the business. A Mugwump is someone
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may have a bearing on the utility aspect to which the petitioner’s utility designs were classified. Moreover‚ according to the petitioner‚ what the Copyright Law protects is the author’s intellectual creation‚ regardless of whether it is one with utilitarian functions or incorporated in a useful article produced on n industrial scale. The petitioner also maintains that the law does not provide that the intended use or use in industry of an article eligible for patent bars or invalidates its registration
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that contribute to making up a culture. The first tradition is the biblical tradition followed by the republican tradition ‚ the utilitarian individualism and expressive individualism. All four of these traditions combine to make up the culture in which everyone in the world lives. My ideal culture would consist of 40% of the republican tradition‚ 30% of utilitarian individualism‚ 25% of expressive individualism‚ and 5% of the biblical tradition. I believe that if each of these traditions is given
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Lonesome Stranger Utilitarianism is the ethical theory that believes one should do what will promote the greatest utility for as many people as possible‚ that utility is often considered to be happiness or pleasure. There are different kinds of utilitarian views; hedonistic‚ preference‚ rule‚ and act to name a few‚ but they all have the same main objective. This theory does indeed seem good at first‚ but it is flawed. The case of the lonesome stranger challenges utilitarianism by bringing up issues
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What is an Affirmative Action Program? It is a law‚ program or activity that changes the conditions for any race with a disadvantage in society. Affirmative action strives for diversity in many sectors of the work world‚ education and society. What is the issue? Discrimination is intentional or unintentional bullying to a person of different race‚ sex‚ religion‚ etc... that causes hurt or harm to the individual. The fact that somebody speaks differently or is a different colour does not come
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Seminar 5 First Draft – Physician Assisted Suicide INTRODUCTION In my term paper I am going to be answering the question is Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS) ethically justified? The debate on Physician-Assisted Suicide has been a topic of debate for many years. Born and raised in Michigan I remember all of the news on Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisting terminally ill patients in their death and the controversy on it. The dilemma is whether or not a physician should be allowed to assist a person in
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