Affirmative Action "Affirmative action was originally designed to help minorities‚ but women-especially white women-have made the greatest gains as a result of these programs"(Gross‚ 1996). Affirmative action is a growing argument among our society. It is multifaceted and very often defined vaguely. Many people define affirmative action as the ability to strive for equality and inclusiveness. Others might see it as a quote-based system for different minority groups. I agree and support
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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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many dilemmas to evaluate. While analyzing it with my peers‚ it was common to find a consensus on one aspect‚ only to have it raise questions on another. On the other hand‚ Bernard Williams uses “Jim and the Indians” as an argument against the Utilitarian Approach (276)‚ however‚ most of the people I discussed it with defaulted to that very
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“Strong-preference affirmative action violates the principle of equal opportunities and is therefore unjust.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain why. Your answer should focus on equality of opportunity. ______________________________________________________________________ Introduction Twenty years since the abolishment of the Apartheid regime‚ government has introduced and implemented various rectificatory legislative and other measures in an attempt to eliminate the past injustices
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features of Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is the belief that the rightness of an action‚ rule or principle is to be judged by its presumed consequences. Whilst Kant developed his view that human beings were rational animals who can develop a moral society based on reason. Kant based his moral philosophy on what he regards as a priori knowledge. Utilitarian’s in coming to a conclusion about the rightness of an action‚ rule or principle‚ are forced to answer two fundamental moral questions. Utilitarian’s
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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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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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Andrew vs John Lincoln vs Douglas debate “Is Civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified?” Format: Affirmative Constructive – 6 min Negative cross-examination of affirmative – 3min Negative constructive – 7min Affirmative cross-examination of negative – 3min Affirmative rebuttal – 4min Negative rebuttal – 6min Affirmative rebuttal – 3min Affirmative constructive: I affirm the resolution that civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified To clarify this debate‚ I will define
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both the affirmative and negative side. This disputation focused on three pieces written by Plato. The first‚ which was only used by the affirmative side‚ was The Republic‚
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1. Affirmative Action destroys the idea of meritocracy and students should be chosen based on their intelligence instead of their race or gender. “At the University of Wisconsin‚ the median composite SAT score for blacks who were admitted was 150 points lower than for whites and Asians and the Latino median SAT score was 100 points lower”. This quote shows how Affirmative Action destroys the idea of meritocracy and applicants are mainly chosen on someone’s race not intelligence. (http://brandongaille
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