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    Deontology focuses on the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves whereas utilitarian focuses on rightness or wrongness of the consequences of those actions. Utilitarianism is the idea that the action’s moral value is based on its degree of maximizing pleasure and happiness as a consequence of the action. Hence‚ greater happiness the more beneficial or morally right it is based on this theory. It is a form of consequentialism compared to deontology which only takes into account of the moral

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    There are many different ethical theories that we have learned about throughout the semester. The three theories I have decided to use with this situation are Emotivism‚ Act-Utilitarianism‚ and Ethical Egoism. With each ethical theory‚ I will state why I chose the theory that addresses the situation and what it would tell Sarah to do. The first theory that address the situation is Emotivism. “Emotivism is the view that moral utterances are neither true nor false but are expressions of emotions

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    non-consequentialist. Consequentialist is considered utilitarianism and the non-consequentialist as deontology that differs in their views. Consequentialism is all about the ‘actions of consequences‚’ which are based on justification. The people that favored affirmative action for consequences‚ for them it works until it produces the greatest happiness for the largest number of individuals. ‘Utilitarianism and Egoism’ are both forms of consequentialist. Utilitarianism is defined as the ‘principle of utility or

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    1. What are the key differences between utilitarianism‚ deontology‚ natural law ethics‚ and virtue theory? Utilitarianism Theory is the moral theory that argues that an action is right if and only if it conforms to the principle of utility. The desire for pleasure and happiness is universal. People seek to maximize their pleasure and minimize their pain. Thus‚ a morally correct action is one which results in the greatest possible pleasure within a given set of circumstances. The text highlights

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    her parent’s grief in addition to their reluctance to allow organ donation‚ would she still wish to donate or would her concern for her family incline her to allow her parents’ wishes to be honored instead? It may be easy to assume that classic utilitarianism supports the action of harvesting Nicole’s organs against her parents’ wishes since providing the gift of life to multiple candidates results in the greatest happiness for the most people (Vaughn‚ 2013).

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    “Tyrant‚” should the patient be treated? Deontology clashes with utilitarianism when the patient is being diagnosed for his mysterious illness. For this situation in “Tyrant” a deontologist would say the ethical action would be to treat the patient and not based your decision on what the patient has done or plans to do. It would not be ethical to refuse him treatment or treat him wrong on purpose. Flip the roles to a utilitarianism‚ and they would say the ethical action would be the action that benefits

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    most amount of people that are in need of the pleasure. With these measurements of pleasure and pain‚ utilitarianism can create the maximum amount of happiness. For utilitarians‚ the utility of happiness is the ultimate purpose to human life. The most important thing for everyone is to incorporate happiness and maximize it whenever necessary and for the most people in all of society. Utilitarianism is not an egoist theory. They do not intend on creating contentment for an individual‚ but rather the

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    The concept of Utilitarianism is one of the most influential moral theory. It has another name is The Greatest Happiness Principle. The main idea is you can determine the action is morally right or wrong depends on outcome. If the outcome brings pleasure and happiness to the people‚ it is the morally right choice. On the other hand‚ if the result of your action bring more pain and unhappiness‚ it is morally wrong choice. This ideal is based on assumption that overall good as a judge of right or

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    Explain the main strengths of Mill’s Utilitarianism. (25) Mill argues that the pleasures of the mind should take precedence over physical pleasure and that once basic human requirements are fulfilled the primary moral concerns should be for higher order goods. Mill rejected Bentham’s Hedonic calculus because he believed that other values were needed to be taken into consideration when measuring people’s happiness like freedom and emotions. Seeing as Mill succeeded Bentham as a famous utilitarian

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    I believe Kant would agree with this because a person who offers their seat for an elderly person has good intentions and is doing something good for someone else and isn’t using them for a personal need. The theory of utilitarianism here applies when that person gives up their seat. It is for the greater good to all people. He or she is passing on the good act of offering a seat to an elderly person which in turn my result in more acts of the same kindness. It is for the

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