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    Why is world order hard to achieve? World order is best achieved through agreement of all nations which idealistically is reflected in the legal system of treaties. the ICC‚ the United Nations‚ and its peacekeeping forces ultimately aim to achieve this outcome. The devastation resulting from military conflicts in recent years has highlighted the need for the legal system to preserve and maintain world order. Through the UN‚ its legal processes‚ and non-legal responses‚ the legal system’s effectiveness

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    Act and Utilitarianism

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    theme behind all of our actions. This may be an ideal standard for the world to have. However‚ would this be applicable in the world of politics‚ business and jury systems? For example‚ if love was to be the ruling norm of a jury system‚ would it be practical for the jury to not send a rapist to prison for his actions? This would be impractical and would put society in danger with such individuals having freedom. This shows that love can be impractical as it may not take into account justice alongside

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    Utilitarianism Vs Hedonism

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    does a person have to suffer in order to know what true happiness is? Does a person have to lack of physical or spiritual things in order to know what real pleasure is? What is pleasure? What is happiness? For hedonism philosophers‚ the main goal has been to reach a state of form of pleasure‚ while for utilitarianism philosophers the ultimate goal in life is to find happiness. Both‚ which seem reasonable goals to live by each day. But what does hedonism and utilitarianism mean‚ what is happiness‚ would

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    Maggie May‚ written by Rod Stewart‚ is a classic rock song that tells the story of a young man who was convinced to skip town with the girl of his dreams named Maggie. Now that he’s left‚ he realized what he is missing out on back home and he blames her for making him leave but he loves her too much to abandon her. This story is told through the different music conventions that help tell the story‚ not through words‚ but through sound. For example‚ the form of the song is split up into four repeating

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    Act and Rule Utilitarianism There are a lot of differences and similarities between act and rule utilitarianism. Act utilitarian supports the principle of utility must be applied to each individual situation. The rightness or wrongness of an action is determined by its usefulness. This was Bentham’s idea when he established that pleasure and pain was important qualities for determining what was morally right or wrong. With Act Utilitarianism‚ you must decide what action will bring the greatest

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    Utilitarianism and Deontology support the legalization of marijuana‚ it produces a greater good for the economy‚ health‚ and positive effect on people’s happiness. The law of duty would be moral‚ and legalizing marijuana stimulates jobs‚ reduces crime rates‚ helps medically‚ and economically produces money. As a Utilitarian‚ they believe that the best action is the one the maximizes utility‚ and in this argument marijuana is a utility that could benefit for the greater good of human beings. In Deontology

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    General Orders

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    The simple act of performing your duties in a military manner will keep you out of more trouble in your career than just about anything else. Drill these in your head and let them become second nature. I will guard everything within the limits of my post and quit my post only when properly relieved. I will obey my special orders and perform all of my duties in a military manner. I will report violations of my special orders‚ emergencies‚ and anything not covered in my instructions

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    that there are two types of utilitarianism in instances concerning overall justice. Julia Driver mentions this in her book Ethics: The Fundamentals. Driver posits that there is a difference between act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism (Driver 64). Act-utilitarianism deals more with what classical utilitarianism believes. It follows the belief that one should choose the action that has the best outcome for the most amount of people‚ even if it means

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    The two sources of moral guidance are the rivaling theories of Kantianism and Utilitarianism‚ both normative moral theories‚ meaning they deal with how we know what is right or wrong. Kantianism is a deontological theory developed by Immanuel Kant. This means that the theory holds the importance of duty and motives of an act in higher prestige than the consequences of said act. Kant argued‚ what came with is religiosity‚ that we‚ humans are rational‚ moral beings. This meant that we understand intrinsically

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    For Profits: The Unethical Side of Micro-Lending The original principle of micro lending is to provide start-up or expansion business loans to people living in less advantaged or impoverished countries who are unable to apply for traditional loans due to lack of credit history and/or collateral. Micro-financing is a great tool to create venture capital for those who would have no other means to secure it. The primary goal of micro lending‚ as established by Muhammad Yunus‚ the godfather of microcredit

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