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    Week 2 Assignment 2 ACC Intermediate Accounting I E4-16 Bluebonnet Bakers Statement of Cash Flows For the Year Ended December 31‚ 2011 ($ in thousands) Cash Flows from Operating Activities Collections from customers $380 Interest on note receivable 6 Purchase of inventory (160) Interest on note payable (5) Salaries to employees (90) Net cash flows from operating activities $131 Cash Flows from Investing Activities Principal on note receivable 50 Sale of investments 30 Purchase of equipment

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    and a meaningful exercise in self-expression. Others contend that we should vote in pursuit of a democratic ideal‚ and still others argue that we should vote out of respect for those who have defended our rights. As a consequentialist theory‚ utilitarianism is utterly unconcerned with these principle-oriented arguments. Utilitarians are concerned only with maximizing total social utility‚ or the overall well-being of society. Thus‚ utilitarians would assert

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    above case‚ we are going to face a dilemma between risking our life to save our colleague or to abandon them in order to save ourselves. This essay will argue that we should abandon our injured colleague and save ourselves base on the concept of utilitarianism‚ which is always choose whatever action or social policy would have the best consequence for everyone concerned‚ self-interest in Mohism and also the uncertainty about consequences in Kantianism. This will be asserted by explaining two main reasons

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    Utilitarianism assumes that it would be morally correct for me to employ the water boarding technique on this possibly innocent man if it meant obtaining possible anti-terrorist information that could possibly save thousands of innocent Americans. The ‘greatest good for the greatest number’‚ so they say‚ but is torture really the best way to obtain the best consequence? I will use my take on the Just War model and J.J.C Smarts’ suggestion to focus on all consequences of a situation to argue against

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    Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory that aims to maximize total societal utility. Consequently‚ in determining whether or not there is a moral duty to vote‚ utilitarians would factor in everyone interests — this includes those ineligible to vote‚ noncitizens‚ and future people — to arrive at the total utility calculation. Two types of utilitarians exist. 1) Act utilitarians‚ who act to maximize total social utility‚ and 2) Rule utilitarians‚ who advocate acting according to rules that

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    The characters in The Great Gatsby are round‚ especially Jordan Baker. Jordan Baker‚ a major influence on the novel was not only well described and complex‚ but also unwavering when it came to what she liked the most: golf‚ she would go to sleep early so that she could properly rest the night before the tournament. “’Ten O’clock‚’ she remarked apparently finding the time on the ceiling. ‘Time for this good girl to go to bed’. ‘Jordan is going to play in the tournament to-morrow‚’ explained Daisy

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    categories of ethics in terms of the thought behind the decision are deontology and utilitarianism. Utilitarianism relies on the basis that we judge morality based on the consequences or results of these choices (Bowen‚ 2009‚ p. 4). Moral and ethical choices have good consequences and create happiness‚ whereas unethical or bad choices cause pain or suffering and cannot be justified or normalized. People who follow the utilitarianism approach want the greatest good for the greatest number of people. These methods

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    pertains to the safety of his family as well as the well being of the entire country. While the movie is plenty interesting in its own right‚ the dilemma the man faces becomes much more interesting‚ and debatable‚ when you look at it in terms of utilitarianism and its different branches. In short‚ the film delves into the life of a former corporate scientist for one of the biggest tobacco companies in the United States. Obviously‚ as a corporate scientist‚ the man knows the ins and outs of the tobacco

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    the autonomous moral theories of the late modern period. The rejection of belief in God led ultimately to new views of human nature The Postmodern World‚ at the start of 20th century‚ moral philosophy was in crisis. Utilitarianism and Kantianism were on uncertain ground. Utilitarianism claims that we have reason to act for the greatest happiness for the greatest number‚ and we are driven toward our own individual happiness. Kantianism

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    Utilitarian Utilitarian must rely on each individual and feeling‚ each of which individuals are considered to have the same weight‚ and happiness and pain can conversion‚ pain is only negative happiness". Contrary to the general doctrine of ethics‚ Utilitarianism does not consider the motives and means of a person’s actions‚ considering only the consequences of an act’s effect on the maximum happiness. It is good that is the greatest increase in happiness; vice versa. Even if these children do not go to

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