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    Some people believe that travelling with tour agency is beneficial. Others do not believe that. I agree that the best way to travel is a group led by tour guide for two reasons. First‚ it is convenient and comfortable. Second‚ it is cheaper than travelling privately. The following essay will provide examples to support my opinion. One reason that I think travelling with tour guide is a good idea is because it is convenient and comfortable. Tour agency plans for going to the interesting attraction

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    This essay certainly made your stance on the questions asked known. I appreciated the quick reference to utilitarianism and Kantianism when tackling the first question‚ however‚ some further expansion was definitely needed. In the laborer’s example‚ it is important to know that such strict personal accountability would not work in White-Collar jobs. It is standard for White-Collar workers to be indemnified by their company for any problems that may arise while performing within the capacity of their

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    A person who is a utilitarian believes in one principle of utility‚ which is to opt for an action that will bring the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people (Ronsenstand‚ 2013). It is not a decision made with selfish intentions‚ as it does not matter who benefits from the decision‚ as long as it is for the greater good. The utilitarian belief can be a solution to certain moral problems‚ but there are also problems that may arise from it. One of the problems of the utilitarian

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    utilitarianists‚ like Jeremy Bentham and J. S. Mill‚ offered a revolutionary approach to understand the demand-side of the economy. They consider the usefulness of the product as a whole rather than its process of production. In the development of the utilitarianism‚ reformists present a much more realistic‚ practical and comprehensive discussion of the nature of the economy: the necessity of comparative utilities‚ the concern about the distribution and quality of the utility‚ the key social influence

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    Utilitarianism Valeria Ornelas Grand Canyon University: PHI 305 10/30/14 John Stuart Mill’s Moral Theory John Stuart Mill‚ a philosopher and political economist‚ is known today as one of the most influential sponsors for Utilitarianism. His moral theory tends to go along with a “Utilitarian rubric” (Fitzpatrick‚ 2006) and thus holds that the theory is based on how to define right and wrong in terms of happiness. For Mill‚ “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong

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    Which of the following is more important: inner beauty or physical beauty? Beauty. What is the first impression of people when they hear the word ‘beauty’? There are a lot of answers but the most common imagination that the majority of people would think of is a sexy lady or a hot gentleman. Few‚ actually‚ would think of their behaviour and character. Those are the two common types of beauty. Inner beauty and physical beauty. Physical beauty could refer to someone’s outer attributes such as elegance

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    Utilitarianism is not necessarily intended to be utilized as a "decision strategy" to choose what to do. If we can realize that a strategy will deliver extremely great results and unimportant bad results‚ then that activity is logical. Be that as it may‚ we aren’t generally great at realizing what activities will create great results and we can frequently be overconfident in our capacity to do as such. It is regularly wrong to choose something we accept will likely have great results if that conduct

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    believe that there are certain situations in which only the bad can occur. For example‚ on the day of the terrorist attack on 9/11 in New York‚ the terrorist act was not morally correct in anyway. On his prime

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    Utilitarianism is a moral theory that an action is morally right if that action produces the greatest of good and happiness for the most number of people. Therefore‚ one should act if and only if one’s action produce the greatest possible balance of good and happiness over bad and unhappiness. Being one of the method that people commonly use to decide the rightness and wrongness of an action‚ utilitarianism provides a clear guidelines of the determination an action’s rightness. In addition‚ utilitarianism

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    Arguments on Utilitarianism Which is more valuable: a game of push-pin or the study of Latin? Which has greater worth: the life of a single young girl or the lives of an entire community? These are the sorts of questions raised when dealing with the matter of utilitarianism. According to Jeremy Bentham‚ the father of the theory‚ the ultimate moral goal of human beings should be to increase pleasure and to decrease pain. To maximize the amount of time spent in content‚ and minimize the times of

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