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    Following Directions

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    It’s very important to follow directions‚ or else the world would be in chaos. When some tells you that you must follow directions so that everything can go in an orderly fashion‚ it’s important do because they know what’s going to happen if you don’t. It’s important to follow directions because if you don’t something can go wrong‚ it’s important follow directions because if you don’t you’ll get in trouble‚ and it’s also important to follow directions because if you don’t you’ll be writing this essay

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    Ethics: Approaching Moral Decisions‚ A.F. Holmes (2007)‚ says ethics is about the good in which our values and virtues cultivate‚ and what is right in which our moral duties may be. So‚ say if there is a terrorist the security forces have a prisoner‚ who is holding vital information that the US needs to keep from having any more attacks‚ should torturing be allowed? Looking at it from a utilitarianism ethic view‚ a utilitarian is more concerned with helping the majority. If this known terrorist has

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    conflicts and divisions within the established church. This striking revival of religious piety and its emphasis on salvation ultimately transformed the religious order of Connecticut. The decline in piety among the second generation of Puritans‚ which stemmed from economic changes‚ political transformations‚ and Enlightenment rationalism‚ was the primary cause of the Great Awakening. During the eighteenth century‚ political uncertainty and economic instability characterized colonial life and diverted

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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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    attempt to find this by applying a rule or several rules that seem to fit with outcomes that we most commonly find are “good”. An ethical based individual moral objective would be to seek the action that has the most affectionate consequence‚ a utilitarianism person would argue for the greatest amount of happiness‚ a Kantianism’s rule would be to follow the categorical imperative‚ and maybe Natural law‚ we do what is in accordance with the purpose of what is believed to be morally correct. There are

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    Another way in which and action can be both altruistic and self interested is aided by the concept that altruism may lead others to think more highly of you‚ which is in beneficial for you and makes you feel better about yourself‚ so is therefore also in your self interest. An example of this is giving to charity. This may give you positive feelings as you enjoy helping others and seeing that your own actions can benefit people other than yourself. Therefore you’re being altruistic and still acting

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    of John Stuart Mill’s book‚ Utilitarianism‚ is that Utilitarianism can and should provide the basic moral framework for an individual’s decisions. He argues‚ often convincingly‚ that if all of society followed a system of morals dedicated to the maximizing public well-being‚ or utility‚ everyone would benefit. This perspective places the burden of decision making overwhelmingly on the individual who is not necessarily capable or properly equipped to make decisions which maximize the utility of the

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    that certain things are always wrong or always right with no exceptions. The time‚ place or culture have no power as it does in relativism which is more subjective (Moore). And in comparison to utilitarianism‚ absolutism targets the act and not the outcome. Since absolutism theory believes and focuses on opposite principles than relativism and utilitarianism‚ it would be fair to say that absolutism would strongly disagree in allowing the act of torture of the man. The objectiveness of absolutism

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    debate is filled with numerous aspects in which everyone has their particular view on. People attack prostitution from all sides‚ and then others support it claiming that it has benefits or that what someone does with their life is of “no concern to me”. So in the wake of this discussion I decided to compare and contrast how a utilitarian and a Kantian might approach or type of moral conclusion they may have of prostitution. Utilitarianism as most know view that in order to determining what we should

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    Liberty Vs Utilitarianism

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    they are mistaken due to different definitions of the word. There is an ethical dilemma within utilitarianism because it leads ethical decisions to be made through utility calculations. This calculation differs between people and groups making morality subjective within this framework. A better alternative framework for an economist is a focus on a market based economy where truth is inherent. Utilitarianism also limits liberty and makes it plausible for mass killings

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