common criticism of utilitarianism can be reduced simply to: "I don’t like it" or "It doesn’t suit my way of thinking". For an example of this‚ here’s something from someone who might prefer to remain nameless. "Producing the greatest good for the greatest number is fine as long as you are not hurting someone you really love in the process. For instance‚ with the trolley situation‚ I would rather kill 5 people on the main track than m mother on the spur track. Utilitarianism runs into problems
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Topic: Agree or disagree with the following statement The Future status of English as the global language is assured Since the globalization spreads rapidly throughout the world‚ the need of a global language has become more crucial than ever before. Despite this unavoidable demand‚ some people are afraid that English may have negative effects on their own major language when English become dominant. A few countries try to limit the use of English such as Brazil‚ Poland and France etc. as the
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Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is the belief of ‘the greatest good for the happiest and greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong’. Utilitarianism can be characterized as a quantitative and reductionist approach to ethics. It is a type of naturalism. It can be contrasted with deontological ethics‚ which does not regard the consequences of an act as a determinant of its moral worth; virtue ethics‚ which primarily focuses on acts and habits leading to happiness; pragmatic ethics; as
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made. Ultimately the pilot had to jettison Marilyn out of the ship in order to save himself and the other six men that needed the fever serum. We are going to look at this situation from Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative‚ Mills principle of Utilitarianism‚ the number principle‚ and my comparing it other scenarios discussed in class. Categorical Imperative‚ a term coined by Immanuel Kant‚ argues that moral requirements are based on a standard of rationality. Immorality is a violation to the categorical
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Utilitarianism theory exists on the views that an individual should pursue his own interest/beliefs‚ despite the existence of theories that define some acts right or wrong. Individuals should stick to this principle despite the consequences. In terms of deontological theory‚ it insists on adhering to moral rules that exist in a certain system‚ which are independent. Virtue theory exists on the basis that the role of a person’s character determines the virtues and morals upheld by that individual
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Utilitarianism—by John Stewart Mill Classical utilitarianism is hedonist‚ but values other than‚ or in addition to‚ pleasure (ideal utilitarianism) can be employed‚ or—more neutrally‚ and in a version popular in economics—anything can be regarded as valuable that appears as an object of rational or informed desire (preference utilitarianism). The test of utility maximization can also be applied directly to single acts (act utilitarianism)‚ or to acts only indirectly through some other suitable
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principles of utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a teleological theory. Three main philosophers have come up with different types of utilitarianism these being: Bentham‚ Mill and Singer. Bentham introducing the idea of Act Utilitarianism‚ Mill adapting the ideas of Bentham and trying improve the flaws he saw with his Rule utilitarianism and Singer with his preference utilitarianism theory. Bentham was hedonist‚ meaning he was a pleasure seeker. Bentham portrayed two main features of utilitarianism‚ one
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Statement of Purpose Umang Moda ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ I admit the obstacle to writing a Statement of Purpose has been in not knowing how to begin with one. I start in this manner not on a whim‚ but from necessity. It was either this or facing the grim possibility that I would never finish with one. I have tried my best to not disseminate the differences on how one is written and how it ought to be written. As such‚ I
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Illustrate the use of budgets as a means of exercising financial control of a selected company In this task I will be explaining what a budget is‚ why it used by companies and I will have to show how it helps a company in controlling its finance. A budget is a plan which predicts how much a company makes in revenues and how much it is going to pay in expenses and so predicts a profit or loss. A budget is can be prepared whenever a company wants two and for however long a period of time it wants
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