Case Facts: • WikiLeaks is an international‚ online‚ self-proclaimed not-for-profit organisation that publishes submissions of undisclosed and secret information‚ news leaks‚ and highly classified media from anonymous sources and whistleblowers. • The head of the online organisation‚ which was founded in 2006‚ is Australian born‚ Julian Assange. • Its purpose is to provide whistleblowers with a domain to publish their case to the public and preserve their identity (Lennon 2010). • Exposes various
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Explain the main differences between Act and Rule Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a theory‚ which first became widely acknowledge when it was adopted by its greatest advocate Jeremy Bentham. It is a theory that maintains that it is an action’s total consequence that determines its moral correctness. It is a theory not concerned with the effects of the action on the individual carrying out the action‚ but instead the effect it has on everybody affected by the action. It also maintains that it is
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Abstract WikiLeaks came into existence in 2006‚ yet it sprung into prominence in April‚ 2010. Ever since then‚ WikiLeaks has taken the world by storm. It is being discussed everywhere‚ from Sudan to the White House. In this essay we try and explore the idea of WikiLeaks and how it affects our perception of the society. Through this essay‚ the idea is to explore the phenomenon as it unfolded‚ and ask a few key questions about the world that we live in. The paper will only deal with the concept of
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Wikileaks: utilitarian’s view How transparent to publicity is an international political arena? More general question is‚ should everything be revealed to everyone? One British journalist stated in article in Guardian: “Information wants to be free‚ but it just needs a little help.” I think that this is a sort of statements that strongly polarizes the modern society. This ongoing dispute has found its milestone in creation of well-known journalistic initiative called Wikileaks. The heat around
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Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a philosophical theory that believes that right thing to do comes from a measurement of the amount of pleasure over the amount of pain‚ and decides that the right thing to do results in what will be the greatest pleasure for the majority of the group. In other words by calculating happiness you will be able to decide what the right thing to do is as long as it is right for the majority of the people. This seems as if it will only help the people that agree on the
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Utilitarianism‚ by John Stuart Mill‚ is an essay written to provide support for the value of utilitarianism as a moral theory‚ and to respond to misconceptions about it. Mill defines utilitarianism as a theory based on the principle that "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." Mill defines happiness as pleasure and the absence of pain. He argues that pleasure can differ in quality and quantity‚ and that pleasures
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Paper #1 In A Critique of Utilitarianism‚ Bernard Williams argues that when following a Utilitarian approach for moral dilemmas‚ Utilitarianism might have us sacrifice or modify our moral integrity. Williams explains this argument with a hypothetical execution situation with protagonist Jim. Jim‚ who is a botanical expeditionary‚ accidentally wanders in the central square of a small South American town. There‚ he finds twenty Indians tied up in a row‚ with several armed soldiers standing in front
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believe in it‚ it needs to benefit them in some way. This paper will discuss the properties of utilitarianism and the benefits it has on society. It will also compare utilitarianism to egoism‚ Kantian ethics‚ intuitionism and affirmative action. Utilitarianism’s overall purpose is to serve the greater majority and this paper sets out to prove that. This paper will discuss many major points in utilitarianism such as: it links happiness and morality‚ it conforms to meet the needs of different situations
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I think Utilitarianism is the most morally right thing to do in situations where human lives are involved. I believe this because in a situation where you can either save nine humans lives but you have to kill one or you just don’t do anything and let the nine people die and one survive I think it is only logical to pick the option where you save the most lives. However some people will say that using utilitarianism shouldn’t be used because you would be regarded as a murder which is a sin and is
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to others. A good state of affairs is based off of a matter of opinion. What some consider “good” affairs; others may consider “poor”. The statement‚ there is no single objective sense of a good state of affairs holds truth. Philippa Foot’s Utilitarianism and the Virtues states‚ “ It can never be right to prefer a worse state of affairs to a better” (198). Foot is correct‚ however‚ this statement doesn’t say what specifically would be considered worse or better. If Jenny‚ the green thumbed outdoors
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