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    Bentham’s Utilitarianism vs. Kant’s Categorical Imperative Introduction In this critical response‚ I will consider if Bentham’s Utilitarianism is a better alternative to Kant’s Categorical Imperative‚ and then I will argue that Utilitarianism is a good alternative to Kant’s Categorical Imperative as it is a more realistic view of human morals. Background Explanation The two philosophers that this essay critically analyzes have very different views of human nature. The variation in their views

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    Peter Albert David Singer is an Australian moral philosopher who was born in 1946‚ one of his main goals is to end world poverty by donating to charities and convincing others to do the same‚ and he believes that affluent people should donate all disposable income to charity. Nel Noddings is an American philosopher born in 1929‚ and her view on ethics focuses on a natural sense of caring and a flexibility of principles‚ she rejects Singer’s argument saying that we have obligations to those around

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    Utilitarianism is concerned only with the happiness of the community and not that of the individual. How far do you agree? Utilitarianism by definition is the greatest happiness for the greatest number‚ therefore a community of people would most likely gain priority over an individual. If a positive act were to benefit a family of people and the opposite act would benefit a single being‚ the positive one would be what Bentham would encourage as it would have the best results for a larger amount

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    many rules and beliefs that we have adapted to‚ some of these beliefs are known as ethics. Ethics is what we know of what is right and wrong in life. There exists several types of ethics beliefs but in this case the Virtue Theory‚ Utilitarianism‚ and Deontological theories will be described and compared because each one of these ethics has many differences. Virtue Theory The Virtue Theory is known as virtue of ethics‚ in this theory the focus is on a person characteristics instead of rules or

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    Ethics is a branch of philosophy which has a central concern of determining of how people should live their lives in accordance of distinguishing the right actions from wrong actions (Boatright‚ 2007‚ p. 7). In ethics normative theory propose different principles on how society can deal with this dilemma and that is through the introduction of deontological and theological ethical system. Deontological ethics or non-consequentialist theory requires people to do the right thing simply because

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    increase would take it from 7.25 to 9 dollars. With that said some families would not be able to make it over the poverty threshold. This leading to issues is it really necessary to pass it‚ or should we fight for more. A Utilitarian and a Deontologist would have different points of views on this because of the nature of the topic as a whole. A utilitarian would have views that everyone should be happy and more money could increase happiness. More money for the same amount of work does sound like a good

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    Introduction The ethical theories of ethical egoism‚ Kantian ethics and utilitarianism are very interesting in comparison to one another. Ethical egoism and utilitarianism are as different as night and day‚ one is all about self-sacrifice for the greater good while the other is all about serving your own self interests. Finally Kantian ethics is all about doing your duty‚ who it benefits‚ whether yourself or others is inconsequential. These three ethical theories have little in common and they are

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    Utilitarianism In this essay‚ I will give a short summary of John Stewart Mill’s Utilitarianism. I will then examine the strengths and weaknesses of utilitarianism as illustrated in Mill’s Utilitarianism and point out that there are more dilemmas than advantages in Utilitarianism. In John Stewart Mill’s Utilitarianism‚ he begins by presenting a doctrine of ethics based on utility‚ or the Greatest Happiness Principle. He sets forth the idea that the only things that people want are happiness and

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    cell research and its use to treat medical diseases in humans. Utilitarianism we first set in motion by Jeremy Bentham when he argued “Morality is not about pleasing God‚ nor is it about being faithful to abstract rules. Rather‚ morality is about making the world as happy as possible” (Rachels‚ 99). However‚ John Stuart Mill is the one who made Utilitarianism particularly popular when he wrote the book called Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism was created in an attempt to create a field of ethics that didn’t

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    in East Bengal from lack of food‚ shelter‚ and medical care” Singer stated. (Pojman 759) Peter Singer is an ethical and political philosophy that is well known for his founding movement of modern animal rights. (Peter Singer) Moreover‚ he believed that people who are suffering from lack of resources are morally bad‚ in this case Bengal. Besides‚ it is in our power to prevent something bad from occurring. So‚ Singer’s overall idea is that we have a moral duty to help the poor from starvation in this

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