Perfection Imagine perfection! A world with no faults‚ no errors‚ and no delinquents. A world that lives in peace and harmony‚ and that never ceases to prove it’s worth every single day. This flawless realm was almost impossible to find or describe in Europe in the early sixteenth century due to all of the corruption that was occurring in the church and in the government. However‚ from the abyss of this dark world came a man who was ready to challenge these powerful‚ malicious supremacies; a man
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tilitarianism is a sort of mathematical morality. Rather than weighing on an individual’s conscience and values to make a moral decision‚ it provides him or her with an equation. If I make decision A‚ there will be X positive consequences and Y negative consequences; if I make decision B there will be X positive consequences and Y negative consequences. Therefore‚ it would be morally correct to choose A or B based on the highest number of positive consequences or the lowest number of negative consequences
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1. What are the key differences between utilitarianism‚ deontology‚ natural law ethics‚ and virtue theory? Utilitarianism Theory is the moral theory that argues that an action is right if and only if it conforms to the principle of utility. The desire for pleasure and happiness is universal. People seek to maximize their pleasure and minimize their pain. Thus‚ a morally correct action is one which results in the greatest possible pleasure within a given set of circumstances. The text highlights
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I took inspiration from the hand-lettering piece “Wild Hearts Can’t be Tamed” because it reminded me of a quote by American writer‚ Henry David Thoreau: “all good things are wild and free.” I personally like this quote as it emphasizes on a person’s independence to make choices on their own without being forced by others. Inspired by the quote‚ I connected the theme of “wild” to freedom‚ and expanded on the idea of freedom by relating it to children as they are not yet corrupted by society and
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Dostoyevsky’s letter to Katkov reveals his immediate inspiration‚ to which he remained faithful even after his original plan evolved into a much more ambitious creation: a desire to counteract what he regarded as nefarious consequences arising from the doctrines of Russian nihilism.[39] In the novel‚ Dostoyevsky pinpointed the dangers of both utilitarianism and rationalism‚ the main ideas of which inspired the radicals‚ continuing a fierce criticism he had already started with his Notes from Underground
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Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that states that the best action is the one that maximizes utility. Jeremy Bentham‚ the founder of utilitarianism‚ described utility as "the sum of all pleasure that results from an action‚ minus the suffering of anyone involved in the action." (Encyclopedia Britannica) Followers of utilitarianism have disagreed on a number of points‚ such as whether actions should be chosen based on their results (act utilitarianism) or whether followers should conform to rules
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Ethical Egoism and Utilitarianism are considered consequentialism theories because they both focus on the outcome of conduct as the primary motivation of that action and whether or not that conduct is ethical. Consequentialism is a moral theory that states that the consequences of one’s actions are the basis of any morality or judgement toward that action. The major difference between the two theories is where those acts are directed. Utilitarianism focuses on the idea of the greater good or to
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Utilitarianism and libertinism are debatable philosophies to decide what is just. Utilitarian main principle is maximizing society happiness. From Utilitarian point of view‚ the best action is the action produce happiness for the greatest amount of people. Even though minority of people will suffer for the majority’s happiness. Moreover‚ utilitarianism measures the cost and benefit in single scale which is happiness. From this view‚ any other things than happiness are not valuable. On the other hand
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There are certain stereotypes about libertarians that hold some truth. Many people who followed this movement‚ do so only to advance a personal agenda and do not follow the whole ideology. There are a couple of people in this group who only use the label “libertarian” just to agree with Democrats and Republicans. Also‚ some individuals joined just so they could spout anti-government hate. For example‚ Alex Jones associated himself with libertarians just so he could get attetion to his cause. He
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Jeremy Bentham’s ideas throughout his life has had an extreme impact on today’s criminal justice system and how it works. Whether or not some of his ideas thrived throughout history‚ some ideas we still use today such as the panopticon prison design that established a great advantage in monitoring the inmates‚ the utilitarianism ethical system of making a judgment based on the outcome of the act‚ developing a theory on how to punish people without having to use revenge but helping the offender get
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