Lincoln Professor Sobel Philosophy 106 The Utilitarian Approach What is morally right‚ and what is morally wrong? Different ethical theorists have a wide variety of definitions to this question. Although it wasn’t until the ethical revolution during the 18th and 19th centuries that utilitarianism took center stage defying all other theories. David Hume‚ Jeremy Bentham‚ and John Stuart set this revolution into progress stating that utilitarianism explains that morality is only correct when in pursuit
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Below are the steps to satisfy the requirements listed in question 1. Part 1 Setting up the physical topology Open Cisco Packet Tracer 6.0 (after successfully installed on PC) On the left bottom‚ click “End devices” and choose “Generic PC-PT”‚ place it on the logical Packet Tracer interface (do it twice‚ for PC-A and PC-B) On the left bottom‚ click “Switches” and choose “Generic-PT”‚ place it on the logical Packet Tracer interface (do it twice‚ for S1 and S2) On the left bottom‚ click “Connections”
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Marketing by Numbers Exercise Set One 1.1 Sanborn‚ a manufacturer of electric roof vents‚ realizes a cost of $55 for every unit it produces. Its total fixed costs equal $2 million. If the company manufactures 500‚000 units compute the following: a) unit cost unit cost = variable cost + fixed cost/unit sales x = $55 + $2‚000‚000/500‚000 = $59 unit cost b) markup price if the company desires a 10% return on sales unit cost/(1 – desired return on sales) $59/(1 - .10) = $65.56 c)
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abortion and the utilitarian view Abortion is a sensitive topic that requires a considerable amount of understanding when addressing the ethics behind it. Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy thus ending the life of the embryo/fetus prematurely (Matthews MP‚ Dutt T‚ 1998). My ethical justification for abortion stems from a utilitarianism standpoint. When using the utilitarian consequential principle of ethics‚ we establish a set of general morals and rules in which we can apply to every
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How can care workers be supported to provide better care? Choose two example of unacceptable care from Unit 17 and discuss what changes could be made in each settings to enable care workers to work more sensitively and safely with care users. Providing a better care should be a mutual goal between carers and organisations or employers they work for. To reach this goal‚ adequate support is necessary right from the start. Thorough interviews can help select an individual most suitable for the position
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William Styron’s Set This House on Fire This novel has been criticized for it’s character analysis in that it "often relies too heavily upon psychological explanations‚ a kind of rational reductionism that reduces matphysical speculations to Freudian solutions." Most of the pages are spent trying to explain the motive behind these actions using psychological analysis. Styron starts at the end of his story‚ comes back to the beginning‚ and then tries to explain the outcome by hopping from
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How has the union affected my life? Well not only has it changed my life and my family’s lives to for the better‚ but it has helped us in many ways. It has helped me in having a better life by providing my dad with a stable and reliable job. Another way it has affected my life is by providing my family and I with health insurance Union provided my dad with a job‚ which is the reason my family has been able to have a better life. It has helped out have money. It has helped us have food in our table
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____________________________________) FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES TO DEFENDANT ANHEUSER-BUSCH To: Defendant Anheuser-Busch and its attorney‚ John Smith‚ 234 Main Street‚ Chicago‚ IL 60601 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that plaintiff Justin William King demands answers to the following interrogatories‚ under oath‚ pursuant to Rule 33 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 1. Please describe the cargo load that was on the trailer on the day of the accident‚ how many stops and in what cities. And what
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essay will discuss the view that the service-user’s rights to autonomy and dignity should outweigh all other considerations. Autonomy is the right to chose or refuses care. The service users (and their workers) have the right to dignity The government’s Dignity in Care initiative highlights that ‘High quality health and social care services should be delivered in a person-centred way that respects the dignity of the individual receiving them’. One crucial element of achieving dignity is for
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As explained in the previous texts Aristotle based his views off of how a person ought to live. There is a generic rule of what a human being should find virtuous but also people can have different beliefs on virtues specifically for them. Utilitarianism is act orientated rather than agent orientated. So in this view it describes actions that will get us what we want. Virtue ethics is agent orientated where actions are devised by what we desire while using reason. This reasoning is the action any
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