John Mill’s Utilitarianism theory * All his theory focuses on is maximizing utility for the greatest number of people possible * Moral as long as it is the “best action” to maximize happiness for the greatest number‚ even if a single person has to sacrifice * BP’s oil spill throughout the Gulf of Mexico is exactly the opposite from Mill’s theory because it actually minimizes utility for everyone who is affected. The spill devastated coastal beaches and businesses that relied on tourism
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Should Woman be allowed to serve in The Military? Putting woman in higher military combats is a great decision. It increases military strength and makes an army more diverse but today signs of gender gaps are still present because of the lack of representation for woman serving the military. Females should have the same opportunity as males when it comes to joining the military and woman are credible to serve in the army regardless of gender because females
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without external influences. This states that children‚ women giving birth‚ people with mental disabilities‚ animals‚ plants‚ and any other being deemed irrational are all not considered by Kant. This is problematic since it leaves a window of opportunity for anyone to be able to judge on what rational is. We may also encounter situations where certain individuals are exploited due to their inability to fend for themselves‚ for example women and children in third world countries who have no means
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The 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
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Humans become Human? A Utilitarian Approach to Abortion The topic of abortion is possibly one of the more controversial topics in the bioethical world today. The major disputes regarding abortion occur over when‚ if at all‚ a foetus is considered a human being. Conversely‚ there is equal dispute over when exactly one could consider a foetus non-human‚ and whether or not that affects the morality of abortion as a whole. If we approach the topic of abortion through a utilitarian lens‚ the solution may
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Nevertheless‚ there are significant differences between utilitarian and deontology. Utilitarians and deontology sometimes might arrive at variant answers to the question that whether it is ethical to implement a placebo-controlled trial for the purpose of testing whether the new drugs are efficient. Holding all other things constant‚ utilitarians might conclude that it is correct to conduct the placebo-controlled trial if the benefits outweigh the costs‚ while a deontologist would argue that it is
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MGMT 368 Business Ethics Week 4 Deontological Second Paper Dropbox # 5 April 15‚ 2012 Direct-to-consumer drug advertising - Deontological Point ofView For many years‚ consumers relied and depended on the expertise and knowledge of physicians to make decisions on their pharmaceutical needs. Before 1985‚ prescription drugs could not be advertised directly to consumers. The U.S Food and Drug Administration passed a rule that allowed Direct-to-consumer drug advertising in 1985. This ruling was
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Military Only For Men? You’re Funny. Many people throughout the world believe that the government should not permit women to be in the military. They believe that members of the military should only be of the male gender because years ago that is how it worked. Women stayed at home‚ cooking‚ cleaning‚ and making babies; men were drafted into the military to serve their country. Their argument is invalid as times today are changed. Women should be allowed in the military because they are capable
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Kant’s Deontological Ethics Immanuel Kant is a German philosopher (1724-1804)‚ who had contributed on the arenas of philosophy‚ war‚ peace‚ science‚ beauty & geography. The word deontology is derived from the Greek word “Deon”‚ meaning duty and “tology” mean theory (Mackinnon & Fiala 2018). The base idea of Kant’s Deontological ethics is just to do our duty in any circumstances. Thus‚ a moral agent should act for the sake of good and motivated by obligation or duty‚ not for an ulterior motive. In
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Women who are serving in battle are still waiting to be recognized for their dedication and hard work while at the same time facing different issues‚ such as domestic violence and sexual harassment. Actually‚ military women constitute almost one-sixth of the armed forces and more than 80 percent of military jobs are now open for women. Although these positions are available to be performed by women‚ they are kept out of the battlefield. “The Department of Defense moved in 1994 to ban women from serving
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