Explain Utilitarian Ethics (25 marks) Utilitarian ethics is an expansive field of normative ethics that believes that the action that you take should be that which maximises utility‚ that is to say prospering and maximizing happiness whilst mitigating suffering or sadness as much as possible. Whilst it was once often considered a hedonistic field‚ there being one that argues pleasure being the only true‚ intrinsic good or aim‚ it is now more commonly referred to that of a consequentiality field‚
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me in this paper is to address two situations and determine the ethical parameters in which a person should act. The two philosophical approaches that I will examine the situations with the Kantian and Utilitarian point of view. Kant deciphers his ethical questions by examining a person’s motivation for performing an act regardless of the consequences. A person who utilizes the Kantian view believes that the only pure good is pure human reason without consequences. This pure human reason works without
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English Language and Composition Because many important people have died for what they believe to make the world a better place the claim that “It is better to die for what you believe in rather than to lie to save your life” is the right thing to do. Martyr: a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief‚ principle‚ or cause. The person that comes to mind for a lot of people when you read the definition of martyr is probably Jesus Christ. Jesus spread the word
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our actions should stem from a sense of duty and universalization. Before committing to an action you need to ask yourself‚ is
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A utilitarian model of ethics is one where the greatest good is produced for the greatest number of people. As explained in the text‚ payola is the act of using money to get air play. They further add that statistics show a significant correlation between air play and generated profit from that song. In my opinion‚ this is an unethical from a utilitarian point of view. I argue this point of view because there is an emphasis on quality. This is one of the important milestones for any legitimate organization
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Do you believe in the 10000 rule? Do you think that to turn into a pro in whatever you’re doing requires 10000 hours of practice? I believe that to achieve greatness in something‚ 10000 hours of practice is a must. Some people do not agree with this concept. They say‚ “I was born naturally talented.” People can be born with talent‚ but that does not mean they are masters by no means. You have to constantly work at your specialty to get to the next level. Hard work is what shapes a person. If you
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What is drawing? According to dictionary‚ Drawing is a form of visual expression and is one of the major forms within the visual arts. There are a number of subcategories of drawing such as cartoons‚ monochromatic‚ color pencil drawing‚ and other types of drawings. More interesting fact about drawing through reading this book was that it did not come actually part of term art. Drawing was exist for the long time of the period and used as communication‚ but as times go by‚ all the people founded old
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Sixty-one years ago last November‚ John Bardeen and Walter Brattain discovered the transistor at Bell Labs‚ in 1951. Before this‚ electronics used tubes‚ which happened to be extremely bulky‚ generated lots of heat‚ and had short life spans. The invention of smaller‚ more efficient‚ and more durable transistors brought a revolution in electronics. They became an important discovery that changed the world forever. The first ideas and experimentation with solid-state electronics began in 1874‚ but
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What should you do if you are being backbited ? All of us always want to be congratulated by other people. But what if you suddenly being bakbited ? what should you do? Firstly‚ who can backbite you in this world?It could be anyone such as your jealously neighborhood when you seem to be better than her child. It also can be one of the girl at class when she thinks that you expressed your intelligent too much. Or the girl at the extra class always looks at you with an annoyed eyes
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Do you believe in God and why? With over 20 major religions in today’s world‚ God is the most recognized superior power. We are told to believe that this God is a supernatural being: one of a group of supernatural male beings in some religions‚ each of which is worshiped as the personification or controller of some aspect of the universe. God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism‚ or a single deity in polytheism
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