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    Play areas both indoor and outdoor are an environment which attracts children usually straight away as it is an excellent source to encourage them to develop their skills‚ abilities and senses. A play area is also a good environment for children and young people to experience safe risks. For example‚ an outdoor play area may have a rickety bridge which can be quite difficult to walk across‚ particularly for younger children or a child with a disability. This bridge can be a safe risk for the child

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    Utilitarianism Let me begin by defining Utilitarianism: utilitarianism is the belief of doing what is right for the greater number of people. It is a theory used to determine the usefulness of the happiest outcome and how it will affect everyone else. Now‚ this sounds like a amazing theory‚ what would be better than making yourself and others happy? I found myself at first agreeing with this theory up until I really looked into it. At first I found myself thinking that not everything is about

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    Utilitarianism. “The principle of utility as outlined by John Stuart Mill is that one is obligated morally to produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people “ (Bluffton College).in other worlds you have to weight your action and its effects on society as a hole. It is your moral duty to optimize every situation. It could contain human sacrifice (sacrificing one person for the survival of 2 people) by determining that such an action will optimize utility in the situation; this will make

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    Patient Hygiene The aim of this assignment is to explain a nurse’s role in relation to assisting patient’s with meeting their hygiene needs. In order to accomplish this‚ the following areas of the subject will be highlighted; why hygiene is so important and the various aspects of hygiene such as; what influences hygiene‚ assessing a patient‚ bed bathing‚ oral hygiene and eye care. Oxford dictionary describes hygiene as “the conditions or practices conductive to maintaining health and preventing

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    Similarities and Differences of Virtue TheoryUtilitarianism‚ and Deontological Ethic Abstract When looking into the similarities and differences of theory and ethics‚ they become intertwined used in our everyday life. In this paper‚ the discussion of similarities and differences of virtue theory alongside utilitarianism and deontology will describe how each theory addresses ethics and morality. Moreover‚ a quick look into personal experience will provide an explanation of the relationship between

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    Virtue theoryutilitarianism‚ and deontological ethics are three of the different approaches to ethics. This paper will go over the similarities and differences between virtue theoryutilitarianism‚ and the deontological principles. It will also include information of the variations in how each concept details ethics‚ morality‚ and will also discuss a personal experience to describe the correlation between virtue‚ values‚ and moral perceptions as they relate to one of the three theories. Virtue

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    Act utilitarianism give importance in consequences of an action where concerns with only the pleasure and happiness. Comparably rule utilitarianism is if an action is accordance with a rule‚ it is said to be right. …further more there are two main utilitarian who proposed two different answers to this. Jeremy Bentham said “pleasure” and gave importance to consequences of an

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    Describe the main principles of the two normative ethical theories of deontology and utilitarianism. Compare and contrast the two theories‚ bringing out any problems or limitations you see in each. INTRODUCTION:- Bioethicists ask these questions in the context of modern medicine and draw on a plurality of traditions‚ both secular and religious‚ to help society understand and keep pace with how advances in science and medical technology can change the way we experience the meaning of health

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    The business of the family is just like the head of the family‚ kind and benevolent to those who give respect‚ but given to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. This movie portrays the philosophies of both utilitarianism and Machiavellian. In the beginning of the movie‚ the presence of everyone at Godfather’s daughter’s wedding shows how significant the event and the family are. His youngest son Michael returned from WWII just in for Connie’s wedding to Carlo

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    Utilitarianism: A thought investigation into the strive for equality. Utilitarianism is a consequentialist philosophy‚ where motives and actions are disregarded and only the end result is accounted for (Rachels 2009). Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that is based on the idea that the proper course of action is the one that maximises the quantified ‘utility’. Utility is the unit of measurement that to describes the benefit individuals can gain from an action. Utilitarianism argues

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