3.3.3 Individual assignment 3: case: “Unreliable”Table of contents: Phase 1‚2‚3 of the ethical cycle: Moral problem statement Problem analysis Options for action Phase 4 of the ethical cycle: Intuition Utilitarianism Bentham Mill Kantiism Deontology (Kant) Description of the case: “Marta Malasobras is unreliable” Marta Malasobras is unreliable. She has arrived late to work almost every day. Her co-workers are quite angry about this and discuss their
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John Stuart Mill was a British philosopher and one of the most influential ones at his time. When looking at John Stuart Mill we see the economic‚ political‚ and moral theorist that he was‚ but what type of life did he lead to become the man he became? What education and influences did he have to become the “ideal Victorian man?” What characteristics define an ideal Victorian man? First off‚ let us start by looking at his childhood and life‚ his influences and what made him the way he was. From there
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taken into consideration when measuring people’s happiness like freedom and emotions. Seeing as Mill succeeded Bentham as a famous utilitarian‚ he obviously looked at the flaws of Bentham’s utility and tried to improve it. Bentham believed that you should lead your life by bringing the least amount of pain to the least amount of people. This brings up the suggestion that Bentham therefore
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is law based and the action is considered good or bad intrinsically. Jeremy Bentham‚ the founder of Utilitarianism‚ states that an action cannot be right or wrong in itself‚ and it can only be evaluated when the consequences are taken into account. The Bible implies that none of these laws should be broken‚ yet Bentham thought that any rules can be rejected should the person determine that the means can justify the ends. Bentham held that no one should take actions as right or wrong as a given‚ but
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Gale‚ Thomson. The Rights of Animals. Greenhaven Press‚ 2004. 26-141. Print. Reece‚ Jane B.‚ Martha R. Taylor‚ Eric J. Simon‚ Jean L. Dickey‚ and Neil A. Campbell. Biology‚ Concepts & Connects. 7. 1. San Francisco: Pearson‚ 2012. 750-752. Print. Bentham‚ Jeremy‚ and Laurence J. Lafleur. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. New York: Hafner Pub. Co‚ 1948. Print. Singer‚ Peter. Animal Liberation. Revised Edition. New York: Avon Books‚ 1975‚ 1990. 3-5. Print.
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the action ’s adherence| | | |most happiness. |to a rule or rules. | | |Ethical thinker |Jeremy Bentham‚ John Stuart Mill |Immanuel Kant |Plato and Aristotle | |associated with |
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“It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong” (Borders). Jeremy Bentham‚ the man who spoke this infamous quote‚ ‘is the fellow who‚ in the 1700s‚ set out the philosophy of “utilitarianism”’ (Borders). The theory behind this quote‚ similar to others like it‚ is put into basic terms in The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas (Le Guin). What is utilitarianism‚ one may catechize. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy delineates utilitarianism as “generally
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rather than just living a life full of brief sights. Michel Foucault‚ a French philosopher explores several elements in the ways in which our humanity and social sciences work. In his work‚ Discipline and Punishment: The Birth of the Prison he uses Jeremy Bentham’s design for a panoptic prison in which prisoners are watched constantly to explore how observation can change an individual’s behavior. Similarly Foucault believed‚ observation works as a disciplinary tool that forces individuals to act a
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I know autonomy is the right of patient or individual to make their own decision and self-determination. The principle of autonomy is violated when a nurse like me dishonors patient’s rights to choose how they want their pain to be treated. Infringement on the right to autonomy or self-determination may also be seen in the withholding of information from patients about how much and how often they can receive pain medication while in the hospital. Patients have the right to know‚ consider‚ request
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philosophers of Utilitarianism Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) 5 II) Introduction to the main idea of Utilitarianism: A) The Principle of Utility (J. Bentham) “By the Principle of Utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever‚ according to the tendency which it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness to the party whose interest is in question” (The Principles of Morals and Legislation‚ J. Bentham) + The principle is for
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