An example in everyday life that assists in my understanding of Kantianism involves taking into consideration a hospital which has three dying patients who need organ transplants. A healthy individual with no ties to any friends or family arrives to undergo a procedure in donating his organs. The doctor then has to come to a decision in order to save the dying patients over the healthy one. According to the Kantianism theory‚ killing the healthy patient would be using a person as a means to an end
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Mill’s‚ introduced the ethical views of Utilitarianism‚ stating that whatever maximizes happiness for the greatest number of people is consider to be the greatest good. According to Utilitarianism‚ an action is morally right if it promotes happiness and morally wrong if it promotes pain. Utilitarianism is an attempt to answer the question “What should we do?” and its answer is that we ought to act in a way that the consequence produce happiness. What I think Utilitarianism has that exceed Deontology
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Brianna Coleman Professor Wayne Urffer Ethics (Monday‚ 1pm) 20 November 2012 Euthanasia On a daily bases we are faced with many ethical issues. In today’s society‚ ethical dilemmas are seen as relative. What happens when you have to make a dire decision that does not only effect you‚ but the people around you. What happens when you have to make a decision for a chronically ill loved one? How do you handle the situation? In the case of Euthanasia‚ there is no room for error or for extreme
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Egoism Plato’s Ring of Gyges 3 Parts of the Soul Appetitive Part—Appetites (Food‚ Drink‚ Sleep‚ Sex) Spirited Part—Emotional/volitional (will) Part (carries out dictates of rational) Rational Part—Reason (to rule) When each part performs its proper “functions properly___”‚ harmony is exhibited. According to Socrates: Human beings should seek inner harmony When one is immoral___‚ s/he destroys his/her inner harmony___; (i.e.‚ s/he is damaged/diseased) Disease always
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Ethical Egosim and Sentiment: Examing Decision-Making in the Grey Area If there were one particular ethical theory that would universally fit all situations‚ ethics would be an open/shut case. However‚ that simply isn’t how ethical theories work. While‚ some may have significantly more merit than others on a scale of universal application‚ there are some situations where relativism comes into play when deciphering which theory best suits a given situation. The relativism referred to here is of
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Ethical Egoism is a theory‚ in which it means that one’s action is always right and it is to that one person’s best interest. Ethical Egoism tells us that we must put our own needs and desires first because if we are not there to help ourselves then who will? Being an ethical egoist does not mean that you can just do whatever to solve any problem you have or you just do something because it has pleasure‚ but you do what you believe is the right thing to do and just because you finish a task does
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1 I) Utilitarianism…………………………………….P.3 II) Introduction to the main idea of Utilitarianism : The Principle of Utility ………………………….P.6 The Greatest Happiness Principle…………….P.9 III) Two kinds of pleasure………………........…P.11 IV) The Calculation of Utility…………………....P.15 V) The measurement of utility……………..…..P.17 VI) The proof of Principle of Greatest Happiness……………………………….…..P.18 VII) The Harm Principle ………………………..P.19 VIII) Assessing Utilitarianism…………………..P.21 2 I) Utilitarianism: + Whenever
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If “retardchicken” had to partake in an ethical argument against CD piracy‚ I think he would have a very easy time based on the perennial duties we should all live by. Historically‚ the philosophical world has agreed that we have several responsibilities toward other people. For example‚ “retardchicken” could claim that by pirating the CD‚ “overstand” is wronging another person. That is‚ “overstand” is basically stealing a copy of a CD that someone worked tirelessly on. Also‚ by “overstand” burning
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would mean that a Utilitarian would agree with the magistrate’s decision on framing the innocent man. The reason behind this agreement is that since the one man being killed is saving lives and saving chaos it makes it ethical‚ from a utilitarian standpoint. According to utilitarianism one must consider the consequences of a certain action. So in this case the magistrate must weigh the pros and cons of the decision to execute this man. The magistrate must be a utilitarian because he decided to kill
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Egoism vs Altruism Comparison I. Egoism- an ethical theory that treats self-interest as the foundation of mortality. A. Ethical 1. Individual- An individual ethical egoist would hold that all people should do whatever benefits “my” (the individual) self-interest. 2. Personal- A personal ethical egoist would hold that he or she should act of her self-interest‚ but would make no claims about what anyone else should do. 3. Universal- A universal ethical egoist would argue that everyone should
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