Means or Ends If you were put in the situation of having to save either one person‚ or five people‚ which would you choose? That’s a pretty simple solution; greatest good for the greatest number. Utilitarianism is the superior means of solving moral dilemmas. By explaining different cases‚ I will prove that Utilitarianism is the superior means of solving moral dilemmas. T.J is a profoundly brain damaged‚ critically ill infant. She is both blind and deaf. The nurses are struggling trying to take
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Teleological Ethics = Consequentialist Ethics Morality of an act is based on the outcome or consequence of the act Deontological Ethics = Non - Consequentialist Ethics Morality of an act is based in the act itself. Types of Teleological Ethics 1. Utilitarianism – Utilitarian moral theory is classical utilitarianism‚ 2. Varieties of ancient Greek virtue ethics – Aristotle Ethics is an Example a. The goal of ethics is to explain how one achieves the good life for human beings. There are
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Retrieved from: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1425043/media-convergence NAMLE (2013)‚ National Association for Media Literacy Education. Retrieved from: http://namle.net/publications/media-literacy-definitions New York Times. (2013). Net Neutrality‚ Article Retrieved from: http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/n/net_neutrality/index.html Rana Eijaz Ahmad (2011). International Journal of Business and Social Science‚ Centre for Promoting Ideas‚ USA. Retrieved from:
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instance‚ a deontologist will always keep his promises to a friend and will follow the law. A person who follows this theory will produce very consistent decisions since they will be based on the individual’s set duties. Deontology provides a basis for special duties and obligations to specific people‚ such as those within one’s family. For example‚ an older brother may have an obligation to protect his little sister when they cross a busy road together. This theory also praises those deontologists who
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“What is right and wrong?” and “What is Truth?” What is right and wrong? Life is characterized by many situations that require decision making‚ especially on moral grounds. The issue of what makes an action right and wrong has been studied for a lengthy period of time and several theories developed to address this issue. Socrates and Aristotle are some of the early philosophers who came up with theories about the rightness or wrongness of actions. As noted by Warnek (2005)‚ Socrates considered
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Humanity’s impending doom of a dystopian future is not much further away from humanity now as it was decades back. Mankind has depleted its energy sources greatly and in return overpopulate and‚ in theory still‚ deal with global warming. However‚ that’s just consulting the energy crisis alone. Humanity is also its own greatest enemy and is has to deal with the greediness of not only its leaders and providers‚ but also itself. Although humans know all this‚ how are they still thriving under all these
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John Gross PHIL 102 1. Utilitarianism is moral theory that tries to lay a set of rules that you should follow to achieve the most good or pleasure from any one act. Two popular proponents of this systems are philosophers by the name of Jeremy Bentham and James Mill. They both have different ideas for how one should go about the use of utilitarianism to achieve the greatest happiness. Bentham’s approach is often called quantitative utilitarianism in which Bentham came up with an idea called
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“Deontologists suggest that the action of child pornography‚ not the consequences‚ should be evaluated in terms of wrong or right.” (As paraphrased in Mosser‚ K. 2013) Therefore‚ because the exploitation of minors to illicit a sexual response is illegal‚ it is
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Philosophy Midterm Paper Being compared to a torpedo fish may seem like an insult‚ but in Socrates’ case‚ it is nothing but a compliment because of the actions behind it. Socrates is known for his questioning and critical thinking abilities that might give him this nickname. Meno‚ frustrated by Socrates extreme questioning‚ says‚ “Indeed if a joke is in order‚ you seem‚ in appearance and in every other way‚ to be like the broad torpedo fish‚ for it too makes anyone who comes close and touches it
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Santa Claus and if they look like Santa Claus then they should be accepted by the malls otherwise‚ they could refuse. Santa acted ethically by sending the female elvettes instead of male elves on three accounts. On the first account‚ Santa has a deontologist perspective because his duty is to the children and not the malls. Santa is trying to fulfill his obligation of making every kid wish list come true by having these Santa’s come to the mall to hear their wish list. Santa Claus has a utilitarian
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