Report 4 (1) Is cost-benefit analysis a legitimate tool? Is it’s application to non-economic matters – say to calculating the value of human life – ethically justifiable? What would Immanuel Kant say about placing a monetary value on human life? Is doing so ever morally legitimate? What would an utilitarian say about placing a monetary value on human life? (View the Sandel-video very‚ very carefully‚ generate your own notes on Jeremy Bentham’s and John Stuart Mill’s utilitarian theory and only
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Utilitarianism argues that‚ given a set of choices‚ the act we should choose is that which produces the best results for the greatest number affected by that choice. Jeremy Bentham’s‚ an English utilitarian‚ went off by saying that actions should be pursued if they promote the greatest amount of happiness. Thus‚ happiness is identified with pleasure and the absence of pain. Marijuana has been an uprising issue in today’s generation causing a growing debate on whether or not it should be legalized
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On April 25‚ 1917 in Newport News Virginia‚ proud mother‚ Temperance‚ gave birth to her first little girl‚ who was soon to become one of the most accomplished jazz singers of all time (Verve Music Group). Tempie and Ella’s father William‚ bound together by common-law marriage‚ separated soon after she was born. Her mother then moved the two of them to Yonkers‚ NY where eventually they started a family with Joseph Da Silva‚ Tempie’s long-term boyfriend. Ella soon became a big sister when Francis was
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CHAPTER 16: TEST BANK SOME ANSWERS AND COMMENTS ON THE TEXT DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. Replacing the progressive rate structure of the federal personal income tax with a proportional one would make the tax more regressive (or less progressive). However‚ the various exemptions‚ deductions‚ and credits must still be considered. Many people who support a proportional rate structure do so as a means of simplifying the personal income tax. It is really only simplified if the number of exemptions
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money for the same amount of work does sound like a good deal. With that said if you increase the wage amount and companies do not have that in their budget‚ it will cause loss of jobs. A Utilitarian would defiantly have an issue with that. “Utilitarianism States that it wants the greatest good for the greatest number of people.” With job loses it would really not help the people out in a way that would be good. A utilitarian would want people to be happy with the change in the amount of wage. That
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In Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring" she calls attention to the dangers of pesticides. Through her use of imagery‚ rhetorical questions‚ and similes she has created a very passionate argument towards whether or not farmers should use these poisons that affect much more than they think. She asks if "Indiana still raised any boys who roam throw woods?". "If so‚ who guarded the poisoned area to make sure no one went through?" " Who kept vigilant watch to tell the innocent stroller that he was about
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The article “Rachel Dolezal and my Napoleon complex” by Damon Linker indicates the overall of Hegel’s philosophy to be adapted and related to Rachel Dolezal as an effective reasoning to his explanation. The author leans toward the credibility of Hegel’s philosophy. His subjective argument is the ideal of your mind and reality is the thought of the world‚ not what you think is to be truth. Meaning that the world has to accept your idealistic if that is only to be truth. The absolute truth belongs
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Utilitarianism is defined as a set of ethical principle that seeks the best results in a situation of choice. The greatest amount of pleasure must be derived from the result of one choice for the most number of people. This idea is also what makes me a patron of the idea that the death penalty should be allowed since it serves the objective it was made to fill‚ a prison sentence might not be effective‚ and the greater good should be considered when talking about the innocents that are killed.
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As discussed in the article “GMOs Under Scrutiny” by Rachel Ehrenberg‚ there are numerous controversial methods being used in today’s world‚ one of them being growing genetically modified crops. Originating in the 1990s‚ GMOs came into practice for many different purposes and they have had several different effects. The whole idea of genetically modifying crops was to‚ one‚ make growing crops easier by giving them a built-in pesticide or the ability to stay fresh longer‚ two‚ to make growing certain
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In this paper‚ I will explain the different points of view of Kantianism‚ Utilitarianism‚ Contractarianism and their corresponding philosophers‚ as well as my own opinion about the presented case of the adulterous affair. First‚ I will begin by explaining how Kant would view this situation and what decisions he would make. In Kantianism‚ it is imperative to always say the truth and do that which is right. Regardless of the situation that one may find him or herself in‚ he or she must always say the
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