saving a life is in no way compared to getting a new outfit for 50 dollars or a new 800 dollar smart phone when you get tired of the old version. Small sacrifices such as these might seem like a lot at first‚ but the cost-benefit analysis under utilitarianism proves that it is the morally correct way to assess these circumstances. Although there are situations where individuals are not morally obligated to give money to assist others in need and this is when the individual would be putting themselves
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Philosophical ethics are an attempt to define moral action. Theories try to answer questions such as ‘what is a moral action?’ and ‘how should men act?’ In the case of classical theories the main question is ‘What is the good life? We all grow up learning our ethics‚ or morals‚ from our parents and society. As we grow we are told things; do not cross the road alone‚ clean your room. But there are a set of instructions that we are told‚ and we grow to learn that they have quite a different motive
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the manufacturer’s acts of deception would be utilitarianism because of its moral reasoning. In this paper‚ I shall discuss the general utilitarian issues of the case. In addition‚ I will apply the different steps of the Utility Test and I shall apply this comparative approach to the study of the Common-Good Test. Although my judgments are implicitly concerned with generalizing the ethical issues of the case‚ I shall criticize the utilitarianism; the view that the best decision is the one that
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PHI 240 HE 1 Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality by Peter Singer The Elements of Reason #8 1. Use two or three sentences to state the main purpose or argument in this article. In other words‚ what is the argument the author is making? (This should be a specific argument. We all know that the authors are writing about morality and ethics.) The main purpose or argument in this article is that Peter Singer
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VIRTUE THEORY‚ UTILITARIANISM‚ AND DEONTOLOGICAL ETHICS Ethics in Our Lives Kalin Leonard University of Phoenix Abstract Virtue theory‚ utilitarian‚ and deontological theories offer different views on how we make different decisions in our lives. Virtue theory focuses primarily on what a specific act says about a person’s moral character‚ utilitarian theory focuses on how a specific acts affects a large number of people‚ while deontological theory focuses on if that act is right or wrong
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should be provided with careful thought because they should be respected for the actual strength of the choices and preference they belong to. If human morality were the single motivating factor in human life‚ and everyone accepted preference utilitarianism‚ then all individuals would be able to respect individuals’ preferences in general. This action would involve a large amount of compromise‚ because each individual’s choices and preferences will eventually come into conflict with someone else’s
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which she doesn’t want to see customers get ill and furthermore the business get bad publicity. Also being rewarded as a most honest person in the restaurant she doesn’t want to be an untrustworthy person. Utilitarianism Under utilitarianism‚ Kate should report the issue to the FSA. Utilitarianism is all about the greatest good overall (Low‚ R 2012). In this scenario we can see some possible results if Kate report the issue to the FSA. The respective customers will not get sick; restaurant will not
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lesser democratic institutions. In fact‚ using John Rawls’ Theory of Justice‚ our society is unjust and unfair because of unequal education‚ unequal distributions of taxes and unequal applications of laws. Rawls theory goes up against utilitarianism. Utilitarianism argues that justice is that which brings the most happiness or goodness to the biggest amount of people. Rawls had two purposes for his justice theory. They were to define the appropriate distribution of the benefits and burdens and provide
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Darwing Silva 706694 Utilitarian and retributive theory of punishment Utilitarian Theorists believe that punishment should be developed based on what is best for the public as a whole. Utilitarian theorists are forward looking as opposed to retribution theorists. The goal of utilitarian theorists is to prevent a crime from happening again. In a general sense this means that the punishment
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On the other hand‚ he describes Bentham’s theories on torture using rule utilitarianism‚ which uses a certain set or rules to determine if an action is morally right. Both theories have the common idea that the good of the many outweighs that of the few. Bentham’s theory however is in favor of not using torture under any circumstance
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