Short Paper 2 “How would Aristotle respond to Utilitarianism?” How would Aristotle respond to Utilitarianism? The Definition of “Utilitarianism” is an ethical theory holding that the proper course of action is the one that maximizes the overall "good" of the greatest number of individuals. It is thus a form of consequentialism‚ meaning that the moral worth of an action is determined by its resulting outcome. The most influential contributors to this theory are considered to be Jeremy Bentham
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Legal Compliance “What does it mean to say that a rule would produce the best consequences?” The theory of “utilitarianism is a huge interest and influence. Additionally we may ask how “utilitarianism” is discussed and how might it be criticized or defended? Utilitarianism Jeremy Bentham an English philosopher and political thinker has been described as the modern father or utilitarianism. According to Law (2012)‚ “He defended the greatest happiness principle‚” which claims that an action is rand
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approached by his superior Col. Ratchet‚ to take a position overseeing interrogation of prisoners of war. Patton is struggling with which decision‚ pertaining to this offer‚ whether listen to his ethical beliefs‚ or ignore his morals and accept this position. Identification(1) In this case study there are five ethical issues in which I find. 1. Is it right to take care of injuries that are sustained by the interrogation? 2. Is it right to even continue working‚ when knowledge on the type of
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1(a) Explain the general principles of utilitarianism‚ including reference to both act and rule utilitarianism The theory of utilitarianism was devised by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)‚ an English philosopher‚ who gave us the general principle which is used in Bentham and Mill’s theory of utilitarianism and act and rule utilitarianism. The general principle which utilitarianism is based around is the idea of maximising pleasure and minimising pain. Bentham put forward his hedonistic theory in the
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Ethical Options 2 Moira is a college graduate that has been an administrator assistant for four months. Her fellow employees are stealing from the company‚ coming/ going as they please and in some instances they are intoxicated during work. She has come forward to her department supervisor about the situation and he has done nothing. She is in a very uncomfortable situation and is ready to give up and join the rest of the unfaithful employees. When dealing with morality options‚ you always
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There are seven different major ethical systems and they are: ethical formalism‚ utilitarianism‚ religion‚ natural law‚ ethics of virtue‚ ethics of care‚ and egoism. All seven of these ethical systems are dealt with on a daily basis and sometimes it is hard to determine which one you are dealing with. Ethical systems intertwine with one another and make up how humans respond and react to situations they are faced with every day. Each ethical system has its own way of coming across to each individual
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“As I write this‚ in November 1971‚ people are dying in East Bengal from lack of food‚ shelter‚ and medical care” Singer stated. (Pojman 759) Peter Singer is an ethical and political philosophy that is well known for his founding movement of modern animal rights. (Peter Singer) Moreover‚ he believed that people who are suffering from lack of resources are morally bad‚ in this case Bengal. Besides‚ it is in our power to prevent something bad from occurring. So‚ Singer’s overall idea is that we have
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Part A Utilitarianism Upon applying utilitarianism theory to Tom’s current situation‚ Tom would maximise the greatest good and increase the happiness of more people and parties by exaggerating his work experience. The first party that would benefit from this is his parents. As was said in the case study (2014)‚ Tom’s mother had lost her job a few years ago and has remained unemployed since. Tom’s father has also not been doing well financially‚ as his business has not been doing well as of lately
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Ethical Dilemmas 1) You are a prosecutor in a jurisdiction that does not use the grand jury system. An elderly man has administered a lethal dose of sleeping tablets to his wife ‚who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. He calmly turned himself in to the police department‚ and the case is on the front page of the paper. It is entirely up to you whether to charge him with murder. What would you do? What criteria did you use to arrive at your decision? 2) You are a probation officer and
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Consequentialism and Utilitarianism Consequentialism‚ as its name suggests‚ is the view that normative properties depend only on consequences. This general approach can be applied at different levels to different normative properties of different kinds of things‚ but the most prominent example is consequentialism about the moral rightness of acts‚ which holds that whether an act is morally right depends only on the consequences of that act or of something related to that act‚ such as the motive
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