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    What Factors Most Affect Evaporation? Intermediate-Level Science Projects    Which Materials Insulate Best Against Windchill? Do Clouds Tell Us What Weather Is Coming? What Factors Most Affect Evaporation? Evaporation of a substance such as water occurs when the molecules in a liquid state absorb enough heat energy to vaporize into a gas. The heat energy‚ which causes the molecules to move‚ is called kinetic energy. The water molecules remain the same during this change‚ except that they’re

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    Utilitarianism. “The principle of utility as outlined by John Stuart Mill is that one is obligated morally to produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people “ (Bluffton College).in other worlds you have to weight your action and its effects on society as a hole. It is your moral duty to optimize every situation. It could contain human sacrifice (sacrificing one person for the survival of 2 people) by determining that such an action will optimize utility in the situation; this will make

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    This essay certainly made your stance on the questions asked known. I appreciated the quick reference to utilitarianism and Kantianism when tackling the first question‚ however‚ some further expansion was definitely needed. In the laborer’s example‚ it is important to know that such strict personal accountability would not work in White-Collar jobs. It is standard for White-Collar workers to be indemnified by their company for any problems that may arise while performing within the capacity of their

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    The philosophical theory that I choose to do is called “utilitarianism”. In a brief sentence‚ utilitarianism means the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Basically what this means is‚ doing the right thing is based on how many people your action benefits rather than how much it benefits you. According to the Oxford American Dictionary utility means “the state of being useful‚ profitable‚ or beneficial”(oxford dictionary‚2013). The whole theory is all about how much it benefits and

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    is the lottery an example of the utilitarian monster? Utilitarianism is an ethics that is based on the outcome and not on how that outcome is achieved. It is based on the principal that a belief that benefits majority must be preferred. That means that all the choices made can be categorized as being generous or miserable‚ honestly or dishonestly dealt‚ irrespective of the way but must make more individuals happy. Money minded utilitarianism will measure happiness in terms of money. When we consider

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    level is norms and standards accepted by a society. The word ethics derived from Greek word‚ ‘Ethos’ which means customs. Ethics is basically the philosophical study of morality and the word moral is derived from a Latin word ‘mores’ which means manners.

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    utilitarianists‚ like Jeremy Bentham and J. S. Mill‚ offered a revolutionary approach to understand the demand-side of the economy. They consider the usefulness of the product as a whole rather than its process of production. In the development of the utilitarianism‚ reformists present a much more realistic‚ practical and comprehensive discussion of the nature of the economy: the necessity of comparative utilities‚ the concern about the distribution and quality of the utility‚ the key social influence

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    Utilitarianism Valeria Ornelas Grand Canyon University: PHI 305 10/30/14 John Stuart Mill’s Moral Theory John Stuart Mill‚ a philosopher and political economist‚ is known today as one of the most influential sponsors for Utilitarianism. His moral theory tends to go along with a “Utilitarian rubric” (Fitzpatrick‚ 2006) and thus holds that the theory is based on how to define right and wrong in terms of happiness. For Mill‚ “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness‚ wrong

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    Utilitarianism is not necessarily intended to be utilized as a "decision strategy" to choose what to do. If we can realize that a strategy will deliver extremely great results and unimportant bad results‚ then that activity is logical. Be that as it may‚ we aren’t generally great at realizing what activities will create great results and we can frequently be overconfident in our capacity to do as such. It is regularly wrong to choose something we accept will likely have great results if that conduct

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    believe that there are certain situations in which only the bad can occur. For example‚ on the day of the terrorist attack on 9/11 in New York‚ the terrorist act was not morally correct in anyway. On his prime

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