14 results found, view free essays on page:
-
Game Theory Decision Making
1,964 words... (the value of a coalition which is comprised of two sub-coalitions equals, at least, the sum of the values of the two sub-coalitions). Coalitions can be epiphenomena l: their value can be higher than the combined values of their constituents. The amounts paid to the players equal the value of the coalition and each player stands to get an amount no smaller than any amount that he would have made on his own. A set of payments to the players, describing the division of the coalitions value amo...
Free research essays on topics related to: game theory, decision making, integral part, de ontological, coalition -
Assisted Suicide Voluntary Euthanasia
1,033 wordsTwo hundred years ago, to question the absolute worth of human life was an unforgivable offense. Individuals who attempted to suicide were often punished in courts, and even sent to work camps. Those who were successful were often buried with stakes in their hearts, and the state confiscated their property rather than dispersing it to their relatives. If taking ones own life were so serious, asking a doctor to help one commit suicide would have been unthinkable. Although our society is certainly...
Free research essays on topics related to: de ontological, human life, terminally ill, voluntary euthanasia, assisted suicide -
Point Of View Electronic Monitoring
1,233 wordsSometimes there is no middle ground. Monitoring of employees at the workplace, either you side with the employees or you believe management owns the network and should call the shots. The purpose of this paper is to tackle whether monitoring an employee is an invasion of privacy. How new technology has made monitoring of employees by employers possible. The unfairness of computerized monitoring software used to watch employees. The employers desire to ensure that the times they are paying for to...
Free research essays on topics related to: electronic monitoring, point of view, work environment, e mail, de ontological -
Consequential Ist Categorical Imperative
1,698 wordsEthics, broadly conceived, is concerned with questions about value, how we should live, and what we should do. Normative ethics is concerned with developing general theories in response to these kinds of questions. Consequentialist's, contract arians, virtue ethicist's, Kantians, and still others all develop different theories. But these theorists understand the subject matter itself differently, stress different questions, and offer different answers. These differences themselves then become th...
Free research essays on topics related to: ethical theories, normative ethics, utility maximization, categorical imperative, consequential ist -
Consequential Ist Utility Maximization
1,722 words... concerned with utility maximization as any good consequential ist, is personally responsible for how he evaluates each particular situation. If, through a mis evaluation of the situation, he performs actions that produce a very bad state of affairs, he cannot say "I was just following orders. " The de ontologist may insist that the rule-of-thumb-utilitarian can always say "oh well, I tried my best, " but the de ontologist who produces bad states of affairs can clearly say the same thing - in...
Free research essays on topics related to: consequential ist, personal responsibility, utility maximization, de ontological, negative consequences -
Principles Of Utilitarian And Logic
699 wordsPrinciples of Utilitarian and De ontological Logic The U. S government and private health care providers are currently trying to create a more systematic approach for States and local communities to extend health and mental health care to their uninsured residents, which correlates directly with the principles of utilitarian and de ontological logic. In the United States cultural and social factors contribute to the causation of mental illness, yet that contribution varies by disorder. Mental il...
Free research essays on topics related to: mental illness, mental health services, ethnic minorities, social factors, health care -
Glass Ceiling Mary Ann
736 wordsIs there any sense in mind that there are barriers to women's advancement in the firm? When we talk about modern society we imply the equality of all people. When we talk about modern business world we imply that in this domain there is no place for prejudices. So why such phenomena called glass ceiling exists? In this paper I would like to discuss company that has certain issues that pertain particularly to women. So what does the term glass ceiling mean? According to Wikipedia The term glass c...
Free research essays on topics related to: august 24, glass ceiling, de ontological, mary ann, glass -
Peer To Peer Moral Goodness
984 wordsKant's deontology and Cyberethics Copyright issue examined within the bounds of morality is an extremely difficult thing, especially when it concerns the concepts of right and wrong. Copyright and intellectual property is often explored in relation to morality and choice between right and wrong. Lets try to answer the question whether Music City should not be held liable for the copyright infringement of Morpheus users. So, what is right and what is wrong? What ethically correct actions are? Can...
Free research essays on topics related to: software piracy, de ontological, moral goodness, peer to peer, held liable -
Taking Into Account Pleasure And Pain
1,786 wordsCritique Of Bentham's Quantitative Utilitarianism Essay, Research Critique Of Bentham's Quantitative Utilitarianism Over time, the actions of mankind have been the victim of two vague labels, right and wrong. The criteria for these labels are not clearly defined, but they still seem to be the standard by which the actions of man are judged. There are some people that abide by a de ontological view when it comes to judging the nature of actions; the de ontological view holds that it is a persons ...
Free research essays on topics related to: taking into account, pleasure and pain, de ontological, greatest amount, jeremy bentham -
Making Drugs Legal Legalization Of Drugs
2,538 wordsDrugs Should Not be Legalized The question of whether to legalize drugs or not is A Very controversial and important issue. Drugs affect so many areas of society. Several groups have formed and spoken out regarding their position. After learning about the issues regarding both sides of the argument, I would choose to support those who oppose legalization of any drugs. Drugs simply create problems which affects society in several ways. The governments have made several efforts to control drugs an...
Free research essays on topics related to: violent crimes, legalizing drugs, making drugs legal, legalization of drugs, consequential ist -
Legalization Of Drugs Consequential Ist
921 wordsShould Drugs Be Legalized? For several decades drugs have been one of the major problems of society. There have been escalating costs spent on the war against drugs and countless dollars spent on rehabilitation, but the problem still exists. Not only has the drug problem increased but drug related problems are on the rise. Drug abuse is a killer in our country. Some are born addicts while others become users. The result of drug abuse is thousands of addicts in denial. The good news is the United...
Free research essays on topics related to: legalizing drugs, consequential ist, legalization of drugs, drug abuse, harm principle -
Consequential Ist Cause Harm
645 wordsBut it is not the mere occurrence of disagreements that tells against the objectivity of values. Disagreements on questions in history or biology or cosmology does not show that there are no objective issues in these fields for investigators to disagree about. But such scientific disagreement results from speculative inferences or explanatory hypotheses based on inadequate evidence, and it is hardly plausible to interpret moral disagreement in the same way. Disagreement about moral codes seems t...
Free research essays on topics related to: cause harm, de ontological, harm, duty, consequential ist -
Pleasure And Pain Acute
1,393 wordsThe first question that arises from this statement is what is a good moral choice. How can we determine what good is, when there are many differing opinions? Is an action good if the nature or the intentions of the action are considered good? Or is it the consequences of the action that determine the goodness of the action? Is it a combination of both the intentions and the consequences of the action, or the actions´ effect on society? The New Collins Concise Dictionary lists over thirty d...
Free research essays on topics related to: pleasure and pain, acute , poor man, roman catholic, sexual intercourse -
Allocation Of Resources Zero Sum
3,923 wordsSam Vaknins Psychology, Philosophy, Economics and Foreign Affairs Web Sites Consider this: Could Western management techniques be successfully implemented in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)? Granted, they have to be adapted, modified and cannot be imported in their entirety. But their crux, their inalienable nucleus? can this be transported and transplanted in CEE? Theory provides us with a positive answer. Human agents are the same everywhere and are mostly rational. Practice ...
Free research essays on topics related to: long term, game theory, decision making, allocation of resources, zero sum
14 results found, view free essays on page:
