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Golden Rule Greatest Good
1,763 wordsThe Golden Rule and The Greatest Good what can they do? It was around 4 pm that Tosin Olumito and I got to the main campus of Ahead Bello University Smart, Zaria after a long journey from Ilorin, Kara State. Our mission was to process our admission having finished the Interim Joint Matriculation board Examination of which we obtained a very good result. In Ilorin, we had been directed to a friend who was a student in the school to put us through and to offer us accommodation for timeous processi...
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Philosophy Analysis Of The Apology By Socrates
1,125 wordsIn The Apology, Socrates talks positively about an instance in which he committed an act of civil disobedience, but in The Crito he argues that civil disobedience is not an acceptable option. These two claims are irreconcilable. Although Socrates claims that civil disobedience is never alright, he insists he would practice philosophy even if it were against Athens law. Although Socrates gives himself an out when he says that one must either accept the law or argue that its unjust, I do not think...
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Greatest Good For The Greatest Good For The Greatest Number
1,444 wordsIn the past decade, we have become witness to the creation to the birth of Dolly, the lamb, in-vitro fertilization, organ transplants, and nutritionally enhanced food, all of which fall under the very controversial topic of cloning. These dramatic advances in biotechnology have spurred many ethical debates as well as questions by many philosophers, researchers, scientists, as well as everyday people in dire need of these advancements for medical reasons. On the one hand, from a utilitarian persp...
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Greatest Good Ultimate Good Life
702 wordsIn Nicomachea n Ethics, Aristotle discusses what the greatest good could be. He begins by saying, Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every action and decision, seems to be aimed at some good. This means that Aristotle thinks that everyones actions in life are directed at something greater, something that they are striving for. I believe this to be true because it seems in life that everything you do, you are aiming for something else. With every decision and action that a person m...
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Number Of People Greatest Good For The Greatest
682 wordsIn Kantianism reason is the sole authority for determining what is ethical and what is ethical must be based on a principle or rule that that must apply to every human being universally, without exception. The rule is based on what Kant calls the Categorical Imperative- they base morality on universal laws or rules and not on individual interests or desires. Universal Law is any personal moral rule that can be applied to all human beings without exception. Kant feels that a person should be prai...
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Shell And Nigerian Oil Uti
1,141 words... in mostly small ways one could ignore however, the amount of time that this harm exists is very great and odds are it will be polluted in the future faster than it takes for the Earth to heal itself. Where the Ogoni's oil was taken by Shell and parts of the profits allocated to the Nigerian government there is a major misallocation of who received the money generated by the oil. The oil generates 10 billion dollars a year to the Nigerian government from producing the vast amounts of oil, thi...
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Theory Of Value Greatest Good For The Greatest
1,695 wordsDilemma Presented To Him Exemplifies The Empirical View of Utilitarianism 'One death, and a thousand lives in exchange -- it's simple arithmetic. ' -Raskolnikov Raskolnikov's mathematical evaluation of the moral dilemma presented to him in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment exemplifies the empirical view of utilitarianism. Utilitarianism attempts to distinguish between right and wrong by measuring a decision based on its calculated worth. Raskolnikov appears to employ the fundamentals of utilitar...
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Greatest Happiness Principle Gdp Per Capita
1,683 wordsWhat is the utilitarian justification for concentrating on GDP per capita as the objective of development? Within the course of this research, we will concentrate on utilitarianism, in particular on the utilitarian justification for concentrating on GDP per capita as the objective of development. To better understand this argument, we will first elaborate on Utilitarianism in general, to be followed by the development of the argument and a case study of a situation that justifies concentrating o...
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Ethical Egoism Psychological Egoism
1,868 wordsIn ethics egoism entails that the individual self is either the motivating moral force and is, or should, be the end of moral action. Egoism divides into both a positive and normative ethic. The positive ethic views egoism as a factual description of human affairs, that is people are motivated by their own interests and desires. The normative ethic is that they should be so motivated. Positivist egoism: Psychological Egoism The positivist egoist, whose theory is called psychological egoism, offe...
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Make A Difference Greatest Good For The Greatest
4,386 wordsFast Eddie by Rick Vallejo's (Daredevil or) (Comments appreciated) Where do I begin to write down my misadventure. I would have never picked up a pen and began had it not been for my host. Hes the type of fellow who tells you what to do and his partners (soldiers) make sure you did just as your told. This hideout, this fortress has more weapons than Ive seen in months. There is a guard at my door this minute, put there for my protection so I was told. Yeh right! Hes got a mean looking revolver w...
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Bill Of Rights Years Of Age
1,488 wordsImagine today, somebody or government came into your town and started taking possession of all your personal fire arms. Just so they could keep you under their control. What would you think or do about this? In the summer of 1768, the British army tried to disarm the new residents of Boston. This process went on until the end of 1775. This took place so that the King of England would not have his invincible army revolted against in the new land to the West. The bostonian's of the new west were r...
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Quality Of Life Cystic Fibrosis
1,288 wordsAn apparent 19 -year-old male is brought to the emergency room by ambulance in respiratory failure related to end stage cystic fibrosis. The patient is accompanied by his girlfriend who states that the patient has a do not resuscitate (DNR) order. As the emergency room physician tries to contact the patients primary care physician he finds that the patient is under the care of a pediatrician, which makes him suspicious of the DNR request. He confronts the girlfriend about the patient s age becau...
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Quality Of Life Cystic Fibrosis
1,347 wordsThis paper will introduce a case study that results in an ethical dilemma. The ethical dilemma will be clearly stated including obligations and conflicts. Using the Contemporary Utilitarianism theory I will analyze the ethical dilemma. Finally I will analyze the same case using an Egoistic approach as an alternative course of action. Case Study An apparent 19 year old male is brought to the emergency room by ambulance in respiratory failure related to end stage cystic fibrosis. The patient is ac...
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Assisted Suicide Jack Kevorkian
1,820 wordsMen fear death, as if unquestionably the greatest evil, and yet no man knows that it may not be the greatest good. (William Mitford). The speaker really nails one of the most highly controversial topics since the modern human walked this earth, what comes with death? Religions usually talk of some sort of an afterlife, be it reincarnation, or a concept of heaven or hell. They see death as a type of rebirth and look highly upon the end of their life on earth. Others see death as the end. Somethin...
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Human Rights Violations Billion Dollars A Year
2,235 wordsShell Oil and the Exploitation of Nigeria Nigeria has been a country in political turmoil for a long time. The country was created in 1914 under British colonial rule and at that time it was considered a protectorate. It was not until 1960 that Nigeria received independence from the United Kingdom. One of Nigeria s problems politically is that it has over three hundred different ethnic groups. The three largest of these are the Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, and Yoruba. At the time of the independence of N...
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