Essays Tagged: "Consequentialism"
The End Justifies the Means
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Outline and evaluate what you consider to be the most powerful objection to Utilitarianism as a moral theory
ually mean it promoted the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people (or "maximising act consequentialism). This could possibly mean acting in a manner that ran contrary to traditional mora ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Setting Up A Moral System
in every society. Yet, every moral system mustdeal with the major conflicting general moral issues: Consequentialism versusNon-consequentialism; Self versus Other-Interestedness; Act Utilitarianism ve ... d and examinedthere are conflicting views that must be resolved.First of all, there is the issue of Consequentialism and Non-consequentialism.Consequentialism is best described by utilitarianism, wher ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Inclusion Education policies for Special needs
cation policies are lessening the provision of quality education.Individuals opposing the theory of Consequentialism believe the success of Inclusive education practices are heavily dependent on educa ... opose changing attitudes and expectations as the indispensable pre-requisites for changing existing Consequentialism policies. They advocate resource allocation, based on the number of enrolled studen ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
Organizaional Ethics - A theoretical Exploration
domain, questions that often seem to include the word 'ethics' in their answer. Whether we look to consequentialism and always consider the outcome of a particular action, or conform to a more deonto ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Decision Making Models
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making
Who Guards the Guardians? Judicial Control of Administration
e 1970s and early 1980s, administrative law was actually undergoing a conversion from pluralism and consequentialism to postpluralism and postconsequentialism. This conversion was gradual and unconsci ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Ethical Theories Paper: Consequentialist Theory
ieve that end result. This theory can then be put into two sub-theories, ethical egoism and "social consequentialism";utilitarianism probably being the most common theory.Ethical egoism is a form of c ... a person who walks out on their family because they cannot handle the stress.The sub-theory "social consequentialism" is a type of consequentialism that guides people to maximize good consequences and ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
The link between Utilitarianism and Democracy
of ethics based on quantitative maximization of some good for society or humanity. It is a form of consequentialism. This good is often happiness or pleasure, though some utilitarian theories might s ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Comparsion of John Stewary Mill and Emanuel Kants Philosophies on Morality
eves, are necessary to free and rational practical judgment. Mill's utilitarian theory is a form of consequentialism because the rightness or wrongness of an act is determined by the consequences. Kan ... the basis for his universal duty based theory. Mill's theory of utilitarianism is a primary form of consequentialism.John Stuart Mill, who made utilitarianism the subject of one of his philosophical t ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers
Nurse Accountability – Consent for Catheterisation, Professional Law and Ethics.
thical principles of autonomy, beneficence and non-maleficence and applying the ethical theories of consequentialism and deontology the author hopes to make it clear how nurses justify their actions.N ... n influential and which in many ways work in opposition to each other. Theories of this thought are consequentialism and deontology.Singleton and Mclaren (1995) state that the consiquentialist theory ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Leadership and Ethics Course, Through Military Discussing Ethical Decisions as They Relate To Utilitarian Teleologist, Kantian Deontologist and Decision Making,.
TeleologistUtilitarianism Teleological (UT) ethics, often referred to as consequentialist ethics or consequentialism involves the morality of a decision and the results of doing what is the better goo ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Stress
e consequences of actions and therefore is a consequentialist theory. (See the table 'Comparison of Consequentialism, Deontology & Virtue Ethics' in Chapter 2: Animal Ethics.)Utilitarianism evolve ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide
Capitalism benefits everybody reflective
ons, to understand the complexities of decisions, taking into account multiple perspectives such as Consequentialism (consequences), Deontology (duties, rights and obligations) and finally Human natur ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers