Essays Tagged: "Utilitarian"

Mill's Utilitarianism, Sacrifice the innocent for the common good?

When faced with a moral dilemma, utilitarianism identifies theappropriate considerations, but offers no realistic way to gather thene ... a problem both in evaluating the welfare issues and inevaluating the consequentialist issues which utilitarianism requires beweighed when making moral decisions. Utilitarianism attempts to solveboth ... rations.In deciding whether or not to torture a terrorist who has planted abomb in New York City, a utilitarian must evaluate both the overallwelfare of the people involved or effected by the action t ...

(5 pages) 310 0 4.0 Oct/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Utilitarianism, Principles of Mill's utilitarianism with application to "Crime and Punishment" well-organized and good grip on Mill's theory

ral 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 decisi ... asuring a decision based on its calculated worth. Raskolnikov appears to employ the fundamentals of utilitarianism by pitting the negative consequences of murdering his old landlady against the positi ...

(7 pages) 274 0 3.8 Apr/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

A Critical Analysis of Alfred Tennyson's "In Memoriam A.H.H."

comfortable religiousbeliefs fell under great scrutiny. An early blow to these beliefs camefrom the Utilitarian, followers of Jeremy Bantam, in the form of a testby reason of many of the long-standing ... eve it so.Finally, after addressing these doubts raised by science, Tennysonturns his sights to the Utilitarian attack on religion. In poem 124, heexplains that one cannot come to God through reason, ...

(18 pages) 140 2 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Animal ethics

h includes the animals and its environment.I will first look at the views of Peter Singer, who is a utilitarian. A utilitarian is someone who believes the greatest amount of good for the greatest numb ... idualistic because he is not concerned with the environment in which animals live and since he is a utilitarian, equality is not something he is concerned with. Even other philosopher criticizes the u ...

(7 pages) 310 1 2.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Afirmative action in workplace: discussing with Kantian and Utilitarian theories

nother more qualified for the position just to fulfill hiring requirements, while using Kantian and Utilitarian ethical theories to justify each side of the issue.Affirmative action policies can be de ... ngs endured over time by minorities. Who was truly responsible for their persecution? If you were a Utilitarian you might say the white man is responsible, and to punish all of the white population in ...

(4 pages) 165 0 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Justification for Punishment: why do we punish?

Justification for punishment is essential in explaining whether the punishment is a retributive or utilitarian and if its intent is valid or not. A retributive viewpoint is backward-looking in that p ... f a person is guilty of an unlawful action. This is the opposite of a forward-looking viewpoint, or utilitarian viewpoint, because punishment is dealt out to discourage and prevent others from acting ...

(6 pages) 114 0 3.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Title: two theories of right and wrong

Two Theories of Right and WrongJohn Stuart Mill, author of the essay entitled Utilitarianism, gave an in depth theory of right and wrong commonly referred to as utility or the ut ... nd wrongness of an act is determined solely by its consequences. Sir W.D. Ross, however, criticizes utilitarianism because he says it is too permissive about lying, but I don't think his criticism can ... it is too permissive about lying, but I don't think his criticism can be accepted.According to Act-Utilitarianism, an act is morally right if and only if there is no other possible alternative act th ...

(5 pages) 163 0 0.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Paternalism in the USA and Johhn Stuart Mills.

interests such as life, health, and safety at the expense of their liberty. John Stuart Mills was a Utilitarian Philosopher and political writer that has been extremely influential to our society toda ... of Jeremy Bentham at around age fifteen. He felt Bentham was a revolutionary theorist and that the Utilitarian principle was genius. 1The principle of utility, he says, understood and applied as it w ...

(12 pages) 192 2 4.7 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Utilitarianism is usually connected with the specific doctrines of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill.

Utilitarianism is usually connected with the specific doctrines of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mi ... es to be measured by their effect on the happiness of human beings. Bentham was both the founder of utilitarianism and a contemporary of Mill's father, who ensured that his son received a strict utili ... ucation based upon Bentham's theories . It is not surprising, then, that aspects of Mill's views on utilitarianism share fundamental similarities with those of Bentham, and also demonstrate a digressi ...

(7 pages) 221 0 3.5 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

The utilitarian philosophies of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill.

Compare and contrast the utilitarian philosophies of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Which do you think is the more conv ... m and John Stuart Mill. Which do you think is the more convincing moral theory, and why?In terms of Utilitarianism, this assignment shall outline the philosophies of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mil ... theory shall be revealed. To a large extent, the work of Mill was deeply valuable to the theory of Utilitarianism; however a number of aspects cannot be applied to all cases. Mill asserted his own pr ...

(8 pages) 243 1 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

A philosphical essay on Utilitarianism.

Utilitarianism is a way of looking at ethics, it focuses on trying to ensure the maximum happiness i ... on trying to ensure the maximum happiness in many different ways. There are many different forms of utilitarianism, the four I will discuss are act, rule, naive and preference utilitarianism.Rule util ... t overall benefit to society, the best rule/law of conduct is found and everyone is found an a rule utilitarian will follow it. However, this can cause problems if you use this rule in a place where i ...

(3 pages) 155 0 3.4 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Utilitarianism.

UtilitarianismAccording to J.J.C. Smart, utilitarianism is a theory that all actions are judged by t ... that all actions are judged by their consequences. The following paper will deal with two forms of utilitarianism: 1) extreme utilitarianism, and 2) restricted utilitarianism. J.J.C. Smart outlines t ... d 2) restricted utilitarianism. J.J.C. Smart outlines the various aspects of each of these forms of utilitarianism in his paper, Extreme and Restricted Utilitarianism. These aspects will be discussed ...

(6 pages) 242 0 4.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

Global Effects of World War I.

scarcities made luxury an impossibility andunfavorable. Reflecting this, clothing became uniform andutilitarian. Europeans would never again dress in fancy, elaboratecostumes. Uniforms led the way in ...

(8 pages) 100 0 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Compare critically Bentham's, Hart's and Dworkin's accounts of legal obligation. The essay is submitted for the course "Jurisprudence"

"in themselves an evil" , because obligation placed constraints on people's personal liberty. As a utilitarian, Bentham believed that the function of law is the give the greatest happiness to the peo ... obey valid law that they do not morally agree, the reason of holding so is different. Bentham, as a utilitarian, believed that one obeyed the law for achieving the great happiness of the community as ...

(12 pages) 101 0 0.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Assignment on Tort Law, ECON345, Understanding damages.

of water to farm-removal of dam-or damagesDunlop-built dam-irrigation purposesA)i)A court taking a utilitarian view would see whether there is a solution which would maximize total social utility. Th ...

(5 pages) 75 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Compare and Contrast the role of Character and Characterization in the novels 'Hard Times' and 'Love on the Dole'

he way that the authors' present these characters, in order to demonstrate the sullen socialism and utilitarian attitudes in 'Hard Times' or the exploitation of the economic system in 'Love on the Dol ...

(8 pages) 56 0 4.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

This is a review of Leslie White and his three key works.

wing its rejection by Franz Boas and his students. His affirmation of evolutionism, his materialist-utilitarian interpretation of custom, and his call for a science of culture are the pillars of his s ... n a long-standing contradiction in his thinking about culture. Within the text he concedes that the utilitarian conception of culture that had dominated his evolutionary writings was incomparable with ...

(8 pages) 59 0 2.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Kant and Mill's Theories

ve acted. The two philosophical approaches that will be examined and contrasted are the Kantian and Utilitarian perspectives. Kant and Mill's point of view on the actions of Paul J. Hill will be prese ... plain why I believe that Kant's theory provides a more plausible account of morality.Kantianism and Utilitarianism are two theories that attempt to answer the moral nature of human beings. Immanuel Ka ...

(9 pages) 337 0 4.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Same-sex marriages: Viewpoints and Theories

thical dilemma, which include egoists, social contract theory (Thomas Hobbes), consequentialist and utilitarian beliefs, Immanuel Kant and deontological ethics, and virtue ethics. Each viewpoint and s ... ng made every day.A third extremely valued ethical belief comes from those of consequentialists and utilitarians. Two famous and well known consequentialists are Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mills. ...

(7 pages) 137 0 3.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality

Charles Dickens' Hard Times: A Look At Then And Now.

ard Time's Coke Town we witness the rise of big business, the suppression of women, a domination of Utilitarian views in education, and the class culture war through Dickens eyes.The British during th ... torian novel Hard Times. The suppression of women, big businesses with massive control over people, Utilitarian views in education, and class struggles are still present today. The repression of human ...

(7 pages) 168 2 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers