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Sunbeam Ethical Analysis
Ethics
Finance
Utilitarianism
Internal, price Standards together own 42 per cent of its stock. Prior to hiring Dunlap they had tried unsuccessfully, to sell Sunbeam. They believe that he was the one person who could turn the company around and increase stock prices and profits. The increase in stock prices did occur, almost instantly. The turnaround took just…
The Island Pharmacist
Economic Inequality
Happiness
Utilitarianism
On July 14, during a family vacation on Martinique, a small Caribbean island, Jean’s nephew Pierre is bitten by an exotic replica insect and suffers a severe allergic reaction. From his knowledge as a former pharmacist Jean is aware that Pierre is at serious risk, and may even die, if he doesn’t obtain a particular…
Utilitarianism: Excessively Demanding Moralview
Quality of life
Utilitarianism
UtilitarianismThe concept of sustainable development is an attempt to balance twomoral demands placed on the environment. The first demand is for development,including economic development or growth. It arises mainly from the interestsof people who live in developing countries. Their present poverty gives them alow quality of life and calls urgently for steps to improve their…
The Picture pf Dorian Grey – Textual analysis
Aesthetics
Art
Pleasure
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Utilitarianism
The chosen extract is from Chapter 2 of “The Picture of Dorian Grey” by Oscar Wilde. It starts with the sentence “Suddenly the painter appeared at the door of the studio” and ends with the sentence “I would give my soul for that!” This chapter is significant because it introduces readers to Dorian Grey and…
A Critique of To Build a Fire, a Short Story by Jack London
Thought
To Build a Fire
Utilitarianism
The change that Jack London attempts to incite in the world, in his short story To Build a Fire, is the same approach that humankind takes to nature. It is very obvious that London has a certain respect for the power of nature and he wants his readers to understand it as a healthy fear….
Actions are Right to The Extent That They Contribute to Happiness
Cognition
Happiness
Utilitarianism
In Mill’s essay on utilitarianism, he defines the most morally correct action to be that which generates the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people. He states that, qualifying this statement by arguing that though different pleasures are more desirable and valuable than others, quantity remains triumphant over quality. This means that…
Psychological Testing Before Hiring
Employment
Ethics
Integrity
Utilitarianism
Consideration can be helpful for an employer to give them some extra insight to make a better hiring decision. There are many tests available so chosing an accurate one is important. Deniz S. Ones, professor of industrial psychology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, believes that a well-designed personality assessment, if used properly, can…
Utilitarian Arguments
Ethics
Utilitarianism
I have always been one to side with a utilitarian’s point of view, such as Mill and Bentham. The greatest happiness of the greatest number, or as cold as it may be, sacrificing the few for the good of the many. Utilitarian moral theories evaluate the moral worth of action on the basis of happiness…
Objections to Utilitarianism
Consequentialism
Utilitarianism
The absolutist holds (By definition). That there are some kinds of action which are so intrinsically wicked that it would always be wrong to perform such an action whatever the consequences of not performing it it is very clear, then, that absolutism is incompatible with utilitarianism. For whatever the sort of action which is supposed…
Utilitarianism Advocates for a Morally Incorrect Action in a Case of Convicting Police Officers for Brutality
Justice
Police Brutality
Utilitarianism
Consider a hypothetical situation in which you are on a jurydeciding whether to convict four policemen on charges of police brutality. You know that the policemen are innocent, but if you acquit them the general public, believing them to be guilty, will riot and innocent people will die. If you convict the policemen, they will…
| description | Utilitarianism is a family of normative ethical theories that prescribe actions that maximize happiness and well-being for all affected individuals. |
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| information | Principles: 1) The basic principle of Mill’s Utilitarianism is the greatest happiness principle (PU): an action is right insofar as it maximizes general utility, which Mill identifies with happiness., Father: Jeremy Bentham was a philosopher, economist, jurist, and legal reformer and the founder of modern utilitarianism, an ethical theory holding that actions are morally right if they tend to promote happiness or pleasure (and morally wrong if they tend to promote unhappiness or pain) among all those affected by them., Origin: The origins of Utilitarianism are often traced back to the Epicureanism of the followers of the Greek philosopher Epicurus. It can be argued that David Hume and Edmund Burke were proto-Utilitarians. But as a specific school of thought, it is generally credited to the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham., Purpose: Utilitarians believe that the purpose of morality is to make life better by increasing the amount of good things (such as pleasure and happiness) in the world and decreasing the amount of bad things (such as pain and unhappiness)., |
