Running Head: Making ethical and moral decision using the Utilitarian Principal TUI UNIVERSITY XXXXXXXXXXXX Module 2 Case ETH501: Business Ethics Dr. Stevens June 10, 2013 “A pacemaker is a small modern day device, about the size of a half dollar piece, that's placed under the skin near your heart to help control your heartbeat. People may need a pacemaker for a variety of reasons, mostly due to one of a group of conditions called arrhythmias, in which the heart's
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BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN STUART MILL Born in Pentonville, a suburb of London, in 1806, John Stuart Mill was one of the leading philosophical radicals who aimed to further the utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham. At the age of three he began to learn Greek and by the time he was eight he was learning Latin. By the age of fourteen he had done extensive work in logic and mathematics mastering the basics of economic theory. His father James Mill aimed to make John Stuart Mill a leader in views of
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Will you be their voice? Lloyd biggle Jr. once stated “Life is life’s greatest gift. Guard the life of another creature as you would your own, because it is your own. On life’s scale of values, the smallest is no less precious to the creature who owns it than the largest.” Think about what that quote means. Is any persons’ life more important than that of an animal? Would you be willing to speak up for them? Are you up for the challenge? You might not be, but we shall see if I can change your mind
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took all the different possible into consideration; the ethical terms, I have decided to give the transplant to Jerry, I found him to be the more deserving one. I look at the example of the utilitarian ethical philosophy of John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham in which they claim that the best course of action is the one that leads to maximum satisfaction and happiness. The consequences of an action would determine if the action should be taken or not taken. So the morality of an action sis not the
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According to (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/utilitarianism) that utilitarianism is “a belief that a morally good action is one that benefits the greatest number of people.” A perfect example would be Ozymandias and what he did to the city of New York during the government and foreign affairs. He believed in utilitarianism because he thought rather than nuclear bombs being sent from US to Europe to the Middle East to Russia and vice versa. Every country had nuclear weapons pointed at one
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individuals derive from these. Foucault then discusses Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon, a building with a tower at the center from which it is possible to see each cell in which a prisoner or schoolboy is incarcerated. Visibility is a trap. Each individual is seen but cannot communicate with the warders or other prisoners. The crowd is abolished. The panopticon induces a sense of permanent visibility that ensures the functioning of power. Bentham decreed that power should be visible yet unverifiable.
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seats in a stadium not only makes it easy for spectators to see but also for guards or security cameras to scan the audience. A perfect system of observation would allow one “guard” to see everything (a situation approximated, as we shall see, in Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon). But since this is not usually possible, there is a need for “relays” of observers, hierarchically ordered, through whom observed data passes from lower to higher levels. A distinctive feature of modern power (disciplinary
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John stuart mill John Stuart Mill was born in London in 1806. In 1873 Mill wrote an autobiography gave great examples about his life and the education he had received. Mill was given this education by his father with the assistance of Jeremy Bentham and Francis Place (Mautner, 2014). Mill had learned to speak Greek by the age of three and then Latin a little later on. Mill was a competent logician by the age of twelve. At age sixteen he had already became a well-trained economist. Mill then
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There is No Such Thing as a Power Shortage In his essay “Panopticism”, Michel Foucault interprets the power-dynamics ingrained in the structure of the panopticon, a self-disciplining prison built by Jeremy Bentham in the nineteenth century. Foucault investigates the functions of the panopticon and realizes that it provides the framework for many aspects of modern society. However, “ panopticism has received little attention” because its utility has been greatly diffused in the lives, to the point
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People are strange. When faced with an ethical dilemma in real life situations they tend to shy away from it, or attempt to go around the issue. In movies however, ethical dilemmas seem to captivate audiences and drag them in. It is enjoyable to sit around and argue with friends about the moral situations presented in movies and many can be interpreted different ways. One of these movies is 10 Cloverfield lane. The movie is both an excellent example of utilitarian ethics and as it ends becomes a
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