Act utilitarianism

To be just does not mean that you are a temperate person. You can be a temperate person that but not just but to be both just and temperate you must be doing something for the good of the city. Virtuous people don’t become just when doing virtuous acts. Thesis*** For a person to be known as just they have to be lawful by creating laws to keep people good, equitable by being fair, and decent by being fair according to the law. Aristotle explains, “It is well said, then, that by performing just…

Goodness is the very heart of the whole reign of moral values. It is by no accident that the term "good" means moral value as such, and also the specific moral quality of goodness. Among the different moral values there is none which embodies more completely the entire reign of moral values, than goodness; in it we find the purest and most typical expression of the general character of moral goodness as such. It is the center of all morality, and at the same time, it’s most sublime fruit. Its…

“One of the effects of civilisation is to diminish the rigour of the application of the law of natural selection. It preserves weakly lives that would have perished in barbarous lands.” (Francis Galton, 1865) As Francis Galton said, the civilisation is capable to diminish the natural selection, and preserve lives, not weakly lives, just lives. This is one of the best characteristics that Social Catholic Teaching has introduced into the society, the capacity to value a live and preserve…

1 Hatice Çayır 2012202009 Phil 314 Explain and evaluate the role ‘individuality’ plays in Mill’s argument for freedom of life Individuality is an significant concept which is at the core of Mill’s philosophy. In the third chapter of on liberty, Mill discusses the great importance of individuality as a component of well being. By individuality, Mill does not aim just people’s own benefit, but also considers society’s profit as a whole. This term has many relations with other important terms in…

Imperative is that of universalizability. When someone acts, it is according to some rule, or maxim. For Kant, an act is only permissible if one is willing for the maxim that allows the action to be a universal law by which everyone acts. Maxims fail this test if they produce either a contradiction in conception or a contradiction in the will when universalized. Kant believes that all moral judgments must be universalizable. That is, if we say that an act is right for one person, then we are…

QA: 1 A. Introduction: Kantian moral theory is one of the most importance and famous theories in our world that people should know about it. From what I had learnt, I got that Kantian moral theory has two important points, which are respecting others1 and having right intentions1 when you communicate with others or do some things. The two things are still working in the present to help to promote the whole society. Kantian moral theory is originated from a philosopher whose name is Kant1.…

tries to impress Queenie and her mates by quitting his job and standing up for them against Lengel, who is giving the ladies a “...sad Sunday school superintendent stare” (Updike 3). However, Queenie and her mates pay no attention to Sammy’s courageous act and “...they keep right on going” (Updike 4). This leaves Sammy unemployed and destroys his imagination of living a splendorful life. On the other hand, Sylvia shows no signs of envy towards any person around her. This statement finds…

Chapter Three The symbolism of animal farm The word “symbolism” is derived from the word “symbol”, which refers to the use of symbols, or a set of related symbols (Baldick 2000: 219). Symbolism can therefore be defined as the art of expressing ideas and emotions not by describing them directly, nor by defining them through overt comparisons with concrete images, but re-creating them in the mind of the reader through the use of unexplained symbols. (Chadwick 1971: 6) Symbolism is a kind of…

Al Zulm 1. What is Zulm Zulm (oppression, wrongdoing, injustice, unfairness) means giving anyone more than or less than they deserve. When I initially learnt this definition, I compared with the usage of this word and realised it was a perfect definition. 2. Categories of Zulm  Injustice to Allah S.W.T  Injustice to others  Injustice to yourselves Injustice to Allah This is the worst form of injustice anyone can commit. Allāh said : 1. وَمَا قَدَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ “They…

In order to have any discussion about the notion of ‘happiness’, it is first necessary to develop at least some definition of what is being discussed. Whilst there have been many attempts to define happiness — like the maximisation of pleasure and minimisation of pain or as a complete satisfaction of our desires, for example — what is most fundamental and irrefutable is that happiness is a product of the mind, an experience just like love or anger or devotion or any other. Perhaps it is even…