Consequentialism

Karl Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist, historian and revolutionary socialist who died in 1883; thus, leaving behind his legacy through his theories. Contemporarily known as Marxism, it is understood that “Marx holds production to be both the most fundamental and the most encompassing of human activities” (Wood, 1981, p.32). Marxism exploits sociological and economic development through his theological approach to capitalism; this is not “an explanatory concept”…

This essay endeavours to understand the concept of Ubuntu in light of normative theory by firstly defining Ubuntu and normative theory. Secondly, by relating cosmopolitanism, communitarianism, consequentialism and deontology to Ubuntu. And lastly by looking at how South Africa interacts with other African nations to establish whether or not South Africa does actually practice the principles of Ubuntu in its Foreign Policy. The concept ubuntu, like many African concepts, is not easily definable.…

opposed to consequentialism, deals with the assorted stresses of relative, accessories, accomplices, and diverse exercises. This sort of moral quality has no worth, and in case it does, it is tried and true on the most noteworthy need. All things considered, deontological critical quality, instead of consequentialism, leaves space for individuals to offer uneasiness to their families, accomplices, and daily…

The idea of special obligations is a common argument against consequentialism. The gist of special obligations is that there are obligations to certain individuals that are more important than the obligations we hold to all people (Jeske). To boil this down to a single point, this argues in favor that a parent’s obligation…

discuss virtue ethics as a valuable moral theory and explore the influence of Aristotle. I will highlight some issues with virtue ethics, provide some possible responses, discuss the other two leading theories in normative ethics (Deontology and Consequentialism) and then finally compare all three theories together. According the Hursthouse "A virtuous agent is one who acts virtuously, that is, one who has and exercises the virtues... A virtue is a character trait a human being needs for…

Introduction • Utilitarianism as a political theory o ‘Morally right act/policy is that which procedures the greatest happiness’ (Kymlicka 2002, p. 10) • Best way to determine morally right act/policy: • Consequences produced from ones actions – ‘consequentialism’ • Encourages maximizing this overall good • Can be viewed as an exhaustive moral theory o Will focus on utilitarianism as a ‘political morality’ • Outline of essay Paragraph 2: Overview of utilitarianism • Utilitarianism as a…

stimulating our sensory receptors with accomplishment, sense of worth, value, failure or guilt. It is ones search for happiness that is ever so indefinable, being the ever elusive feeling of content. Whether through hedonism, intuitive objections or consequentialism, the greatest happiness principle is useful in determining what I ought to do. First let’s examine hedonism. According to Professor Mulgan it is known that “utilitarians were all, in different ways, hedonists (61). Furthermore,with…

the Greatest Happiness Principle, which states that the right action is the action that produces the greatest net happiness of all available actions. James Rachels introduces three main commitments for this ideology of Classical Utilitarianism: consequentialism, hedonism, and impartiality. The goal of the first…

Peter singer use the ethical theory of consequentialism to make his argument why we should assist to help reduce absolute poverty in the world. The consequentialist theory holds that the consequences of our acts can be used as a basis to make a judgments about the rightness’s and wrongness’s of the act. Peter singer is make the argument that we are obligated to help fight poverty. Singer says that by not helping the absolute poor that we are killing them. The absolute poor are mostly people that…

Being in a situation where you have to decide someone else’s fate has proved time and time again to be a tricky and difficult decision. For example, in situations where a patient loses decision-making abilities a healthcare proxy is called in to make medical decisions for them. Michael Friedman was a man that agreed to become his mother’s health care proxy and had to come to a decision for his mother to not go on with a life-altering surgery. He states that, “I was uncomfortable about making…