Jeremy Bentham

Waterboarding is defined in Webster’s dictionary as “an interrogation technique in which water is forced into a detainee’s mouth and nose as to induce the sensation of drowning” (Merriam-Webster, 2014). It is performed to obtain information that can be useful to the interrogator in the furtherance of his/her goals. The use of waterboarding as an interrogation technique was first documented in the 14th century. It involved the use of water to induce confessions as a “normal incident of law”…

Ethics is the study of morality, judgment and their relations. Within Ethics there are many ethical theories including Kantianism and Utilitarianism. Immanuel Kant believes in Kantianism, which is where the name comes from and theorists like Bentham and Mill believe in Utilitarianism. Moral theorists use their ways of thinking to aid everyday actions and situations; they even use their theories to take their side on moral issues. Kantianism is the theory began by Immanuel Kant. According to…

utanitarianism_on_liberty.docx1/ 4     Running Head: Liberty 1 Utilitarianism on Liberty Name of Student Course Lecturer Date In his letter martin Luther King condemns injustice as evil and dishonor just as it had been stated by Plato. Plato also refers to injustice as evil and dishonor to those who acts in unjustified manner.…

being able to offend further. The second type of incapacitation is permanent which could be capital punishment or castration which could make it impossible for the individual to re-offend. Bentham supported prisons and developed the Panopticon which was the idea that prisoners thought they were being watched and Bentham thought that prisoners could become better through surveillance and hard work. It is thought that long term imprisonment in the UK is one of the most efficient and the…

to Myriad Genetics Incorporation related to BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation genes. Myriad’s patent and the benefits provided to the inventor failed utilitarian moral principals and considered immoral. Based on the basic utilitarian moral principals (Jeremy Bentham 1748-1832 and John Stuart Mill 1808-1873), acts that bring pleasure and benefit for most people are considered right and acts that bring harm and pain to the most people are considered wrong. Myriad’s patent restricted the right of performing…

conception of morality. Each one of these has it’s points that make it stand out and each disagrees with the other. But which ethical standpoint fits best when it comes to Pharmaceuticals? Utilitarianism was first developed as an ethical standpoint by Jeremy Bentham. This ethical point of view was built around the idea that what was best for the greatest number of people must be the right thing to do. So let's say that there were these five people were in a doctor's office, and they each needed…

is a social theory named of the panopticon.There are many sites of discipline with specific technology of power, the most common technology is Panopticon. Panopticon was originally a concept of the prison building designed by social theorist, Jeremy Bentham in 1785. In modern society, panopticon is no longer just the architectural design, but it being a model of management of discipline and punish which is also applied nowadays to discipline the societies that exercised through surveillance. In…

virtue is the most important value, while freedom is the second important and welfare is the least important. The welfare approach to justice is a part of the utilitarianism school of moral thought, founded by the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748 – 1832). Bentham claimed that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong" (Bruns, 2005, p.46). Accordingly, the focus of the 'welfare' approach to justice is on the consequences of actions. As…

loss of freedom, due to fear of incrimination for our individuality. Panoptic in the English language are because of two inventions known as panopticons. The first and most well-known panopticon was conceived by the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham in 1787. Bentham created the idea for a circular prison with a central tower where the guards could see the inmates all the time. The other, which is not as well-known was also created in the 18th century, it was a contraption containing pictures…

Act utilitarianism is a teleological subdivision of ethics that actively seeks goodness for the greater good. The supposition derives from Jeremy Bentham, as a means of equating a morally right action from a morally bad one. Bentham (cited in Oliphant, 2007) states, “nature has placed us under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.” Bentham’s approach promulgates the maximisation of pleasure and minimization of pain;…