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    Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that holds that we must act in a way that generates as much happiness in the world as possible. This theory holds three most important principles: First, what is good for people is that the amount of happiness (or the satisfaction of desires) is as high as possible. Second, in general, what is better is that the total of happiness is as high as possible. Third, we must act in a way that increases the total of happiness. Based on those principles, there is a…

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    Ring Of Gyges Analysis

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    Why be morally good? This is a question that Mattison (2008) examines by explaining two key approaches to morality called the morality of obligation and the morality of happiness. Mattison makes the distinction between the two by using the story of the Ring of Gyges (p.22). Plato’s classic the Republic features a conversation between the characters of Socrates and Glaucon. Glaucon supports his claim that being morally good is not what everyone achieves to be by illustrating the shepard in the…

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    Aristotle's Virtue

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    There are three bad shapes of character: vice, incontinence, and brutishness. Contrary to these are the virtue, continence, and superhuman virtue. A virtuous person’s wishes are aligned with a reasonable rationale so that virtuous act is satisfying and leading to happiness. According to Aristotle, one of an essential condition for a person to be virtuous is that he takes pleasure in acting virtuously. Whereas, a continent individual acts according to virtue and does so for the right reason but…

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    Candide Writing Assessment Candide is a satirical work that focuses around how someone sees the world. For Pangloss and his philosophy, the world could only bring out good and everything eventually could be traced back to a good consequence. Candide was a great believer in this philosophy and always tried to be optimistic. This blind optimism, though, could not always hold up. When Candide is with Martin and sees the crippled slave, he just could not see how any good could come about…

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    Human Value and the Problem of Unhappiness in Rule Utilitarianism Rule utilitarianism emphasises general rather than specific situations so that rules can be applied to ensure the most happiness, and by doing so fails in the same respect as act utilitarianism to address the human worth consequently enabling situations that are less utilitarian than act utilitarianism. Rule utilitarianism creates rules that would lead to the general overall happiness of individuals and an act is considered moral…

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    John Stuart Mill was a British nineteenth century philosopher who believed utilitarianism was the theory that could truly define moral actions. The theory of utilitarianism’s purpose is to create the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people. Mill believed that all the philosophers before him were wrong in their theories as they were looking in the wrong place. Utilitarianism, according to Mill, was misunderstood and throughout his book, he address and corrects objections…

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    The use of capital punishment has been around for centuries, the first known time being the code of Hammurabi, a legal code of ancient Mesopotamia dating back to 1754 BC, the death penalty was inflicted on individuals accused of 25 certain crimes such as infidelity or helping slaves escape surprisingly murder was not one of them. The death sentence for these particular crimes was carried out by such means as crucifixion, drowning, burning alive, or impalement. In our nation’s past, The death…

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    Lifeboat Utilitarianism

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    Human beings are driven by happiness. The goal is to reduce suffering and pain in life by following classic utilitarianism. Although, not everyone will adopt this moral judgement due to it being a theory. Philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Mill started the theory of classical utilitarianism. The first ideas about happiness as pleasure and an absence of pain is the works of Bentham. Later on, Mills focused on Bentham’s original ideas and also attempted to improve them. In the excerpt, “Living…

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    This semester, I have seen numerous of productions that were enjoyable and at the same time, shared a common theme towards the end of the play which was there ticket towards freedom. The two productions I thought resemble this includes Father Comes Home from the Wars and the Royale. These two productions had a common connection of racism moments when they were trying to reach freedom. The main character in each of the productions had a difficult time stepping out of their comfort zones due to…

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    According to scientists, around 150-200 species of plant and animal go extinct every 24 hours. This statistic doesn’t seem so shocking until the realization comes that this is almost 1,000 times the natural rate for extinction. Humans contribute a great amount to this pandemic. A prime example is that of the dodo bird, which was famously hunted into extinction. Around 20,000 species are currently listed as threatened by extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).…

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