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In this essay, I am going to write about the utilitarianism theory that defines the morality of actions as the greatest happiness principle that states that moral action is one that maximize happiness for the greatest amount of people and the categorical imperative which also taught us that, the rightness or wrongness of action does not depend on their consequences, but on whether they fulfill their duty. I believe this two theories might be correct in one way or the other, but as we have…

Singer talks about his beliefs and theories on abortion and infanticide. There are many opinions and perspectives on these topics but within utilitarianism is a kind of consequentialism, which states that the best action is the one that maximizes utility and its actions are solely judged by its consequences. Knowing the meaning, Singer makes sense in a way that a baby cannot maximize utility and a baby doesn’t even know or make decisions. Although this may be correct, to me, its not morally…

to be completely bored. I thought that since it was a silent film with music, I would not be able to understand what was going on and for a while I was right but as I continued to view the film, I completely understood what was going on. The Jazz Singer sparked a revolution by the film industry to have synchronized speech, singing, and music using the vitaphone. Even though the film only had two senses where the characters actually spoke and the rest of the dialogue was presented through the…

Margaret Austin Professor Otto October 20, 2015 Guided Comparative Essay Ethics, the moral understanding that someone has a behavior towards. Utilitarian is the ethics of something that is right or wrong that is than assessed for a consequence. Bentham and Mill both have a different but similar opinion on utilitarianism. They both have the notion that utilitarianism is about the mind and body or the pain and pleasure we mankind endure. Bentham believes that mankind governs around two sovereigns’…

Bryan Singer film, The Usual Suspects (1995) American neo-noir and mystery film shows the audience how a small-time con man “Verbal” Kint and one of two survivors of a massacre and fire on a ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles. Kint tells a convoluted story about the events and mysterious mob boss known as Keyser Soze. The movie The Usual Suspects a non-linear tale shows the mystery surrounding the investigation of a crime and the focus and efforts of the investigator solving the crime by of…

people are not members of our race does not entitle us to abuse them, and similarly the fact that some people are less resourceful than others does not mean that their concerns may be disregarded. Peter Singer published Animal Liberation in 1975 which has been mentioned as a leading prompt on leaders…

TL;DR – Smart machines need to be used with ethics in mind or have ethics included as part of the design. The Gartner article “Create Smart Machines With Ethics in Their 'Minds '” (Buytendijk, & Andrews, 2015) examines how ethics should be included within the programming of smart machines. The article describes five levels of ethical programming. Level 0 is where ethics in not part of the programming of a device or software. The idea behind level 0 is the devices must perform as described,…

Humans attribute value to objects. Bentham tries to find what humans value fundamentally in a manner similar to the first cause argument. Through this process he deduces that humans fundamentally value pleasure, along with the avoidance of pain. The reason pleasure was the ultimate conclusion is that pleasure cannot be traded away. Bentham is a utilitarian, so he believes in the meaning of the consequences rather than the meaning of the actions. These trades adding up have a net consequence.…

The principle of utility states that social welfare is the pre-eminent social value. Utilitarianism describes what is “good” being synonymous with what is overall best for the community and maximizes what is ethically right. Utilitarianism also focuses on the consequences of an action. According to Bentham’s Utilitarianism, by nature, maximizing pleasure and minimalizing pain is the metric individuals use when determining the morality of an action. When assessing the scenario described,…

Philosophy is the application of ethical approaches to issues, controversies, theories, and ideas. It is in one’s nature to seek answers to questions which are asked. It is also in one’s nature to question and decide if an idea or ideal is right or wrong, but in the case of ethics; permissible or impermissible. In this text, we are going to use these terms as acceptable or permitted and vice-versa. In this essay, we will be analyzing the article, “A Defense of Abortion” by philosopher, Judith…