Utility

Personal Identity theories hold a great deal of interest for metaphysical and ethical philosophers. Many attempt to determine wherein diachronic personal identity exists. Bernard Williams presents multiple thought experiments regarding personal identity in his chapter titled “The Self and the Future”. His thought experiments attempt to provoke answers to questions of personal identity. He presents situations in which bodies and brains are switched, and then asks the question, whose well-being…

Last week, after my group was rejected for having a wooden compost bin on campus, we decided to look into transportation. We want to have a bike cage outside of Dudley Moorhead Hall, because we seen a lot of student illegally parked their bikes, and locked them in the walk ways. Once again, my group was looking for answer to our new idea, and went back to Corporation Yard A. The same lady was there at the front desk, and told us to speak to the transportation department, which was near the new…

Cycling is a sport everyone. From the top athletes on pro-teams competing in grand tours, time trials, and putting in thousands of miles and hundreds of hours every year. Recreational riders that enjoy participating in local organized event, group, and charity rides. Mountain bikers looking for steep climbs and gravel trails. Elderly people who want a low impact and fun exercise to stay healthy find cycling to be the perfect choice. And commuters, who leave their cars at home and get from point…

I interviewed two (2) Broward County residents who are active bicycle riders. Their thoughts regarding Broward County’s sustainable transportation options to include transportation for bicycle riders follows; • Personal communication from Mr. Dan Braun who is a cyclist and user of Broward County parks: “Broward County parks are a great place to cycle. Sometimes it is a challenge as joggers, runners and walkers share the same sidewalk as the cyclists. Cycling is a good exercise for me and is a…

In today’s business environment, cloud computing and virtualization are the cost effective technologies that are striving in order to maximize speed and agility of IT operations. Cloud computing is a network-based platform for sharing computations and resources. Cloud computing is based on a group of virtualised computing resources. Virtualization is defined as the ability to run multiple operating systems on a single system and share underlying hardware resources. Based on virtualization, cloud…

Wooten’s Electric Utility Company About the Company Wooten’s Electric Utility Company is a company that was created to serve over 580 homes and farms. Today Wooten’s Electric Utility Company is one of the largest electric companies in the United States of America with nearly 15,000 miles of lines that serve more than 65,000 meters. This Company was created to serve our 11-County service area. The vision is to be well recognized for providing excellence service to customers and to the…

Explain Total Utility and Marginal Utility and the relationship between them. Total Utility is the amount of utility one receives from all the goods one receives. The Marginal Utility is utility one receives when one receives another good. When Total Utility is at its maximum Marginal Utility is at zero because there is not any extra utility to receive. Total utility increases at a decreasing rate until it reaches its maximum point, then it decreases at a decreasing rate, while Marginal Utility…

In the years since the inception of the first car several components have been modified to allow people to use those vehicles for different purposes depending on their needs. The cars have gone from having had a small engine and built with wood, to cars made of carbon fiber, which can reach a top speed that reaches 253 mph. Now days we have different styles of cars like sedans, luxury vehicles, sport cars, and Off-roaders. In all of them lay the same desire of transporting us from one point to…

result in unhappiness. In this essay, we explore the theory of Utility, and then understand the theory through Plato’s two challenges, whether an action is good beyond what a group or individual in authority claims, as well as if the theory shows why it is better to be moral. Then, I will explain why happiness is a valid way to measure the morality of an action, by first stating examples of why it is not. This essay means to promote the utility theory by explaining how happiness…

This paper will give a brief explanation of what occurred on March 30, 1996. The date was eventful for many reasons. There were many issues going on in the world at this time and this paper will take a look at four separate but interesting events. The first issue we will discuss is the President of the United States trying to change policy on the distribution of new cancer pills; the president wants to speed up the process. Secondly, it will cover a big ladies’ college basketball game between…