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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"utilitarianism"”.
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Globalizing utilitarianism : distributive justice beyond the state
… on this topic. Many philosophers believe that utilitarianism is incapable of arriving at morally acceptable conclusions concerning global distributive justice, to the extent that it does not merit serious consideration in philosophical debates in the area. The central thesis of the dissertation …
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John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism and Liberalism as Virtue and Character
… has revealed features of Mill’s theory of utilitarianism which, heretofore, had not been identified by any of Mill’s commentators, but which serve to shed a significant amount of light on some of the problems and mysteries which have been associated, traditionally, with Mill’s theory of …
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Eugenic Sterilization in 20Th Century Georgia: From Progressive Utilitarianism to Individual Rights
The science of human breeding, known as eugenics, flourished in America in the first half of the 20th century. The movement's chief proponents included wealthy philanthropists, politicians, doctors, and young middle-class reformers. Sterilization for the purposes of removing defective genes from …
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Utilitarianism and Buddist ethics: a comparative approach to the ethics of animal research
This thesis explores the comparison utilitarianism and Buddhist ethics as they can be applied to animal research. It begins by examining some of the general discussions surrounding the use of animals in research. The historical views on the moral status of animals, the debate surrounding their use …
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Prescriptions and universalizability: a defence of Harean ethical theory
… by combining expressivism with Kantianism and utilitarianism. The project of this thesis is to defend Hare’s theory in its most ambitious form. This means not just showing how the expressivist, Kantian and utilitarian elements are consistent, or that the three are each correct, but also that …
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The theory of rational decision and the foundations of ethics
… rivals in the field of contemporary ethics, utilitarianism and contractarianism, is the more adequate moral theory. I begin by outlining what I call orthodox decision theory and note from this theory together with a minimal characterization of what it is to make a moral judgement we can …
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《荀子》中的两种文化--荀子思想的基本性格及其思想史的诠释 = Two patterns of Culture in XunZi - The Basic Character of XunZi's Thought and an interpretation in the Scope of Intellectual History
… also has a utilitarian character, but his utilitarianism should be understood in a broader sense. He was concerned about the material needs of the people as well as their emotional needs. Second, Xun Zi¿s thought also exhibits an empirical bent; unlike his predecessors Zichan and Confucius, …
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The Impact of Utilitarian Public Policies on Minority Communities: A Comparison of New York City and New South Wales, Australia.
… is to highlight and critique the ways in which utilitarianism manifests itself in comparative public policy. While public policy studies tend to focus on national levels, cities, and states can also be major sites of theoretical and policy formulation that are adopted globally. The moral ethics …
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Quality and Competence: An Analysis of the Role of Mill's Qualitative Hedonism on his Conception of Representative Democracy
… interspersing, seemingly at random, elements of utilitarianism with concerns about respecting individual choice-making. More recent attempts to bring Mill’s commitment to utilitarianism into line with his respect for individual choice-making are not wholly successful. In this thesis, I offer an …
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Tragic Moral Conflict and Endangered Species Recovery
… within Kant’s deontology, Ross’s deontology, or utilitarianism excuses environmental ethics for neglecting the problem of tragic moral conflict, or for failing to recognize recovery predicaments as tragic moral conflicts. It asks three questions of each theory. Does it have what it takes to admit …
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The nature, origin, and validity of ethics for nursing administrators
… public policy, constitutional competency, utilitarianism, and collective ethical decision making. A new model termed Collective Caring, was introduced as a more valid ethic. The Collective Caring Model has three major components (i.e., caring, cooperation and collectives) enhanced by …
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What is the role of chaplaincy in the delivery of restorative justice in prisons in England and Wales? A case-study of HMP Birmingham
… the penal history of England and Wales: utilitarianism and restorative justice (RJ). Rehabilitation idea which religious reformers pioneered combined with utilitarianism and the prison chaplains became one of the first representatives of rehabilitation process. The initiation of RJ …
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Impartialist Ethics and Psychic Disintegration: A Talking Cure
… of impartialist ethical systems (e.g., act utilitarianism) may retain both moral integrity and integrity. In demonstrating this, I make use of a variant of Roy Schafer’s action language approach to psychoanalysis, and what I call practical aestheticism.</p>
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Crisis and progress: The rhetoric and ideals of a nineteenth century reformer, George William Curtis (1824-1892)
… limited government, in favor of pragmatism and utilitarianism."
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Spying: A Normative Account of the Second Oldest Profession
… theory that I think is most plausible: two-level utilitarianism. Since utilitarianism is often thought to strongly conflict with people's ordinary moral intuitions, if I am correct and the same principles can be derived both from widespread intuitions and utilitarianism, then the principles are on …
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To eat or not to eat: an ethical analysis of cannibalism through a bioethical framework
… of different bioethical frameworks including utilitarianism, Kantianism, and theological ethics to illustrate that the consumption of human flesh is not inherently unethical.
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Family Planning By Means of Contraception: An Ethical Comparison of Different Methods of contraception Used by Couples of Kalingalinga,Mtendere,Kabwata and Kamwala Compounds in Lusaka,Zambia
… not yet been established. The study employed utilitarianism to investigate the ethical issues associated with methods of contraception. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were used to gather primary data from the sixty (60) couples and twelve (12) key informants from various health …
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An ethical assessment of the adoption of pre-exposure prophylaxis as a potential HIV prevention method in Zambia
… application of the Precautionary Principle and Utilitarianism. The main empirical findings of this study are that a majority of 80 percent of the respondents have already heard of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis. The benefits of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis include reduction in the risk of HIV …
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Family Planning By Means of Contraception: An Ethical Comparison of Different Methods of contraception Used by Couples of Kalingalinga,Mtendere,Kabwata and Kamwala Compounds in Lusaka,Zambia
… not yet been established. The study employed utilitarianism to investigate the ethical issues associated with methods of contraception. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were used to gather primary data from the sixty (60) couples and twelve (12) key informants from various health …
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An ethical assessment of the adoption of pre-exposure prophylaxis as a potential HIV prevention method in Zambia
… application of the Precautionary Principle and Utilitarianism. The main empirical findings of this study are that a majority of 80 percent of the respondents have already heard of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis. The benefits of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis include reduction in the risk of HIV …
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