Do Objects Only Have A Utilitarian Function Essay

The USSR has been accidently bombed by the US and now the President of the USSR is deciding whether to bomb New York City in the United States and cause the same damage of 7 million plus deaths in the US or declare a full-scale nuclear war against the US, which would cause over 100 million deaths in the US and the USSR. I will argue that using extreme deontology mindset is the more plausible response than act utilitarianism for the given situation.

As a small child, one grows attached to an inanimate object at least once regardless of what the object may be. Ranging from a variety of objects, such as a blanket even up to a small car, these possessions we possess as a child do have some sort of factor in defining and communicating what you believe your identity to be but only up to a certain point in life. In Dr. Christian Jarrett’s article, “ The Psychology of Stuff and Things”, Jarrett explains to us how one's relationships with objects help determine what our identity will shape into but this opinion could be debated upon based off of one’s personal life, as we all have lived different situations in life in where we went to an inanimate object for comfort.

In the section Curiosities, Collections and Memorabilia, Susan Steward examines the symbolic meaning and narrative of the souvenir and how that relates to the found object. She explains how people authenticate meaning through souvenirs. Souvenirs authenticate the past while the past gives authentication to the collection as a whole. Souvenirs remind us of an experience we’ve had or allows us to imagine an experience we’ve never had. Steward says that souvenirs function as an allusion. There are meanings assigned to souvenirs that are basically dependent on the viewers prior experience. The trigger a viewer’s focus on relationships, people, places, destinations and events. Souvenirs create meanings that are fluid, constructed and reconstructed overtime, and therefore always incomplete.

Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is mainly associated with the principle of Utility summarised by Jeremy Bentham, a social reformer, in 1768. This principle was to apply ‘the greatest good of the greatest number’ theory to all situations that may arise. This theory was that which is good is the act which provides the greatest amount of pleasure and the least amount of pain. This is a teleological theory as the action is determined by the consequences of the action, and not the purpose of the action. The theory considered pleasure and happiness to be the

When a little kid gets a teddy bear, a toy train or a doll from a special time or a special someone, it can become a part of them. Some kids carry a teddy bear or doll until it is falling apart and missing eyes, but no matter what it looks like to others, it’s still beautiful to them. I have things that are important to me, because my Grandfather that passed away gave them to me. These are things that I keep as a memory and no matter how old they get or how old I get, they are always going to be special to me.

The United States flag stands to the world as a signal of freedom and most importantly choice. The constitution gives our citizens that right to choose how to live life, how to use our liberty, and how to pursue our own happiness. But what happens when a citizen decides to opt for no life? Is that not a choice? This is the argument for one of the most controversial questions of the past decade, should assisted suicide be deemed legal in the United States? The root of the controversy is the involvement of medical community in such a choice. I will look to find a not an answer but guidance to determine if assisted suicide is an ethical choice. While the issue has no answer that would make both sides of the issue content, Utillitarism and

Objects have an important impact on our society. However, we all have different objects that are meaningful to us. These objects can be anything from a teddy bear, smart phone, or vehicle that are meaningful to someone. For me, that item is my Fiji Water bottle. I drink it at home and take it everywhere I go like to the gym, the library, and to class. To understand the relationship between my Fiji Water bottle and myself, we must know how the Fiji Water bottle becomes meaningful in the first place.

the view that an action is right if it is likely to produce the best

Have you ever seen something old and think that its trash but it’s important to someone else? Well there’s someone out there that knows what I’m talking about when I say that. When you think about it there’s tons of stuff that’s important to people but everybody else thinks that it just needs to be thrown away. Like when you see an old pillow that someone has you’d probably think, “that person needs to throw that away.” This essay is about something my cousin has that is really old and why it’s important to him.

There it is. In the tiny dim corner in the back of the room. Stuck beside an old bookbag and and a floor lamp. Sure enough it’s seen more action filled days and sunlight. From being banged around on bus trips to seeing swamped fields after rain, it’s been through everything imaginable. It has the marks and chips to prove all it’s wear and tear. To the common eye it won’t look like much but, it’s seen many significant moments in my life that couldn't be seen by just its physical imperfections. For an object with such significant meaning to me you'd think I'd have it hung up or in case somewhere. Even though it was never treated like a trophy , it’s meaning to me is as such. It doesn’t get the attention that it used to but, it still floods my mind

Deborah's utilitarian arguments for deception are lying and withholding information about the defect of debugging in the software to the project provider for the better and further interest of the company. However, in terms of deception someone should not lie or withhold or hide any information of the project or work to the provider because it may cause an immense of problem to diagnosis the problem or the whole system might end up with remaining a defect in the system. In this Deborah’s situation, Wayne Davidson found some debug in the system. The problem wasn’t that crucial but need more time to fix it. When Wayne discussed about the issue with Deborah, she found that the time what Wayne wanting could way too exceed the submission date and which could cause a massive uncertainty of getting more projection from the provider ‘Federal Aviation Academy (FAA)’. The consequence of that issue might bring a huge disaster on the company. So, she was argued to hide the defect and insist to Wayne to submit the project with the debug. In terms of utilitarian argument Deborah’s perspective as would be a deceiver. Because she’s hiding the debug which the provider or contractor must need to be known. Hiding or withholding information and lying could lead to a massive defect on the project which also could arise a huge disruption or hazard when the software or technology would officially release.

Maximizing the amount of happiness for the general population is key to solving ethical problems within utilitarianism. Kantian theory follows the same principle, but with greater emphasis on the respect for all things involved with ethical quandaries. Both have their critiques, yet both ideas are conceived in an effort to understand and conceptualize some of the biggest controversies and questions that evolve around ethics. This paper will be an attempt to delineate the key components that fabricate each theory, first utilitarianism and then Kantian theory and further provide justification for which theory I would adopt for myself.

Humans long for the tangible. They desire what is seen and felt, and strive for what can be held above the head in victory. To hold an object and to know that it is within their possession, and then to display this fact to others is a source of great pride. The satisfaction that one is able to find in life is linked to materiality. People want to own physical objects and they want the power, and the knowledge that it takes to acquire them. However, it is the invisible and formless that provides for functionality, that allows a human to fulfill his/her true capabilities. People are trying to fill their lives with objects, but this is not the way that they will become content. The struggle to accomplish such a goal will only bring about disappointment and loss. The obsession with labeling the outside in order to make sense of it and attributing value to that which is physical causes blockages and disrupts the inherent flow. According to Lao Tsu, a human’s life should be emptied of such trivialities in order to make room for what is natural; simplicity should be embraced in order for the truth of the universe to be revealed and what follows is clarity and peace rather than self-containment.

In chapter 9, I found utilitarianism the most intriguing lesson. It is a theory of ethics that assesses actions based on maximizing benefits in reducing the negatives; based on bouncing human interests. It was developed by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, it is a socially conscious approach to hedonism that holds that the greatest good is to promote happiness and alleviate suffering for the greatest number of people. ( Chaffee, 9.3) Utilitarianism is the most common moral theory practiced in the business world today, to break down what it is basically is morality of an act is judged by it's utility. The greatest utility that it has for the most people;

In his essay Utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill espouses the ethical philosophy of utilitarianism. According to Mill, utilitarianism “holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.” Happiness for the utilitarian is pleasure and the absence of pain. The end goal for a utilitarian then is what Mill calls the Greatest-Happiness Principle, meaning the greatest happiness for the greatest number. That is, when determining the rightness or wrongness of an action a person need only take into account how much pleasure and pain that action will produce. If the amount of pleasure is greater than the amount of pain then that action is right and should be done, if pain outweighs pleasure then that action is wrong and should be condemned.