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Pros and Cons of Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a philosophy in which the ends justify the means, or in which the morality of an action is determined by the function that follows the action. Although Utilitarianism has many good principals that are both logical and appealing, the contradictions of the philosophy make it incompatible with Christian ethics. The moral standards that utilitarianism is supposedly based on only work when a person doesn't consider the personal emotions that might

In the mid nineteenth century, Ralph Waldo Emerson led a movement to spread the idea of Transcendentalism through one of his famous essay, “Self-Reliance”, to advocate how an individual can achieve success and happiness. In order to achieve one’s fullest potential, one must resisted and rise above the temptation of materials of the physical world and start using one’s intuition. Emerson looks at the contemporary society as a corrupted for a soul to inhabit because of its dependence to the technology

The way Blicher portrays the family of the manor is idealistic, which aligns with the dualism of Romanticism. The dualism of Romanticism puts forth that the ideal should be placed above the reality (Monrad, 09-26-16, sl. 11). The manor is described as a peaceful place where it “seems as if it were newly white-washed and decorated” and the “trees in the garden have taken on a beautiful shade of pale green and everyone looks so content” (Blicher 11). Miss Sophie can be related to the Platonic triad:

John Stewart Mill’s Idea of Utilitarianism – Does it Still Exist Today? J.S Mill is a philosopher from the 1800’s, whose work typically seemed to be on the levels of political philosophy. Growing up, Stewart was hugely influenced by Jeremy Bentham as he was Bentham’s god son. This influence proved itself to be an important one as Stewart, just like his god father, began to focus his work around the idea of utilitarianism. In 1863, Stewart had an article called Utilitarianism published in Frasers

Freedom and liberty are both somewhat irrelevant concepts in Hobbes’s Leviathan. Although he would argue that the type of regime in power has no real effect whatsoever on the freedom of its populace, his focus in writing Leviathan is not to create a form of government that allows its people to be most free. Rather, he intends to create a government which would most fully provide for the safety of those ruled by it. As such, freedom and liberty in the conventional sense do not appear in his text and

A Critical Analysis of Mill’s “Pig Thesis” John Stuart Mill published his seminal essay Utilitarianism in 1863. In this essay he builds on the work of his predecessor Jeremy Bentham, who sought to create a scientific approach to ethics, and responds to common criticisms of Bentham’s philosophy. Mill retains the core of Bentham’s Utilitarian philosophy, the Greatest Happiness Principle, but differs from Bentham’s position that pleasure is homogenous and that good actions seek only to produce greater

Freedom of expression is the right and freedom to express and form opinions without interference in imparting ideas through any medium of communication (“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (UDHD)). Today, the boundaries of freedom of expression in the arts, and what is acceptable as an exhibition piece, are tested. I disagree that artists must be given total freedom, but instead, be given limited freedom. Limitations should be enforced such that exhibited works will exercise appropriate delicacy

In the essay Lifeboat Ethics by Garrett Hardin and the essay A Challenge to the Eco-Doomsters by Walter Benjamin, there are many things I agree and disagree with. Both essays make very good points with facts to back them up. But I can’t help but side with Hardin on his essay Lifeboat Ethics. In this essay I am going to compare and contrast some of the similarities and differences between Hardin and Benjamin’s essays about the aid the United States provides to poor nations all over the world by reducing

Airbnb is a short-term accommodation leasing and renting company which turns residential houses into tourist marketplace. Critics believe that this company is running illegal hotels that are against the health and safety regulations. Therefore, last year Airbnb was banned in certain areas and cities. In utilitarianism, we must act to bring the greatest happiness for everyone affected by our actions. Utilitarians view theory of justice as a part of morality and connect the law, economic distribution

United States community. Another assumption one must make is that one must understand that the proper moral way to approach torture is through Utilitarianism which is a theory that weights the greater good out of a situation. Or as it states in John Stuart Mill’s book Utilitarianism