The first part of the thesis ends with a look at the use of utilitarianism as a specifically political, rather than moral, theory.;The second part of the thesis brings both utilitarian and rights thinking to the real world, specifically to the conflict in Israel-Palestine. The argument here ...
Hot utilitarianism and cold deontology: Insights from a response patterns approach to sacrificial and real world dilemmasIn their answers to questions regarding "personal moral dilemmas", patients with lesions to the Frontal Cortex –FC– or Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex –vmPFC– display a disposition...
Economic man origins from utilitarianism philosophy and the tenet of utilitarianism is to maximize social interest.However,maximizing social utility is not always reciprocal,and the self-interest action based on action-utilitarianism will not always realize harmoniously.In fact,human in reality has some ...
Beyond Utilitarianism and Deontology: Ethics in Economics: Review of Political Economy: Vol 19, No 1 This article starts from a methodological position that fact and value are mutually related, both in the real world and in economic analysis. It then discu... IV Staveren - 《Review of Politic...
I guess a better example is: the various flavours of utilitarianism each convert complex moral judgements into simple, universal rules to maximize various measures of utility. But even with a firm belief in utilitarianism, you could still be stumped about the right action in any particular dilemma...
“Do Not Go Gently” – For Queen, Church, Country and Secularism, Liberty and Utilitarianism ! (The greatest happiness for the greatest number of people and the LEAST amount of misery for the rest.) Fight Back. Say “No.” My very best regard, all. We must rally in opposition to this...
utilitarianism, contractarianism, hermaneutics, substantive conceptions: liberalism, communitarianism, civic republicanism.” The section of the prospectus on Political Science begins with a photograph of Professor Charles Taylor of McGill University in Canada, constantly cited by the “communitarians” in...
Materialism is the “Jewish spirit” that the Germans of pre-WW2 complained so bitterly about.Jewish materialism gives birth to its bastard daughters: Racial Supremacism, Avarice, Vengefulness, Utilitarianism, Endless Acquisitiveness, and Moral Relativity and Moral Bargaining, so evident in the Talmud...