1 I) Utilitarianism…………………………………….P.3 II) Introduction to the main idea of Utilitarianism : The Principle of Utility ………………………….P.6 The Greatest Happiness Principle…………….P.9 III) Two kinds of pleasure………………........…P.11 IV) The Calculation of Utility…………………....P.15 V) The measurement of utility……………..…..P.17 VI) The proof of Principle of Greatest Happiness……………………………….…..P.18 VII) The Harm Principle ………………………..P.19 VIII) Assessing Utilitarianism…………………..P.21 2 I) Utilitarianism: + Whenever
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hospitals and are vastly used in the whole chains of the pharmacy profession‚ beginning from the manufacturing sector all the way to community pharmacy. That is the reason why this age is called the era of IT. The pace of pharmacy industry in Malaysia has been growing gradually in align with the growing population. The development of Pharmacy has been systematic since 1986 when the Drug Control Authority (DCA) is established. The administration of pharmacy sectors has gone through many changes since the
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Paper #1 In A Critique of Utilitarianism‚ Bernard Williams argues that when following a Utilitarian approach for moral dilemmas‚ Utilitarianism might have us sacrifice or modify our moral integrity. Williams explains this argument with a hypothetical execution situation with protagonist Jim. Jim‚ who is a botanical expeditionary‚ accidentally wanders in the central square of a small South American town. There‚ he finds twenty Indians tied up in a row‚ with several armed soldiers standing in front
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4.0 What to consider as academic pharmacy? One who considered a career in academic pharmacy should think of the following criteria: 4.1 Passion to educate As a lecturer‚ one should have passion in educating the students as well as shaping their future. The lecturer should have the patience to teach the students and help them out to solve their problem in studies. 4.2 Continuous learning Being a professional in scientific field‚ one should never stop learning to update their knowledge with
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Utilitarianism is a moral theory that is considered to be influential in a society. A moral theory is an explanation of how the paradigms of right or wrong associated with actions‚ simultaneously explaining how one’s character can be considered good or bad. Through this moral theory known as utilitarianism‚ one’s actions play a key role. An individual who practices the utilitarian moral theory has right actions as long as it promotes happiness for the maximum number of people possible leading to
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conceptions on human nature and how we as human beings should go about living our lives. They also have strong cores and there purpose is very clear. According to utilitarianism humans have two masters’ pain and happiness‚ only good actions will achieve happiness and will also minimizes pain. In one sentence you can describe utilitarianism as “the greatest good for the greatest amount of people”. While in the other hand the Kantian ethics is what defines us as a person is our rationality and autonomy
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“Utilitarianism is not compatible with a religious approach to ethics” To what extent is this a fair statement? Ultimately utilitarianism is a way of improving the lives of most people‚ and religious ethics also aims to act out of compassion and love to improve the lives of others. For example‚ Christianity has certain rules that benefit those in society. We know that they work as many of those rules are tied in with the laws of the country. For instance‚ Murder and stealing are both illegal and
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I think Utilitarianism is the most morally right thing to do in situations where human lives are involved. I believe this because in a situation where you can either save nine humans lives but you have to kill one or you just don’t do anything and let the nine people die and one survive I think it is only logical to pick the option where you save the most lives. However some people will say that using utilitarianism shouldn’t be used because you would be regarded as a murder which is a sin and is
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of the biochemical produced a cure causing thousands of lives to be saved‚ then this may make him a good person. The result of this biochemical produced happiness for the masses by saving lives and curing disease. Considering the principle of utilitarianism is pleasure of the masses‚ the result of his actions would now be considered moral due to the amount of happiness that was produced. Although this may be a simple explanation of the scenario‚ other factors must be taken into account‚ such as
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A Career in Pharmacy Thomas Peterson English 12 Schaff 12 March 2014 Peterson 1 Thomas Peterson English 12 Schaff 12 March 2014 A Career in Pharmacy Pharmacy careers have always been some of the most favorable and rewarding in the medical industry. Different kinds of pharmacists have been around for hundreds of years‚ as there always has been and will be a need for medicine in our society. Becoming a Doctor of Pharmacy is very demanding schooling wise. Completing
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