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Discuss the differences between the conservative, liberal, and radical approaches to penal philosophy. What time period in history is associated with the conservative approach? The liberal approach?

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Assessments

1. Explain the difference between the retributive rationale for punishment and the utilitarian rationale. 2. What is the social contract? 3. Discuss the three benefits of prison under the utilitarian rationale of punishment. 4. Discuss the differences between the conservative, liberal, and radical approaches to penal philosophy. What time period in history is associated with […]

Apply the 4 part Utilitarian Analysis to torture doctrine detailed in your chosen Intelligence Squared debate. Write a 3-5 page Terrorism Policy Memo to the President of the United States that can be used in response to a credible terrorism threat.

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Assessments

Terrorism Policies: Tough Interrogation of Terrorism Suspects Apply the 4 part Utilitarian Analysis to torture doctrine detailed in your chosen Intelligence Squared debate. Write a 3-5 page Terrorism Policy Memo to the President of the United States that can be used in response to a credible terrorism threat. Use this debate “https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/debate/tough-interrogation-terror-suspects-necessary/“ as a referral […]

Assume that a software company named “ABC” decided to create a similar application that acts precisely like Sarahah. What can the company do to safely develop the application without violating Sarahah copyrights?

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Assessments

Sarahah Application was a very popular application; however it couldn’t resume its operation due to certain controversies. The some of the detail of the App is available here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarahah. Kindly read the instructions below carefully: The case study should be done individually. You should answer all the questions. Your answers should be comprehensive. Short answers […]

How might a utilitarian respond to this situation ? Do you agree or disagree? Why?Explain your answer.

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Assessments

Here is a relatively famous philosophical moral dilemma: The magistrate and the threatening mob “A magistrate is faced with a very real threat from a large and uncontrollable mob of rioters demanding a culprit for a crime. Unless the criminal is produced, promptly tried, and executed, they will take their own bloody revenge on a […]

How can utilitarian arguments be used both for and against famine relief?Explain

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Ambrose

1. How can utilitarian arguments be used both for and against famine relief? 2. How can aid fail to see people as ends unto themselves? 3. Explain the use of autonomy in the Kantian approach to world hunger.

A D Moore, ‘Lockean foundations of intellectual property’ (2015) 7 (1) WIPO Journal 29. Critically assess the utilitarian justifications for intellectual property rights.

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Ambrose

Description ‘Anglo-American systems of intellectual property are typically modelled as utilitarian. It is argued that adopting the systems of copyright, patent and trade secret leads to an optimal amount of intellectual works being produced and a corresponding optimal amount of social utility’. A D Moore, ‘Lockean foundations of intellectual property’ (2015) 7 (1) WIPO Journal […]

To what extent is the pro-con argument about capital punishment based upon facts or values? Briefly discuss capital punishment from both a deontological and utilitarian ethical perspective.

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Ambrose

In your opinion, is Gert correct in reasoning that morals rules are universal? To what extent is the pro-con argument about capital punishment based upon facts or values? Briefly discuss capital punishment from both a deontological and utilitarian ethical perspective.

Why would a utilitarian agree with Reynolds’s reasons? Do you think Reynolds would find Leon’s perspective, instead, too small; too meaningless?Discuss

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Ambrose

Consequentialism Consequentialism focuses on the consequences of the actions people take. For a consequentialist, an action is right if the consequences of that action were good, and wrong if the consequences of that action were bad. A common form of consequentialism is called “utilitarianism”. A utilitarian thinks that the consequences of an action are good […]

Prepare a 2,000- to 2,500-word research paper on an environmental subject with ethical and philosophical implications:What specific environmental area interests you, and why? What ethical and philosophical questions can be asked about it? How could you apply deontology, teleology, or utilitarian philosophy to it?

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Ambrose

During this course, you will prepare a 2,000- to 2,500-word research paper on an environmental subject with ethical and philosophical implications. Each Module contains an assignment that builds up to the final paper draft, due in Module 5. In the first research paper assignment, you will identify your topic and write both a topic proposal […]

Analyze the following questions associated with the attached article and discuss them using concepts from this course.

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Ambrose

Analyze the following questions associated with the attached article and discuss them using concepts from this course. a. What ideals, effects, and consequences are at stake? b. Have any moral rights been violated? c. What would a Utilitarian recommend? d. What would a Kantian recommend? • Explain your rationale for each of your answers to […]