Moral Dilemmas...Can Ethics Help?: Moral Dilemmas...Can Ethics Help?
The parents and medical staff caring for a premature baby struggling for life are faced with the decision of whether or not to continue treatment. Philosopher Immanuel Kant, whose ideas have influenced modern medical ethics, would answer such a ques...
Utilitarianism (Part Two)
Philosopher Martha Nussbaum offers a critical analysis of classical utilitarian theory. On the positive side, she states that classical utilitarianism valued everyone equally, regardless of social class. However, in the opinion of Professor Nussbaum...
Utilitarianism (Part One)
Philosopher Martha Nussbaum distinguishes between classical utilitarian theory, with its emphasis on doing what's best for all humanity, and the economic version of utilitarianism, which says that people make choices on the basis of what's best for ...
Does the End Justify the Means?: Utilitarian Principle of Ethics, The
Construction of the Bakun Dam is part of a major power plant project deep in the rainforest of Borneo. Although over 30 villages must be evacuated, 10,000 people moved, and 150,000 acres of rainforest destroyed the government of Malaysia defends the...