Essays about: "utilitarianism and deontology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words utilitarianism and deontology.

  1. 1. Environmental Virtue Ethics : Wildlife Tourism in Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Zhu Runwen; [2018]
    Keywords : Wildlife tourism; environmental virtue ethics; Confucian; Taoism; Sweden;

    Abstract : With the permission of Swedish Allemansrätten, the Right of Public Access, allows people to interact with the natural environment... . READ MORE

  3. 2. Towards a Coherent Sustainability Ethics : A study on the meaning and moral underpinnings in Sustainability and their relation to consequential and deontological perspectives

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Elizabeth Bushby; [2017]
    Keywords : Sustainability; ethics; Nussbaum; Singer; climate change; environment; social justice; development; intergenerational justice; distributive justice; utilitarianism; deontology; capabilities approach; ecology; global ethics;

    Abstract : The idea of writing this essay begun as an attempt to enter into the current discussion about the theory and ethics of sustainability. The essay aims to compare the meaning of sustainability with two ethical theories that are currently used in developmental and environmental issues, namely the theories of Martha Nussbaum and Peter Singer, and see how coherent these theories are with the concept of sustainability. READ MORE

  4. 3. The TRIPS Agreement and Access to HIV Medications: An ethical discussion

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Erika Lundqvist; [2014]
    Keywords : WTO; TRIPS; HIV; medication; pharmaceutical; ethics; deontology; utilitarianism; consequentialism; Kant; Pogge; Mill; Singer;

    Abstract : With over 30 million people infected with HIV today, it has become an epidemic. Without a cure, HIV continues to be a threat to health and development. In 1994, the TRIPS Agreement, administered by the World Trade Organization came into effect. READ MORE

  5. 4. Trollbridge : Order effects, and moral dilemmas with three choice alternatives

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Marcus Johansson; [2014]
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    Abstract : Research about morality heavily relies on using questionnaires and moral dilemmas when answering different research questions. Despite this very little focus has been put on how the order of presentation alters response frequencies. READ MORE

  6. 5. Is There a Moral Obligation to Stop Someone Torturing a Kitten?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Praktisk filosofi

    Author : Max Sangert; [2012]
    Keywords : obligation; animals; deontology; utilitarianism; Regan; Singer; ethics; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : The paper presents the theories of Peter Singer and Tom Regan concerning the moral status of animals and why both deem animals to have a moral standing similar to humans. The two theories differ in their approaches to justifying the moral standing of animals and humans but have very similar conclusions. READ MORE