People are able to have a better quality of life due to scientific advancements that are made possible by animal research. Animal research creates controversy between people who agree with animal research and the people who believe research with animals is cruelty. ... Due to testing of vaccines or antibiotics many animals were treated and cured of their diseases. ... These drugs are tested on animals so that humans can be cured on certain disease. And lastly animals are also benefitted from these testings because they are also cured of their diseases by testing human vaccines or antibiotics. ...

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Technology plays a critical role in this respect, where increased understanding of human genetics helps to more efficiently find which people may be at risk. ... There are tests available that detect mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. ... There are obvious benefits to being genetically tested for being at risk for cancer. ... However, there are negative effects to genetic testing of cancer predisposition. ... They are responsible for explaining the ups and downs of genetic testing to potential participants. ...

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The company employed over 42,000 people worldwide and had refining capacity of 346,000 barrels of oil per day. ... Over the next three days following the spill, nearly 200 people contributed in the clean-up efforts, including (AOI) employees; the Coast Guard, Gulf Coast emergency strike force, O.H. ... Also, a press member was equipped with a copy of the American Petroleum Industry (API) standard 650 (the industry guideline for proper testing of oil tanks), and was inquiring if the tank had been properly tested. This test makes sure that all tanks are filled completely full with water in order...

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Since scientific research has been undertaken using the human embryo as a test subject a number of issues have been raised which cause controversy and divide opinion. It is an issue which is more important in society today than ever before as medical advances cause implications for many people. ... Most people agree that no testing should take place if the embryo is older than fourteen days, before this the fertilised egg is known as a pre-embryo, however the views that an individual holds on this question will largely determine their view on embryo research. Personal experience will usuall...

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Prostitution usually surrounds with a lot of controversies and ethical issues because of many different reasons and the delicate issue it is to some people. ... Sex traders usually work under the supervision of a "pimp or madam" who are usually considered to be the people who arrange for clients for the prostitutes. ... Even if a prostitute goes for regular checkups, she will test negative for a minimum of 4 weeks, this means while the duration of tests are conducted and its results are relayed the prostitute can expose a maximum of 630 clients to HIV (Jeffrey 2008). ... This is beca...

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Despite this, the tests are evidence of the fact that animals are capable of feeling pain just as human beings do (Wilson, 2004). ... In this manner, people are commonly guilty of speciesism. ... On the other hand, more regulation should be placed on scientific experiments that use animals as their test subjects. ... People hunt for recreation purposes. As a result, hunting animals for people's enjoyment is wrong. ...

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Because ethics is something that is viewed differently from person to person, many people argue whether a decision is honest and just. ... Cavanagh's "Basic Method," which gives guidelines to follow in order to help people make moral decisions. Using Cavanagh's "Basic Method," we are able to look at specific cases and decide whether people truly made ethical decisions. ... Therefore, one must perform the "double effect test" by going through three conditions. ... By passing the double effect test, it is clear to see that the utility criterion is of greater importance than the ri...

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Ultimately, I don't agree with how factory farms are managed and I don't agree with corporate experiments on animals for better consumer products, but I do agree with eating meat for a balanced diet and I do agree with medical animal testing. ... (Www.amprogress.org) Two medicines, Herceptin and Tamoxifen, have saved thousands of lives of people with breast cancer and animal research had an essential role in their development. ... (www.findacure.org) Now in a utilitarian sense animal-based research for medical purposes is limiting suffering and maximizing happiness; a small number o...

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When the word bigotry is uttered, various scenarios enter one's mind. Ideas of slavery in ancient cultures, the attempted wiping out of a particular ethnic group, slave plantations in Pre-Civil War America, and the women's suffrage movements in various parts of the world over the last century are just a few which come to mind. Yet bigotry can exist in very slight-of-hand ways, from "dumb-blonde" jokes, to dishonest hiring practices concerning racial minorities. Perhaps the most notable forms of bigotry are sexism and racism, particulary since their struggles and overcoming of which i...

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Dewey explains that the child truly learns this moral sense, as evidenced in his behavior and interactions with others, by being trained in all areas that elicit interaction and testing or carrying out ideas (Stuhr 326). ... Character is defined not only by the traits derived from mastering a task or problem but by qualities that reveal attentiveness to, and consideration for the feelings, needs, and rights of other people. ... This is what many people understand as the scope and tasks of moral education. ... For in the normal course of his growth, that is how he distinguishes between...

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Firstly, it fails the categorical imperative's first maxim; the universality test. ... This concept is validated since the majority of people disagree to this notion (Gensler, 1986). ... Irrespective of the circumstances, the termination would be failing to do one's duty to preserve the sanctity of life and would fail the universality test of the first maxim (McCoy 2011, p.143-144). ... As Elliott & Engebretson wrote, Aristotle taught "to seek the good for other people or for the state is more desirable than to aim only at the good of the individual" (2001). ... The Chu...

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Since the number of people who accept abortion as a normal procedure is about equal to the number those who think of abortion as a crime, there have been a lot of steps taken against abortion, and many in its defense as well. ... The principle of rule-utilitarianism is a test only for the morality of moral rules, such as "stealing is wrong" and not a test for particular actions. ...

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Business outlook towards morality concerns itself with how other people are affected in both positive and negative ways. Almost always, business decisions affect many more people than simply those directly involved in the business transaction. ... Our work is no just a means of making money but is connected to our call through which we serve God and other people. All dimensions of our lives, including our business affairs should be evaluated in of how poor and vulnerable people are affected. ... We must look in ourselves and value our dignity as people of God. ...

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Killing one person instead of five would be the more ethical option and is the option with the greatest utility – it brings the greatest amount of happiness to the greatest number of people. ... Therefore, you could ask yourself; "Would you rather be "responsible" for the death of the one person or five people?... According to utilitarianism, one should deliberately push the fat man off the bridge to his death, to save the five workers, for it is the option with the greatest utility – it brings the greatest amount of happiness to the greatest number of people. ... Ac...

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The beliefs and values people hold concerning the physical and social world are essential to self-definition and social interaction. ... " Now, forty years of age, Trevor is returning to his incredible past where he must face the darkness of the terrible memories, and as he approaches his past, he meets a familiar voice in his head, one that Trevor must now test his morals against as he chooses to go back to his stirring town with this mysterious voice pulling him back into the past. ... Furthermore, it is understandable that people tend to react positively to others who share similar val...

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In the name of research of behavioral sciences, human participants have been subjected to electric shocks, they failed in easy test or embarrassed somehow. ... Respect for People's Rights and Dignity: Most importantly researcher must protect the rights of research participant who have volunteer for greater good of humanity. ... It typically consists of at least five people majority of which is faculty members from various departments, at least one social community and one non-scientific community representative. ...

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Although an interesting concept, Freud's constant focus on the child and those first few years as well as his emphasis on the father, does not explain many religious experiences, for it is certain that not all people experience religion the same way. ... James however, did provide for different religions and different experiences, which allows for a better argument and one that better stands the test of time. ...

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For example, when we are young, our elders teach us the expectations for how to treat other people, with strict do's and don'ts, just as one would learn when they begin learning to play an instrument. ... Although the idea of the "good life" may sound like a life of pleasure, Aristotle, with his three-part test argues that pleasure-and other things of the like-without virtue is not admired. ...

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It would bring unhappiness to a lot of people so it is a definite no. ... This cannot be applied to everyone because then you would have a lot of people justifying their committing murder somehow and a lot of people lost. ... I think people are already looking to find happiness in some way, shape or form. ... This is an attractive assertion to those people who wish to celebrate the rationality which distinguishes people from all other beings. ... We can prove this through various IQ tests, anecdotal evidence, and simply the existence of people whose limited experience of the world leaves t...

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This lead to people questioning whether or not cloning was really a success. Many people fear the idea of cloning because it is new and misunderstood. ... The other side of the argument remains upon which people can accept that clones can become different through personal experiences. ... After all, twins who grow up together are separate people "distinct individuals with different personalities (Bailey 109). ... The fundamental argument here is that embryos have a right to live and do not deserve to be in a continuing cycle of being destroyed and tested again for experimental purposes (N...

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People are fed with information directly and indirectly at every minute of every day (Stepinska, Agnieszka, 2014). ... In media representations, young people, especially young men and boys, easily attract and are readily ascribed offender status yet have to work hard to achieve any kind of victim status (Brown, 1998; Munice, 2004). News coverage of young people and crime can sometimes focus on young girls and women. ... These young people are those whom we don't expect to be uncivilised, threatening and undisciplined. ... Cohen referred to people who endanger society as 'folk devil...

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Her suggestion that people must make independent moral decisions but should not make decisions regarding salvation and damnation introduces into the novel the idea that morality is not absolute. ... Ultima does not tell him what to think; rather, she tells him how people like his father and Narciso make moral decisions. ... The dream also reveals Antonio's awareness that the people he loves can sin despite his attempts to save them. ... Antonio's friends represent the collective social voice, as many people in the community feel that Ultima's cure is witchcraft. ... Most people ...

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At this point I reminded them that gifts from relatives were very important to people, and that my grandmother would be hurt if she knew that I sometimes gave away the presents that she had given to me. ...

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American Foreign Policy / POLS 4690 A paper submitted to Dr. Galatas of the History and Political Science Department at Georgia South Western State University The Era of Good Feelings: An Era of Idealism or Realism? The Era of Good Feelings was the national mood of the United States from...

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Adam Smith said, "People of the same profession rarely comply with together, also for enjoyment and diversion, yet the chat ends in a conspiracy theory versus everyone, or in some gear to elevate prices." ... According to the utilitarian view, the decision that produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people is best. ... Moral Rights Rule An ethical decision is a decision that best maintains and protects the fundamental or inalienable rights of the people affected by it. According to the moral rights rule, an ethical decision is one that protects people's rights to freedom, l...

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