Discuss Two Hypothetical Cases of Your Own Choosing to Which

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Essay

Discuss two hypothetical cases of your own choosing to which you will apply utilitarian principles. In the first case, explain how this philosophy would be primarily a good idea for all members of a given society. In the second, explain how the system would create enormous problems for society and discuss another moral way in which you might solve the problem.
I. Describe a social problem for which utilitarianism would provide a satisfying solution.
II. Describe a social problem for which utilitarianism would provide an unsatisfying solution.
III. Identify a more satisfying moral solution for the second social problem.

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Demands

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Corporate Policy

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A branch of sociology that examines economic phenomena including markets, exchange, and capital systems.