... allow for grave injustices in the application of punishment. If punishment is used as a deterrent in order to maximize happiness, it would not matter if the person being punished was actually guilty. Framing an innocent person and punishing him or her would have the same effect of frightening others out of committing the same crime. This definitely shows a fundamental weakness in the utilitarian ... a duty to take the lives of those that commit homicide, the actual fair and consistent application of this punishment is impossible. It is widely known that many people who were innocent of ...

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... become an invasion of our privacy? A strange and uncomfortable factor of this situation is that essentially we are all treated the same. Almost as if we are guilty until proven innocent. Recently there was an article released by James Ball talking about the National Security Agency. The NSA has reportedly collecting up 200 million text messages a day. The NSA "has ... and as if they must watch what they say at all times. John W. Whitehead mentions in his article tilted: Kafkas America that "We now live in a society in which a person can be accused of any number of crimes without knowing...

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... action is the right one. Also a particular action generating a high degree of happiness may have consequences that have the opposite effect. Can it be morally right to have a completely innocent and well person killed if two seriously ill people could be saved by an organ transplantation? Is an action always and incontrovertibly right because it gives greatest happiness to the greatest number ... ...

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