... action lawsuit, and possibly criminal exposure, based on the lack of a permit, and the reconstruction of the tank out of 40-year-old steel. Ashland's legal staff was concerned that whatever Hall said in the press conference would have legal if not criminal repercussions. Legal Analysis It's significant to say that there are legal issues from both a "rules-, and a "regulatory- standpoint ... individuals from AOI open to criminal indictment. I feel there should be legal consequences associated with Ashland's lack of knowledge to obtain the proper permits before the tank was developed. Thi...

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... principle that a person should never be the means to an end. Consequentialism is often summarized by the common phrase that the ends justify the means. In consequentialism a person must perform whatever action brings about the best possible consequences to the largest amount of people. This calls for a person to deny any option that does not provide the best possible consequences, including ... because of unequal distribution that different persons have different personal projects and agent centered prerogatives which, as previously stated, lead to growth and a more thoroughly developed...

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... and the significance of abiding by the truth. In this case, Lucy feels as if she is the one in charge as her father cannot do so and relying on whatever morals she has been taught, she believes the right thing to do is be is with her father, regardless of how she makes that possible. More importantly, each time Lucy ... of various social, political or economic rights and privileges, the permission especially to go freely within specified limit, to be at leisure while doing actions within limits and the list goes on. If Sam remains to have custody of Lucy that would mean Lucy is being de...

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... Watson presents religion to Huck in simplistic terms, as he encounters religious morality as "she told me about the bad place (2)," and prayer with the explanation, "pray every day, and whatever I asked for I would get it. (8)" Huck seizes on these broad terms by accepting them as true yet defying them on his own personal terms by saying that he wished to ... ; 'taint right and 'taint fair, for you to stay thar all that time, and never give nobody a chance; other folks has their rights as well as you." (109 The crowd goes from genuine concern and lament to selfish competition. Honest fee...

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... happiness in some way, shape or form. I think it's a bit odd that Mill uses this as a basis for a moral. I feel that it should be understood already that people will do whatever necessary to attain happiness but why would it automatically become a moral to abide by. He claims, "The sole evidence that it is possible to produce that anything is desirable, is ... for the other... It is quite compatible with the principle of utility to recognize the fact, that some kinds of pleasure are more desirable and more valuable than others." He goes on to explain that when we attempt to find this he...

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... being a moral command. This is Kant's principle of autonomy of the will. Finally Kant argues that ends have either value or dignity. Values can be replaced by an equivalent, while whatever is above all value and admits no equal therefore, has a dignity. Things with intrinsic ends are not merely a value, but a dignity. Autonomy is then the basis of dignity for all ... people choose the lower pleasure instead of the higher more fulfilling one is that it is the nearer good, even though it is known to be of less value. Mill goes on to argue it is also because they do not do so voluntarily; ...

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... disobey them. Socrates effectively disproves Thrasymachus' definition demonstrating through Techné, that a ruler acts in the best interest of his subjects. Although Socrates has won, for his own pleasure he goes on to further prove that a life of justice is more rewarding than a life of injustice. Before this, Socrates only desired knowledge, whereas now he desires the satisfaction of being right ... of this method is that it assumes that Socrates will find the correct answers to his questions. However, with Thrasymachus, Socrates is able to refute his claim that justice is whatever be...

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