... existence, I believe the idea of morality seems futile, with no prospect of ever developing into a world where we can distinctively know what is right and what is wrong, and never have the ability to develop a universal standard of human rights. It further seems apparent to me that, if cultural relativism were true, then there would not be any significant constraints on the contents of morality ... . Humans could use actions as they pleased, and no particular action could be considered better or worse ... than another, at least in the absolutist sense. But it seems there are significant...

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... against terrorism", where the adversary wears no uniform and hides among the civilian population, information can matter even more. But does that mean that torture can sometimes be justified to extract information in such extreme situations? Using the utilitarianism theory, torture can be and is morally justified in some extreme cases ... an ethical doctrine that virtue is based on utility (Utility is defined in various ways, including as pleasure, economic well-being and the lack of suffering) and that conduct should be directed toward promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest num...

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... profit. A fictitious example of this would be for a cinema complex to intentionally sell a number of tickets to a movie screening that exceeds the available number of seats in that screening and then offer disgruntled customers a ticket to another less popular movie that may not be selling too well. This example is, to some degree, similar to the utilitarianism theory developed by Bentham ... to watch a less popular movie so it is evident that the greatest number were afforded the greatest happiness. Whilst pondering the definition of "evil" we must also consider the theory of ethical r...

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