John Stuart Mill Research Papers Samples For Students

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Research Question: What should be done about abortion?
Thesis Statement: Abortion is impermissible except when performed to save, not to take, life.
I. Abortion as a Utilitarianistic Act
Mothers who opted for abortion often base their decisions on factors that are favorable to them personally, making their utilitarianist philosophy essentially egoistic. Thus, a mother who opted to perform an abortion is essentially an egoistic utilitarianist.
Consequently, utilitarianism suffers from the problem of failing to respect the separateness of persons; that is, that of the mother and that of the unborn child (Jacobson 168). ...

The prisoner's dilemma is an example of game theory used to display why two separate individuals might choose not to cooperate with each other, regardless of the fact it will be in both their best interests. The prisoner’s dilemma example is as follows;
Two members of a criminal gang are arrested and imprisoned. The prisoners are both being held in solitary confinement with no means of communicating with the other. The police don’t have enough evidence to convict both the criminals on the main charge. As a result of this they plan to give them both a year in ...

We live in a time where people can socialise/argue/fight online they can visit casinos and virtual strip clubs, they can shop and take tours of places online so what would be the point of restricting video games in terms of their sexual and violent content when films and television use that sort of content frequently and the internet can never be regulated?
My hypothesis is that sex and violence has been around since the dawn of time and censoring its influence in video games will do nothing but blind people to what real life and real expression is. The ...