Bentham's Felicific Calculus, philosophy homework help

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Read chapter 2 and watch Week 3 Lectures. Then, choose a contemporary moral issue in our society and apply the ethical principle of Utilitarianism to approve this moral issue. You must pick a moral issue that you strongly accept and apply the utilitarian claims (under course materials) to back up all your arguments. In addition, you must apply Bentham's Felicific Calculus. The paper must be done in MLA format with a minimum of 500 words (quotes are not included in the word count). You must use at least 3 sources from LIRN, in our library Code: 24439 This assignment is due on July 15th. Not applying Utilitarianism or the Felicific Calculus results in an automatic F. Utilitarianism is the ethical theory that the moral worth of an action is only determined by its contribution to overall utility. It is thus a form of consequentialism , meaning that the moral worth of an action is determined by its outcome-the ends justifies the means

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Voluntary Prostitution
Voluntary prostitution involves a person willingly entering into sexual activities
for monetary gain. Those involved have referred as an “old profession” or “sex work” to justify
the practice. The notion that voluntary prostitution can be a byproduct of nature, or it is an
essential thing is incorrect. There are other means to relieve sexual desires apart from engaging
in prostitution. Thus prostitution is a moral issue and can never by justified otherwise. The fact
that people prefer prostitution as the mean of sexual release to the extent of creating a market,
then it means that there is an ulterior force that is promoting it. Through analyzing the individual
who participates in the market for prostitution and realization that they are in it on a voluntary
basis, raises a poignant question from the practice. This essay will use utilitarianism on what’s
wrong with prostitution? The essay is aimed at explaining the reasons as to why voluntary
prostitution exists and why the beliefs those are an inherent product of society (Schotten, 28)
The complexity of prostitution subject is attributed to the challenges of coming
with a substantive feminist theory of sex work in regards to various kinds of “sex work” present
in the society that occurs in economic contexts. According to (Schotten, 212), feminism has sold
itself with the fiction that prostitution is a mysterious phenomenon that has a one general mean
centrally to the fact that prostitution is not a single thing but a social, ethical problem.
Prostitution can be classified into different kinds. The first classification or description is that

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“sex work” is a hierarchal gendered relation that can be understood in a perception that male
domination and women's oppression. Another classification of prostitution is to the notion that
prostitution consists of different sexual activity leading to stigmatization and marginalization.
The third description of pros...


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