The Greatest Happiness Principle

Utilitas ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. S. Sprigge

My purpose in what follows is not so much to defend the basic principle of utilitarianism as to indicate the form of it which seems most promising as a basic moral and political position. I shall take the principle of utility as offering a criterion for two different sorts of evaluation: first, the merits of acts of government, social policies, and social institutions, and secondly, the ultimate moral evaluation of the actions of individuals. I do not take it as implying that the individual should live his life on the basis of constant evaluations of this sort. For there are different levels of decision making each with its appropriate criteria. For example, we each inevitably make many of our decisions from the point of view of our own personal self-fulfilment and this cannot regularly take a directly utilitarian form, nor should the utilitarian want it to do so. His claim is at most that we should sometimes review our life from the point of view of a kind of impersonal moral truth of a universalistic utilitarian character.

2019 ◽  
pp. 50-53
Author(s):  
Natalia Yurievna Subirkina

The paper analyzes the concepts «vocational orientation» and «professional self-determination» from subject-object relations. The subjects of vocational guidance are various social institutions such as school, family, state. In the case of professional self-determination, the researcher is interested in the personality of the individual who has to solve a personally significant problem. From the author`s point of view, the cluster approach to the organization of the vocational guidance system allows to coordinate the joint actions of subjects and objects of vocational guidance to achieve the best result.


2021 ◽  
pp. 199-250
Author(s):  
Jorge García Martínez

In this paper I will try advertising from the point of view of the School of Austrian Economics. To do this, I will analyze the Mises’s comments in Hu-man Action about commercial propaganda, and also school important theo-ries, such as the Business Function, Dynamic Efficiency or Evolutionary Theory of Social Institutions. The aim is to check what relationship may be between these theories and the different definitions given about Advertising terms by some of the most important publishers of the moment. At the same time, it is intended to check whether advertising can be consistently explained with the Austrian theory. The Austrian School of Economics brings a human and real vision to the economical science, in which the individual and his actions are taken into account, starting all economic analysis from methodological individ-ualism, as are the individuals who by their actions give shape to the society. Thanks to the multidisciplinary approach of the school one can perfectly under-stand the development of advertising. The spectacular increase in the market has caused that the number of companies offering products and services con-stantly grows, this growth binds a process of constant competition which has led the advertising to a continually evolve. This explanation of advertising, ac-cording to the Austrian School, fully agrees with the view of some of the lead-ing advertisers. In turn, this article is a direct criticism of the political propagan-da, in which the results cannot be experienced freely by society and whose consequences are disastrous for social coexistence, the peaceful development of the cooperation and coordination of the company and all necessary human progress. Following the study, it concludes that advertising can be perfectly studied from the point of view of the Austrian School of Economics, which al-lows not only understand the economic benefits of advertising but also the dangers of political propaganda. Key Words: Advertising, Political Propaganda, Creativity, Competence Resumen: En este trabajo voy a tratar la publicidad desde el punto de vista de la Escuela Austriaca de Economía. Para ello, analizaré los comentarios de Mises en la Acción Humana sobre la propaganda comercial, así como impor-tantes teorías de la escuela, como la de la Función Empresarial, la Eficiencia dinámica o la Teoría Evolutiva de las Instituciones Sociales. El objetivo es com-probar qué relación puede haber entre dichas teorías y las distintas definicio-nes dadas sobre términos publicitarios por algunos de los más importantes publicistas del momento. A su vez se pretende comprobar si con la teoría austriaca puede explicarse la publicidad de forma coherente. La Escuela Aus-triaca de Economía aporta una visión humana y real a la ciencia económica, en la cual el individuo y sus actos son tenidos en cuenta, partiendo todo el análisis económico desde el individualismo metodológico, puesto que son los individuos los que con sus actos dan forma a la sociedad. Gracias a la visión multidisciplinar de la escuela puede entenderse perfectamente el desarrollo de la publicidad. El aumento espectacular dado en el mercado ha hecho que el número de empresas oferentes de productos y servicios crezca constantemen-te, a este crecimiento se une un proceso de competencia constante que ha provocado que la publicidad vaya evolucionando continuamente. Esta explica-ción de la publicidad, acorde con la Escuela Austriaca, coincide plenamente con la visión de algunos de los más destacados publicistas. A su vez, en este artículo se realiza una crítica directa a la propaganda política, cuyos resulta-dos no pueden experimentarse libremente por la sociedad y cuyas consecuen-cias son nefastas para la convivencia social, el desarrollo pacífico de la coo-peración y coordinación de dicha sociedad y todo el necesario progreso humano. A raíz de lo estudiado, se concluye que la publicidad puede estudiar-se perfectamente desde el punto de vista de la Escuela Austriaca de Economía, lo cual permite no solo comprender las ventajas económicas de la publicidad sino también los peligros de la propaganda política. Palabras clave: Publicidad, Propaganda política, Creatividad, Competencia


2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-204
Author(s):  
Kevin Fredy Hinterberger

Abstract This contribution analyses residence rights of migrants and irregular residence from a conceptual viewpoint. In the pertinent legal literature, it is argued that every Member State still decides autonomously if the residence of a migrant is permitted; in other words, if he or she is found to be irregular. I question this view, since it ignores the multi-layered character of decision-making in the EU. To do so, I differentiate between migrants who have privileged residence rights (e.g. Union citizens) and those who have not. In depicting the legal situation of migrants with privileged residence rights, I am able to identify three different levels among which the legislative decision-making power in the EU is distributed (international, EU and national level). Consequently, I challenge the ‘statist assumption’ in showing that legislative decisions with regard to residence rights of migrants have been partly taken out of the exclusive domain of Member States in the EU.


Those who first applied genetics to the study of natural populations—and it was, we must remember, fifty years ago—applied it from what we may now call the classical point of view. This is the point of view which assumes that the properties of heredity and also of variation can be deduced from breeding experiments using the methods of Mendel, Bateson and Morgan. It is the point of view expressed by Morgan in 1926 under the title of the Theory of the Gene. The fact that Morgan believed in the chromosomes while Bateson did not, failed to produce the cleavage in this classical view that might have been expected. It failed to do so because, for Morgan and also for those who followed him, his theory did not raise questions: it answered them. The chromosomes did not make the law: they obeyed it. It is thus not the chromosome theory but the Mendelian situation which is crucial for classical genetics. The inbred lines of close relationship, the regulated succession of selfing or sibbing and crossing, the chosen and standard environment, the individual as the unit of observation and selection: these were necessary ingredients and premises for the first phase of getting to know heredity. Generalizations were reached in this way which proved to be valid. They did so because they rested on the properties of cell structures, nuclei and chromosomes, at mitosis and meiosis, which are found to be universal.


Author(s):  
Iona Heath

This article seeks to comment on the approaches to health technology assessment (HTA) outlined in the four main country studies in this volume. It is written from the perspective of a general practitioner working in an inner city area in the United Kingdom and argues that, from the point of view of the clinician, HTA delivers considerably less than it promises. The problems center on the inevitability of judgment by both politicians and clinicians and the conflicting foundations of these judgments. Within political decision-making, the needs of the population inevitably outweigh the needs of the individual; within clinical decision making, the opposite is the case. Attempting a scientific rationality, HTA struggles with the impossibility of holding the balance between the two. These difficulties are further compounded by the implications of ever-increasing expectations of perfect health and the effects of multinational commercial pressures.


Author(s):  
Tasnim Nikmatullah Realita ◽  
. Sudarmiatin ◽  
Imam Mukhlis

SMEs are one of the economic entities that form the backbone of the economy in many countries. SMEs contribute substantial GDP to the country and are one of the solutions for efforts to provide employment and economic performance. However, so far SMEs have only been able to serve the domestic market, even though they have great potential to enter the international market. Not many SMEs are brave and motivated to do pivot businesses by utilizing digital technology and the era of openness to expanding overseas markets. Some many factors are suspected to be the cause. Through the literature review method, this paper seeks to identify the factors that influence SMEs to go international, primarily from the point of view of individual factors and organizational factors. From the results of previous research conducted in many countries, it was found that the individual factors and organizational factors contributed significantly to the decision making of SMEs to Go International.


10.26458/1414 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Gabriela IOSIF

From the point of view of Durkheim, institutions are ways of acting, feeling and thinking, expressing any social act. Institutions have stringent action on the individual, have its own existence, independent of individual manifestations, which are distinctive for a given group, being accepted by all members. Types of social institutions are economic institutions, educational, political, cultural and family. Within institutions, communication is an inherent phenomenon.For Katz and Kahn "communication is a social process of great relevance to the functioning of each group, organization or society," the very essence of the social system or organization. The organizational structure provides stability for human communication and facilitates administrative tasks. (Rogers Everett M. and Agarwala-Rogers Rekha, 1976, p. 6). Therefore, an effective institutional communication adds value to any institution. 


Author(s):  
Svetlana Bobrovnyk

The process of socialization associated with the development of the social nature of an individual or social group is gaining importance for modern society. The main direction of socialization within sociology is the person as the main element of society. However, given that the socialization of the individual is determined by the nature of society itself, its characteristics and needs, we can say that the process of socialization is inherent not only personal but also other spheres of society. Although we will not deny that the anthropologization of social relations brings to the fore the sociologization of the individual as the main element of social communication. In this regard, the study of the peculiarities of the process of socialization of social interaction, factors, conditions and differences that accompany socialization is becoming increasingly important. Since the process of socialization is associated with a system of information exchange between members of society, the need to reflect and consolidate various social interests, the importance of finding social compromise, it is fair to say that socialization encompasses socio-political communication, in which law plays an important role. The study of the legal aspect of socialization is the theoretical basis for increasing the social role of law, the effectiveness of its regulatory action and ensuring public order. In our opinion, important aspects of socialization of compromise are its characteristics as a means of communication, features of manifestation within social institutions of different levels and substantiation of ways to increase the effectiveness of social functions of legal compromise and means of socialization in law. Compromise at the categorical level can be considered within the three directions of research related to its relationship with the category of conflict. We are talking about organic-structural, conflict-radical and anthropological-communicative directions. The first direction of research reflects society and the forms of its organization as coherently functioning systems. Here the category of "compromise" dominates over the category of "conflict". The second direction of research is characterized by the fact that the category of "compromise" is considered as a special manifestation of the category of "conflict", the latter is dominant in the field of public relations. Regarding the third area of ​​research, the problem of compromise and conflict within this concept is considered at the level of relationships between people, whether macro (state) or micro (group of people). At the same time, compromise and conflict are studied as equivalent interacting categories of public life. A legal compromise has legal consequences, as the result of the agreement of the wills of the parties is the imposition on them of obligations to exercise mutual will. Moreover, the violation of a legal compromise is the basis for the legal liability of the parties. Legal compromise, due to its mediation by legal norms, acquires the attribute of binding and enforced measures. Characteristic of the social action of law is the reflection of its existence at different levels of social interaction, ranging from the individual, social groups, society as a whole. A legal compromise is no exception. Social institutions create an objective reality for a person, that is, it is his social world, in which the appropriate social order is established. At the same time, social institutions are both subjectively and objectively a reality. In view of this, compromise in the behavior of subjects is manifested differently depending on the level of social institution. In simple social institutions (interpersonal, intragroup), the conflict and compromise of the behavior of subjects usually depends on subjective factors that are influenced by objective reality by operating in a single space of other social institutions. In turn, in social institutions of a complex level (intergroup and state, world system) compromise is necessarily "tied" to the order objectively established in such institutions. Thus, compromises always arise between two subjects and are carried out in the corresponding interaction. At the same time, compromises at the state level, in addition to the relationship between its subjects, are necessarily characterized by a constant connection with society through the functioning of legal requirements enshrined in the relevant sources of law.


2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
George Schin ◽  
Margareta Racovita

The aim of this paper is to determine the most efficient strategic alternative in the case of a notary office, by taking into account the expected values associated to different levels of supplementary services requests by its customers. The determination of expected monetary values associated to the strategic alternatives by means of WinQSB software confirms the hypotheses concerning the feasibility analysis results and the manager’s ability to make the right decision from the financial point of view. Thus, the manager of the notary office will be able to make efficient decisions regarding the business development plan by using appropriate software tools, which deliver real time results in different simulation scenarios. Once the optimal decision is found, the notary office can seek to improve its business development strategy by taking into account more options and levels of supplementary services requests from the part of its customers.


2000 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ask Vest Christiansen

Analyse af regeringens folkesundhedsprogram 1999-2008 set i relation til ændringen af sygdomsbilledet siden 1900-tallet og diskussion af det nuværende sundhedspolitiske syn på idrætten.Public health and discipline – a cultural analysis of a strategy for instructionIn May 1999 the Danish Government’s Public Health Programme 1999-2008 was published. This article argues that the public health programme was developed as one element in a general slimming down of the welfare state. It will not be possible to maintain standards of welfare unless individuals and social institutions alike undergo a process of slimming down. Seen in this way, the public health programme is part of a project to impose social discipline and order. What has to be regulated is people’s behaviour so that it can become acceptable from the point of view of health. This is made necessary due to changes in the structure of illness during the past century, which in turn have prompted a change in medical focus away from cure and towards prevention. Prevention is a strategy which makes considerable use of a form of risk-moralising which directs itself by and large towards all areas of human activity. The public health programme has in this way changed its focus of operation from a social level to a subject- based, individual level. From this arises a paradox in regard to guilt and responsibility. On the one hand responsibility is taken away from the individual partly by dint of the interference of the state – for example, in relation to smokers – and partly through the way in which plans for prevention manifest themselves. On the other hand there is a tendency towards increased feelings of guilt. The result of this is that a large number of our everyday actions are placed in a health context. Health can no longer be taken for granted but is something to which we have to devote constant attention. The surveillance of health, which was once the task of the medical police, has now become integrated into the life of the individual and has turned into self-surveillance. This indicates that the health project is more concerned with moral than with medical matters.


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