Utilitarian And Deontological Ethical Theories

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Thesis: Despite both utilitarian ethical theory and deontological ethical theory can be applied usefully to the issue of stem cell research. I shall argue that utilitarian ethical theory is preferable, because it is most consistent with the considered moral judgments and can give most reasonable answers to the issue. Abstract The paper deals with the area of philosophical inquiry and discussion referred to as "ethics" or "moral ...

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Moral Decisions In Daily Life

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Moral decision making is something every human does on a daily basis, modifying their behavior to obey standards of society which are based upon a shared system of values. In its most simplistic form, moral decision making is done with ethical motives in mind, concerned with the distinction between right and wrong by each individual. Moral decision making models and theories provide specific guides and rules to ...

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Research approach and strategy

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Chapter 3: Research Methodology 3.1. Introduction: The purpose of this chapter is to present the research philosophy, approach and strategy that are used in this project. The choice of research design and data collection methods is justified by indicating their advantages and limitations compared with other available methods. 3.2. Research philosophy: This study reflects the principles of the positivist philosophy. This paradigm is concerned with testing theories ...

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Relativism And Realism Debates

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Should psychology pursue the path of realism or relativism? Critically discuss the implications of the relativism - realism debate for psychology. In the field of psychology, there is a debate amongst psychologists about which scientific approach to take when it comes to studying psychology. Whilst some psychologists prefer the realism approach, other psychologists prefer a different approach, relativism. The debate argues over which approach is the best ...

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A Moral Theory Of The Consequentialist Ethic

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The consequentialist ethic is a moral theory. This theory is based on the idea, that the moral value of an action is based upon consequences. Decisions to act are taken according to the consequences, that favour most either one individual or one group. The main objective is the maximisation of happiness. Therefore, moral ethics is based on the obtaining of good results. The consequentialist ethic is based ...

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Ethical Egoism And Psychological Egoism

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In Plato's Republic and in Rachels' Egoism and Moral Skepticism, both authors address two important facets of human morality: epistemologically objective. Ethical egoism is a normative claim, which states that moral beings ought to do what is in their best interests. Psychological egoism, on the other hand, is a descriptive claim that all moral beings can only act in their own self-interests, even when appearing to act ...

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The God And The Evil Demon

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In the Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes sets out to build his foundation of knowledge. To discover true knowledge, Descartes uses the Method of Doubt which states that he must "reject whatever is open to the slightest doubt"(p.138)1. In doing so, Descartes invokes the existence of an Evil Demon who is described to be "supremely powerful and cunning, and works as hard as he can to deceive ...

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How Do We Measure Success In Society?

23 Mar 2015 08 May 2017

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Successful individual is found in many places now days. Many people say that they are a successful person. For them they are successful with their life and they make people see them being successful also, this makes others call them a successful individual. Someone who has no ambition or any goals can neither be said success nor failure. Life is not a contest therefore there is nothing ...

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International Human Rights Norms

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We live in a constantly changing and evolving world. The remarkable advances in the biotechnology, telecommunications and transportation in addition to the emergence of new regional political alliances and the increasing integration of the markets have led to unprecedented demographic shifts. As a result of all this factors, which we can be defined as globalisation, previously isolated peoples were being brought together either voluntarily or involuntarily. This ...

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Immoral behaviour: Punishable Under Law?

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In this essay I will look at behaviours and acts that are considered immoral by the general population and whether they are liable to be punished by the law. It will focus on moral principles and its affects and views on society. I will focus on key immoral behaviours and actions that are legalised or criminalised differently to the UK and see whether certain legislations have help ...

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Should We Establish A Market For Human Organs?

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There are a number of arguments with regards to organ commodification, which is the subject of hot debate. I will purposefully be limiting the scope of the argument to kidneys, as kidneys are paired organs that can be safely removed with minimal impact to the health of the donor. Although this topic is heavily related to philosophical and ethical issues, I would first like to discuss certain ...

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Assessing The Homestay Program In Malaysia

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Homestay is not a new phenomenon in Malaysia. Homestay has been discovered in early 1970 where a local lady called Mak long who took guests and provide them with food and accommodation within her humble kampong house (Amran,1997). Homestay is a program where tourists stay among local families and experience their actual lifestyle first-hand-how they prepare and eat their meals, go about their work, their leisure activities ...

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The Challenge Of Human Cloning: Pros And Cons

23 Mar 2015 08 May 2017

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Nowadays, due to cloning disobeys human being's moral value, it has become a thorny issue even though it can benefit human beings and our society in lots of areas. Specifically, it is generally thought that it is immoral and unethical to clone human beings for various reasons, but the morality of human cloning cannot be reached yet since it is still a new technology. Additionally, attitudes toward ...

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Kantian and existentialist conceptions of freedom

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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), best known for his work Critique of Pure Reason, was an instrumental philosopher in his contributions to moral philosophy. A devout Catholic, he firmly believed in the existence of God. Existentialists like Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), however, countered Kantian philosophy in their stance on the meaninglessness of existence. For existentialists, life had no greater purpose as humans lived in an infinite universe unconcerned with human ...

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Brave New World Compared To Utilitarianism

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The story Brave New World presents us to the future world A.F (after Ford) where the government institutionalizes the advantages of technology to the fullest. The reader is informed that human beings are no longer produced naturally anymore. In A.F, technology is used to generate identical boys and girls and place in to classes where they are programmed to be the most efficient at what they do. ...

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The Duty Versus Charity

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In The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle and Famine, Affluence, and Morality, Peter Singer argued that people in affluent countries have the duty to help people in need in countries suffering from famine and other disasters. Perhaps the strongest argument that he gives for this claim relies on the claim that donation to developing countries is good to do and wrong not to do. Since moral ...

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A Review Of Groundhog Day

23 Mar 2015 05 May 2017

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Groundhog Day is one of those rare films that has been entirely embraced as a cultural artifact by Western society. Roger Ebert says; "... there are a few films, and this is one of them, that burrow into our memories and become reference points. When you find yourself needing the phrase 'this is like Groundhog Day' to explain how you feel, a movie has accomplished something." As ...

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Relationship Between Law And Ethics In Islam

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I would like to start my analysis by posing a few questions about this relationship to stimulate our thoughts. Are law and ethics identical or non-identical in Islam? Are ethics derived from law or is this relationship vice versa? Are they both derived from the same sources? If yes, then are they separate or do they supplement each other? What I found after my analysis is that ...

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The Other And The Intersubjective

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In the following write up, my attempt is to explicate the understanding of the 'other' and 'intersubjectivity' vis-à-vis the way people interact with each other. It appears that there are two ways of interactions the 'subject-object' interaction and the 'subject-subject' interaction. The subject-object' interaction can perhaps be understood through the method of the positivist, the scientist, the behaviorist, and those of the ilk who divide the universe ...

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The Life And Work Of Euclid

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While studying geometry with Euclid a youth inquired after having learned the first proposition, "What do I get by learning these things?" Euclid called a slave to them and said, "Give him threepence, since he must make a gain out of what he learns." [8] Euclid, a Greek mathematician and teacher, changed the course of the world. Euclid's work not only affected the work of other prominent ...

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The Sapir Whorf Hypothesis

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Sapir argued that : We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation. (Sapir 1958 [1929], p. 69). Looking at the statement above, that inferred that thoughts and behavior are mostly influenced by language. From this statement, first we have to look back the root of the language itself. Saussure (Saussure, 1966, ...

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Perception In Humans Vs Computer

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The Essay which I am going to write is about Minds and Computers. Here I will explain that what is a human mind, what a computer is and what is a relation between them. It's all about the idea of constructing or developing artificial intelligence. This question of possibility is not limited only to construction of such an advanced technology which will possess artificial intelligence and will ...

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Democracy According To Karl Popper

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Karl Popper (1902-1994) was one of the most provocative philosophers and thinkers of the twentieth century. Born in Vienna, he grew up in a city witnessing great intellectual ferment and cultural excitement. One of his most celebrated and well-known books, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, appeared in Germany in 1934; it marked Popper's decisive break with the philosophers who formed the prestigious "Vienna Circle" and exposed many ...

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Current ethical issue of abortion

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Abortion in relation to Natural Moral Law and Utilitarian Ethics - Aran Cauchi The current ethical issue of abortion is a broad and complex ethical issue which can be approached from many moral and ethical directions. Two such directions can be the deontological Natural Moral Law and the teleological or consequentialist Utilitarian ethics. Abortion, from the Latin aborior, to pass away, is an induced termination of a ...

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Overview And Analysis Of Overconfidence

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Overconfidence has to with presumption and excessive believe in one's abilities. In as much as people are gifted with various talents and abilities, it is incumbent of people to try and tone down on how they expose these to others as people can be very judgmental. Overconfidence therefore is having a cocksure mentality which is mostly not desirable in the society today. I really detest cocky individuals ...

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What Is Necessary To Be A Hero?

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How would the world be, without those people who are always doing something to help others. They are called heroes. Heroes are individuals who demonstrate bravery and altruism for superior and virtuous good of humans when they are in danger. A hero is also someone who can provide his or her existence to people. Although the concept is related with ferocity, a hero is defined as someone ...

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Analysis Of Gorgias And Plato

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Plato was one of the most important Greek philosophers in our time. He founded the Academy in Athens, an institution devoted to research and instruction in philosophy and the sciences; the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. His works on philosophy, politics and mathematics were very influential and laid the foundations for Euclid's systematic approach to mathematics. Gorgias is a dialogue in which Plato ...

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Existentialism School Of Thought

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Existentialism is a school of thought that attempts to break down much of the foundations of thought itself, to allow for reasoning unbridled by preconceived notions. In a sense the idea attacks the structure of normal reasoning, in an effort to render what is thought to be known as questionable rather than inherent. However, it goes much deeper than that. It is a way of thinking that ...

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In Depth Analysis Of Euthanasia

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Euthanasia, also called 'Mercy Killing' and 'Physician Assisted Suicide; is a term in medical ethics for the practice of interfering or intervening in a natural process towards death. In other words it is accelerating the natural course of death in terminally ill patients, when all treatments become ineffective or much too painful for the patient to bear. In short Euthanasia is ending a human life with the ...

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The mysteries of the subconscious mind

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Because your subconscious mind is difficult to access directly though your conscious mind, it's difficult to know for certain what's going on in the deepest recesses of your psyche. Sometimes, though, the subconscious speaks up and makes a brief appearance in your conscious awareness. Once you learn to notice these intrusions of the subconscious, you can use this information to help you make decisions in your conscious ...

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Heart transplant: An overview

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Introduction Heart transplant is a transplant procedure surgery where the malfunctioning heart or end-stage heart-related disease are replaced by a function heart. Indeed, this is a very complicated, risky and time-consuming operation since it needs a function heart from the person who has just died and implant it into the patient. It is usually done in emergencies and to find a donor heart is difficult. Have you ...

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Utilitarian Arguments For Thesis Statement

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From our point of view, we agree that the procedures of women undergo scalpel is not morally justified. Therefore, people have no right to undergo scalpel even it is because of the beauty demanded by society. Utilitarian Arguments for Thesis Statement Utilitarian approach has proven that the procedures of women undergoing scalpel is not morally justified. This is because according to Act-Utilitarianism, an action is right only ...

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Individualistic And Holistic Biases In Environmental Ethics

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Environmental ethics is a hybrid of both ancient and recent insights and is a discipline in the making. In addition, this is a discipline whose time has come and has come urgently. The magnitude and urgency of contemporary environmental problems known as environmental crisis form the mandate for environmental ethics. In other words, environmental ethics is a re-examination of the human attitudes and values that influence individual ...

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Reality Therapy: A Case Study

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Reality Therapy is a therapeutic approach that focuses on problem solving and making better choices in order to achieve specific goals. Reality Therapy was developed by Dr. William Glasser, and its primary intention is to focus on the here and now, rather than the past. Reality Therapy is intended to solve problems, rebuild connections and work towards a better future. The author of this paper chose to ...

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Pros And Cons Of Stem Cell Research

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Stem cell the new frontier of medical break through poses an important ethical dilemma for humanity do we support the destruction of embryos to further science or do we support the protection of embryos. We are faced with a critical decision to protect embryos from being a part of a science experiment or do we think that it is ethical to kill a few embryos in the ...

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Ethical Dilemma Of Exporting Capital For Production Abroad

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With ethical dilemma in association with exporting capital for production abroad I would say that companies shouldn't be made to continue operations if they are no longer profitable. In my belief, one of the main reasons corporations would export capital for production abroad would be to maximize profits to their shareholders. This would be a Libertarian's way of thinking, meaning perspective is that individual well-being, prosperity, and ...

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Business Ethics And The Fast Food Industry

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Ethics is the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group. It is the study of morality. This paper is research based on ethnographic study conducted in one of the outlets of "Burger King" an American based fast food company with over 12000 outlets across 73 countries. This paper includes observations that were made in one of its outlets, interviewing some of its employees, and also ...

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The Theory Of Substance Dualism

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An argument has been made against Descartes interactive substance dualism theory that will be analyzed and evaluated in this paper. The Christian apologist J.P. Moreland argued in an online video that goes as such: "If interactive substance dualism is true, a non-physical substance could have an effect on a physical substance. It is metaphysically impossible that a non-physical substance could have an effect on a physical substance. ...

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Analysis Of Mill's Harm Principle

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In 1993, Canadian farmer Robert Latimer killed his extremely disabled child by putting her in his truck and running a pipe from his exhaust into the cab. Latimer fully admitted his guilt and claimed that, by killing her, he freed her from her chronic pain due to her severe form of cerebral palsy. His daughter was a full quadriplegic and required numerous surgeries to maintain her quality ...

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The Issue Of Designer Babies

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This research paper discusses designer babies and the science of creating a designer baby. It talks about in-vitro fertilization, SNPs, a success story of crating a designer baby and shows where designer babies stand in today's society. This paper also contains some evidence of ethnic beliefs on designer babies and truly how far some parents will go to get a child that they want. It emphasizes how ...

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Historical Perspectives In Kinesiology

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Why We Study Kinesiology. As one of the most innovative and exciting areas in the health care field, muscle testing through kinesiology has given professionals feedback tools to identify multiple aspects of human movement ranging from injury cause and rehabilitation to sports performance. Just think for a moment about how bicycle designs or helmets have changed in the past 10-20 years. Much is this is due to ...

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Descartes Say About Primary Qualities

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Rene Descartes and John Locke both have similar theories about primary qualities. They both hold the same position on what is that primary qualities are. Both of them believe that primary qualities have the power to cause ideas in our minds. The main distinction between their theories lies in whether primary qualities are perceived by means of the senses or by the intellect. Rene Descartes believed that ...

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Debate Of Whether Psychology Is A Science

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Empiricism and Positivism are the two major philosophical influences on psychology; the empiricists brought the concept that all ideas are derived from experience. Experience is the basis of all knowledge. And the positivists further explained that sensory experience which can be shared with others can be objectively studied by observing their overt behavior. Determinism, indeterminism and nondeterminism hold different view on whether psychology is a science. Some ...

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Analysis Of The God Delusion Debate

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For The God Delusion Debate, Gayathiri and Sandra chose to listen to Dr John Lennox because the two of us personally believe there is a God while Len Jin and Jerome chose to listen to Professor Richard Dawkins because the points brought forth by Dawkins has more relevance to them personally. There were 6 main thesis that was being debated between Lennox and Dawkins: 1. Faith is ...

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Platos' Theory Of Forms

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State Of Thesis: Knowledge is power. Without knowledge a person is nothing. One has nothing to talk about or argue if a person has knowledge with him. And knowledge should be about something or nothing. Introduction: It took 40 years of his career to write about this theory. The theory was re- written various times in this time of span but the theory was never written in ...

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Foucauldian Discourse on Punishment

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Foucauldian Discourse on Punishment It is noteworthy that the power and techniques of punishment depend on knowledge that creates and classifies individuals, and that knowledge derives its authority from certain relationships of power and domination (Sparknotes, 2006). However, it is in the works of French philosopher Michel Foucault on penal institutionsthat the idea of punishment as part of a discourse of power is made explicit. In this ...

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What Makes Us Happy?

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During many centuries people were looking for happiness. But the question "What makes us happy?" still needs the answer. There is no recipe of happiness. It is very individual concept, though there are some general statements that can help person to feel complete and satisfied with his life. These statements were noted in the article "What makes us happy?" by Joshua Wolf Shenk. Some parts of the ...

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Can Infrasonic Waves Kill You?

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Introduction Have you ever experienced nausea, paranoia, and the feeling of being watched? If so, you might be under the effects of infrasound. Infrasound is any sound lower than 20 Hz (Hertz). Infrasound can be created by man-made objects or nature. It can be created by nature from things like severe weather, surf, lee waves, avalanches, earthquakes, volcanoes, bolides, waterfalls, lightning, calving of icebergs, upper-atmospheric lightning, and ...

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What Is The Right Thing To Do?

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If someone, in an attempt to exercise his right of self defense coerces anyone else into defending him then that would mean that the defender himself is a criminal invader of the rights of someone else. So, if X is aggressing against Y, Y may not use force to compel Z to join in defending him, for then, Y would be just as much a criminal aggressor ...

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Kretchmar's Five Types Of Dualism

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The classical emphasis emerged from one of the most famous Greek philosophers dialogue, Platos Phaedo. Plato believed that the most important things are not the material or physical entities but the eternal 'Forms'. He also stated that the bodies and physical matters are just imperfect replicas of such Forms. Aristotle, one of Plato's students did not believe in the Platonic Forms. Aristotle argued that the body is ...

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Language Is Rule-Governed

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Wittgenstein stated that his aim in philosophy was to show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle that is, to lead us out of the web of misconceptions and confusions that cloud our understanding. He argued that our confusion lay in our misunderstanding of language and the rules that govern its use. This misunderstanding resulted from the assumptions of traditional Western Philosophy which are based on ...

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World Wide Issue Of Suicide

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Suicide is a world-wide issue. Suicide is commonly referred to a permanent solution to a temporary problem. A person may choose to end his/her life for many different reasons. The person may feel unhappy, angry at a situation, helpless, or feel like it is his time to go. If people have never had suicidal thoughts or have never had to deal with the issue of suicide, it ...

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Analysis Of Moral Education

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The word ethics is taken from the Greek word "ethos" which means custom or usage. Ethics can be defined as a philosophical study of morals; that is of good behaviour moral obligation moral attitude moral responsibility social justice and good living conditions VALUES : Can be defined among other things as "price appraisal",ie the price of something compared with the price of another rank quality grade standard ...

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What Is Mathematics Pedagogy?

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A necessary premise to the question What is mathematics pedagogy. is Why do we teach mathematics. If basic number skills are obviously needed in every days life, can we say the same about geometry? Mathematics trains us to think and to think rationally, rigorously. They are an essential part of human culture and a heritage of the past and anyone who studied mathematics seriously found profound beauty ...

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John Stuart Mill's Theories On Liberty

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John Stuart Mill was one of the foremost liberal theorists of the 19th century, binding modern and classical liberalism in his ideas. His defence of liberty however, has been greatly contested by traditionalist views but also highly defended by revisionist views as will be examined in his paper On Liberty (1859). Mill's belief in individualism through utilitarian ethics appears contradictory and highly debated. His harms principle and ...

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Concept Of An Ideal Life

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Throughout the 19th century, the problem of individual existence in the world was an issue prevalent to people in the Western World. The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche stated that the conditions of alienation and absurdity were the heart of the problem. Throughout the essay, I will discuss Nietzsche's analysis about human suffering and his solutions to it, and will use his philosophy to create a harmonious and ...

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Formal Reality And Objective Reality

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To begin this approach, Descartes introduces formal reality and objective reality. Formal reality is said to be what humans can actually see and prove to be their senses, and objective reality is what is in their minds. Descartes goes on to say, 'Hence it follows, both that nothing can come from nothing, and that what is more perfect cannot derive from what is less perfect' (Third Meditation ...

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Discovery And Invention Of Some Areas Of Knowledge

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Discovery and invention are two separate edges to a discussion. It is complicated to show the interrelation between the two because they do not have the same meaning. It can be said that something that exists from past but not being uncovered is a discovery. But when something new is been created to meet certain requirements are known as an invention. Reflecting back on the question my ...

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A Criticism Of Incompatibilism

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In Van Inwagen's paper, "An Argument of Incompatibilism", he posits in his consequence argument that, under determinism, there is no moral consequence of intentional actions. It is hard to think that one can act without free will. We seem to be able to make our own choices in life every step of the way, yet we are still exceedingly aware of situations and even decision that we ...

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Explanation Of The Internal Point Of View

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Jurisprudential debate concerning the nature of law is often thought of as a long-running battle between two schools of thought - the rival camps of "natural law" and "legal positivism". The natural law tradition has always emphasised law's grounded ness in justice and the common good, while legal positivism had tended to emphasise law's basis in authority. Legal positivism emerged from the work of Jeremy Bentham and ...

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Philosophical Arguments Of Plato And Aristotle

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This paper tends to use known facts and dialogues as the starting point from which to draw inferences and solutions based on the philosophical arguments of Plato and Aristotle. THE PROBLEM OF CHANGE ARISTOTLE The basic notions of Aristotle's philosophy of nature can be understood from his analysis of change. When Aristotle undertook to explain how it is that things change, a fact apparent to anyone, he ...

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Why Aristotle Sees Moral Virtue

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Aristotle claims "we become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts". (p120). How does he establish this, and what does it tell us about virtue, and the goal of human life. In this paper I will make discuss why Aristotle sees moral virtue as something which must be taught through emulation of role models, rather than learnt through detached ...

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Ethical Theories In International Business

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In recent years, the globalization has been continually stimulated towards nations in the world. Two main reasons that are able to explain the expansion on global business are the degeneration of trade barriers since the end of World War II in conjunction with the sharply increasing in development of the technology in various fields such as communication, information processing, internet and transportation (Y?cel, 2009). Numerous firms, even ...

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Ethical Issues Of Computer Hacking

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This report deals in classifying and recognising the ethical issues in the case of Kevin Mitnick and his computer hacking history, also the matter that the accusations and the way FBI prosecuted his case was correct or wrong. Each and every issue raised would be discussed further by using the three theories of consequence-Based, Duty-Based and Character-Based. Along with these explanations the general role of a computer ...

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Should The Death Penalty Be Mandatory For Homicide?

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Death penalty is considered to be a cruel and inhuman punishment for crimes mostly for the murder since 19th century. Death penalty is also called capital punishment which is the supreme punishment of murder or killing. Death penalty in Texas, in USA for homicide is shouldn't be mandatory because it is a brutal and inhuman punishment. Texas has the record for the number of executions. This death ...

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Indirect Realism: A Plausible Theory Of Perception?

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In this essay I am going to be examining some of the main claims made by indirect realism as well as looking at some of the fundamental problems these claims cause for the theory, such as the epistemological problem, the ontological problem, and the fact that the theory inevitably leads to solipsism. Indirect realism first arose in an attempt to resolve some of the problems faced by ...

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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Stem Cell Research

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Every year, curable diseases kill patients because of the lack of a clear path for research into the ways through which they could be cured. Stem cell research, although a form of research in its early steps of acceptance in an increasingly sensitive society, shows promise as being the form of scientific manipulation to provide the cure for disease. The current estimate is that stem cell research ...

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Morally Wrong To Commit Suicide?

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When asking ourselves whether it is morally permissible to commit suicide, we must first define suicide. There are three types of suicide, firstly knowingly endangering one's life. Secondly the act of intentionally terminating one's life, and finally intentionally bringing about one's death, either by actively terminating one's life, or by not taking the necessary steps to preserve it. This will therefore mean that sometimes we may find ...

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Human Rights And Global Justice

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The principle of human rights aims to identify the fundamentals required by each individual to live in a good life. The emergence and success of human rights are emphasized by three allied features; human rights are distinctively modern, are a political invention and are inherently revolutionary. To say that human rights are a distinctively recent construction does not refute the long history of values which have facilitated ...

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Philosophical Influences: Declaration Of Independence

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The Declaration of Independence's importance matured greatly throughout history, especially the second sentence, an extensive proclamation of human rights: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." This single sentence of proclaiming human rights has been noted as "one of ...

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Daoism: The Opposite Of Confucianism

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Daoism is the reverse and opposite with Confucianism. Actually Diaosim is a religion in which people separate himself from World, Society and live himself in the very small community in a very simple way. Followers never attaché themselves in any political affairs. These people keep just away from worldly issues .These people follows the Doctrine of Wei-Wei in which they know what to do and how to ...

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Art Is Lie That Brings Truth Nearer

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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I decided to evaluate the quotation by Pablo Picasso: "Art is a lie that brings us nearer to the truth" because the claim contains several issues that, depending on the definition, may lead to further difficulties in interpretation. What do we mean by "truth"?; What is a "lie"; What do we mean by "arts"?; Who do we consider when saying "us"? A piece of art, as a ...

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Analysing Rationality And Objectivity

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Central to critical thinking and education espoused by Israel Scheffler are the concepts of rationality, objectivity, and pragmatic realism. Scheffler's conception of rationality is normative; he views rationality as a mode of thought and action which all strive for (Sheffler, 1973) as opposed to a conception of rationality as descriptive which would suppose that rationality is a daily manifestation in our lives. Another interpretation that Scheffler provides ...

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The Visionary Behind The Spanish Architect Santiago Calatrava

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Intuitive vision that lures experienced and studied phenomena greatly enriches human endeavor, just as much as structural theory and geometry have the ability to inspire monumental works of architecture. Further down the line, the visionary behind the Spanish architect, Santiago Calatrava shall be unveiled, on the basis of the aforesaid statement. The Sculptor Calatrava's early interest in art and the aesthetic sense that drew him to a ...

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Successfully Raise A Defence Of Necessity

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Necessity and Private Defence are closely linked therefore; many of the requirements of private defence are also requirements for necessity. The difference between these two grounds of justification is that private defence stems from and is directed at, an unlawful human attack while in necessity a person finds him/herself in a situation in which he/she must between two evils: either suffer personal harm or break the law. ...

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Movie: A Thousand Words

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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In this essay I am going to talk about the business and business ethics about a movie called A Thousand Words. Jack, who is played by Eddie Murphy a world known Hollywood actor and comedian is an overly energetic, fast-talking, and committed agent who is known to closing even the most difficult of authors and other deals with celebrities into his agency. His main goal was to ...

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Edward Hallet Carrs Arguments In What Is History?

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Introduction This essay attempts to review Edward Hallet Carr's (1892-1982) arguments in his book What is History? According to Carr, history is a continual process of interaction; a dialogue between the historian in the present and the facts of the past and the relative weight of individuals and social elements on both sides of the equation. Advocating the adoption of a suitable philosophy to the approach of ...

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Public Speaking And The Road To Success

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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This is my first assignment in Public Speaking, and my topic is 'The Road to Success'. I choose 'The Road to Success' to be my topic is because I consider that it is very important to us. In our life we have many of choice and those choices are the 'Road'. The 'Road' that we choose will be reflected in our future. Are the 'Road' is go ...

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The Natural And Human Sciences

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Our knowledge in the natural and human sciences has evolved significantly over the past centuries. This can be primarily attributed to disagreement within these fields of science. Disagreement can be understood in different ways; it may be over the logic of the arguments or the value of evidence presented or it may also refer to differences among scientists or differences amongst scientists and society. The disagreements may ...

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The Role Of Jealousy And Your Relationship

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Do you find yourself constantly checking your boyfriend's/girlfriend's cellphone, hacking their email, looking through their purse, briefcase , looking for solid evidence to prove their dishonesty? When your partner dresses nicely for an occasion, does your compliment accompany sarcastic remarks? Do you think your partner is a flirt or exceptionally "friendly" with his workmates? Do you call your partner when you're feeling anxious, just to make sure, ...

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Conflict Management And Dispute Resolution

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Conflict can be defined as a struggle which is emanates from different ideas, values and beliefs. Most of the time, misunderstanding and miscommunication among people cause conflict. Furthermore, conflict lies not in objective reality, but in people's minds (Fisher, 1981). Disputes, on the other hand, are such issues that are less deep than conflict but still very important. As human beings evolve and their technology grows through ...

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Critical Analysis: Js Mills Defense Of Free Speech

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Reading J.S. Mill's Defense of free Speech was a great deal of interest, education and increment of knowledge to me. I was so thrilled by his choice of words and his mechanism of analyses. It is of a great pleasure and of a great honor to me to have this opportunity to analyze and asses critically this very write up. According to J.S. Mill we see that ...

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Ethical Debate On Human Cloning

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Today, science is developing at lightning speed. Today's science allows us to do many things that we would have appeared impossible a few decades ago, such as cloning. Firstly, what is cloning? Cloning is a process of producing genetically identical individuals, where one creates copies of cells or DNA fragments. But beyond the scientific level, the cloning issue has been controversial since ethics and morality on the ...

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The History And Background Of Ethical Egoism

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Introduction Ethics, in Greek language means morals. In fact, ethics is de¬ned as the re¬‚ection on what is moral Ethical theories deal with the question of how human beings ought to behave in relation to one another. (Dontigney, 2012 They attempt to systemize, defend and recommend concepts of right and wrong behaviour. They can be applied both individually and on a bigger scale like in companies. Different ...

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Should Human Cloning Be Allowed?

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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One of today's most controversial question is, Should Human Cloning be Allow? Unfortunately, our society always seems to finds more inhumane and harsh ways to eradicate itself; it also seeks ways to escape that eradication through immortality. The issue at hand is should human cloning be allowed in a society that seeks immortality in the name of science. I believe cloning is an evolutionary dead end and ...

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Schizophrenia Symptoms Are Classified Into Three Categories

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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"Schizophrenia has been defined as "split mind". It refers not to a multiple personality split but rather to a split from reality that shows itself in disorganized thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions" (Myers, 2007, p678). Schizophrenia is a disorder of the normal balance of emotion and thinking; is being defined as a collection of severe brain disorders in which the patient sees reality abnormally. ...

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Four Causes And The Problem Of Change

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Once a buffalo entered a field and began to destroy it. Suddenly the owner of the field saw it, took the stick, and hit the buffalo. The buffalo ran away from the field. Here we see two actions taking place, firstly the owner hitting the buffalo, which we can call as the cause and the second action is the buffalo running away from the field, which we ...

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Rocket Singh From The Point Of View Of Business Ethics

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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The movie begins with the introduction of Ranbeer Kapoor as Harpreet Singh Bedi. He has just graduated from college and is enthusiastic about being a salesman. He lands up a job as a computer salesman in a multinational company AYS Solutions. In no time he realizes that his principles of operating with honesty and integrity were considered obsolete. He is looked down when he complains about a ...

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The Notion Of Sameness

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Give an argument for the claim that mental states are distinct from physical states. Explain the notion of sameness and explain why the argument is valid. Then explain a rebuttal an identity theorist could use to object to the argument. Distinct Mental & Physical States The idea of the human mind has always been an important and difficult notion to describe in terms of a definition or ...

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The Moral And Ethical Role Of Government

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Ethics and morality form a central position in the functioning of the government. Under normal circumstances, it is the role of the government to ensure a just society where order and harmony exist. As a result the government has to establish and enforce ethical and moral standards so as to ensure that the society functions well. Decision making is the government's chief role. Therefore it must make ...

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The Role Of God In Rene Descartes Meditations

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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In this essay I am going to argue that God plays a significant role in René Descartes' Meditations, as he argues for God's existence using different arguments, however I find him to be incorrect in his conclusions, and I find he is not entitled to appeal to God's existence in this way, and all of his arguments are either fallacious or unsound. In his meditations discuss his ...

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Mill Compared To Plato, Locke, Marx And Machiavelli

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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In this paper, I will argue that John Stuart Mill's theories are the most reasonable compared to Plato, Marx, Locke, and Machiavelli. Moreover, Mill's theories allow mankind to exercise individual rights to a greater extent than the theories of the other mentioned philosophers. More than those of Plato, Marx, Locke, or Machiavelli, John Stuart Mill's theories are compelling because they are the most logically sensible and provide ...

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Differences Of Lying And Not Telling The Truth

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Lying and not-telling the truth are different in their own right, and have moral and ethical implications associated with each one. This is not merely a matter of semantics; it is a matter of substance. By the use of analogy, there are major difference between justified and unjustified homicide. Murder is unjustified homicide and will always be considered wrong by a moral society. Not every instance of ...

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Concepts Of Time And Eternity

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Before beginning to look at time and eternity it is necessary to ask two questions; what is time and what is eternity? Eternity is most often thought of as existence for a limitless amount of time although many use it to mean a timeless existence altogether, an existence outside of time itself. So our concept of eternity is in many ways dependant on our concept of time. ...

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Kant: The Ethics Of Duty And Reason

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Duty based ethics also are called Deontological ethics. The Greek word deon means duty or obligation. The main proponent of this ethical framework was the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). It judges morality by examining the nature of actions and the will of agents rather than goals achieved. (Roughly, a deontological theory looks at inputs rather than outcomes.) One reason for the shift away from consequences to ...

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Ecofeminism In Environmental Ethics

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Ecofeminism is a term that covers a variety of response to environmental problems and theorizing about them. This paper will look briefly on how the Ecofeminism has to do with Environmental Ethics. In the first section, will look briefly concept on Ecofeminism and environmental ethics and how do they apply. Next this paper will appear on the nature of Ecofeminist, critique of Ecofeminism and the implication of ...

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Criticisms Of Ayers Logical Positivism And Logical Positivism

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Ayer published Language, Truth & Logic in 1936 when he was only 26 years of age. He was a part of the Vienna Circle; who were notoriously known for their philosophy of logical positivism. Logical positivism is a philosophical theory that holds meaningful only those non-tautological propositions that can be analyzed by the tools of logic into elementary propositions or are empirically verifiable. It therefore rejects metaphysics, ...

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Argument For The Existence Of God

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Spinozas Ethics is organised into a deductive format that reveals the necessary connections between the propositions. The geometrical method contributes to a necessary and indubitable outcome that God necessarily exists and this will be an absolute truth. The Ethics geometrical method is based after Euclids work where the demonstration of every proposition uses definitions, axioms and only propositions that have been already established. I will be focusing ...

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Pythagoras Approach To Dualism

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Dualism was early approached by Pythagoras in 6th Century B.C.E. Pythagoras believe on transmigration of soul-means that when a person died, the soul is immortal and bound to divide soul. However, Pythagoras's theory is not likely famous during that time. Later, Plato shows the disjunctive between mind and body. Plato thinks that body is like a prison used to trap mind/soul. After death, the body decomposes because ...

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Why do I really need knowledge?

03 Oct 2016 01 May 2017

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The whole point of knowledge is to produce both meaning & purpose in our personal lives. Imagine a world where the only reason to learn was to gain meaning and purpose in your life? Imagine a world where you only lived because you needed to learn? Well, you don’t need to imagine, that is the world ...

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