In the article “Opinion: Can artificial intelligence be ethical?” published by Project Syndicate‚ professor Peter Singer tries to persuade his readers that with how AI has progressed‚ with its advantages and its unknowns‚ it could result in immoral consequences so we have to try to teach machines how to behave ethically. Singer states that “AlphaGo was designed to win by playing a huge number of games against other programs and adopting the best strategies that proved successful” (par. 3) saying
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questioning the points he argues. In particular‚ Singer leaves a “grey area” in the way he chooses to articulate explanations and examples of effective altruism. Peter Singer’s generalization of emotional altruists‚ or “warm glowers”‚ lacks an explanation or consideration for individuals who do not fall into his categories of effective altruists who had the education‚ finances‚ or time to make further impactful decisions. In this paper‚ I will argue that Singer fails to consider altruists who may fall
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atrocities from taking hold in our world. In his article‚ “Talk is Cheap: Getting Serious about Preventing Child Soldiers”‚ P.W. Singer suggests that the best way to prevent child soldiers would be to prosecute recruiters in an international court of law‚ and impose harsher legislation on non-state groups that forcibly enlist and voluntarily employ
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question that comes into factor is what would Immanuel Kant‚ John Stuart Mill‚ and Peter Singer do if they were faced with a choice that involved children and their well being what they would advise me to do in the situation. In the paper I will explain how Immanuel Kant is a great philosopher and also explain how he would want me to consider the situation‚ and I will also compare John Mill and Peter Singer to discuss their similarities and how the idea of Utilitarianism would allow
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Karl Marx would have agreed with Peter Singer’s evaluation that globalization brought on by changes and advancements in technology have changed the conversation in regard to the role of the nation-state‚ but he would have disagreed with Singer’s call for the rich nations to‚ in effect‚ police themselves and altruistically manifest a global ethical viewpoint. Instead‚ Marx would have argued for a more violent overthrow of the existing social super-structure. Furthermore‚ Marx would have contended
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Synthesis Tom Regan‚ Carl Cohen‚ Peter Singer Animal rights are one of the most controversial issues today. There has been endless debate about whether or not animals have rights. Philosophers attempt to come up with the moral conclusions by taking in account the many different standpoints and presenting their related arguments. In his essay “The case of animal rights”‚ Tom Regan‚ a professor of philosophy at North Carolina State University‚ defends his view that the center of our moral concern
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Peter Singer and Jim Mason have written a book entitled The Ethics of What We Eat. Pages 241-248 of this book discuss the idea of whether factory farming is ethical or not. For this short reflection paper I will discuss the ideas that they brought up about the ethics of factory farming‚ while at the same time bringing in my views of factoring farming and the ethics behind animal treatment. The first issue that they bring up is that‚ “Factory farms are designed on the principle that ‘animals are
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Peter Singer and John Arthur By Amy Gallaher The fact that we can afford to provide for ourselves even beyond our basic needs bring an important question. Is it then our duty to provide financial assistance to those who do not have enough to provide for their own basic needs? Peter Singer‚ in his piece‚ “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality” would argue that we ought to prevent bad things from happening without sacrificing something of equal importance. Here is the argument Peter Singer presents
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Critique of “What Should a Billionaire Give – and What Should You?” by Peter Singer “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood”. This extract represents the first article of the declaration of human rights which states that people from all over the world should gain the same benefits of life and struggle hand in hand to reduce imbalances and disparity between them. However
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Simple Stresses Simple stresses are expressed as the ratio of the applied force divided by the resisting area or σ = Force / Area. It is the expression of force per unit area to structural members that are subjected to external forces and/or induced forces. Stress is the lead to accurately describe and predict the elastic deformation of a body. Simple stress can be classified as normal stress‚ shear stress‚ and bearing stress. Normal stress develops when a force is applied perpendicular to the cross-sectional
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