In his book Nichomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle outlines a teleological framework as a way of understanding human activity. As a part of this framework‚ Aristotle suggests that there is an ‘ultimate end’ which is the goal of this human activity. For the purpose of this paper‚ I begin by reconstructing Aristotle’s teleological framework‚ and its relationship with the idea of an ‘ultimate end’. I will then go on to argue that while the framework offers one understanding of human activity‚ that it does not
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Mr. Gioia’s decisions regarding the Pinto fires highlights the disengagement from emotion often associated with business decisions. From a business stand point‚ decisions have to be based on facts and financial repercussions are the ultimate deciding factor in which action to pursue. If a defect in a certain make or model of car is classified as an extremely rare incident then no action will be taken. This is governed by the premise of statistical probability. Coupled with a detailed cost versus
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& well designed systems are everywhere in the biological part nature. Such theory is called “ Teleological Argument”. So for my paper‚ l shall argue that the Teleological Argument is not convincing. In particular‚ l raise two objections to the argument and show that neither of the two objections can be successfully rebutted. The first point which l want to aim to is “ One basic god” in the Teleological Argument. So my first objection is
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morality: Immanuel Kant’s theory of Deontology‚ Aristotle’s theory on Virtues‚ and finally the theory of Utility‚ or the Utilitarian principles of Teleology. To start off we have Immanuel Kant‚ creator of the categorical imperative and the founder of deontological principles. These principles state that one shall do their duty by not lying‚ not killing‚ not going to war‚ etc. As a basic everyday rule‚ followers would ask themselves if the maxim of the action could be taken as a universal law. This is the
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a) Explain key ideas in the Design Argument for the existence of God. (30 Marks) b) Assess the view that science has made the Design Argument a failure. (15 Marks) “With such signs of forethought in the design of living creature‚ can you doubt they are the work of choice or design?” (Socrates) The Design argument looks at the order and purpose‚ or telos‚ in the world and states that it implies that there must be a designer who made the world ‘just right’ for human existence. Religious believers
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Paley’s Teleological Argument William Paley’s teleological argument is the concept of how an object such as a stone can exist simply because it has been in one spot forever when you can’t say the same thing about a mechanical device such as a watch. Paley’s conclusion to this argument is that he believes an object or device‚ or in his example the watch‚ is created for a specific function or purpose‚ regardless of if it works properly‚ is defective or whether we understand how or why it was created
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possible alternatives. This paper will discuss the Ford Motor Company’s dilemma regarding the 1968 Pinto. Decision making is the process of making choices based on the values‚ preferences and alternatives of information gathered. In 1968 Ford Motor Company redesigned the Ford Pinto in that they changed the location of the gas tank to the rear of the vehicle. The problem with this designed was that it created an explosion upon rear-end collision. Ford Senior management had two alternatives to the
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Part 2: Proving God’s existence to an atheist- Teleological Argument First‚ some atheist arguments that may be brought up in the beginning is as follows: God is omnibenevolent and would thus desire to eliminate evil‚ and God is omnipotent and thus could eliminate evil. Evil exists in the world‚ thus God does not exist since evil exists. This is a common argument that may come up about the existence of evil in the world. Most of the evil in the world only occurs because we choose to create it. When
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arguments is the Teleological argument‚ also known as the argument from design. The argument from design is based around the idea that the universe is too complex to have just appeared. William Paley uses a wrist watch as an example to describe this idea in more depth. Although there are many other idea that attempt to prove that there is not a creator‚ such as Darwin’s theory of evolution‚ the Teleological argument makes a very strong argument towards the existence of a God. The teleological argument has
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15 October 2012 Evaluation of the Teleological Argument The teleological argument argues that the universe must have had a designer‚ therefore implying the existence of a Supreme Being. This argument strongly relies on observations of the apparent design and orderly complexity within the universe that has existed long before humans inhabited and affected it. Everything is here for a reason‚ and everything has a purpose. From these main points‚ the teleological argument claims that the only way that
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