Ethical Theory Summary This is an outline and summary of three of the most prominent ethical theories in the history of philosophy. (Note that all three of these represent different ethical absolutist/universalist theories. A view known as ethical relativism follows these.) Please take this as a sketch that invites you to investigate these ethical theories further. After each brief sketch‚ I will provide some web links that will be helpful to read. Virtue Ethics (especially Aristotle)
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we should ask when trying to access the potential harms associated with genetically modified foods. He portrays his many reasons as to why it is ethically justifiable to pursue genetically modified crops and foods through intrinsic and extrinsic objections‚ theories (Rights‚ Utilitarian‚ Virtue) and via technology going deeper in explaining his reasons using experiments and the precautionary response. I agree with Comstock and defend his reasons in concluding that it is ethically justifiable to pursue
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The Innateness Debate & Language Acquisition Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature‚ origins‚ and usage of language. It is a philosophical topic that has a long history and has seen a great deal of interest since the beginning of the 20th century in particular. One of the lasting questions within the philosophy of language is the question of language acquisition. Is it acquired through innate ideas or through experience? There have been many notable discussions and ideas
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As defined by Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary‚ existentialism is “a chiefly 20th century philosophical movement embracing diverse doctrines but centering on analysis of individual existence in an unfathomable universe and the plight of the individual who must assume ultimate responsibility for acts of free will without any certain knowledge of what is right or wrong or good or bad.” This is the main theory behind philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre’s work. Because of the absence of knowledge about right and
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introduces the objections of the hedonist as an opposing voice to argue against the idea that death is not evil. To lead the reader into his own argument‚ the author proposes the hedonists’ three objections about why they think death is not bad. Then‚ he opposes these objections by providing three rebuttals. The first objection is death cannot be evil if it cannot be experienced. We imagine how bad it is to be dead; yet we cannot experience death until it happens. In response to the first objection‚ Nagel
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Philosophy 1301. 1002 Ayer‚ A.J. “Freedom and Necessity.” In the following paper I will talk about A.J. Ayer’s “Freedom and Necessity‚” and I will explain the dilemma of determinism and Ayer’s compatibilist solution to it. I will explain some of the examples Ayer uses to explain the difference between cause and being constrained‚ and how both affect one’s free will. I will also discuss on why Ayer’s compatibilism solution to the dilemma is the best solution so far. According to A.J. Ayer‚
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personal selling takes place in this way. Personal selling involves a selling process that is summarised in the following Five Stage Personal Selling Process. The five stages are: 1. Prospecting. 2. Making first contact. 3. The sales call. 4. Objection handling. 5. Closing the sale. A Five Stage Personal Selling Process. Stage One - Prospecting. Prospecting is all about finding prospects‚ or potential new customers. Prospects should be ’qualified‚’ which means that they need to be assessed
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"causes" of the disaster. The decision to recommend for launch was made by lower-level management officials over the objections of technical experts who opposed the launch under the environmental conditions that existed on the launch pad at the time. Furthermore‚ the lower-level managers who made this decision--both NASA and contractor personnel--chose not to report the objections of the technical experts in their recommendations to higher levels in the management chain- of-command to proceed with
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in God (McDonald‚ p. 5). My opinion is most commonly related with that of Kierkegaard’s‚ that God is something that is beyond logic‚ proof‚ and reason. Descartes did have those who objected to his Meditations. One person who has written him her objection was Princess Elizabeth. The Princess remarked that Descartes not explain how the pineal gland‚ which is a physical thing‚ could interact with the mind‚ a non-physical thing creating the “Mind-Body
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the mind can really exist without the body‚ what the mind truly is‚ or by inquiring as to whether one’s thoughts could also be deceptions brought about by the powerful deceiver. I will show that Descartes’s argument is unsound because of these objections and how Descartes creates many
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