Objection 1. Gambling is addictive to some individuals to the point where all sense of reality goes out of the window and as a consequence it ruins families‚ relationships‚ lives and cripples people’s finances and potentially homes. Gambling should be treated the same as alcohol and cigarettes and removed from being advertised. Objection 2. Governments have a responsibility to regulate things that are harmful to the members of their societies. Addictive substances are regulated because addiction
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be necessary because they claimed God is the reason for the existence. All things are contingent‚ why do they exist? This will be incomplete unless there is necessary being (a being that existence requires no explanation). There are three common objections to the argument. Temporal versions which does not know the age of the universe‚ so they suggest the
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There are explicit differences amongst emotivism and simple subjectivism. An important question arises when comparing both theories; does emotivism succeed in avoiding the objections to which simple subjectivism falls short? This paper will compare and contrast both theories‚ as well as identify any short comings of simple subjectivism‚ to which emotivism may succeed in answering. First and for most‚ simple subjectivism contends that when individuals make moral statements‚ they are just reflecting
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Abstract: First‚ I explore John Locke’s conception of substance. After‚ I argue that Locke’s theory of substance is necessary for his theory of identity‚ and therefore philosophically vital for Locke’s ethical and political theories. I consider objections to Locke‚ but ultimately defend Locke’s theory of substance and its primacy in Locke’s overall philosophy through a different interpretive approach. Locke’s Substrata: John Locke’s doctrine of substratum—a metaphysical theory that posits
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Select and explain at least one objection to the Christian faith and provide an answer to this objection using verses from the Bible and references from at least one source other than the Bible. There are various objections to Christian faith. Three among the objections are discussed below. The first objection is that Christians are only hypocrites. A hypocrite can be described as a person who acts and pretends that‚ they
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In this essay I intend to give an account of the ‘Divine Command’ theory of morality‚ outline it’s main objections‚ in particular with regard to the ‘Euthyphro Dilemma’ and whether these objections can be answered. The ‘Divine Command’ theory‚ otherwise known as ‘Moral Transcendentalism’‚ is an ethical theory that holds the view that morality is dependent upon some form of transcendent being or God and that morality is ultimately based on the word of character of said God. Thus‚ according to this
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think. Alan Turning‚ who was a computer scientist‚ wrote a 950 page paper in the 1950s‚ about a way to test whether machines can actually think. It became known as the Turning Test for Thinking Machines. In his paper Turning also outlines some objections people had to machine
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------------------------------------------------- Purpose of Land Acquisition Act The land acquisition act of 1894 was created with the expressed purpose of facilitating the government’s acquisition of privately held land for public purposes. The word "public purpose"‚ as defined in the act‚ refers to the acquisition of land for putting up educational institutions or schemes such as housing‚ health or slum clearance‚ apart from the projects for rural planning or formation of sites. The word "government"
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article explaining this. Ignorance can occur when one does not realize their ignorance‚ but their efforts to obtain the knowledge are of no advantage to them. In article two‚ objection two claims that sins imply ignorance and ignorance causes involuntariness. This leads to the idea that that every sin is involuntary. The second objection claims that sin infers ignorance‚ which causes involuntariness. Ignorance does not excuse one
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publication‚ the Council discusses the various criterions that need to be met in order for death to be declared. The criterions include those of a neurological level‚ which have been observed for over three decades. Although there have recently been objections to the neurological criterion in regards to death determination‚ the Council decided to maintain the criterion. In keeping the neurological criterion‚ the Council was correct‚ but the justification of the criteria is insufficient. The neurological
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