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    clear. By making this decision and speaking publicly on the topic he was applying the theory of the Judeo-Christian Person as Ends/Agape. This theory says to love your neighbor as you love yourself. The CEO makes it clear that he believes that all of his employees should have equal rights no matter what their sexuality is. This shows that he believes that everyone should be treated as equals. A large part of this theory has to do with love‚ especially human love. The CEO shows his way of thinking has

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    Ethical Theories in Business Environment Patriot Rustani Kaplan University Ethical Theories in Business Environment The Energy Corporation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing to the community. Our organization is made of 400‚000 members as I am a part of the board of directors. One of the directors has asked to address himself as a director of the Energy Corporation to personal potential clients. I have been asked to review this matter. Before giving the rest

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    Outline Descartes’ Ontological Argument and explain the key objections that may be used against it. Descartes took the Ontological Argument as presented by Anselm and developed it in a different form. Descartes saw the argument in terms of necessary existence. For Descartes‚ the idea of God necessarily entails his existence. He established that our thoughts are evidence of our own existence (‘I think therefore I am’)‚ and so wanted to see what else he could prove exists. He used the example of a

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    Philosophy 121 Ethical Theories of Drug Reform In Popular Culture Rhonda Garcia For many years a hot topic of debate in the United States is whether or not we should legalize drugs. Many feel drug use is immoral‚ while others feel it is their natural right to choose to use drugs or not. I would like to discuss the history of drug reform and the moral perspective of natural law‚ utilitarianism and Kantian ethics over this pertinent issue that we face in the United States today. The first drug

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    Assuming that one of the explorers who found the tended plot of land is a theist and one is an atheist; the theist uses Anselm’s ontological argument that‚ “[…] than which nothing greater can be conceived” (Palmer‚ 158) or in basic there is nothing greater or more perfect than God. The explorers describe the plot of land as tended to‚ so they set up multiple obstacles to catch and observe what being is taking care of the land. The explorer who is a presumed to be a theist states‚ “But there is a

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    Feminism is a broad term that generally means a movement that seeks gender equality and the end of sexism (MacKinnon‚ B. 2015). In ethical theory‚ feminism conflicts with the traditional approaches to morality such as‚ autonomy‚ impartiality‚ and neutrality; these values are often stressed in male dominated cultures. However‚ the female approach to morality centers on relationships (MacKinnon‚ B. 2015). It is important to note that while many women take both approaches to morality‚ men tend to

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    Ontological Argument Essay A:Explain the traditional forms of the Ontological argument as put forward by Anselm and Descartes: When considering an argument for God‚ the ontological argument is one of the most intriguing. Mainly because of it’s a priori nature‚ differing from other popular theological arguments which are a posteriori such as the cosmological argument. This means the ontological argument is understood to be true analytically on its own terms without an appeal to experience. Because

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    there are three types of arguments that speak about the existence of God. One of the most fascinating arguments for the existence of a completely perfect God is  Anselm’s ontological argument for the existence of God. It is indeed adequate for establishing the necessary existence of the Greatest Conceivable Being. Although there are several different versions of the argument‚ all pretend to show that it is contradictory to deny that there is a greater possible being. Therefore‚ in this general line

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    we cannot be triumphant in. If the Bible is an absolute in all of these theories‚ so is Jesus Christ. The first ethical theory is Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is the ethical theory that describes how the moral value or worth of an action is determined by how much benefit is gained from that action. It is measured by not only the amount of benefit gained but also the amount of people with benefits in the process. This theory hopes to provide guidance when choosing a course of action. Utilitarianism

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    St. Anselm (1033/34-1109)‚ was abbot of Bec and later archbishop of Canterbury (pg. 444). The Ontological Argument‚ has two basic arguments that God exists and there is not greater being than God. Anselm’s main goal is to deepen the love and understanding of God‚ and uses natural theology. This is the study of what could be know about God independently of special revelation. His argument is that we can only think of things that exists in our reality. If we can think of it‚ it already exists‚ like

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