The cosmological argument is attempting to show through reason that a cosmos needs an explanation. The cosmological argument is an a posteriori argument because it is based upon empirical data which we only discovered through being on this planet. The claim is that the universe cannot account for its own existence and so this argument seeks causes that have their solutions in the existence of a God. It suggests that God is in esse and humans are in fieri. The first part of this principle is the
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THE FUNCTIONS OF A COSMOLOGICAL CENTER: KNOSSOS IN PALATIAL CRETE What accounts for the apparent cultural dominance of Knossos in Crete and its influence elsewhere in the Aegean‚ even among people who are not Minoan? The influence’of this one site on its neighbors‚ particularly in the New Palace period‚ is a well-documented phenomenon of Minoan civilization which appears repeatedly in the material record of Aegean archaeology. It takes many forms which may however be grouped into three general
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Dark matter is a hypothetical substance that is invisible to the eye and accounts for much of the universe. In fact‚ dark matter makes up 27% of the universe. There is not much information that says directly what dark matter is‚ but instead what dark matter is not. Scientists know that it is not a form of antimatter or normal matter. This is proven by the fact that dark matter does not have interactions with the electromagnetic force like normal matter does. If the dark matter did interact with
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witch can be seen as quite rigid because it might be the most loving but is it the right thing to do‚ in situation ethics choosing the most loving decision may be right or wrong but does it think about the consequences it may hold‚ because in teleological ethics the morally right or wrong thing to do is based on the consequences therefor it makes moral decision making less rigid because you have to think of the consequences it may have first before making the decision which helps with the impact
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more abundant than it should be. Noble cause corruption is based on teleological ethics I the belief that the ends justify the means. In other words‚ the process of accomplishing something is ignored‚ and only the result of such act is judged on an ethical scale. The War on Terror‚ declared in late 2001 can be seen as plagued with noble cause corruption‚ and the Patriot Act is interpreted as guilty of being based on a teleological system. The Patriot Act‚ passed in 2001‚ allows investigators to utilize
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- based ethics‚ because rules "bind you to your duty".[2] The term "deontological" was first used in this way in 1930‚ in C. D. Broad’s book‚ Five Types of Ethical Theory.[3] Deontological ethics is commonly contrasted with consequentialist or teleological ethical theories‚ according to which the rightness of an action is determined by its consequences.[4] However‚ there is a difference between deontological ethics and moral absolutism.[5] Deontologists who are also moral absolutists believe that
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types: teleological‚ deontological‚ and virtue ethics. The first two types are considered as action-based theories because they focus entirely upon the actions which a person performs. The last one focuses on training decision maker’s character. Teleological theories are characterized focus primarily on the consequences. In order to make the correct ethical decisions‚ decision-maker has to evaluate the results for different choice. Ethical utilitarianism is one of major types of teleological theories
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Discuss the extent to which Descartes has overcome his doubts of the first Meditations In Descartes’ meditations‚ Descartes begins what Bernard Williams has called the project of pure enquiry’ to discover an indubitable premise or foundation to base his knowledge on‚ by subjecting everything to a kind of scepticism now known as Cartesian doubt. This is known as foundationalism‚ where a philosopher basis all epistemological knowledge on an indubitable premise. Within meditation one Descartes
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moral development (Cavanagh et al.‚ 1981; Kohlberg‚ 1969). In order to comprehend the reason behind ethical motives‚ you must understand the ethical framework that guides these behaviors. The two ethical theories that deal with the behaviors are Teleological‚ which represent consequences
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good intent of the action‚ even though the outcome may have been bad. Utilitarianism is the opposite of ethical formalism. It looks only at the outcome. It does not take into consideration whether or not the act is moral. Utilitarianism is teleological ethical system that is only concerned with gaining a positive outcome from an action
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