happiness in the word or to decrease the amount of misery. Conversely‚ an action or social policy is morally wrong if it serves to decrease happiness or to increase misery.” (RSL/Rachels‚ EL 247) The utilitarian argument is used to justify and condemn many policies‚ however‚ I believe that the argument is especially fitting when it comes to the matter of active euthanasia. Mercy‚ an action that serves to decrease the overall misery in the world‚ is an unquestionable sign of kindness and correctness. Mercy
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Against One of the arguments against legalization of drugs is what we have all grown up hearing which is “drugs are bad”. This reason has been said throughout most of our life and is what we learn in schools. However‚ legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco have caused more harm than illegal drugs. Another argument against legalization is that it would send mix signals to children. Drugs are bad and “just say no” have been sayings we have all learned growing up. However‚ if drugs were suddenly legal
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CELSUS 4 arguments against Christianity Misty Fleming Paper 1 The first of 4 arguments I believe to be of importance is that of the virgin birth. Jesus claims to be born of a virgin in the town of Bethlehem. It was said that Jesus was born to a virgin and God himself. When it was time for Mary to give birth she and her husband set off to have God’s son. Because there was no room at an Inn Jesus was born in a stable. On the contrary to what the Christian religion believes Celsus
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Is it acceptable for the government to search if it has no reason to suspect a person has done something wrong? Today’s application of the Fourth Amendment would surprise those who drafted it and not just because they could not imagine technologies like the Internet and drones. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries‚ policing consisted of citizen patrols or a loose collection of sheriffs and constables‚ who lacked the tools to maintain order as the police do today. That said‚ to determine
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because there were so many dilemmas to evaluate. While analyzing it with my peers‚ it was common to find a consensus on one aspect‚ only to have it raise questions on another. On the other hand‚ Bernard Williams uses “Jim and the Indians” as an argument against the Utilitarian Approach (276)‚ however‚ most of the people I discussed it with defaulted to that very
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Three opposing arguments will be examined for the resurrection of Christ. Many arguments have been made against the resurrection throughout the years‚ but the three most popular theories will be explained. After the opposing arguments are explained‚ four arguments for the resurrection will be presented to refute those claims. The Swoon Theory The swoon theory or Apparent Death theory suggests that Jesus was not actually dead‚ but merely had fainted or passed out. Other sources also suggest that
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at large (Cooper et al. 2010). Evidence Based Arguments against Mandatory HPV Vaccination Childhood immunizations‚ such as measles‚ chicken pox‚ and polio‚ are mandatory for school-aged youth and are required because of their highly contagious nature‚ especially in settings where people congregate in large numbers (De Jong and Bouma‚ 2001). Therefore‚ parents question whether there is justification for mandating that children be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus‚ one that can only
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11/26/12 Final Paper: Argument Against Gun Control The argument on firearm regulation has been a heated discussion for many years. On one side of the debate‚ we have people in favor placing restrictions on guns‚ while‚ on the opposite end of the spectrum‚ we have people fighting the regulation of guns. People in favor gun restrictions believe gun control can reduce crime ‚while‚ the people against gun control believe having the right
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demonstrated? Through the law of non-contradiction from Aristotle and ethical absolutism‚ I will argue against ethical relativism. In ethical absolutism‚ there is only one answer on certain human actions‚ following an objective moral code. According to absolutists‚ this code has been the same ever since humans have existed. Logically‚ this code applies to everyone the same‚ even to a civilization that has existed centuries ago or to any rational being in the universe. In our case of the dinner party‚
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cannot be altruistic‚ the idea that humans can have an ulterior motive‚ as it is just simply human nature. The Expected Benefit argument claims that only self-interest motivates human action. I believe that Psychological Egoism‚ is a true theory that holds strong arguments as to why‚ all human actions are motivated by self-interest‚ because whatever argument is made against this theory can always be refuted back to the idea that any action that
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