Existentialism is a Humanism Jean-Paul Sartre‚ 19451 My purpose here is to defend existentialism against several reproaches that have been laid against it. Existentialism has been criticised for inviting people to remain in a quietism of despair‚ to fall back into a the middle-class luxury of a merely contemplative philosophy. We are reproached for underlining human nastiness‚ and forgetting‚ as the Catholic Mme. Mercier has it‚ the smile of the child. All and sundry reproach us for treating
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projects must be given the same weight as the preferences of anyone else affected by the potential consequences of the agent’s action (Brink 1986: 431) . Brink (1986: 434) also argues that it is incoherent to attack Utilitarianism on the basis that it may sometimes require a sacrifice of an agent’s commitments‚ as this is not a problem peculiar to Utilitarianism but to morality in general. He suggests that this criticism of
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She finds a distinction between a human being (someone genetically human) and a person (someone we have included in our moral community). She gives the example of finding life forms on another planet‚ and questions how humanity would decide if they should be treated as persons‚ or as potential sources of food. The determining factors she decides on are five traits of personhood: consciousness‚ reasoning‚ self-motivated activity‚ the capacity to communicate‚ and self-awareness. While a being need not
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enough to find themselves trapped…” (Card 208). Card sees marriage as an institution which is oppressive of freedom and restrictive of choice‚ thus
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Maria K. Philosophy Mar. 6‚ 2012 Arguments Against Moral Relativism Moral relativism is the belief that the morally correct decision to make‚ when faced with a moral dilemma‚ is the one that is acceptable within the context of a given culture. This means that the correct decision varies depending on the culture in which one makes it. Today‚ with great variability between societies and cultures‚ moral relativism is greatly accepted as a matter-of-fact‚ but this is not necessarily the case
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However‚ many people do not think of life‚ a beating heart‚ feelings and receptiveness to stimulants. Take a minute to stop and think of this; after all‚ animals are not just big fluffy things‚ they are living‚ breathing‚ creatures that have been given a life just as we humans have. When it comes to whether or not animals are just objects
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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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sides that are either for or against whether or not it would be beneficial to rescind the guidance presented in this letter from 2011. As I did my research into this particular issue‚ it became apparent to me that most media‚ news articles‚ and forums were strictly against Secretary DeVos’ plan to remove the guidelines in place. It seems that there were two main reasons people were against her plan. According to civil rights attorney Alexandra Brodsky‚ most are against Devos’ intention to rescind
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Censorship of Children’s Literature – An argument against Some of the greatest novels for children and young adults are under attack. Due to what some deem as “inappropriate” language or certain topics‚ countless books have either been censored or banned entirely from schools and libraries. This is not just something that happens abroad‚ but in America as well. That’s right. America. This is home where freedom of speech is one of our oldest and most highly held ideals. An all too common pastime
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Every Teenager Should Have a Job Abstract The argument here is that every teenager should have an after school job‚ because it can help them learn many things about life. It will discuss the benefits of teenagers having after school jobs‚ and the many things that teens can learn from working. This argument also looks at the opposite view of why teens should not have jobs‚ and argues against those views. Every Teenager Should Have a Job In today’s society
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