Tedium of Immortality”‚ Bernard Williams argues that immortality is undesirable because one would achieve one’s categorical desires which will cause one to become bored and find immortality undesirable. In this paper‚ I will argue that this argument fails because if one lives a recognizably human life‚ they will experience memory decay thus allowing them to repeat the same categorical desires without becoming bored. In addition‚ if one must experience immortality in a recognizably human form then
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CHAPTER 1—DATA AND STATISTICS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Methods for developing useful decision-making information from large data bases is known as |a. |data manipulation | |b. |data monitoring | |c. |data base conversion
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Thinking and Decision Making Paper Kim Abrahamson‚ Tom Kish University of Phoenix - MGT 350 Karen V. Amabile October 8‚ 2007 Thinking and Decision Making Paper Introduction Thinking styles and decision making‚ as we can see in today’s world there are many different types of people and as such there many different ways to think and come to decisions. However‚ thinking styles can traditionally be categorized into four groups: persuasive‚ creative‚ scientific and logical. It is by using
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Chapter 4 Categorical Propositions Categorical Proposition- a proposition that relates two classes or categories of entities together in some way. (sentence with truth value) -The classes in question are denoted respectively by the subject term and predicate term (S) (P) Quantifiers (S) (P) -All Ex. All Snow is White -None No Snow is Green -Some Some
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Explain Kant’s moral law theory with particular reference to the categorical imperative [30] By Hannah Parry-Evans “Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.” – Kant (1788)‚ pp‚ 193‚ 259 Immanuel Kant introduced and initiated his ‘moral law theory’ in the late 18th century. The doctrine in question sought to establish and constitute a supreme or absolute principle
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evaluating particular rhetorical acts. Again‚ it is particular. Week 2: World War II rhetorical situation; close textual analysis; strategic ambiguity; declarative tone; characterization; repetition; neo-classical criticism; ethos; logos; pathos; syllogism; enthymeme Rhetorical situation: Lloyd Bitzer’s theory on context‚ which includes: 1. Exigence- “imperfection marked by urgency” (ex. Pearl Harbor)‚ Exigence calls for discourse 2. Audience- “mediators of change” as a result of the speech
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logical fallacy- logic of your topic deductive-general to specific inductive- specific to general syllogism- structure for reasoning fallacies- error in reasoning adhominem fallacy- statement that attempts to counter an arguement slippery slope fallacy- statement that attacks an arguement by taking it to such un extreme taht if appears ludicrous either/or fallacy- two alternatives and falsely suggest that one is rejected‚ the other must be accepted false cause fallacy-asserting that if an event
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moral laws‚ which are peoples’ obligations‚ and therefore people can’t act out of sentiment since it disregards these laws due to the subjective nature of sentiment. Using these observations‚ Kant hypothesized a method to assess moral value called Categorical Imperative‚ where you begin with a maxim and then theorize this maxim as a universal law of nature. This law must pass two tests‚ the first being if the moral duties present are contradictory or not‚ and the second being if you can will that everyone
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is the right action. Kant did not believe that just mere virtues can measure ethics. Looking at Kant’s general criticisms of previous ethical theories‚ his definitions of autonomy and heteronomy‚ his formulation of categorical imperative principle and the relationship between categorical imperative and autonomous ethical choice‚ the argument is that there is not one theory of ethics that could summarize man’s power to decide what’s good and bad. Criticizing previous ethical concepts Kant’s
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PHL 101 November 5‚ 2012 Deductive Arguments and Fallacies in the Presidential Debates Politics has always been one of the subjects where people use all sorts of different words and styles to convince people that their choices are the right choices. It isn’t surprising that one of the easiest places to find deductive arguments and fallacies is during one of the largest broadcasted and viewed political events‚ the Presidential Debates. In this paper I will point out a deductive argument
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