invoked as a justification of torture.” (United Nations Human Rights‚ 2013). The ‘greater good’‚ often used in utilitarian argument‚ seeks to ensure the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. This statement in itself has much to explain‚ but for the use in this essay‚ it will factor the ‘greater good’ as the greatest number of people in any one circumstance according to Western values. Moral absolution‚ explains the feeling that something is absolutely right or wrong no matter of the circumstance
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Opposing Arguments against Marijuana There are many people in this world that feel that marijuana is an evil and sinful drug. They argue several points against marijuana that would support their position. Most of these have no relevance to what in general‚ and they can be easily disputed. Others have some basis‚ and they can be considered valid arguments. However‚ the facts remain that the positive aspects of marijuana far outweigh the negative aspects. One such argument‚ and the major point
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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (March 2010) simonelmer@hotmail.com The Argument Rintrah roars and shakes his fires in the burdened air; Hungry clouds swag on the deep. Once meek‚ and in a perilous path‚ The just man kept his course along The vale of death. Roses are planted where thorns grow‚ And on the barren heath Sing the honey bees. Then the perilous path was planted: And a river and a spring On every cliff and tomb; And on
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Cause/Effect Argument Paper Child obesity has always been a major issue in the United States‚ but why is it so serious? What is the cause of this? I believe that technology and the advancements made to it is the main cause. It is common for kids these days to own a cell phone‚ have a TV in their room‚ a computer and a video game console. It is rare now for kids to want to go out to the park and maybe play basketball or go do something athletic. Before the advancement of modern technology‚ parents
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‘Why is there something rather than nothing?’ Assess whether the existence of the universe requires God as a first cause? The concept that there cannot be nothing and so must be something is due to the evidence we as human beings have experienced throughout our lives; every effect ever made has had a cause. Aquinas used the laws of Motion and Design to demonstrate how every action must have a correlating reaction‚ and related this to his argument for God being the first cause – the uncaused causer
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during the enlightenment era. This era‚ which is characterized by what‚ at the time‚ was controversial thinking is exactly what Descartes was known for. His "out of the box" thinking not only raised eyebrows‚ but it also brought a lot to the table. One of his most discussed ideas was that of substance dualism. In this theory‚ Descartes describes the mind an body as two separate substances. But to completely understand exactly what Descartes means by this‚ one of his other‚ more renowned theories
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about how there are limits to what questions a computer based on logic can answer. In an explicit argument‚ it would look something like this: humans have no limits to what logical questions they can
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weaknesses of ontological argument The Ontological Argument was‚ and still is‚ a hot-topic for debate among philosophers; many famous philosophers have published criticisms of the theory including Immanuel Kant and St. Thomas Aquinas. This obviously raises questions regarding whether or not this argument works. While there is no clear-cut answer to these questions‚ I personally believe that the negatives of this argument outweigh the positives‚ thereby making it a weak argument. The first published
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Honors October 9‚ 2012 Hume’s argument for skepticism about induction states that we can use induction‚ like causation‚ to gain knowledge. We must rely on induction to draw conclusions in everyday life because it is the only resource we have to work with. However‚ we must realize the limitations of induction. Philosopher Karl Popper successfully undermines Hume’s problem of induction by proving that induction is not needed in science and that Hume’s argument is circular. Karl Popper argued
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In our current society‚ there is a certain belief against children playing football. The belief is that there is no reason why children should be playing this sport‚ specifically with the research about how it can lead to different types of injuries. Even though this is a valid view‚ this is a view that I am against for a few different reasons. One of these reasons is because children can still learn lessons from playing sports like football that cannot be taught anywhere else. I am also against
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