Necessary and sufficient condition

terms of alternate possibilities, free will requires the ability to do otherwise. In other words, open futures are necessary for free will to exist. This leads to the second condition for free will: ultimate responsibility. The basis of ultimate responsibility is that in order for an agent to be responsible for an action, that agent must also be responsible for anything that is “a sufficient reason, cause, or motive for the actions occurring” (Kane 121). In order to state that free will exists,…

In general, freedom of action is a fundamental condition to do what a person wants to do, so people often consider it is necessary or important for free will. However, according to Harry Frankfurt’s definition of free will, that idea is wrong, and freedom of action is neither necessary nor sufficient for free will. Why he consider it as neither necessary nor sufficient for free will? And why this claim is important in his argument? I will discuss those two questions in this paper. First, why he…

regulated. LaFollette introduces the argument by proposing instances where regulation is a necessary condition to prevent potential harm arising, from what is referred to as harmful activities. Such activities include the distribution of medicine, providing legal advice and driving a car. LaFollette (1980, P.184) accepts that whilst denying an individual a license can cause inconvenience, it is necessary for innocent people to be protected. To explain this clearer, LaFollette is considering a…

are the facts that humans thought they knew. Over the years, countless theories about knowledge arose until one definition of knowledge became widely recognized: Justified, True, Belief. The concept of justified, true, belief is centered around conditions that must be fulfilled in order for someone to know…

person has knowledge if three conditions are met. Firstly, to know if Durham has a castle (Y), one must believe Y. Secondly, this belief has to be true. Thirdly, one has knowledge about Y, if their belief is justified with evidence. These conditions are apparent in the tripartite analysis of knowledge and they are individually necessary and together…

sections: (I) The 3 Necessary Conditions for Virtue; (II) Aristotelean Motivations for Believing Virtuous Activity Possesses these 3 Conditions; (III) How the Aporia is Generated by Aristotle’s Assumptions about Virtue; (IV) Aristotle’s Resolution to the Aporia; and (V) Aristotle’s Account of Ethical Development and its Relationship to the Rational Inquiry into Practical Virtue. Through an investigation of NE, this paper demonstrates…

is that did get an A, but this was just a mistake during her grade input. Thus, the relationship of true and knowing does not really correlated because believing does not necessary lead to knowing. One more time, we demonstrate that we do not have to depend on believing to define knowledge. Another example dismiss the condition of true to refer to knowing; Bob thinks he knows that he left the video game in the living room, he has evidence that he saw the video game recently at the living…

To counter Clifford's argument that belief without sufficient evidence is always bad, I was inspired by a TV show about a character surviving cancer. Despite her not knowing for sure if she was going to get better or not, her belief in the success of her treatment as well as the positive thoughts from family actually helped her progress. In reality, doctors often say having a positive mind and a strong support system are the best weapons against disease (aside from medical procedures of course).…

must state conditions that are together ‘equal’ to knowledge. In other words, if someone knows some proposition, they should achieve exactly those conditions that the study of knowledge states. (ref) The ‘justified true belief’ theory of knowledge is like this. It claims that to know that p involves exactly these three things: (a) the proposition p is true; 
(b) you believe that p; 
(c) your belief that p is justified. (ref) It claims these are the ‘necessary and sufficient conditions’ for…

To assess the validity of U.S involvement in the Vietnam War, the Just War Theory is used as a brief framework coupled with major scholarly discussions concerning the Vietnam War. Philosophers and historians over the centuries have shaped the Just War Theory to help give a clear cut guide to justifying International Wars with a significant formulation contributed by Saint Thomas Aquinas in his work Summa Theologicae. According to the theory, the moral justification of every international war is…