Fermi paradox

ponens, which says “if p, then q; p, therefore q” is applied many times consecutively in these arguments, to the point that we ultimately arrive at paradoxical conclusions. The use of the “degrees of truth” approach, however, is able to solve this paradox by ultimately suggesting the invalidity of modus ponens and therefore rejecting the reasoning of these arguments. While the rejection of modus ponens is undoubtedly a controversial decision to make, it is ultimately supported due to the idea…

Introduction The concept of a spooky action at a distance, which describe the how an object could be affected, moved, or changed without being physically affected by another object, has raised different arguments throughout history. Some believe that action at a distance would describe all the uncertainties of quantum physics and would help us understand the unknowns of quantum mechanics. There have been varies experiments that support the claims of action at a distance and those who disagree…

According to society, when people are with their family and friends, they are exceeding 31% greater in school. Happiness helps kids to improve in school, however some people disagree with this argument. In his autobiography, by John Stuart Mill(1909), claims that people focus on happiness too much, and that people are displaying the wrong activities to find it. To support his thesis, John Stuart Mill creates his own opinion that the reader could relate to. The author wants to catch the reader’s…

A manager of a retail store hired a fellow classmate to help out. One day, he notices the classmate stealing clothing from the store. When he confronts the classmate, he laughs it off and says “The owner is insured, no one is hurt, and it was under $100. Besides, friends stick together, right?” This dilemma could be handled in two ways, through a Utilitarian or an Egoism perspective. The Utilitarianism perspective is a teleological ethical system, which judges the consequences of an act. It…

‘unhappiness’ is meant pain and the lack of pleasure (Mill, 2015, p.5). By reducing animal pain and suffering and treating animals with the same moral equality and respect as humans, Utilitarian is in effect. Comparative Analysis of Utilitarianism and Deontology. Deontology focuses on what is morally right and the duties and obligations that individuals have in car¬rying out actions rather than on the consequences of those actions. Therefore, it would be an ethical obligation to act morally…

I argue that lying is permissible in situations where lying is used for the greater good of others, which is supported by John Stewart Mill’s conception of Utilitarianism. According to Kant in the “Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals” it is not permissible to lie because he defines morality as not harming others, which lying does according to his “Metaphysics of Ethics.” Conversely, Utilitarianism is the theory that right actions maximize happiness, which could mean this happiness is…

1. The Greatest Happiness Principle discusses that the morally right action is the one that causes the greatest overall amount o pleasure ore least amount of suffering. The text, Fundamentals of Ethics explains it as the utilitarian outlook by saving that is required for us to create the greatest good for the greatest number (123).” In doing so, it is not always the action that benefits the most people but provides most pleasure. Secondly, we must choose the act that creates the greatest net…

Actions which are undertaken to reflect the ethical theory of Utilitarianism aim to provide the maximisation of good for a society. “Utilitarians believe that the purpose of morality is to make life better by increasing the amount of good things (such as pleasure and happiness) in the world and decreasing the amount of bad things (such as pain and unhappiness)” (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2018). In the context of the issue of capital punishment, this maximisation of good relates most…

Christopher Nolan, the genius behind the movie idea “Inception” created plot that blew people’s mind. Inception was the kind of movie that got people thinking and trying to unravel its complex twist while yet entertained and thrilled. The movie was to showcase a dream within a dream within a dream. Using the term “inception” itself is to place an idea into a characters subconscious while he’s dreaming. Basically the movie was the placement of a simple idea in someone’s head leading them to…

Dennis Prager, In the short paper “Equating Happiness with fun” discusses an essay he wrote arguing that happiness should not be equated with fun. Author mentions “as a friend once told me, I always assumed that if I could just accumulate enough fun experiences, I’d be happy,” He says that “most people believe happiness and fun are identical.” But they’re not the same because we all have a different definition of what happiness and fun is for example he uses “imagine a scene of happy people”…