Logic gate

This essay aims to demonstrate that the demandingness objection has probative force against the theory of act utilitarianism. I will be arguing that act utilitarianism is false because it requires the agent to make very great sacrifices in order to maximise utility. This essay will be exploring Brink (1986) and Sobel’s (2007) response to the challenges faced by act utilitarianism. I will be using Williams’ (1973) argument to demonstrate the various problems act utilitarianism encounters when…

Anthony Weston is an American Philosopher, teacher, and writer. He has written a book titled “Practical Companion to Ethics” that does discus Ethics, Religion, and Creative Problem-Solving in Ethics. Weston also discusses constructive moral dialogue. Constructive moral dialogue is concepts and ideas that makes our relationship with others easier. It allows us to get along with others that have different beliefs and concepts. We use constructive moral dialogue to cope with other human beings.…

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and the Role of Philosophy Very few subjects, if any, divides opinions as much as philosophy. Philosophy occupies a realm of logic and reasoning which is often considered to be mutually exclusive from the more commonly accepted ones of science and mathematics. This difference can often lead to the masses questioning the efficacy of philosophy. However, for those who understand the true value of philosophy and are willing to invest the time and attention that is…

“The Solace of Open Spaces” by Gretel Ehrlich Identify the central claim (or thesis). As you identify the central claim, make sure you consider whether the thesis is implicit or explicit. In addition, what is the purpose of each argument? What does it hope to achieve? Gretel Ehrlich uses anecdotes and stories to help the reader visually connect with her argument before claiming that open space can heal people and critiquing the American lifestyle’s tendency to fill space. After using a…

Fallacies Mistaken for Good Arguments Throughout pages 72-84, the textbook focused on specific forms of bad arguments that are a result of some sort of irrelevance premises have to a conclusion. The term for these bad arguments are fallacies, and there are various different ones. They include, the Red Herring, the Easy Target, the Appeal to Fear, the Appeal to Pity, the Appeal to Popularity, the Appeal to either Novelty or Tradition, the Ad Hominem, and the Appeal to Ignorance. Firstly, a Red…

Three methods of persuasion are logos, the argument by logic, ethos, the argument by character, and pathos, the argument by emotion. In “Persuade on Your Terms” explains how defining a term is important to logos. By redefining a term made by an opponent you can take their power away, “you can spike any label…

Although many describe truth’s effectiveness as mountain-crumbling, perhaps the intrinsic value of truth is romanticized. This is not to say that falsehood automatically has more power than the truth; simply that, in a given context, perhaps, the sole knowledge of the truth would fail to convert an obstinate and cruel audience to righteousness. In such a situation, the power of truth’s possessors eclipses the intrinsic power of the truth to maintain morality and to eradicate evil falsehoods.…

3.4. Reasonableness/Arbitrariness/Discrimination The Tecmed Tribunal expressly accepted that arbitrariness and discrimination could not be reconciled with the FET standard. The Tribunal in Pope & Talbot frequently referred to the reasonableness of the conduct of a State or its organ to rule out a violation of the FET standard. Benedict and Schill are of the opinion that there is a link between the concepts of reasonableness and proportionality on one hand and the permissibility of States right…

6.) For Kant, what is the one thing that can be taken as good without qualification? And what is a deontologist and what is important to them? The one thing that can be taken as good without qualification is “good will”. I completely agree with this, an action made solely for the right reason and that is freely made with no strings attached is good no matter how you look at it, it is pure and unselfish. Deontologists, are guided by rules and principles in life. It is important for them to…

What if we could subject the human consciousness to analysis purely using reason? Transcendental idealism is a philosophy associated with Immanuel Kant and his Critique of Pure Reason. According to an article by Nicholas Stang in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy it is a rebuke of previous philosophies which were immaterial, doubting or outright denying the existence of matter. It postulates that things do in fact exist, but are separated from the human consciousness. Transcendental…