Objection

Galen Strawson’s basic argument, presented in Your Move: The Maze of Free Will, is correct about the impossibility of ultimate moral responsibility. I will do this by first explaining the argument, then raising an objection that concerns self-creation, and finally refuting the objection. Strawson’s basic argument can be boiled down to the simple notion that one cannot be ultimately morally responsible. He claims that anything you do in any circumstance is an effect of who you are, and the way…

Procreative Beneficence Definition Procreative Beneficence is a term coined by Julian Savulescu and is stated as, “Couples (or single reproducers) should select the child they could have who is expected to have the best life, or at least as good a life as the others, based on the relevant, available information” (Savulescu, 2001, 295). Breaking this principle down, it says reproducers should select a child that is likely to have the “best life.” The word, “should,” is explained by Savulescu to…

experiences and genetic predispositions. Additionally, we will be looking at how an individual at a certain time will have memory of previous experiences. We must carefully assess how these conditions for personal identity can be plausible, identify any objections to these criteria, and evaluate how…

United States Public school hours of operation are generally held from 8:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Accordingly this schedule makes it increasingly difficult for American families to afford after school care for their children. Because most working American families work from 8:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Notwithstanding the difference in schedules levees a two-hour gap in which the parent needs care for their children. Some parents are fortunate and have the options of having the kids being taking…

Reasoning for Reason Rene Descartes and David Hume are both philosophers and their various works have had an impact in the world of philosophy. In this paper, I will argue that Hume’s position on reason is better than Descartes’ because it makes more sense logically whereas Descartes’ position is based on something that cannot be scientifically proven. In Descartes’ opinion, everything you believe should be based on a solid, rational foundation. He explains that he, “had to raze everything to…

of hedonism and what would be required to mount a successful challenge to it. It will then outline the ‘experience machine’ thought experiment and assess the conclusions Nozick draws. Referring to epistemological objections raised by Woolard and Hewitt alongside methodological objections raised by De Brigard and Weijers, and analysing possible responses, it concludes that the challenge it poses to hedonism is unsuccessful. Theories of rational action and Hedonism Firstly, this essay will…

The Matrix, on the other hand, is more than just a thought experiment. It is a narrative that is judged aesthetically, and as such its success requires that its creators produce something that will captivate and engage an audience. Carroll has asserted that, narratives, far from being complete, have gaps which need to be filled by the audience. That is, creators of narratives do not spell-out every detail of the narrative, instead, narratives rely on the elicitation of moral emotions from an…

the problem of having to explain immaterial objects, such as the qualitative aspect of qualia. SR maintains however, that mental states are purely intentional and not qualitative, which reinforces its compatibilism with materialism. The obvious objection against this argument is that it commits the fallacy of question begging. That is, it assumes materialism to already be true. To be fair, it is too strong of a claim to say that this argument proves SR. Rather, it merely shows the incentives to…

Hence, I argue that the “first efficient cause” that Aquinas is arguing for is so superior that it can have the ability to cause itself, and consequently develop the chain of following effects. The ability for Aquinas’ argument to overcome the objection of having a contradictory premise is still uncertain, although I have presented a possible response above. It is still unclear as to why the “first efficient cause”, or God, that Aquinas is arguing for would be able to create itself when he…

The most notable objection I present is the argument that I do not believe Socrates can justify the claim that people with just souls are practically just. An individual with a just soul, to be pragmatically just, must refrain from unjust actions, and it must be that the actions…