Objection

of the link between psychological person stages, the memory is not able to continue and hence, survival is not possible. The duplication objection gives rise to the theory that many alternative casual processes that may provide survival for one endorsing the view of memory theory should exist. In John Perry’s Dialog on Personal Identity, the duplication objection observed the idea that upon death, God transfers all information of a person from past to future onto a “heavenly rememberer” in…

legal capacity” (p. 3). Therefore, a nurse who refuses to participate in a procedure due to conscientious objection is not advocating for their patient’s best interest, as they are placing their own needs above that of the patients. Stewart (2013) suggests that nurses need to make a conscientious commitment to support the rights of women to access health care, as when conscientious objection is badly handled, it threatens equitable access to safe care. Nurses enjoy the right to freedom of…

There are several different anthropic coincidences that explains the overall reason for the belief of the Anthropic principle and how the universe is precisely designed for the purpose of human life, evolution and survival. One of the many different anthropic coincidences is “The Strength of the Strong Nuclear Force”. This theory says that if the strong nuclear force had fluctuated even microscopically stronger or weaker, then the world would have never existed. The strong force holds nuclei…

question I will fist give an explanation of what functionalism is and its relation to dualism, materialism and mind-brain identity theory. From here I will outline the two key objections it faces namely the extra-cranial objection or china brain thought experiment and the qualia objection. I will state and explain why the qualia objection is the most serious of the two and why functionalism at present can not fully overcome it but in doing so I will address the replies functionalism gives as…

show that the students do not agree with the utilitarian ideas suggested by Singer. In chapter 3 of, The Life You Can Save, students raised political, economic, and moral objections against the utilitarian idea of the obligation to give. Peter Singer then addressed each of these concerns in the chapter. Some of the objections expressed by the students came from a political point of view. On page 33 of the text, one student…

universally. The thesis Sumner raised in his argument, aka, ethical relativism, had been challenged by many objections. In this essay, I will provide one objection of ethical relativism and argue that even Sumner attempted to address the objection; his thesis is still fallacious due to begging the question. One critical objection to ethical relativism is the absurd objection. This objection suggests the ethical relativism is absurd due to it cannot make relevant moral distinctions. Ethical…

This essay will evaluate Descartes causal proof of the existence of God presented in Meditation 3. First, the essay will outline the proof itself. Then, by considering objections and subsequent responses, it will evaluate whether Descartes has been successful in his proof for the existence of God. This essay concludes that the objections are not overcome by Descartes and his argument fails In previous Meditations, Descartes established the distinction between ideas and judgements. Ideas…

Does the moral worth of an action come from the consequence or the thought behind that action? In Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant states that “the moral worth of an action does not lie in the effect expected from it” but that it is motivated out of respect for the moral law (Kant 401). However, in Utilitarianism, Mill supports the claim that what makes actions good is the outcome, not the action’s initial moral worth, “the motive has nothing to do with the morality of the…

Replies: For most, the objections above raise too large a problem for contractualism. However, there are some philosophers who continue to defend the theory and so have put forth replies to the objections. In response to the first objection, that the rights of those who are unable to make agreements are ignored, mutual-advantage contractualism argues that the fact that some vulnerable individuals are unable to make agreements has no bearing on their moral rights. The theory says that those who…

Shafer-Landau’s objection to desire satisfaction theory. Next, I will attempt to give a coherent response to Shafer-Landau’s objection by attempting to show that it only pertains to uniformed desires. Then, I will object to my own response on behalf of Russ Shafer-Landau, arguing that my response might still result in hedonism. Finally, I will explain why I disagree with these objections to desire satisfaction theory. In this paper, I will argue that Russ Shafer-Landau’s objection to desire…