Premise

0236566 In this squib, I criticize Norcross’ argument for the claim that Fred would still be acting immoral if he hired someone else to torture the puppies. I then argue that the second premise of Norcross’ target argument is false by providing an objection. My objection shows that there is a situation in which the action itself is immoral, but hiring someone to do it is not immoral. Now I will present Norcross’ target argument in standard form, for the claim that hiring someone else to torture…

G.E. Moore addresses the idea of philosophical skepticism. His counter argument implements the use of common sense and the idea of a premise that requires no proof as it is "known" to be true. However this means that Moore begs the question when he arrives at his conclusion. Moore explains he can rigorously prove the existence of two hands, by simply holding up his two hands. He mentions that as he makes a certain gesture saying "Here is one hand" (G.E Moore 197) and then by simply mentioning…

Deductive arguments are one who’s premises or claim to provide conclusive grounds for the truth of its conclusion. A deductive argument is the idea that the premise, gives assurance that the truth is the conclusion. Every deductive argument is valid or invalid, it is impossible for its premises to be true without its conclusion being true also. Otherwise it would be invalid, it has to have a basic principle, then gives detailed propositions. In a deductive argument the premises are…

Premise 1: If the two bills are passed by the state legislature, then online car-sharing hubs will be heavily regulated. Premise 2: If the online car-sharing hubs are heavily regulated, then there is a possibility that there will be a decrease in market competition. Conclusion 1: Therefore if the two bills are passed to regulate the online car-sharing hubs, then there is a possibility that there will be a decrease in market competition. Premise 1: If the two bills are…

The Sorites Paradox, or the Paradox of the Heap is a paradox which comes in two forms; the many-premise version, and the two-premise version. Both versions lead to the same conclusions but offer different ways to reach that conclusion. This essay will focus on the workings of the two-premise version. The paradox arises as a result of vague predicates (Barker, 2009); demonstrating a problem with human language. This is the idea of human language being excessively vague, and that measurements we…

benefits. His premises include the effects of sex on achieving Ataraxia, friends with benefits losing the friendship aspect of their relationship, and that friendship is what is actually necessary to live a life closer to Ataraxia. However, his premise talking about sex was too broad to be as effective as he hoped. The premise 3 creates an ultimatum that once you are with a friend with benefits you are guaranteed the consequences when the consequences exist regardless of label. This premise…

Socrates thinks philosophers willingly and cheerfully practice philosophy. If he is right that philosophy is practice at and training for death, then it does seem absurd for philosophers to fear and resent it. Socrates spends most of his time defending premise (2). Socrates uses three sets of considerations to defend his characterization of philosophy as practice at and training for the separation of the soul from the body: first, philosophers despise the pleasures and goods of the body, like…

The first premise of Socrates’ argument against corrupting the youth is that evil people harm those around them. “Don’t bad people do something bad to whoever’s closest to them at the given moment, whereas good people do something good?” (Hackett, 68) Meletus agrees with this argument, and Socrates moves on. The second premise of his argument is if he corrupts the youth, he either does so intentionally or unintentionally. The third premise is if he corrupts the youth intentionally, then he…

am in the mental state of pain, I will know I am in the mental state of pain. My mental state of pain is not hidden from my awareness of it. Premise (i) claims the mind is transparent, as mental states within the mind are transparent. Premise (ii) claims that physical states are not transparent in the way mental states are. It is unclear whether the premise implies that there is no physical transparency. That is to say that physical states may indeed be transparent, however transparency may not…

is protecting, preserving, and promoting those rights. He then uses this premise to ascertain that when a government doesn’t fulfill these core responsibilities, it is undermining the population and is rendered inadequate. Therefore, I believe Jefferson develops a major and minor premise in this paragraph, which would be: Major Premise: When a government disregards the rights of its citizens, it must be removed Minor Premise: The British Government disregards the rights of its citizens.…