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Descartes believed that we can never know anything based on our senses, as long as there is the possibility of an evil genius that is always trying
In the Reflections article "Why Shouldn't Tommy and Jim Have Sex?", John Corvino explains that some who argue that homosexuality is "unnatural"
According to Hume's Argument, Group of answer choices we can only know two sorts of claims: conceptual truths or empirical truths.
Harry Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan is an example of: A. relativism B. categorical imperative C. utilitarianism D. egoism E. deontologism
Nietzsche claims that in order for there to be an aristocracy some people have to be (Ch. 18) killed. lowered. created. enhanced.
According to Mill, if there is not a single moral principle, (Ch. 18) there is no objective morality. there should be an ordering of principles.
Question: Something that is known to be true is Group of answer choices an inference an opinion a judgment a fact
Using some of your own words, explain what a social contract theory is and does. Then, give a brief overview of either (a) Hobbes and Locke's
What image does Plato use to illustrate the philosophical journey from ignorance to wisdom? Group of answer choices the dog the cave the river the mountain
Question: What is telos, and how does it apply to medical ethics?
Question: How can we love our parks to death?
How does Stump argue that petitionary prayer is related to the dangers of a certain kind of friendship?
The debate about Animal Liberation in our textbook can be seen as a debate between utilitarianism and Kant's deontological approach
Timmerman's critique of Singer's argument about World Hunger could be seen as a more general critique of act utilitarianism
The moral argument for Libertarianism states that: Group of answer choices Since the person is not the cause of its choices,
Explain the main difference Keith illustrates between liberals and radicals in each of the four main categories of action below.
Try to relate Kohlberg's theory to your own experience and observation. Have you observed children to reason in the way he describes?
Question: Scholars have been trying to understand evil for a long time! Why does it exist? how do we know what it is?
Which of the following is least likely to give rise to what James calls a genuine option: Group of answer choices
Our goal is to address the question: Does the physician have a moral obligation to share the 14-year-old patient's information
Question: What are some ways to test whether a statement is a logical consequence of another?
What role does education play in the good life, according to Aristotle? What sorts of education and training does he think are required
Question: Is the following statement true or false? Philosophers agree on what is objective and what is subjective.
Question: Is the following statement true or false? Extended arguments are often fallacious.
Tom Regan argues that the basic similarity between human beings, and the basic similarity between humans and the animals they eat and trap is