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Think: Just Do It!: [PL 431] The Cultural Differences Argument

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Friday, March 9, 2012. PL 431] The Cultural Differences Argument. In "The Challenge of Cultural Relativism," Rachels argues that the Cultural Differences Argument is invalid. The Cultural Differences Argument is the following:. Different cultures have different moral codes. Therefore, there is no objective "truth" in morality. Right and wrong are only matters of opinion and opinions vary from culture to culture. Some people believe that the earth is flat. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). PL 431] Kant'...

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Think: Just Do It!: [PHI 3000] Does the method of cases rest on a mistake?

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012. PHI 3000] Does the method of cases rest on a mistake? In light of the excellent feedback I received from readers of the Experimental Philosophy. Blog, I think there are actually two analogical arguments that can be made with respect to the method of cases (i.e., the method of appealing to intuitive judgments elicited by thought experiments). Perceptual judgments : artificial perceptual illusions : intuitive judgments : negative thought experiments. This sort of negative thought e...

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Think: Just Do It!: [PHI 3000] What have I done to deserve this?

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015. PHI 3000] What have I done to deserve this? The argument known as The Problem of Hell. Purports to show that the traditional conceptions of an omniperfect God (i.e., an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good creator) and damnation (i.e., eternal suffering in hell as retribution for sin) are incompatible. The argument goes roughly like this:. An omniperfect God would damn a person to hell only if there is a sufficient justification for doing so. The punishment must fit the crime.

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Think: Just Do It!: [HUM 2551] Is Newton the man?

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015. HUM 2551] Is Newton the man? According to Perry et al ( 11th ed. The civilizations of the ancient Near East were based on a way of thinking fundamentally different from the modern scientific outlook. The difference between scientific and mythical thinking is profound. The scientific mind views physical nature as an it. 8212;inanimate, impersonal, and governed by universal law. The mythmaking mind of the Near East saw every object in nature as a thou. Now, Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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Think: Just Do It!: [PHI 2200] Can excessive wealth and inequality be justified?

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Monday, November 24, 2014. PHI 2200] Can excessive wealth and inequality be justified? Extreme Wealth and Inequality is unethical. Is there a moral justification for excessive wealth and inequality? Are billionaires, like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and other rich and famous people (see YouTube video. Doing enough to alleviate the suffering of poor people or should they do more? November 26, 2014 at 7:31 PM. December 1, 2014 at 10:38 AM. December 1, 2014 at 12:16 AM. December 1, 2014 at 10:42 AM. It is no...

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Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The View from Somewhere. Hi, and welcome to my travel/photography blog, “The View from Somewhere,” a sort of visual companion to my group blog, Policy of Truth. In front of Kirby Hall, Felician University, Lodi, New Jersey (April 2016). Occupied Hebron, Area H2 (July 2015). Well, anyway,. Take a look around, and comment if you like. But don’t be mean to me, or I’ll stalk you, kill you, and take a mediocre photograph of you (in that order). And Mogromo’s travel blog. I can&#...

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Think: Just Do It!: Teaching Philosophy

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As a teacher, I see myself as a facilitator of learning, not as a “. Sage on the stage. 8221; This means that my approach to learning is student-centered. I want my students to be active participants in the learning process. To this end, I have adopted the following principles:. Assume that students want to learn. As I see it, my job is not to ignite the fire of learning. Rather, my job is to make sure that it keeps burning. (“ All men [and women] by nature desire to know. Group work on case studies.

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Think: Just Do It!: [PHI 2200] Do we have an obligation to resist oppression?

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Sunday, January 11, 2015. PHI 2200] Do we have an obligation to resist oppression? According to Carol Hay. We can say what makes sexual harassment morally wrong by appealing to Kant's ethical theory. In particular, to what Kant says about our duty to respect the dignity of others and our own, given that we are rational beings. As Hay writes:. Her argument can be reconstructed as follows:. We have an obligation to resist attempts to hinder our capacity to act rationally. This is an academic blog about cri...

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Think: Just Do It!: [PL 431] Kant on (assisted) suicide

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Friday, March 30, 2012. PL 431] Kant on (assisted) suicide. One formulation of Kant. Is known as the universal law formulation. According to Kant, you should "act only in accordance with that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it become a universal law.". Many have interpreted this formulation of Kant's Categorical Imperative. As summarizing a decision procedure for moral reasoning. Kant considers the following maxim:. Do you agree with Kant? Does it mean that suicide is always wrong?

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Think: Just Do It!: [PHI 3000] The God hypothesis

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015. PHI 3000] The God hypothesis. In " Testing the God Hypothesis. The physicist Victor Stenger, claims that the belief in the existence of an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good creator of the universe should be treated as a hypothesis that can be tested empirically, in the same way that scientific hypotheses are tested. According to Stenger, any of the following, if observed, would count as empirical evidence for the God hypothesis:. Do you agree with Stenger that the belief in the...