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Deontological arguments follow the Kantian notion, of the same name, that identifies that actions should be performed because they wrong or right in themselves rather than the consequences they procure. Imme...

Put shortly, whether something can be know "a priori" or "a posteriori" depends upon whether it can be known from experience or without experience. A priori knowledge is knowledge that ca...

Anselm's Classical Ontological argument was based on ontology( the study of the nature of being). It was intended as a means of proving the existence of God on an a priori basis which doesn't require the use...

Utilitarianism is an consequntalist ethical theory that is concerned with providing the greatest good/happiness for the greatest number of people.

In some underdeveloped countries stricken with poverty, some companies take short cuts with the environment, such as by burning traditional fuels, using lead petrol and creating rubbish dumps in order to hel...