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What is moral realism?

Moral Realism Key Words Realism Objective Cognitive Naturalist - Realism -the view that things are known to exist independently of the person considering their existence THUS Moral Realism - An approach to e...
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Does funcitonalism mean that the United States is conscious? explain your answer.

Functionalism argues that all mental states are reducible to types physical processes based on their logic (input/output) tables. For instance fear might mean [Input: something large and scary arives. Output...
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Explain one problem faced by Utilitarianism and one possible solution to this problem.

Possible answers: (1) Problem: Sadististic Guards. Solutions: Higher and Lower pleasures, Prioritarianism, Negative Utilitarianism. (2) Problem: Issues in population ethics. Solutions: Higher and Lower pleas...
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Explain G.E. Moore's argument against scepticism.

G.E. Moore performs something known as the G.E. Moore shift. This is where he takes the sceptic's Modus Ponens argument: (1) If you can doubt the natural world then you cannot know anything about the natural...
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What is the ‘philosophical zombies’ argument for property dualism

This is an argument by Chalmers that is used to argue against the physicalist idea of what the mind is. The argument is as follows: P1. Physicalists argue consciousness is a physical property of the brain. T...
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