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What is the difference between Teleological Ethics and Deontological Ethics?

Deontological and Teleological Ethics are two brackets of ethical thinking under which more specific ethical theories and practices fall. Deontological Ethics refers to rule-based ethics. That is that someth...
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Explain how Christian teachings affect the attitudes of Christians to abortion.

For this question, you want to consider the affect that various teachings from scripture have upon various denominations and Christian ethical principles.I have chosen to consider the teachings of The Sancti...
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What is meant by a pro-choice approach to abortion?

Abortion is a complex issue within today's world, with conflicting views on the acceptance or dismissal of the procedure. There are many powerful arguments for and against abortion. A pro-choice approach foc...
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"THE UTILITARIAN DOCTRINE IS THAT HAPPINESS IS A) A CRITERION, AND B) THE SOLE CRITERION, OF MORALITY" (MILL). WHAT DOES MILL MEAN BY THIS, AND IS HIS 'PROOF' OF ITS TWO PARTS SATISFACTORY?

To establish whether happiness, defined as pleasure and the absence of pain, is a and the sole criterion for morality, one must know what a criterion is. A criterion is a set of principles which are used to ...
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But what has a pocket-watch got to do with God?

The pocket-watch is a metaphor. Anselm is really talking about the whole world. Anselm is saying that, like the pocket-watch, the world is a finely tuned instrument. The whole world runs like clockwork. Seas...
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