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What is the difference between act and rule utilitarianism?

The fundamental difference between act and rule utilitarian theories is that they have different criteria of right action and therefore prescribe different moral actions in different situations. A criterion ...
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“Is what is holy holy because the gods approve it, or do they approve it because it is holy?” - Plato. Outline the problems associated with Plato’s Euthyphro Dilemma.

1) Divine Command Theory An action is right or wrong if and only if it is commanded or forbidden by God The Problem: An Arbitrary GodIf this is the case, then it follows that God could command murder, or adu...
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Outline the Knowledge/Mary argument and one criticism of it (12 marks)

The Knowledge/Mary argument was a thought-experiment coined by Frank Jackson, primarily in an attempt to show that Physicalism was false, and indirectly to support Property Dualism. It goes as follows:P1: Ma...
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Explain the difference between a deductive and an inductive argument in Philosophy

A deductive argument is one such that if all the premises of the argument were to be believed, then the conclusion would be necessarily true; in other words it would be impossible for the premises to be true...
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Evaluate the claim that evidence of design leads to theism.

Explain the claim, then evaluate: Evidence of design in the world such as the complexity of the human eye, or the Fibonacci sequence displayed in nautilus shells.This complexity and intelligence observable i...
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