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Ethics
Essay Plan: Evaluate Hume’s compatibilism
Hume’s Compatibilism source Philosophy 322: Modern Philosophy Professor Geoff Pynn Northern Illinois University Spring 2011 1 What is compatibilism? 1. Determinism…
Read MoreSummary: Rawls’ Two Concepts of Rules
source Rawls, “Two Concepts of Rules” Act-Utilitarianism: An act is wrong if and only if it would fail to produce as…
Read MoreSummary: Singer – Is Act Utilitarianism Self-defeating?
source Singer, “Is Act-Utilitarianism Self-Defeating?” Act-Utilitarianism (AU): An act is right if an only if it would have the best consequences,…
Read MoreSummary: Williams’ Critique of Utilitarianism
source Williams, “A Critique of Utilitarianism” First, some preliminaries: It’s important to be clear about what views Williams’ argument, and the…
Read MoreSummary: Philippa Foot on Relativism
source Foot, “What Is Moral Relativism?” A. What is moral relativism (MR) and what does it entail? Foot begins by assessing…
Read MoreSummary: Gilbert Harman on Relativism
source Harman, “What Is Moral Relativism?” Three Kinds of Moral Relativism Normative Moral Relativism: Different people, as agents, can be subject…
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