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Mill’s Harm Principle rules out the exercise of political power for the purpose of protecting people from harming themselves. Is Mill right in thinking that such exercises of power are wrong? In your answer, discuss Mill’s argument for this claim.

J. S. Mill’s commonly called ‘Harm Principle’ has demonstrated to be permanently and influentially fueling debates on the topic of the limits of legitimate political power and its intervention in the peop...

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What is a categorical mistake?

A categorical mistake is where by you classify something in the incorrect category. For example, stating something smells like blue, blue is not in the category of smells it is instead in the category of ...

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What is the difference between necessary and synthetic truths?

The distinction between necessary and synthetic statements is an ontological distinction. We can discern between statements which would hold in all possible worlds, and ones which could be rendered false ...

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Explain why Jeremy Bentham's Hedonic Calculus seeks to determine a moral cause of action

The moral framework within which the Hedonic Calculus operates is Act Utilitarianism, which establishes the greatest good for the greatest number of people as the proper goal of a moral framework, arguing...

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What are the different metaethical theories?

Metaethical theories are commonly grouped into five families. Non-cognitivism is the family of views which typically hold that moral statements are expressions of attitudes, as opposed to descriptions of ...

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