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‘Physical, biological urges rather than reason will always control desire’ Discuss

Whilst at first it may seem that desire can only be controlled by primitive biological instincts, we shall discover that it is possible for desire to be partly controlled by reason too. This will be shown...

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Explain Aquinas' views surrounding religious language as analogical.

Criticism surrounding religious language largely comes from those who regard statements about God as cognitive, in other words literally true or false. Many try to overcome this by arguing that religious ...

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Utilitarianism is not a good guide for deciding ethical dilemmas, discuss

It is somewhat true that Utilitarianism is not a good guide for deciding ethical dilemmas and there are a number of weaknesses to both the Act and Rule approaches to Utilitarianism. However, both argument...

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Explain how Natural Law theory can be used to decide the right moral action

Natural Law theory is a philosophy asserting that certain rights or values are inherent by virtue of human nature. It is an absolutist ethical theory (particular actions are intrinsically right or wrong) ...

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Explain the concept of 'Ideals' in Plato's writing

The Theory of Ideals, otherwise known as the Theory of the Forms, is Plato’s explanation of how true knowledge (epistemology) can be acquired through the study of non-physical forms. He describes the form...

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