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Kant sought to provide the moral agent with an intrinsic, deontological, universal system of ethical rules to follow in all situations, in order to work out the correct moral action to take. His ethical s...

Philosophy is a topic deeply engrossed in everyday life. You need to continue your contemplation of ideas outside of the classroom. When you go home talk to family members and friends and ask them how the...

In order to fully answer this question we must first address what is meant by the term ‘meaning’, as there is a notable difference between something that has literal meaning and that, which has scientific...

Libertarianism is the claim that human individuals have autonomous control over their actions, and are, therefore, morally accountable agents. Hard determinism, on the other hand, claims that an individua...

A Rule Utilitarian will think about the consequences of an action and if its positive will apply the same rule each time in the future. Whereas, an Act Utilitarian will weigh up the outcomes of each decis...