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Act utilitarianism, founded by Jeremy Bentham, is a utilitarian view on ethics which holds that each person should act in a manner which brings about the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest numb...

An argument is valid if and only if the following is impossible: all of the premises are true and the conclusion is false. E.g. the argument below is valid:(1) All men are mortal(2) Socra...

Nagel's notion of qualia is a subjective and notoriously difficult internal sensation to define. It is factual in the same way the sensations of pain or pleasure, hot or cold, soft or rough are in descrip...

First of all, don't panic. Every philosopher gets their head into a spin with theories, and if they don't they probably aren't understanding it all...
So Bentham's Utilitarianism can be broken down r...

To critically assess a theory in a philosophy paper, you need to do three core things. 1) Firstly, you need to clearly explain the theory (this is where you show off all the knowle...