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Can a utilitarian be committed to promoting more than one objective?

Utilitarianism, as you remember, is the view, which says that the right thing to do maximises the overall amount of good. At first glance, there is nothing that would prevent a utilitarian from promoting ...

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Outline and explain the indivisibility argument for substance dualism.

Descartes formulated the indivisibility argument in order to support his theory of substance dualism. Substance dualism is the theory of mind which states that mind and body are two ontologically distinct...

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Evaluate the claim that the aim of all ethical principles is to cultivate sympathy

'Evaluate': Assess the terms of the question and their implications'Sympathy': feeling pity for someone else.The claim that the aim of all ethical principles is to cultivate sympathy is a sweeping and ina...

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What is the difference between a valid argument and a sound argument?

First, let's be clear what an argument is. An argument is a set of claims intended to establish the truth of another claim. The set of claims are the premises of the argument, and they ar...

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Explain the concept of supervenience

Supervenience is the relationship between two different kinds of facts (or properties) such that A type supervenes on B type if and only if there cannot be a change in A without a change in B. To illustra...

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