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How to study Philosophy without having to memorise

Philosophy is a subject that needs a structural understanding. This means that to develop knowledge over Plato's Republic, for example, one needs to understand not just his political views, but also what ...

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Explain the utilitarian account of morality?

Utilitarianism is classically understood as the theory that actions are right in so far as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.  Therefore, the right act...

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Explain how one of Gettier's original counter examples attacks the tripartite view of knowledge

The tripartite view of knowledge defines propositional knowledge as justified true belief. Edmund Gettier famously contested this definition by providing a series of counter examples which show that there...

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What is utilitarianism?

Utilitarianism is a consequentialist normative ethical theory. Consequentialist theories hold that an action is right insofar as it creates the best possible consequences. For utilitarians, the best possi...

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What are the key components of Kant's categorical imperative?

Kant's categorical imperative enables us to decide how we ought to act, regardless of the consequences. It, therefore, differs to a hypothetical imperative (if I want X, I ought to do Y) and is strictly d...

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