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Explain why Jeremy Bentham's Hedonic Calculus seeks to determine a moral cause of action

The moral framework within which the Hedonic Calculus operates is Act Utilitarianism, which establishes the greatest good for the greatest number of people as the proper goal of a moral framework, arguing...

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What are the different metaethical theories?

Metaethical theories are commonly grouped into five families. Non-cognitivism is the family of views which typically hold that moral statements are expressions of attitudes, as opposed to descriptions of ...

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What is the inconsistent triad?

Key Terms: Omnipotent: all-powerful, God can do anything. Omnibenevolent: all-loving, God loves everybody and everything. Evil: a cause of human suffering Natural evil: evil/suffering caused by nature Mor...

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Can you explain Anselm's ontological argument?

Firstly, its named after Anselm of Canterbury and is called an ontological argument because it is intended to demonstrate the existence of something; namely God in this case. Formalised the argument runs...

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Outline Jackson's Mary Knowledge Argument [5 MARKS]

There is a neuroscientist Mary who has been confined to a black and white room all her life, she has never seen any colour except black or white. However, she knows everything she can know about the physi...

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