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Kant Categorical Imperative Immanuel Kant
1,055 wordsThey " re not blind. They don't have hair on their palms. Even so, they still masturbate. Of all the topics that continually find themselves under attack, none seems to be restricted solely to quiet, taboo conversations as often as masturbation. For countless generations, this subject has been put down, looked down on, and kept behind closed doors, and no one is really sure why. "It's immoral", or "its dirty" are the best anyone has come up with. The latter is a matter of personal opinion, and d...
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Point Of View Command Theory
1,452 wordsIn an attempt to answer the question What the law is? Professor J. L. Austin proposes a Command Theory of Law. One way of understanding this theory of traditional positivism is to compare it to the famous empires of Medieval Japan. These empires consisted of a single Emperor, or a sovereign, that was considered to have the complete obedience of the people in his empire. Another aspect of his authority is the idea that there is no other political figure higher than the Emperor. With such power an...
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Divine Command Command Theory
316 wordsDivine Command Theory The divine command theory is the view that moral actions are those which conform to Gods will. Charity, for example, is morally proper because God endorses it, and murder is wrong because God condemns it. One way to test to see whether any action is right or wrong is first to determine if it conforms to Gods will, it is morally permissible, if it does not, then it is impermissible. The divine command theory is difficult to maintain given that it is hard accessing the will o...
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Divine Command Command Theory
707 wordsThe Divine Command Theory Religion and ethics are seen to be somehow inseparable in our culture. Religious leaders are usually appealed to in some capacity when dealing with various moral and political problems. Their opinions are given great weight because they are thought to be in some kind of special relationship with God that the common person does not have. The view that God creates the moral law is often called the Divine Command Theory. According to this view, what makes an action right i...
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Female Genital Mutilation Divine Command
566 wordsMy Meta-ethical Position When asked the question Are there any ethical truths? I respond with a resounding Yes and when asked What makes the ethical truths true? I respond Facts independent of anyones say-so. That makes me an ethical realist. I reject all forms of conventionalism and also subjectivism. There are three different forms of conventionalism, the first is Divine Command Theory which says thing are right or wrong based solely on Gods say-so. While I do believe in God I reject that ethi...
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