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Violation of everyday rights or “whose right to what did I violate today?”
The idea of rights seems to be strongly, if not inextricably, connected to the idea of duties. As far as I remember in philosophy of law this is referred to as "reciprocity". If I must do something, ...
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Is there a name for the philosophy of increasing happiness more than reducing it is the only moral good?
I recently answered this question on the ethical duty to help educate others, where I wrote:
I feel like if a person increases "happiness" more in his life then he
decreases the "happiness" then ...
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Which schools of ethics claim one has a duty to educate the uneducated?
Background: I am taking a philosophy of ethics class at a local college for the summer and my teacher brought up this prompt for discussion. The class discussion came down to the question if we have a ...
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How could maxims become universal laws? (What does Kant's Categorical Imperative mean?)
This states 'act only in accordance with that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it become a universal law'.
How can I will a maxim to become a universal law, surely that kind of ...
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Does Nietzsche make distinctions between men and women regarding human duties?
If Nietzsche is writing about humans, is he really writing about men or doesn't he make the distinction?
The way I came up with the question is complicated, but specifically I was thinking about the ...
