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For questions about ethics, a branch of philosophy dealing with morality, justice, virtue, vice, good and evil.
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Is there any sound argument for ethics being objective?
The only moral theory that ever seemed like it could have any "objective" value was Kant's "Categorical Imperative". The reason it could be considered objective is because the moral value of an actio …
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What gives the Categorical Imperative moral weight?
Utilitarianism, virtue ethics and deontological ethics draw their justification from consistency with our cultural values and/or intuitions. …
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Is it ethical for governments to compel their citizens to lead healthy lives?
This is a heavily debated issue and you are not likely to receive a conclusive answer. The question as phrased amounts to "Which view is correct?", but there are strong arguments from either side. I …
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At what point can a being be said to have gained sentience?
This is a controversial topic, with various conflicting view points. In general, sentience at least requires consciousness and the ability to feel pleasure and pain.
The Stanford Encyclopedia of P …
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Is virtue necessary to achieve eudaimonia?
Excerpt from On the Compatibility of Kantian Ethics and Aristotelian Eudaimonism
This content is fully copyright protected. … The unspecified citations that appear refer to Terrence Irwin and Gail Fine's translation of Nicomachean Ethics. …
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How much if any suspension of civil liberties can be ethically justified during a "state of ...
There is not a single "philosophical angle" on this topic. There is a branch of philosophy called Political Philosophy that deals with this subject, and many philosophers with greatly dissenting view …
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