Stevenson‚ and J.L. Mackie‚ all have theories that develop different views concerning the status of moral judgments and the existence of moral facts. Moore‚ in his‚ Subject Matter of Ethics‚ argued that moral facts do exist and can be true or false but must be indescribable. Stevenson‚ in his‚ The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms‚ disagreed with Moore and said that moral judgements can’t be true or false they simply can inspire certain feelings of approval or disapproval in humans. Mackie‚ in his‚ The Subjectivity
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1. Rhetoric: The study of the effective use of language 2. Cupidity: Inordinate desire 3. Good Will: A will by which we desire to live upright and honorable lives to attain the highest wisdom 4. “There is no single cause of evil; rather‚ everyone who does evil is the cause of his own evildoing” 5. “A mind that is in control (one that possesses virtue) cannot be made a slave to inordinate desire by anything equal or superior to it‚ because such a thing would be just‚ or by anything inferior to
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The argument from evil In this paper I am going to use the very popular argument from evil‚ which was made popular and originated from the Greek philosopher Epicurus‚ to argue that existence of god is highly improbable. I’ll put this argument in the simplest of terms. For my first premise I am stating that if an omnipotent‚ omniscient‚ and omnibenevolent god exists than evil does not exist. For my second premise I am stating that evil exists in this world. When you put these two together
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The Problem of Evil One of the most interesting topic we cover in class has to be the idea of Evil and God. Commonly referred to as the Problem of evil‚ J.L. Mackie‚ an Australian Philosopher‚ from the University of Sydney simplifies The problem of Evil with this line‚ “God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists”. I found this topic very mind boggling‚ as I have never once questioned the power of the omnipotent and all good God. For anyone that believes that Gods is all powerful
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J & L Accounting‚ Inc. Income Statement For the Month Ending January 31‚ 2013 Revenues Service Revenues 8‚375.00 Expenses Advertising Expense 2‚350.00 Rent Expense 1‚000.00 Office Supplies Expense 75.00 Telephone Expense 660.00 Utilities Expense 2‚925.00 Depreciation Expense 1‚100.00 Total Expenses 8‚110.00 Net Income 265.00 J & L Accounting‚ Inc. Post-Closing Trial Balance January 31‚ 2013
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1. J & L should hedge only some of its exposures to diesel fuel. Although there are several financial instruments available for J & L to hedge against the risk of rising diesel fuel prices‚ these instruments still have their own downsides and possibly their own risks. For example‚ the future contracts from NYMEX seems like an effective hedging strategy for J &L‚ but there are some difficulties in terms of using futures from NYMEX to hedge against the diesel prices. NYMEX does not trade
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J & L Railroad 1. J & L can use heating oil futures to hedge its exposure to diesel fuel prices. Which futures position should J & L take? Explain. J&L Railroad should take a long position. They need to purchase diesel fuel in the future‚ they don’t produce diesel fuel‚ so they would want to take a future to be able to lock in the price of diesel fuel for future purchases. 2. What problems could the use of heating oil futures for hedging create for J&L? Note: I assume this question is asking
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first defend “The Argument from Evil” from the Buddhist notion of the concept of “The Argument of Dukkha” or (suffering or unsatisfactoriness). In the Buddhist argument the attributes of an all powerful‚ all knowing and all benevolent God to humans cannot exist due to the concept of Dukkha. I will explain this in my thesis defense with a correlation from a western and eastern thought. Buddha denied the existence of God by the concept of Dukkha which is similar to “The Argument from Evil”. BACKROUND
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Argument from Evil (1175 Words -- Approx. 5 Pages) This paper will discuss the Logical and Evidential Argument from Evil‚ Peter Wykstra’s Unknown Purpose Defense‚ and William Rowe’s rebuttals in an attempt to .... Ontological Argument (662 Words -- Approx. 3 Pages) Outline the Ontological argument for the existence of God and consider the view that‚ while it may strengthen a believer’s faith‚ it has no value for the non .... Argument (318 Words -- Approx. 1 Pages) Should
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From a chemical standpoint‚ the only closed system in the universe is the universe itself. This means that unless God himself‚ reaches into our universe to intervene it its happenings‚ that since the conception of the universe‚ nothing new can be created from materials that were not already present in the system to begin with. This theory not only includes material things‚ but also conceptual things‚ such as good and evil. Good can be generally defined as a state of happiness the absence of underserved
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