Annette Baier

Divine Command Theory: (When employing the DCT in an argument, you must always cite a specific source ie. scripture, doctrine etc. to validate your claim.) Type information here. Divine command theory is a theory that believes that what is willed by God is morally right. Another portion of this is that in order for a belief to be morally right a knowledge of God is required. This knowledge of God being required can be seen as a weakness due to atheists and agnostics not being able to be morally

Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is the belief that a moral act is the one that help the greatest number. PharmaCARE actions with the respect of the indigenous people of Colberia would be ethical because of the marketing slogan “We CARE about YOUR health” and We CARE about YOUR world. Although PharmaCARE offer free and discounted prescription drugs to low-income consumer, free healthcare education and scholarship. PharmaCARE believe that their moral actions were to save and enhance millions of lives

Trolley Problem Solved! Overview Trolley problem or dilemma is a concept that chokes the mind to give a solution amidst a problem. It allows us to consider an outcome of an action through our deeds, which are ethically questionable. The basic analogy of the trolley problem was developed by Phillipa Foot in 1967. It presumes that if there is a train that is traveling along a rail, and in front of the rail are five people tied. Another diversion of the rail has only one person tied. As you are standing

Social Contract Brian Horvath Cleveland State University Business Society Government The concept of social contract theory is that in the beginning man lived in the state of nature. They had no government and there was now law to regulate them. There are three main philosophers Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau that are best known for the social contract theory. In the twentieth century moral and political theory with John Rawls’ Kantian version of social contract

     When a person sees all the grisly images of war on the television set they cannot help but think, “This has got to stop”. But what reasons can this person justify their decision on? There are many people in the world who can only argue their opinion through what they see on TV, which of course is not what war is. In William Earle’s essay “In Defense of War” and Trudy Govier’s “Nuclear Illusion and Individual Obligations” we respectively see a pro-war and an anti-war