The Problems of Philosophy: Introductory ReadingsWilliam P. Alston, Richard B. Brandt |
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... RULE UTILITARIANISM The system of normative ethics which I shall be concerned to defend is , as I have said earlier , act utilitarianism , not rule utilitarianism . Act utilitarian- ism states that the rightness or wrongness of an ...
... RULE UTILITARIANISM The system of normative ethics which I shall be concerned to defend is , as I have said earlier , act utilitarianism , not rule utilitarianism . Act utilitarian- ism states that the rightness or wrongness of an ...
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... rule utilitarianism as com- pared with act utilitarianism . Briefly they boil down to the accusation of rule worship : the rule utilitarian presumably advocates his principle because he is ultimately concerned with human happiness : why ...
... rule utilitarianism as com- pared with act utilitarianism . Briefly they boil down to the accusation of rule worship : the rule utilitarian presumably advocates his principle because he is ultimately concerned with human happiness : why ...
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... rule will lead to correct predictions , we can say that if correct predictions can be reliably made , this rule will lead us to them . If a reliable method of predic- tion is possible , use of this rule will , at least in the long run ...
... rule will lead to correct predictions , we can say that if correct predictions can be reliably made , this rule will lead us to them . If a reliable method of predic- tion is possible , use of this rule will , at least in the long run ...
Contents
The Inconceivability of Gods Nonexistence | 1 |
From Nature to | 2 |
A Critique of the Argument from Design | 3 |
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