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Articles relating to dilemmas, problems offering two possibilities, neither of which is unambiguously acceptable or preferable. Pages in category "Dilemmas" The ...
Richmond Campbell has outlined these kinds of issues in his encyclopedia article "Moral Epistemology". [ 53 ] In particular, he considers three alternative explanations of moral facts as: theological, (supernatural, the commands of God); non-natural (based on intuitions); or simply natural properties (such as leading to pleasure or to happiness).
This article concerns ethical dilemmas in the strict philosophical sense, often referred to as genuine ethical dilemmas. Various examples have been proposed but there is disagreement as to whether these constitute genuine or merely apparent ethical dilemmas. The central debate around ethical dilemmas concerns the question of whether there are any.
The term dilemma is attributed by Gabriel Nuchelmans to Lorenzo Valla in the 15th century, in later versions of his logic text traditionally called Dialectica.Valla claimed that it was the appropriate Latin equivalent of the Greek dilemmaton.
This list of global issues presents problems or phenomena affecting people around the world, including but not limited to widespread social issues, economic issues, and environmental issues. Organizations that maintain or have published an official list of global issues include the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum.
Dilemmas (52 P) E. Problem of evil (1 C, 9 P) M. Mind–body problem (5 C, 14 P) P. Philosophical paradoxes (2 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Philosophical problems"
This is a list of Wikipedia articles deemed controversial because they are constantly re-edited in a circular manner, or are otherwise the focus of edit warring or article sanctions. This page is conceived as a location for articles that regularly become biased and need to be fixed, or articles that were once the subject of an NPOV dispute and ...
Withholding life-prolonging treatment case country location year summary Baby Doe Law: United States New York: 1983 The parents of a child born with severe birth defects request the right to refuse treatment and keep the child off life support.