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William David Ross was born in Thurso, Caithness in the north of Scotland the son of John Ross (1835–1905). [4] He spent most of his first six years as a child in southern India. [5] He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh. In 1895, he gained a first class MA honours degree in classics.
In the scene, Socrates and Euthyphro are discussing the nature of piety when Socrates presents the dilemma, which can be presented as the question "Is X good because God commands it, or does God command X because it is good?". [6] Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?
In moral philosophy, deontological ethics or deontology (from Greek: δέον, 'obligation, duty' + λόγος, 'study') is the normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules and principles, rather than based on the consequences of the action. [1]
Bernard Williams has argued that consequentialism is alienating because it requires moral agents to put too much distance between themselves and their own projects and commitments. Williams argues that consequentialism requires moral agents to take a strictly impersonal view of all actions, since it is only the consequences, and not who ...
Gottfried Leibniz asked whether the good and just "is good and just because God wills it or whether God wills it because it is good and just". [1] Ever since Plato's original discussion, this question has presented a problem for some theists, though others have thought it a false dilemma , and it continues to be an object of theological and ...
“They don’t get the job, because they’ll treat us the way they treat that former employer,” Gary Shapiro of the CTA says Red flag test: CEO explains why he rejects job candidates who say ...
The demandingness objection is a common [1] [2] argument raised against utilitarianism and other consequentialist ethical theories. The consequentialist requirement that we maximize the good impartially seems to this objection to require us to perform acts that we would normally consider optional.
As any good "Friends" fan will know, the epic cliffhanger at the end of the show's fourth season was a big moment for Ross and Rachel's budding romance. "I, Ross." "I, Ross." "Take thee, Emily."