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    is looked at with them. We will be seeing how Ethical Egoism and Universal

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    framework‚ ethical egoism fails as a moral theory to assist moral decision making because it endorses the animalistic nature of humanity‚ fails to provide a viable solution to a conflict of interest‚ and is proved to be an evolutionary unstable moral strategy. Outline: Ethical egoism claims that all our actions can be reduced to self-interest. This is a controversial moral theory which sometimes can be detrimental. Without a well-defined framework of the nature of self-interest‚ ethical egoism

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    cannot hold up the self-reliance argument let alone ethical egoism. If John‚ an elderly man‚ was walking in the park and had a fall‚ would he be better off if Jill‚ a bystander‚ just continued on her way? She was running late to work and could easily tend to her own needs leaving John on the ground moaning in pain. The second premise‚ “We ought to do what will make everyone better off.” may be true‚ but it does not support ethical egoism. It is really a utilitarian claim; utilitarians think

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    against Divine Command Theory In order to analyze the argument presented by Russ Shafer- Landau against the divine command theory‚ it is important to first understand the concept of divine command theory. The author has presented the idea about the ethical objectivity of God which is against the Divine Command theory that says there are the existence of only one God and therefore the uncertainties about the skepticism that are moral in nature are halted for the time. The theory of divine command

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    Egoism This advocates that each person should his or her own well fair as a supreme end of his/her actions. Thomas Hobbs and exponent of egoism portrayed as rational self interested and calculating. This view is often referred as psychological. Hobbs regarded people as predatory he felt that morality was to avoid conflict. Ethical egoism emphasizes everyone ought to act out of self interest in terms in achieving selfish ends in terms of the survival of the fittest in a society. Future more apparently

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    is a primary factor in an individual or universe. The Divine Command Theory is the elemental belief that a divine being (“divine being‚” defined as the immortal being that is followed and believed)‚ commands morality and immorality‚ and that these ideas can only originate within this divine being. Moral law is a feature of a divine beings nature. Essentially‚ both a divine being and morality bear a direct correlation. To believe in Divine Command Theory‚ one believes

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    Euthyphro’s theory does not give us the very nature of the pious. However the “Divine Commands” by Robert M. Adams responds to this dilemma. The theory teaches that moral truth or piety does not exist independently from god and that morality is determined by divine commands‚ which are gods commands. Therefore what ever god commands is moral because god is all good and good comes from god. This theory assert that gods command is the only reason that a good action is moral. In essence this answers Euthyphro’s

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    Which of the various theories of morality is the closet I believe? I believe in my opinion. The most I believed must be ethical egoism. According to the definition the meaning of ethical egoism. Is based on someone best interest‚ which claims that individuals and myself only act in our self interest in life. For example‚ there was one occasion when I was following a powerlifting program and I was getting teach someone‚ who had experience powerlifting for almost 15 years of training powerlifting.

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    several weeks of analyzing moral theory‚ the divine command theory prevails. Jehovah created us (page 7‚ Column 1) intrinsically valuable‚ in that we are each a temple‚ in and of ourselves. (Page 71 Column 1) Proven scientific knowledge includes the fact that in the 1769 King James Version (Isaiah 40:22)‚ undisputedly references the circle of the earth. This is tantamount to believing in a higher being‚ which is in perfect accordance with the divine command theory‚ in that‚ the date of the aforementioned

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    Believers of “Divine Command Theory” are known to submit themselves to Divine Command and even thinking otherwise is to go against the Divine Command. The argument that homosexual behaviour is against God or God’s Law‚ i.e. the way of nature itself‚ is undermined if there is even one instance of homosexuality in nature. Sadly‚ for many believers of “Divine Command Theory” and “Natural law” followers‚ there are many instances. Black swans‚ Japanese macque‚ even Bonobos‚ a primate species closely related

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