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    In the article “Opinion: Can artificial intelligence be ethical?” published by Project Syndicate‚ professor Peter Singer tries to persuade his readers that with how AI has progressed‚ with its advantages and its unknowns‚ it could result in immoral consequences so we have to try to teach machines how to behave ethically. Singer states that “AlphaGo was designed to win by playing a huge number of games against other programs and adopting the best strategies that proved successful” (par. 3) saying

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    My favourite singer My favourite singer is Michael Jackson. I like his songs very much because they are full of energy and very melodic. I also like the way he dances. There were nine children in Michael’s family. They lived in a small four room house. Later he lived in a house which has seventeen rooms downstairs and sixteen rooms upstaires. It stands in 2‚700 acres of ground. Besides the house there are guest houses‚ a golf course‚ a swimming pool‚ tennis courts‚ stables‚ gardens‚ lakes‚ forests

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    The question that comes into factor is what would Immanuel Kant‚ John Stuart Mill‚ and Peter Singer do if they were faced with a choice that involved children and their well being what they would advise me to do in the situation. In the paper I will explain how Immanuel Kant is a great philosopher and also explain how he would want me to consider the situation‚ and I will also compare John Mill and Peter Singer to discuss their similarities and how the idea of Utilitarianism would allow

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    Peter Singer’s Case for Animal Liberation Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and is considered one of the world’s most influential people. His book Animal Liberation (1975) is the most influential book written on the subject‚ having in a sense started the animal rights movement. Singer argues that animal liberation today is analogous to racial and gender justice in the past. Just as people once thought it incredible that women or blacks should be treated as equal to

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    George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm‚ he uses animals to show that true equality can never be reached without corruption of the society. In the novel‚ the old pig‚ Old Major‚ tells the animals about a dream he had of a world where animals are free from human rule. “Man is the only creature who consumes without producing. He does not give milk‚ he does not lay eggs‚ he is too weak to pull the plough‚ he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals” (Orwell 8). Old Major

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    George Orwell in his novel Animal Farm states that society will never be about equality‚ but more about power. In this book‚ farm animals start out as equal under Old Major’s philosophies of equality and fairness‚ yet they soon separate into greater and lesser levels under Napoleon’s rule. The animals are just mindless followers and live under Napoleon’s rules without thinking of the consequences. They trust Napoleon‚ relying on him for all the brain work‚ so in turn they stopped thinking for themselves

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    “All animals are created equal‚ although‚ some animals are more equal than others.” This famous quote is from the astonishing novel‚ Animal Farm by George Orwell. This book uses a family of farm animals to criticize the government and mankind for straying from true equality. Equality doesn’t just have a logical meaning but an emotional one. The word equality originates from the Latin word Aequalis‚ meaning equal. From there‚ it has been passed down through almost every culture to express a different

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    Equality is one of mankind’s biggest ideals. It is a relationship between man and man. In a society of equals‚ there is no separation between classes’‚ whether wealthy or poor. In the novella Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ this was the original goal‚ but without equality on the farm‚ this was an impossible task. On the farm‚ there were two leaders‚ one deceitful and devious‚ the other revolutionary and for the “people.” Sed leaders perpetually argued‚ eventually leading to the exile of one of the

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    Karl Marx would have agreed with Peter Singer’s evaluation that globalization brought on by changes and advancements in technology have changed the conversation in regard to the role of the nation-state‚ but he would have disagreed with Singer’s call for the rich nations to‚ in effect‚ police themselves and altruistically manifest a global ethical viewpoint. Instead‚ Marx would have argued for a more violent overthrow of the existing social super-structure. Furthermore‚ Marx would have contended

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    of Peter Singer and John Arthur By Amy Gallaher The fact that we can afford to provide for ourselves even beyond our basic needs bring an important question.  Is it then our duty to provide financial assistance to those who do not have enough to provide for their own basic needs?  Peter Singer‚ in his piece‚ “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality” would argue that we ought to prevent bad things from happening without sacrificing something of equal importance. Here is the argument Peter Singer presents

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