He never played cricket. ... What is Utilitarianism??? ... We should appeal to the principle of utility itself only when we face a moral dilemma between two secondary principles. ... But those who, while desiring what others possess, put no energy into striving for it, are either incessantly grumbling that fortune does not do for them what they do not attempt to do for themselves or overflowing with envy and ill-will towards those who possess what they would like to have" (The Philosophy of J.S. ... The problem is that we are commonly motivated to not kill or steal, which are specific acts, bu...

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He never played cricket. ... What is Utilitarianism??? ... We should appeal to the principle of utility itself only when we face a moral dilemma between two secondary principles. ... But those who, while desiring what others possess, put no energy into striving for it, are either incessantly grumbling that fortune does not do for them what they do not attempt to do for themselves or overflowing with envy and ill-will towards those who possess what they would like to have" (The Philosophy of J.S. ... The problem is that we are commonly motivated to not kill or steal, which are specific acts, bu...

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The main problem with subjectivism is that it destroys the distinction between believing something to be morally right and its actually being right (Shaw, 15). ... Furthermore, what if the belief system of a particular society is in transition? ... Indeed, there is great impetus to believe in the relativity of moral acts, in one sense or another. ... Given the situation, it would seem that proponents of the normative sciences are in a way, trying to promulgate new theorems on what morality is, or should be, and the relativist plays the devils advocate to their attempts. ... The degree to...

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