I would learn more by failing the test, to see what I missed and what I needed to study more, than to cheat. ... The philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and St. ... Plato's philosophy assumes that God exists as a supremely good being whose goodness is analogous to Plato's concrete concept or the ultimate good. ... One problem with Plato's philosophy is his inconsistency; he owes the existence of his Ideas to both God and goodness, but he claims the two are not identical....

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My personal philosophy, my family, and my moral compass are all contributing factors to what I believe. ... In The Huffington Post, Canada, Michael Reardon, a twenty-four year old bible-study teacher says, "God is real. ... Without a doubt my own personal philosophy, my religious beliefs, and my moral compass have made me who I am today. ...

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The humanist education emphasized the mastery of Latin, moral philosophy, and history. ... The study of moral philosophy gave students a strong foundation in making proper judgments. ... Rhetorical studies taught the students how to present themselves in a knowledgeable and eloquent manner. ... Men trained in humanistic studies were hired to work for despots as chancellors or ambassadors, and also produced propaganda for these rulers. ...

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Utilitarianism and Kantian Thinking Ethics is one part of philosophy that will always be studied, and like most subjects in philosophy, will never be viewed the same by everyone. ... In the studies of philosophy these beliefs are put into two categories: utilitarian, witch would give leeway to the guilty depending on the circumstances, and Kantian, were a crime is a crime, no matter the motives involved. ... Utilitarianism philosophy is that any act can be morally justified if the motive is intended to be for the greater good, but the Kantian theory states that the morality of an act is based...

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Instead they favor a desirable ideal or hoped for condition of man upon which to base an entire philosophy of existence and cohabitation. ... Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP). 2001. ... New Geneva Study Bible. ...

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Metaphysics is the study of pure concepts as they relate to moral or physical experience. ... Kant's purpose of this book is to develop a "pure" moral philosophy, a "metaphysics of morals" that relies on the priori concepts of reason, not empirical. ... Kant tries to develop a moral philosophy that depends only on the fundamental concepts of reason. ... I conclude that Kant's moral philosophy is short-sited. ...

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Philosophy is based on reason, he declared, and theology comes from faith in divine revelation, yet both come from God. So Thomas believed that any differences between divine revelation and the conclusions of philosophy result from faulty reasoning. ... For Aristotle, ethics and politics both study practical knowledge, that is, knowledge that enables people to act properly and live happily. ... These central doctrines of Plato's philosophy are called his theory of forms or theory of ideas." ...

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A.I. deals with a variety of different moral philosophies ranging from personal identity, to AI itself and on top of that morality. ... The Chinese room theory starts to explain that the brain actually creates the mind, according to Searles, "the computer is not merely a tool in the study of the mind, rather the appropriately programmed computer really is a mind in the sense that computers given the right programs can be literally said to understand and have other cognitive states." ...

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