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Natural law (SE) best approach to the issue of euthanasia’. Discuss.
Intro,
Paragraph 1 argument from nl,
Critique of nl singer
11  cards
Assess whether or not the concept of sanctity of life has any meaning in twenty-first century medical ethics
Paragraph 1 o s e of time,
Reponse to critique,
P1 critique o s e of time
9  cards
‘A person should have complete autonomy over their own life and decisions made about it’. Discuss
Intro autonomy,
P1 principle of so,
P1 critique of principle so singer
7  cards
Assess whether or not Kantian ethics provides a helpful method of moral decision making
Critique of too reliant on reason,
Reliance on reason,
Response to kant s argument that ...
9  cards
Evaluate whether or not an ethical judgement about something being good, bad, right or wrong can be based on the extent to which duty is best served
Paragraph 1 k and gw,
Critique of k and gw,
Paragraph 2 clear precise
6  cards
‘Kantian ethics is so reliant on reason that it unduly rejects the importance of other factors, such as sympathy, empathy and love in moral decision-making’. Discuss.
Paragraph 1 reason,
P1 critique of reason,
Paragraph 2 ke too reliant on reason
7  cards
Assess whether or not ethical terms such as good, bad, right and wrong, have an objective factual basis that makes them true or false in describing something.
Intro,
Paragraph 1,
Paragraph 2 naturalistic fallacy
8  cards
Assess whether or not ethical terms such as good, bad, right and wrong, reflect only what is in the mind of the people using such terms. (INTUITIONISM)
Intuitionism,
Critique of intuitionism,
Response to critiques of intuitio...
4  cards
The falsification principle presents no real challenge to religious belief
0  cards
‘Verificationism cannot withstand its criticisms’. Discuss.
Intro,
Paragraph 1,
Critique of svp
7  cards
‘Paley’s arguments are weaker than the criticisms of them’. Discuss.
Paragraph 1 paley c p,
P1 criticism of watch analogy,
Response to evolution
7  cards
The Cosmological Argument cannot prove God exists
Intro,
Paragraph 1 way one,
Paragraph 1 way two
9  cards
To what extent is the ontological argument successful in proving the existence of God?
Introduction,
Paragraph 1 ao1 anselm,
Paragraph 1 criticism of anselm
11  cards

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