Objection Essays

Just a decade ago, reality television programmes were considered a fad. Today, they have exploded into a phenomenon that takes over primetime television all over the world. Since the beginning, reality television is known for the bad reputation and it’s criticisms. Many condemn it for being cheap, sensationalised and promoting immoral values and lifestyles. However, these criticisms over-generalise the entire genre of television based on a small number of lousy shows. There are a diversity of reality

134776 PH134 – Philosophy of Language Cratylus Plato’s Cratylus is a dialogue about the ‘correctness of names’, or the method of assigning or appropriating names to things. In the exchange, three interlocutors participate and contribute to the discussion at hand. Hermogenes defends the idea that the correctness of names is establishing linguistic conventions. He points out the randomness with which names are imposed and facile way of changing them as evidence that there is nothing more than simply

The making of film, or the concept of it, has been around since the beginning of the 18th century. The lens of the camera has captured some of the most beautiful things, but also the most prejudice. Stereotypes of races, ethnicities, and gender have always been around but were widely considered acceptable in films of that era. Almost as long as there have been people filming, there have been people fighting for equality to be presented on the big screen. Danez Smith is one of these modern fighters

The Challenge of Scepticism -The Dream Argument. Descartes’ ‘Dream Argument’ suggests that we can never really trust our senses to tell the difference between the dream world and reality. In Descartes’ Meditations of First Philosophy (Descartes, 1641), he states he has dreamt he was; “in this particular place, that I was dressed and seated by the fire, whilst in reality I was lying undressed in bed!” (Descartes, 1641) This suggests that in his dream, he believed he was awake when in actual fact

intuitive dislike that utilitarianism prompts in the minds of many, that it has been subject to several criticisms. In this essay, I will use both moral intuitions and examples to outline three of the strongest objections to utilitarianism. I will furthermore illustrate how such objections ultimately show utilitarianism to be unsuccessful. To achieve this it is, however, necessary that I discuss the concept of utilitarianism, as well as how such a theory influences the decisions and actions of moral

‘conscientious objection’ http://www.immunise.health.gov.au/internet/immunise/publishing.nsf/Content/acir-cons-object-hist.htm, a document that exempts children from being immunized based on various reasons, including parental beliefs, which will be ineffective of 1st January 2016.The ‘Conscientious Objection’ Data shows a large rise in people objecting to the immunization of their children. December 31st 1999, only 0.23% (4, 271) of children are exempted using conscientious objection. Meanwhile, on

grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion. The Department of Defense defines conscientious objection as a “firm, fixed, and sincere objection to the participation in war in any form or the bearing of arms, by reason of religious training and/or belief.” (Conscientious Handbook pg 57a). Conscientious Objection has been an ongoing battle since the beginning of war. Conscientious objection to war has never been a popular choice in any time period or in any place. In the United States, there

In this paper I intend to argue that utilitarianism is generally untenable because act and rule utilitarianism both have objections that prove they cannot fully provide the sure answer on how to make moral decisions and what will be the ultimate outcome. I intend to do this by defining the argument for act and rule utilitarianism, giving an example, presenting the objections to act and rule utilitarianism and proving that utilitarianism is untenable. Both act and rule utilitarianism attempt to

Sandel’s two objections to utilitarianism are individual rights and a common currency of value. Sandel’s first objection is individual rights as he believes that utilitarianism does not respect individual rights because utilitarianism deals with total utility or sum of satisfactions (37). Hence, utilitarianism does not focus on the individual but rather what the majority, finds the most satisfying or pleasurable. The second objection Sandel has to utilitarianism is a common currency of value. Sandel

born as a great catastrophe. Thomas Nagel gives three possible objections and three replies. The first objection being, anything that causes dissatisfaction can be an evil yet how can the end of life be evil if no one is dissatisfied. Second, once someone is dead there is nothing left, so who is there to suffer? Third, if the time before we were born wasn’t horrible how can the period after death be? His replies to these objections are as follows. The experiences of a person whether they are

Constitution. George Mason from Virginia, Edmund Randolph also from Virginia, and Elbridge Gerry from Massachusetts refused to sign the Constitution in 1787. Just George Mason by himself listed 16 oppositions to the document on the back of a copy. Some objections were the lack of a bill of rights and the absence of not immediately abolishing the slave trade. 2. The founding father I picked was William Samuel Johnson born on October 7, 1727 in Stratford, CT and passed away November 14, 1819. In 1787,

Objections to Woman Suffrage Women’s suffrage was the largest reform movement and this movement brought a lot of change for women and everyone in America. Women for many years faced so many obstacles from inequality. They were faced with restrictions in labor, they were unable to have certain occupations, and they were also unable to vote. There were many objections to women’s suffrage, however, women and their accomplishments and integrity answered and gave the reasoning behind them all. In other

An ethical objection about brief therapy is that the therapist runs his/her own agenda and fails to listen to the client. Brief therapy requires the therapist to be direct (B. Hardy, personal communication, April 30, 2015). For instance, the therapist rushes the client from talking about the problem to talking about the solution right away. The forceful change of thinking disrupts the client’s venting process and leaves the client feeling dismissed. Although, brief therapy requires changing client’s

In this paper, my goal is to outline the objections Elisabeth raises to Descartes in their correspondence, explain Descartes’ response to those objections, and demonstrate the inadequacy of Descartes’ response to Elisabeth’s objections while considering and addressing possible objections to that point. The crux of Elisabeth’s objection to Descartes is the precise mechanism by which a non-extended and immaterial thing, like the soul, affects an extended and material thing, like the body. Elisabeth

lives of quiet desperation”, meaning they appear content yet are constantly in a state of distress which they put upon themselves; attributing this to the way in which humans obsess themselves with certain things (Thoreau, 7). I associate Thoreau’s objections to fashion, architecture, philanthropy and red meat with a line from the Economy chapter, which reads, “So much for a blind obedience to a blundering oracle…”, reminding one of the fact that we simply follow the actions of others without ever pausing

Chavez, I cannot stress enough the emphasis on the objection letter from Cook County DA! Please, I need you to depict a different image of me or minimize its severity than originally portrayed by the DA. If we can counter attack the DA’s letter, most likely they will run out of ammo to attack us next time. The following emphasizes I need you to work on (just my recommendation, I am certain you have your strategy): • Minimize immigration/deportation since the DA claimed it is a federal concern

it should be permissible or impermissible. Abortion is topic that challenges the ideals of many people’s views. The specific view that is going to be discussed is the Warren and the infanticide objection argument. This argument implies having an abortion should be permissible, but it holds a moral objection to abortion. Since abortion has been a very controversial issue in our country for the past couple of decades. Several people argue that when a woman gets an abortion, she is taking away a life

PART A: Basics of Virtue Ethics, and an Objection Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics is a theory that takes focus away from action and spotlights character. If one focuses on living virtuously, it is logical to believe that the actions they take would encompass goodness. One must condition both their feelings and actions to be virtuous because virtue is learned not inherent. Humans are naturally driven by their needs and desires. It takes acting virtuously repeatedly to make it a consistent habit. This

Hindu’s Third Objection to Christianity: On another note, a popular acronym known as Y-O-L-O stands for “You Only Live Once” — meaning that people can aspire to live their lives to the fullest or to whatever their hearts’ desire. With this phrase, Hindus strongly disagree for they believe that through the process of reincarnation people cycle through rebirth numerous times. Hence, the Hindu belief as to why reincarnation stands for the procession of a soul’s indestructibility transmigrating from

McCloskey’s main objection to theism is the presence of evil in the world and he raises it several times. The language of this claim seems to imply that it is an example of the logical form of the problem. To best answer why there is evil; both physical and natural can be done by saying there is a God. He has given us freewill. Humans have the ability to stop there from being evil but choose not to. Next arises the question if there is free will, why is there natural evil? The most suitable solution