Browsing W&L Dept. of Philosophy by Subject "Philosophy"

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    • A Defense of Utilitarianism (thesis) 

      Jeb, Nafisa
      I will attempt to defend utilitarianism from the demandingness objection. The sort of utilitarianism that I refer to throughout is the consequentialist moral theory that obligates us to maximize well-being. The form of ...

    • Enlightened Anthropocentrism and its Environmental Policy Implications (thesis) 

      Zankman, Emily Lauren
      . . . I will now provide a quick roadmap of my thesis. In the first section, I will begin by explaining the notion of anthropocentrism and noting why environmentalists have felt the need to respond by proposing increasingly ...

    • To Live Gratefully: The Grateful Response to the Gift of Life (thesis) 

      Brown, William C.
      To evaluate the proper response to receiving the gift of life, we must ask what constitutes proper gratitude. I claim that there are two fundamental parts to gratitude: the mental state and the return. While this return ...