Utilitarianism Last time we considered three questions one might ask an ethical theory to answer i)Which acts are right and which are wrong? Which acts ought we to perform(understanding the\ought as a moral ii)What makes a particular action right or wrong? What is it about the action that determines its moral status? 111) How do we know what is right and wrong? There are a variety of strategies for answering(iii). One might hold e. g. that moral truths are revealed by god and
Different Sort of Personal Identity:\Ethical\ Identity . Personal Identity: \Ethical\v. \Metaphysical\questions The previous lectures and readings on personal identity were primarily concerned with the metaphysics of personal identity. Question of diachronic identity/unity: Confronted with an individual X at one time and Y at another, what would make it the case that X and Y are (or are parts of) the same person? We've seen that the answer to this question may well depend on what sort of thing you think persons are: are persons bodies? Streams of consciousness?
al Identity ll Problem of synchronic identity for persons: under what conditions are two simultaneous person-events events in the life of the same person? Problem of diachronic identity for persons under what conditions are two person-stages stages in the life of a single person. In particular, what makes a particular person-stage a continuation of me as I am right now? Background desiderata: an account of personal identity should allow for the possibility of anticipation and memory, i.e., of individual psychological connections between different person stages. It should also allow us to justify our practices of
24.00: Problems of Philosophy Prof. Sally Haslanger September 19, 2001 Evil and the Free Will Defense Review of the Problem 1)If God exists, she'd be OOG. [By hypothesis] )If an OOG being exists, there would be no evil. [from 1] 3)God exists. [Suppose]
What is Online Learning? In an online lesson, the computer displays material in response to a learner's request. The computer promotes the learner for more information and presents appropriate material based on the learners response. The material can be traditional lessons and tests that are transcribed into a computer program. The material can also be a complex program that tracks users'input and
Why Cost Estimation? Critically important part of system design Too high- lose the contract award Too low-over-run cost plus contracts, company loss on fixed price contracts Trends Design to cost Cost as an independent variable
Introduction (chapter objectives) Power spectral density Matched filters Recall former Chapter that random signals are used to convey information. Noise is also described in terms of statistics. Thus, knowledge of random signals and noise is fundamental to an understanding of communication systems
DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION Anemia is an absolute decrease in hematocrit, hemoglobin concentration,or the RBC count. Anemia is not a diagnosis, but a sign of underlying disease
