Science and Metaphysics Part IV- Scientific Ethics?

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David Tin Win
Thandee Kywe

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The following six controversies, which form a basic set of ethical issues, are used as basis for testing the applicability of science to ethics.
Hedonism (Epicurus) v. Nonhedonism (Plato)
Absolutism (Thomas Hobbes) v. Relativism (Thomas Aquinas)
Deontology (Kant) v. Teleology (Aristotle)
Nonconsequentialism v. Consequentia-lism
Free Will (St. Augustine) v. Determin-ism
Egoism v. Utilitarianism (John Stuart Mill)

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