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It seems possible for Kantian theory to allow an abortion or even infanticide, since these do not kill rational agents.

It is likely that there are only instrumental values, with no value being intrinsic.

Assange blew whistle that US Apache helicopter killed innocent people because there was a known threat from them.

In the dialogue Euthyphro, Euthyphro wins the argument 

Determining how to properly assess a religion’s moral teachings is especially important because so many things-both terrible and good-are done by people based on their religious beliefs.

Second wave feminism focused on personal identity and gender, which led to the third wave’s focus on critiquing society and exposing its established inequities against women.

Different social groups may differ in some moral beliefs while also sharing many others. The widely shared beliefs are probably rooted in human nature while the differences probably reflect distinctive characteristics of the groups.

Kant bases his moral theory on a person’s duty towards other humans.

A balloon expands from 0.0100 L to 0.450 L against an external pressure of 10.00 atm. How much work is done in joules?  101.3 J = 1 L · atm

What is the enthalpy change (in kJ) of a chemical reaction that raises the temperature of 250.0 mL of solution having a density of 1.25 g/mL by 7.20°C? (The specific heat of the solution is 3.74 J/g-K.)