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What is an essential quality for a good leader?

Describe a situation where effective decision-making was essential for a leader.

What is moral objectivism? Explain four virtues of this view? Explain the objections against moral objectivism based on the value of tolerance and the role of science. How does Landau respond to these objections? Critically evaluate his response.  

What is moral objectivism? Explain four virtues of this view? Explain the objections against moral objectivism based on the value of tolerance and the role of science. How does Landau respond to these objections? Critically evaluate his response.  

What is the multiple realizability argument and why does it support functionalism over psycho-neural identity theory? Critically evaluate this argument. To give a full answer: You need to explain psycho-neural identity. You need to explain functionalism You need to explain what it is for something to realize a function and what multiple realizability means. You need to explain the argument. You need to critically evaluate the soundness of the argument.

John Searle thinks that the Turning test is not a good test for intelligence. To defend this claim he gives an argument called the Chinese room argument. Explain this argument and how it purports to show that the Turning test is not a good test for intelligence. After doing this, critically evaluate this argument. To give a full answer:   You need to explain the Turing test. You need to explain the Chinese room set up. You need to explain the argument. You need to comment on whether you agree or disagree with the argument by evaluating its soundness.

Explain the problem of evil and two possible solutions to it. Critically evaluate these solutions.

What is Nihilism and what’s the difference between its two main versions (error theory and expressivism?) What are the main attractions of expressivism? How does Hume’s motivational argument support expressivism? Give a critical response to this argument.