Taking a course in philosophy is like taking a journey to a foreign land. ... It states that philosophy is nothing but a bunch of head games. Even misconceptions about philosophy are still conceptions. ... Aesthetics is the philosophy of art and beauty. ... The next origin of philosophy that I will cover is ethics. ...
Taking a course in philosophy is like taking a journey to a foreign land. ... It states that philosophy is nothing but a bunch of head games. Even misconceptions about philosophy are still conceptions. ... Aesthetics is the philosophy of art and beauty. ... The next origin of philosophy that I will cover is ethics. ...
The philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and St. ... Plato's philosophy assumes that God exists as a supremely good being whose goodness is analogous to Plato's concrete concept or the ultimate good. ... One problem with Plato's philosophy is his inconsistency; he owes the existence of his Ideas to both God and goodness, but he claims the two are not identical....
Confucianism has serves as primary role as a social and moral philosophy. ... Utilitarianism is a hedonistic philosophy that's goal is to maximize happiness, and minimize pain for the greatest number of people. ... One similarity between both theories is that they are both considered philosophies. ... Both philosophies feel education is good, thus they both believe that cultivation or gaining education is good. ... Besides being a philosophy in my opinion Confucianism is an ethical way of life. ...
It also aims to uncover those sources of wisdom and knowledge within the Western history of philosophy and theology, which might be helpful in developing new perspectives for an appropriate response to this crisis. ... A second and decisive development, by which nature is secularised, neutralised, is found at the beginning of the hegemony of the conceptual-nominalistic tradition in Western philosophy and theology. ... Although Ockham's doctrine is a prelude to the typically modern adage of the 'verum et factum convertuntur', the birthplace of modern science is Nicholas Cusan...
Ethics is very much like a philosophy on life, because there is no real way of determining what is right and wrong. ... I don't know if I necessarily agree with this philosophy, but it goes to show that there is no right ethic, only what's accepted. ... I have developed my own set of ethics and philosophy from the bible and from what feels right in my heart. The Nietzche philosophy, although it may be the best for the individual, will not always be better for the whole, because the way society is today, the lesser man is helped, and it's a system that recycles itself, becaus...
Utilitarianism and Kantian Thinking Ethics is one part of philosophy that will always be studied, and like most subjects in philosophy, will never be viewed the same by everyone. ... In the studies of philosophy these beliefs are put into two categories: utilitarian, witch would give leeway to the guilty depending on the circumstances, and Kantian, were a crime is a crime, no matter the motives involved. ... Utilitarianism philosophy is that any act can be morally justified if the motive is intended to be for the greater good, but the Kantian theory states that the morality of an act is based...
This question of whether Kant believes there is free will, is wholly inconsequential to a more complete understanding of the Kantian ethic or moral philosophy in general. ... The essay also assumes that Kantian philosophy is normative and not descriptive in order to lend clarity to the thesis. ... Here, a contradiction in the essay may seem apparent to the lay reader but to those versed in Kant's moral philosophy, it is readily dismissed. ... While Kant never had to deal with this particular and somewhat overused example, James Rachels in his Elements of Moral Philosophy attempts to...
He is torn between his mother's animalistic nature, the generally moral and humane world of the Danes, and the philosophy of the dragon. ... These differing philosophies, and Grendel inability to resolve them, leave him confused and angry throughout his violent, isolated life. ...
From what we learn of him in Plato does Socrates offer a philosophy that is genuinely progressive and radical in its wish to reform the society of the day? Following the Socratic model what role, if any, could philosophy play in addressing political and moral problems of our times? In this essay, I will attempt to argue that Socrates does offer the society of his day progressive and radical philosophy. ... Thus it can be said that Socrates does offer a philosophy which is radical and progressive in its wish to reform society. ... Whether he did or whether he didn't, there can be lit...
Ethics is also known as a moral philosophy and customarily every religion and culture has guidelines and common beliefs of what is considered moral. ... To feel justified in acting in a right or wrong way humans rely on a personal philosophy and, therefore, curiosity arises about ways to know how to establish this philosophy properly. ... Deciding whether something is ethical is a very relative issue considering that each culture's beliefs are held to be right within that culture, and to validly judge them one would have to strip oneself of any outside values from their own ...
Utilitarianism is a philosophy based on pleasure seeking; its basic principle is "the greatest happiness of the greatest number". ... Since this philosophy is concerned about producing happiness it's a consequentialist theory, because consequences do matter and they determine a lot, because they show if an action is morally right or wrong. ... Utilitarianism, like any other philosophy, it has its flaws and strengths. ... Nonetheless utilitarianism wouldn't be a bad philosophy for a society to adopt because it avoids problem of conflicting duties and raises much more equalit...
(Philosophy 2201 Required Readings, pg.29) In essence, a societies culture determines what is morally right and wrong. ... (Philosophy 2201 Required Readings, pg.33-34) Rachels reads Benedicts above argument and forms his own version of it: - "The cultural differences argument: 1) Different cultures have different moral codes; 2) therefore, there is no objective truth in morality. ... (Philosophy 2201 Required Readings, pg.35) Consider this; Rachels identifies a gather/hunter Eskimo society in a remote part of the frozen artic (environment & living conditions) that practices infanticide ...
He knows himself that doing philosophy every day is the greatest good. ... Then the court orders him to abandon philosophy on pain of death. ... As was argued, since the god commands the practice of philosophy and the pursuit of justice, to obey the god is to obey one's own reasoned conclusion about the just. ... Thus Socrates in the Crito recognizes the validity of, exercising one's own moral judgment when it results from careful reasoning from philosophy -- as well as following the opinion of the expert or government, if there is one. ...
Scholars in many countries found it increasingly difficult to bridge the gulf between natural and supernatural, to reconcile natural law and divine providence, and to balance moral philosophy and spiritual virtue. ... Around this time Spinoza was expanding a philosophy deeply marked by natural science, which was incompatible with a literal belief in the Bible. ... He wrote on philosophy, science, music, and art, and wrote novels, essays, and dramatic pieces Rousseau's most important work is The Social Contract that describes the relationship of man with society. ... There are Romanticis...
Kant's purpose of this book is to develop a "pure" moral philosophy, a "metaphysics of morals" that relies on the priori concepts of reason, not empirical. ... Kant tries to develop a moral philosophy that depends only on the fundamental concepts of reason. ... I conclude that Kant's moral philosophy is short-sited. ...
Philosophy is based on reason, he declared, and theology comes from faith in divine revelation, yet both come from God. So Thomas believed that any differences between divine revelation and the conclusions of philosophy result from faulty reasoning. ... These central doctrines of Plato's philosophy are called his theory of forms or theory of ideas." ...
The goal of a humanist education was to prepare students for everyday life. When humanism emerged, education was logical and preparatory. Humanist educators sought to provide the Italian nobility and upper class with the skills and knowledge needed to make moral decisions in all situations. The d...
WH Walsh wrote the book Hegelian Ethics in 1969 in an attempt to make clear the philosophy and writings of a philosopher that was neglected by other philosophers for more than a generation. ... Walsh begins his book by explaining that very few students in philosophy in the English-speaking world have an accurate knowledge of Hegels ethical theories. ... Hegel saw philosophy as taking stock of what has been achieved and lay bare its theoretical foundations. ...
Necessary Evil Machiavellianism is characterized by subtle or unscrupulous cunning, deception, duplicity, bad faith, and false hope. The political doctrine of Machiavelli, which denies the relevance of morality in political affairs, holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing and main...
Cicero begins the volume by relating to us why he has chosen Philosophy as his current field of study, his only field of study. ... So to forget his sorrows he took up philosophy. Cicero believed that the best method for learning was philosophy because it literally meant love of wisdom. ...
Priest and ministers make up panels that handle moral issues. People feel that they have the upper hand in knowledge when it comes to morality. Most hospitals have an ethics committee, which include healthcare professionals, lawyers, and religious representatives. The reason why priest and ministers are thought of in this way is not because they are wiser; it is because they have better and deeper reasoning with morality than most people. The Divine Command Theory is what most religious people look at as to tell what is right and wrong. ...
Utilitarianism and Kant's philosophy of principle, duty-based ethics and virtue ethics represent three different interpretations and theories however virtue ethics offers more as a basis for living a good ethical life. ... Although there is no definite and clear agreement on what specifically the virtues are, Aristotle's aim is not to provide a comprehensive or definitive list of the moral virtues, just to give some representative examples, which highlight their role in promoting human well being.6 What makes it also stand out from that of utilitarianism and Kant's philosophy is...
