Philosophy Essays

Instead, he fulfilled the legally mandated death sentence despite his belief that the sentence and the conviction were wrong (Green 1). Socrates regarded his obligations to obey the law as similar to the roles of the son towards his father. Just like his father, the state begat him, educated him, protected him, nurtured him, and told him that he could either stay and obey all the city’s laws or leave and escape the restrictions of all its laws when he reached the age of the majority (D’Amato 8).

Since the days of the early Greeks, humans have known of specific ways to increase their ability to persuade others to adhere to a specific point of view. This essay describes those on the example of an inauguration speech of USC President C.L. Max Nikias, which he delivered On October 15, 2010.

Based on the study of ethics, utilitarianism and deontology are two philosophical theories that are often used when deciding whether or not a given action made by an individual is morally acceptable or not. The act of judging whether or not a given action is morally right or wrong is considered a very complex situation.

D who was a professor of philosophy at Boston College at the time of writing this article. He was a student in Calvin College (AB 1959) and Fordham University (MA 1961, Ph.D., 1965). He has started his teaching career from Villanova University from 1962-1965 and later joined Boston College as a professor.

It therefore becomes very difficult to have a clear cut difference between Socrates philosophies and Plato’s. The Ontological dualism is one of the philosophies presented by Plato. The philosophy is simply a theory of the ideas. Ontologically speaking, the ideas herein do not only include the real objects but rather, on an epistemological speaking, they comprise authentically objects of knowledge.

Abolition of the Death Penalty Introduction The Death penalty is part of capital punishment administered by a state upon an individual who has committed certain crimes deemed serious by the state in question. It requires the life of the person in question be put to an end.

It is as a result of a dire need for patient protection, that healthcare ethics were devised and followed to the letter. Regarding patient privacy, it is the responsibility of health practitioners to ensure that patient’s personal information is well safeguarded and that, patients enjoy the freedom of security of information.

Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Woman in the Dunes Introduction The film “Woman in the Dunes”, directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara, was released in 1964. It was based on the 1962 novel by Kobo Abe. It is a story about an entomologist named Jumpei Niki who goes on an expedition to study insects that inhabit sand dunes.

Teacher effectiveness, in the minutest sense is defined by the teacher’s ability to improve the stature and abilities of the students (Little et all, 2009). For this very purpose the accountability of the teacher is very important, which is itself linked the responsibility index of the person.

Singer seems to give a devastating critique to the ordinary ways many people and countries think about famine relief, charity, and morality in broad terms. Therefore, singer is trying to demonstrate that the people to be considerable than the people do in normal circumstances (Singer, 2005).

The two are not only concerned with the individual, but also the manner in which the individual interacts within a group, and the consequent tensions that may occur out of these interactions. This essay attempts to explore the manner in which both Locke and Kant address the concept of human freedom.

Apparently, negotiation is used in such environments as the political and the business fields. Notably, negotiation has been the most effective method of control sharing in the world of politics. Similarly, negotiation is applied in making of business contracts and setting of prices.

Morality is a philosophic discipline that entails standards and principles which evaluate the conduct of an individual in regard to his or her actions. It focuses on how bad or good one's conduct is. It is regarded by society, religion culture, and family setting. On the other hand, ethics is about the decisions which we make. 

Generally, knowledge is defined as something that is believed to be true and can be backed up with evidence. A belief is something that is believed to be true, but there is not adequate evidence. On the other hand, the Oxford Dictionaries also define knowledge as facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education.

This argument is based on assertion that dolphins have intricate brain and human or person like level of self awareness. This has led experts in philosophy and conservation to conclude that dolphins are humans. Thomas White notes that dolphins should be awarded an equal treatment same to human beings.

An ethically bad life. What is an ethically bad life? How do we know? Ethics is a complex subject, which is concerned with the nature of the decisions, actions and the choices of individuals. Ethics has to do with the things that humans do or fail to do – the ethical models in this question are classed as the “ethics of doing”.

According to the paper the writers are considered enemies of the society as they preach different and intrusive thoughts and actions in the public. The people are notorious for resisting change and due to this reason; they do not necessarily like the novelties. The story entitled “The Secret Loin” discussed two characters, whom were bored with exactitude of the routine.

The philosopher also gives a literal example of the sky being blue and the ring surrounding it all the way to the horizon. In this context, the word meaning is much like giving information but trying to figure out what the information is there without thinking about the purpose behind it. In this sense is like asking what information life gives us.

The idea of John Harris should rather be just considered as his brilliant idea, but people should never come to an agreement of having to implement it. The sacrifice of giving your life for another to live is also a very big sacrifice a person can make sense no one is a saint and we all want to live. 

Postmodernism has received several criticisms. Postmodernism criticizes ontology and epistemology in such a way that welcomes any meaning. In their defense, postmodernists use modernist communication theory. They move that communicators’ intentions play a key role in shaping the meaning of communication.

In the Judaeo-Christian tradition the existence of a personal God who is absolutely good is a central tenet. He is also absolutely powerful, and the first cause of everything that exists because he created the world out of nothing.

In book 1, St. Augustine states “...and in Thee live the eternal reasons of all things unreasoning and temporal”. The verse shows that Saint Augustine God allows everything that happens on a person, community, or country. God allows the famines to kill thousands of hungry people in some parts of the world. God allowed the killing of innocent civilians during the September 2001 Osama Bin Laden attack on New York and the Pentagon.

The soul cannot be stolen by anyone as it is the subjective and the very essence of each human being that controls the physical body. It resides with the subconscious mind, and takes control of the habits, values and the personal identity. Morality resides with the soul as it pertains also to the spirit.

In this context, the challenges in regard to the management of environmental resources worldwide have been increased. The measures taken are often proved inadequate in order to secure the protection of environment as a factor influencing all aspects of daily life.

However, this is only possible if there is mutual respect and understanding between two different parties. According to Pervez (2003), the parties may differ politically, socially and also by cultural norms; thus, affect processes of negotiation. The political and social norms can be changed, but the cultural views cannot be changed since they shape a country’s operations.

Such views are supposed to be regardless of any religious views as the state is meant to protect every individual’s rights as long as he or she operates within the law. Laws are created by the state to control and govern the entire society within the boundaries of the state and not a section of the state in terms of religious sects.

Aristotle does not suggest that people need to have a single opinion but they should define for themselves what it means to live well and conditions to achieving this. The noble, the beneficial and the pleasant are the most desirable kinds of things in life but it is not possible to have all of them.

This paper analyzes a business case study in which ethics was violated. The case study analyzed in this paper is about a customer who had her room given to another customer despite having a reservation. Ethical theories used in the analysis are the deontology theory and the teleology theory.

Three well-respected early scholars, who presented theories about the nature of the soul, are Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes. This paper will examine my opinion and the theories of Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes, across eight factors.

Apart from the cancerous cells, the doctor also discerns the presence of genes associated with the causation of the HIV virus. A point rings to the doctor that perhaps the man could be already infected with HIV, a point that would only be proven through further testing.

Abortion is a sensitive issue that has diverse views such as preventing grave injuries to the woman, substantial risks to the child in the event that it is born, among others. This poses questions on levels and grounds on which a woman is allowed to undergo abortion.

On its most simplistic level, utilitarianism states that humans normally seek to further a course of action that maximizes utility. Generally, this action of the maximization of utility necessarily leads one to seek to minimize suffering and maximize happiness.

This informs that in the situation of ethical dilemma, the stipulated moral guiding cannot be used to logically determine which course is right and which one is not; whichever action is taken, there has to be a wrong and a justified reason for the same. Moral dilemmas have different origins and depend on the source, they can be classified as those from moral uncertainty, self-imposed, world imposed and those that are prohibitory (Garber 29).

Still for some reasons the cases of ethical violations by the companies or some of the employees of the companies tend to come into public. Over the years there have been various cases of unethical business practices. The most famous one would be related to Lehman Brothers that lead to a global economic disaster (Shaw, 2007). 

As elements of particulars resemble closer with one another, identity becomes stronger; hence, two particulars become one and resemblance becomes an identity (109). In this paper, this argument is negated with the supposition that two different universes cannot be identified because they do not resemble completely as they have different elements.

Both desire to own the same end-results, which is societal well-being. The harmonious blending of the theories of the different principle, propounded by the two philosophers is possible. They have a common meeting ground and the important criterion is all the voluntary transactions need to be beneficial to the concerned parties who are competent to judge the utility of transactions.

Theodicy involves these traditional arguments and weighs these arguments against the scale of the problem of evil. G.W. Leibniz is a case in point. According to Leibniz, this world, no matter how imperfect, is the best of all possible worlds that God would have created in any way.

Aristotle believed that the task of ethics was to come up with the highest and the best good that is found in human life. Thus, all human activities always aim at some recognized higher end that we always consider as good. Most activities that human beings incur in are a means of attaining a higher end.

This essay concerns the freedom of human. When we actually get the balance between social order, personal freedom and ecological integrity correctly, the vast majority of people can live happily with individual freedom and minimal constraints. Our freedom together with constraints are formalized into kind of long agreement.

It is based on several theories and approaches which are tested, researched, and analyzed before they are considered to be authentic or to have some matter of truth in them (Lewis, pg. 456-457) Two of the various approaches of psychology are functionalism and behaviorism.

The Hamilton 16 was a 2nd part in the essays that argue that the federal laws should apply to the people and not just the states. Hamilton addresses the need for the federal government to legislate directly over the people of the United States. I agree with Hamilton on the Government having control on the activities of the people.

These arts are aimed at putting harmony to evoke a mode using natural phenomena as source for artistic reflection. The three 19th century impressionists painting that I am going to purchase are the oil canvass Riviere et falaise of French artist Jean Desire Gustave Courbet; the Lecture of Itaian artist Vittorio Reggianini; and the Venetian cityscape dubbed as A Gondolier on Venetian Backwaters oil canvass by Antoine Bouvard, Sr.

The key figures of the period recognized as the Middle Ages were the aristocratic men who headed a lot of money and who gained recognition for their achievements. Society was shaped in such a way so that the poor were becoming poorer and the rich were getting richer, and the poor had little chance to advance in their social status.

It is therefore particularly difficult to understand the existence of evil, a rebellious force against God’s plans, and His creation, in an environment in which God’s power is believed to be supreme. It is for example expected that as light drives away darkness, God’s power eliminate evil.

Donald clarifies that the three categories of knowledge relate to self-mind, immediate environment, and finally knowledge of others. He then demonstrates the interrelation of the three categories of knowledge and clarifies how they help in their complementary understanding. In this relation, he asserts that the three knowledge forms a tripod in which the absence of any of them automatically makes it unable to stand.

What is Morality? Why should Society be Moral at all? The Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines the word ‘moral’ in its main entry as ‘relating to the standards of good behaviour, fairness, honesty etc. which each person believes in, rather than to laws’ and the word ‘morality’ refers to ‘a personal or social set of standards for good or bad behaviour and character, or the quality of being right, honest or acceptable’.

Plato’s philosophical analysis on the nature of knowledge is one of the cherished doctrines in all the works that he has involved himself in.  In essence, he gives the analysis of the nature of knowledge as one that revolves around humanity through an understanding of nature in terms of real perspective.

This paper is based on examining educational philosophies. It is specifically dealing with Quebec education policy which was a form of education system aimed at producing competent individuals. The paper identifies some elements of Quebec and their weaknesses. It also explores the problems faced by the Quebec education system.  

However, the sacrifice of his son never took place and it was replaced by a sheep, but the test was only to judge the submission or choice of Abraham. Therefore, anguish leaves one a little perplexed, but the choice determines how one intends to choose for personal benefit or the human race to imitate him due to resoluteness.

This is a situation where pressure is being put on a company to enact political change. This is not a function of an oil company. An oil company should, locate, extract and refine crude oil into products that support modern societies. CalTex has no right to enact regime change in any of the countries in which it is doing business.