PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: HUMAN SENSES, APPETITES AND AFFECTIVITY
GROUP 4: MONK & Co. ADVOCATES
Jonathan Obwaya 084522
Shelmith Kuria 083671
Gilbert Macharia 083701
Rose Mburu 083688
Patience Maingi 081322
Aziza Mwendwa 082731
Sharon Mutono 083881
Lauriene Maingi 084040
Explain how knowledge of human senses, appetites, and affectivity can be used in Law and other fields that relate to Law.
This paper delves into the human senses, our appetites and affectivity, from a purely philosophical view. It also discerns how they relate to the Law and disciplines related to it, not forgetting how we can use this knowledge practically.
HUMAN APPETITES AND SENSES
Senses – faculties that perceives stimuli either within or without …show more content…
One of the necessary elements of some crimes is mens rea . This is a Latin term that means “intending mind”. From the definition you can tell this is the mental element of an offense. Mens rea can be viewed from different perspectives that vary in their degree of magnitude. The offense of killing a man can incur a wide range of punishment, depending entirely on what level of mens rea is found present in the criminal's mind at the time the crime was committed. The difference between gross negligence and deliberate intention in this case could be the difference between a few years in prison and capital punishment. . If you accidentally murder someone while in a fit of passion without malicious forethought, the court will account for this in their sentencing. This shows that human affectivity is taken into …show more content…
Positive affectivity facilitates reaching an agreement and can be instrumental in attaining concessions. This is because people in a positive mood have more confidence and higher tendencies to plan to use a co-operative strategy. Negative emotions can cause intense and even irrational behavior, and can cause conflicts to escalate and negotiations to break down, but may also be instrumental in attaining concessions. Positive and negative discrete emotions can be strategically displayed to influence relational
GROUP 4: MONK & Co. ADVOCATES
Jonathan Obwaya 084522
Shelmith Kuria 083671
Gilbert Macharia 083701
Rose Mburu 083688
Patience Maingi 081322
Aziza Mwendwa 082731
Sharon Mutono 083881
Lauriene Maingi 084040
Explain how knowledge of human senses, appetites, and affectivity can be used in Law and other fields that relate to Law.
This paper delves into the human senses, our appetites and affectivity, from a purely philosophical view. It also discerns how they relate to the Law and disciplines related to it, not forgetting how we can use this knowledge practically.
HUMAN APPETITES AND SENSES
Senses – faculties that perceives stimuli either within or without …show more content…
One of the necessary elements of some crimes is mens rea . This is a Latin term that means “intending mind”. From the definition you can tell this is the mental element of an offense. Mens rea can be viewed from different perspectives that vary in their degree of magnitude. The offense of killing a man can incur a wide range of punishment, depending entirely on what level of mens rea is found present in the criminal's mind at the time the crime was committed. The difference between gross negligence and deliberate intention in this case could be the difference between a few years in prison and capital punishment. . If you accidentally murder someone while in a fit of passion without malicious forethought, the court will account for this in their sentencing. This shows that human affectivity is taken into …show more content…
Positive affectivity facilitates reaching an agreement and can be instrumental in attaining concessions. This is because people in a positive mood have more confidence and higher tendencies to plan to use a co-operative strategy. Negative emotions can cause intense and even irrational behavior, and can cause conflicts to escalate and negotiations to break down, but may also be instrumental in attaining concessions. Positive and negative discrete emotions can be strategically displayed to influence relational