A priori

Information system Ethics Review – Joseph Sionetuato In this review I will discuss the ethical theories of Kantianism and Utilitarianism, followed by an assessment of three ethical issues relates to 1. IT Professionals 2. Privacy and 3. Hacking Ethics is a field of study that defines the difference between right from wrong, and good from bad. Ethics analyses the moral of human behaviours, the policies relates, laws abide and social structures. People that study ethics attempt to justify their…

Nowadays, Bennis and Nanus (1985) claim that leadership is the natural expression of a fully integrated human being and Cashman (1998) describes leadership as the authentic self-expression that creates value. So, based on organisations, leadership should be viewed. There are a wide variety of views and understandings showing an argument between sacking a manager or not if a game is performing poorly. The answer tells us how we could view leadership in other organisations. Next, does sacking a…

3.5 Analytical Methods 3.5.1 Characterization of smallholder apiarists Descriptive statistics were used to determine the mean difference of socio-economic characteristics between the apiarists. The variables considered were; age of household head (measured in years), gender (given by the sex of household head (male=1, female=0), education level of household head (number of years of formal education attained by the household head). Others were: farming experience (measured number of years in…

In his Groundwork, German philosopher Immanuel Kant seeks to ground the metaphysics of morals in concepts of pure reason. Central to his work is “the categorical imperative,” that is, the formal procedure by which all rational beings may evaluate the moral worth of an action on the basis of its universalizability. In this essay, I will examine Kant’s ethic, specifically the categorical imperative, and assess the problems that arise within it. The fundamental basis of Kant’s moral philosophy…

In his book titled Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant provides a clear moral philosophy based on moral obligation as a fundamental value that all human beings should have. He proposes that an action must be performed from duty instead of with accordance to duty in order to have moral worth. Kant tries to prove that “the moral worth depends…not on the realization of the object of the action, but merely on the principle of volition according to which, without regard to any of…

In total, 3391 cancers were found, with 3825 expected, which produced a significant decrease in the rate of standardized incidence. No higher incidence was observed in cancers of the brain or nervous system, salivary gland or leukemia, cancers of a priori…

demonstrating that Anselm’s reply to Gaunilo’s objections are unconvincing. Anselm was the first one who developed the ontological argument, an argument for God’s existence based on reason, not on physical evidence. Philosophers call such arguments a priori arguments. In the first premise he defines God as the greatest possible being that can be imagined. Then, he argues that God exists in reality is getter than God exists in the mind. Consequently,…

George Santayana (1863-1952) [Madrid, Harvard, Rome]. A poet and essayist as well as a philosopher, George is an outstanding representative of Critical Realism, a form of naturalism. The objects of knowledge occupy either of two statuses; they may be existing substances or subsisting essences, though it is impossible to prove the independent existence of either type of object. Santayana stated that we believe in the objectivity of substance on the basis of animal faith. The ultimate substance…

Multilingualism will be enhanced in the future since there will not be a language that dominates the world (1). This is why second language learning, or acquisition, is becoming a more and more intriguing topic today. One thing, among others, that stands in the way of successful second language acquisition is that there are negative transfers of learner’s first language (L1) on the second language’s (L2) syntax, while the bigger the syntactic differences between L1 and L2 are, the more negative…

The study of ethics is a crucial part of philosophical analysis. This philosophical area is critical in providing insight on how to properly practice morality, and what exactly it means to be a moral person. Individuals are faced with ethical dilemmas on a daily basis, as they are the foundation for how we behave and respond in certain situations. As with almost every other philosophical topic, there are a wide variety of different theories relating to ethics. Each of these theories, while…