American philosophy

With Fate and Freewill at hand, it can go either way. Fate being what is going to happen in the future of a person’s life or society while free will being that society or a person can decide whether they are going to make change to the future depending on what is or isn't going to be changed. Knowing this, Fate will always defeat free will no matter the situation that could be occurring. Freewill does have the power to change things but Fate will always be the one to take the lead in the end.…

Intro to Ethics Final Paper Dalton Atwood University of Southern Indiana Ethical Theory Theory A) Theory A will deal with the Ethical Theory of Virtue Ethics. Virtue Ethics deals with the way people act and carry themselves through life. It is hard to be perfectly Virtual because there are two sides to Virtue Ethics. Just like there is good and bad people, usually the same is involved in whether the person is a good virtue or a bad virtue. Virtue Ethics consist of vices which are two…

Ethics and Business Ethics is a branch of philosophy and is considered a normative science as it is concerned with the norms of human conduct. It is the conception of right and wrong behavior, defining for us when our actions are moral or immoral. Business Ethics is the art and discipline of applying ethical principles to examine and solve complex moral dilemmas. A business is considered to be ethical only if it manages to reach a tradeoff between pursuing its economic objective and fulfilling…

How can human beings know anything at all? How should they attempt to live their lives? Locke generally sought to answer these questions during his intellectual life (Dunn, 2003). Through the course of this essay, we will consider, what the state of nature is from Locke’s perspective and how this is so vastly different from Hobbes, what are the so-called ‘problems’ contained in the state of nature according to Locke, what are Locke’s reasons for leaving the state of nature, and finally what are…

(Note that this definition does not include or suggest the intention of the killing.) Today’s society deems killing as unethical, as it goes against and beyond social norms and mores, and because of its condemnation, killing is an immoral act that cannot be justified. However, there are few forms of killings that can actually be debated on whether it is justifiable, because of the intentions and reasons that are able to substantiate that it should be permitted. This essay aims to examine the…

Tom is an American philosopher who focuses on the issue of animal rights and believes strongly that animals should indeed have rights. He calls for three things specifically in his book The Case for Animal Rights; “the total abolition of the use of animals in science…

Hate Radio: The Outer Limits of Tasteful Broadcasting Today in our world, unfortunately, we are often faced with ethical dilemmas. Whether they are either expected or unexpected, it’s vital for one to know how to solve these dilemmas, especially when working in media. In order to effectively do this, it is important for one to be familiar with both the tools and theories behind the intellectual minds of society’s infamous ethicists. However, keep in mind that this process is difficult, because…

English philosopher John Locke may be the most prominent philosopher after Plato. His philosophies are exceptional and he justified many documents and ideas. John Locke began his philosophical influence when An Essay Concerning Human Understanding was published in 1690. Locke’s emphasis on the mind as a blank slate, tabula rasa, and on the centrality of liberty were large contributions to the Enlightenment and are the biggest influence that he left on our world today. Locke’s ideas and writings…

A lot of the time Taoism was been bundled with religions and philosophies like Buddhism and even Confucianism. All three philosophies have their similarities but are vastly different from eachother. This was mostly done in the confusion of their similarities in addition to missionaries combining the three to help promote their philosophies. Another issue with the spread of Taoism is that most Purist Taoists fell that if you truly wish to learn about…

In his Republic, Plato makes the claim that “only philosophy can save us” (Book V, 573d). Thousands of years later, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote Democracy in America. Many scholars summarize his beliefs as, “only institutions can save us”, a direct repudiation of Plato. In this paper, I will show that, in fact, Plato’s philosophy is embedded in Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, specifically revolving around the preference for community and collectivism rather than private gain. In the Republic,…