American philosophy

how it is presented in God’s eye are similar. For us to know the being we must know the truth which has spawned from the creative “eye” of God. This in a way ends up being a cycle and help shows how Pieper can explain his ideas. He draws from the philosophies of important figures like Aristotle and Aquinas, by using both of their ideas on being…

those worse (Plato Republic, 519d-521d), it’s said to be finished through compulsion and as a duty. “Then are we to do them an injustice by making them live a worse life when they could live a better one?” (Plato Republic, 519d). Plato, towards his philosophy gives important places to the idea of justice. “Good Governance” is like a phase that has become a part of the vernacular of a large range development. In Plato’s Republic, Plato argues about the kings should become philosophers or…

Friendship and Hope: Hospitality and New Solidarity Doing theology comparatively together is inviting us to live with the avoidable tension between “the commitment to the Christian tradition” and “openness to the truths of non-Christian religions.” The tension creates a double commitment when doing theology comparatively. We need to go beyond religious tolerance to take the steps interreligious engagement in order to build a deeper interreligious friendship and bring new hope in hospitality…

Servant Leadership Practice In the Face of Common Core Introduction It is my educational philosophy that all children deserve to be educated to their fullest potential, based on the belief that individuals become actualized when they become contributing members of society. Educational leadership that promotes the attitude that all children matter, Should be a driving force in contemporary education decision-making. I see myself as a contributor in the broad conversation concerning educational…

Since the antiquity, the question of who is fit to rule has been examined. When it comes to deciding who should rule, philosophers come with different views. From Plato, Aristotle, Polybius to Cicero, all have their own vision of how the rulers should be. This paper will argue that Plato suggests philosopher kings should rule whereas Aristotle proposes the middle class as ruling entity. For Polybius, society needs a mixed government and Cicero recommends replicating the Roman system. First,…

Writing Assignment #1- option 1 Plato, a well-known 4th century philosopher, explored and dissected what a perfect society truly is. His findings were that a society either contains the concept of justiceness or it does not. This concept of justiceness is a way of keeping order and harmony within the society. In order to conceive such a society, Plato suggests that there must be a division of labor that maintains the economic functions. Plato proposes that each division has a virtue that…

The Allegory conveys the idea that philosophy, the study of ideas about knowledge and truth, is an activity that results in freedom and autonomy in several ways. The Allegory begins with a description of men living as prisoners in a cave. It describes the men being restricted with chains around…

In the paper I argue that the act of stealing bread for survival of your family is morally unjust based on Kantian ethics, the contradiction between actions lacks the ability for the person to act based on duty, good will, and the moral law. As the basis of my argument, I will reference the work of Immanuel Kant and his theoretical development of the categorical imperative, furthermore, by implementing Kant’s ideas of good will and duty, it will become clear that Kantian ethics withholds a…

existence. Nietzsche however claimed that, because God is dead, we no longer have a reason to hold tightly to our morality and as a logical conclusion morality is also dead. Had Nietzsche and Kant been contemporaries, Kant would have found Nietzsche’s philosophy, like utilitarianism, to be lacking a reason for existence outside of a superficial means to be driven by our quest for material, physical pleasure (Velasquez,…

The topic of abortion has been controversial since abortions first started. Everyone seems to have their own opinion based on their ideals and then there are always the odd circumstances. Deontology is an ethical theory that cares only about the motivations of an action. It deals with the motives a person has and whether those intentions are moral or immoral. Also deontology believes that we should resect autonomy which is people’s freedom to choose. I believe that according to Kant it is…