Analytic philosophy

The article that I chose to read is called “Ethical Discourse on the Use of Genetically Modified Crops: A Review of Academic Publications in the Fields of Ecology and Environmental Ethics.” The authors, Daniel Gregorowius, Petra Lindemann-Matthies, and Markus Huppenbauer, discuss the ethical issues present in a multitude of academic articles in regards to the use of genetically modified crops. The authors of this article are all staff members at different universities and specialize in the…

According to Thrasymachus ‘Justice is the advantage of the stronger’. What does he mean by this and does Socrates succeed in proving him wrong? The name Thrasymachus means fierce fighter, and this certainly represents the character of the same name, who appears in book one of Plato’s Republic. Thrasymachus enters Plato’s world with a statement designed to shock, stating that “justice is the advantage of the stronger”. The idea is that rulers make the laws in their own best interests, and…

Many individuals go about their lives in an ordinary fashion, until someone around them deceives them. At that moment, this individual may seek the truth; this person will go out of their way to find the facts and the reality of the situation. In a sense, human beings are on a constant quest for the truth, without truly realizing it. However, two famous philosophers did notice this unforeseen quest: Rene Descartes and William James. Rene Descartes delves deeper into the topic of the truth in his…

The complexity of human action is based on simple presumptions. For both sophist and philosophers, many of their driving convictions and beliefs stem from one small, in comparison to the greater picture, objective that although sometimes may be intangible, offers the most profound realizations when put into perspective. When contrasting these two extraordinarily different groups of people, in the eyes and opinion of Plato, sophists are the opposite of true philosophers and true thinkers.…

All teachers have their own personal philosophy that shape the way they teach. Teacher led philosophies of education are different compared to student led philosophies of education. We see the difference by looking at five major educational philosophies. I’ll begin with essentialism and perennialism which are both teacher led philosophies that tend to be more conservative and authoritarian. They don’t take students interest into consideration during lessons they only focus on teaching the…

Up until William Blake, William Wordsworth, and David Hume put pen to paper the most revolutionary lines of thought regarding science and philosophy came from Isaac Newton and John Locke and involved humans being passive receivers in a world of set laws ruling passive atoms. Blake and Wordsworth both agree with David Hume that John Locke’s view of the world is too logical and Newtonian. Blake and Wordsworth can agree that the world is not made up of dead, passive Newtonian atoms, but is instead…

History has a tendency of repeating itself. Norms and laws may change, but viewpoints tend to fluctuate between being optimistic and pessimistic. This can be traced throughout humanity, with some decades being notably prosperous and optimistic and others being much more difficult and pessimistic. However, there are two periods in humanity that can be compared to on many different aspects and topics, with one of those topics focusing on human nature and epistemology. More specifically, whether…

I believe the differences between Euthyphro and the prisoner are their abilities to accept their faults, being humble enough to reach the summit of knowledge, and a similarity between how important philosophic ideals are in their lives. These two stories involving Socrates deal with a premise of knowing what is true even though the truth is constantly debated. Socrates shares a key similarity with the prisoner as they can both be seen as philosophers as they try to enlighten others even though…

Introduction Ethics can be defined as the concepts of right or wrong that guide people in a group. Therefore they consist of commonly held beliefs of correct behavior usually for the good of everyone and not just the individual. In organizations, there are a set of rules spelled out in the company’s code of ethics in which behavior should be based upon. The ethics are to be followed by the employees and also govern the behavior towards clients (Lopez & Fornes, 2015). Using the case study of the…

Kant’s Idealized Morality and Its Merit Charles Stevenson’s essay on emotivism, Ruth Benedict’s paper on cultural relativism, and Kant’s work on ethical theory offer interpretations of and opinions on the meaning of the word “good”. They also offer opposing sides in the debate in metaethics between subjectivity and objectivity in ethics. To determine which of these definitions has the most relevance and accuracy, all of these arguments will be outlined and consequently analyzed, both…