Analytic philosophy

the Apology that acquiring the best possible state of the soul is the most important thing in life and argue as to why I agree with him. Specifically, I will underline the importance of rejecting false beliefs and obtaining true knowledge by doing philosophy, which are essential for having a pure soul as well as being superior to wealth. Furthermore, I will provide an example from the Euthyphro, demonstrating the importance of knowledge and how eliminating false beliefs is crucial. Then I will…

Plato was an outstanding and, until this day, a well-known philosopher in the Classical Greece. Also, he is considered to be one of the essential characters within the development of philosophy. He is major influence was his teacher, Socrates, who impressed in him that ‘love of wisdom’ and He passed that onto his own student, Aristotle. Some of Plato’s marvelous works are: Phaedrus, The Symposium and The Allegory of the Cave and the themes depicted in them are freedom (philosophical education),…

Since the dawn of time, humanity has come to question where does our knowledge stem from, what is the source of our inherit knowledge? How we come to know what we know? Has been argued and discussed in public areas or famous literal works. One of the earliest notable examples of literal works that offered an amenable answer to the millennium old question was written by Plato during the latter-end of his life, as prominent Athenian philosopher, his literally work reflected a time-period where the…

regarding what is right and what is wrong in the realm of media. This is why I believe that it is important to use multiple ethical philosophies to make decisions concerning “right and wrong”. In this paper, I utilize Kant’s Categorical Imperative and Mill’s Principle of Utility to evaluate case studies that present ethical dilemmas. By using such ethical philosophies,…

The Effectiveness of an Ethics Program Creating an effective compliance program can be difficult are there many different areas to be covered. Jessica Bejarano is the chief ethics and compliance officer for PAE, a provider of integrated global mission services based in Arlington, Virginia. Bejarano, covers some of these topics in the article she wrote on effective compliance. Bejarano states that all companies should have a compliance program to help guide their employees if an issue or…

performance and work ethic throughout the year. In my previous year of study with Mr. McGee, I was very dedicated to completing all of the work in a timely manner, or even ahead of schedule. However, in my senior year English class I am not valuing the philosophy the way as previous years. In fact, I have taken on a whole new motto for this class, ‘Due tomorrow? Do tomorrow!’ This motto is the perfect representation of how I am procrastinating to the maximum. However, I have never not completed…

Paperbacks, 2010.). Singer’s goals are "to challenge you to think about our obligations to those trapped in extreme poverty", and "to convince you to choose to give more of your income to help the poor". Singer's classic example illustrating his philosophy is: You are on your way to work and you notice a child drowning…

focuses on the consequences of an action to determine if the action is good or bad. Non-consequentialism looks at intrinsic qualities of the action to determine its moral value, not the results of the action. Ethical egoism is a consequential moral philosophy where the individual takes care of themselves first by putting their goals and interests ahead of everyone else. The ethical egoist is not concerned with the good intentions of their actions or following any preset moral or religious…

from some of greatest philosophers such as Descartes, Plato, Chuang Tzu, Thich Nhat Hanh, Wachowski Brothers the director of the Matrix and so forth, my mind is wondering with one big question that has been always rotating above my head during my philosophy and film class. That one big question is to define real, how do we define real? Is it merely real that we want to know about? How about the meaning of a true real? How do we know that we are really being in this world, sitting and reading my…

modern philosophers. Descartes used in his reason and method of doubt to most notably come to conclusions about the nature of the self, mind, and body in his Meditations on First Philosophy. Hume using his senses and experiences to come to views of these things in his work the, Treatise of Human Nature, Book 1. These two philosophy giants came to totally bipolar conclusions in answering the question "who am I?". Arguably, it can be said that David Hume's views reign supreme because modern…