Analytic philosophy

Kierkegaard describes faith as “the teleological suspension of the ethical.” What does this mean? Why does he associate the ethical with the universal? What does the universal mean for Kierkegaard? If faith suspends the ethical/universal, what then is the ground for faith? What are the strengths and weakness of Kierkegaard’s position? Do you think he is ultimately right? Why or why not? Teleological suspension of the ethical in short would mean to sacrifice our moral obligations to achieve a…

Seminal German philosopher Frederick Nietzsche published On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life in 1874. Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Historie für das Leben in the original German, the work is also often translated as “The Use and Misuse of History for Life.” The seventy-page work is packed with philosophical inquiries into the role historical knowledge plays in an individual’s life and how this knowledge can best be used to improve one’s wellbeing. It is the second work in a…

Prof. Ak and Ayşe Küçük’s Case Like every part of the life, there are ethical and unethical behaviors in science. Not only being a hardworking and knowledgeable scientist but also to be an ethical one is our responsibility to our work, co-workers, and to the world. Every scientist of course allowed to make mistakes. However, the way of handling a situation may show how fair is this scientist. In Ayşe Küçük and Mehmet Ak’s case, there are lots of ethical flaws and almost none of them handled…

Carl Rogers founded the humanistic approach to therapy known as person-client centered therapy. Rogers was a pioneer in terms of his revolutionary ideas and novel ways of thinking. He didn’t approve of the systematic methods used by psychoanalysts. He thought psychodynamic methodology created too much distance between the therapist and client. According to Rogers, therapy is more effective if the client grasped with his feelings, emotions and thoughts and the therapist supported them.…

The third step of the four-step process is analyzing the ethicality of both alternatives in step two, which in this case is whether or not the implementation of the monitoring system should take place. The first process of the third step is applying the concept of consequentialism. Consequentialism "focuses on the goals, ends, results, or consequences of an action that is being taken."To begin this section of the process we had to decide if the implementation of the new monitoring system was…

Education serves as the basis of a society and in such way has it been for hundreds of years. Aristotle once made a statement that said: ”The roots of education are bitter, but the fruits are sweet”. But who reaps the fruits of education? You might have thought that it is only the individual who studies that benefits from education, but as President Barack Obama said in his speech “Back to School”, education is not just a matter of the individual it is in the highest degree a matter for the…

The Fountain of Youth Have you ever wanted to know about the legend of the Fountain of Youth? Do you think it’s real? Do you think it’s fake? What if it was real? Would you use it? Who started it? Well they say that Juan Ponce de Leon was the one who discovered about the Fountain of Youth. They say that the Fountain of Youth is a magical fountain that it’s water has power to reverse ageing. So there for you wouldn’t die of old age. Who made up the legend of the Fountain of Youth? Well…

it came to making decisions, but that was it. Ethics is a lot deeper and more complex than I initially thought. Fortunately, throughout the classes and readings I have done this quarter I have greatly deepened my understanding of both ethics as a philosophy and my own personal beliefs. By fully…

1. INTRODUCTION The Rational Interaction and Moral Sensitivity model (RIMS), is a model which is used to help in making decisions between issues that may morally contradict each other particularly if the right choice is not so obvious. The aforementioned strategy has increasingly been used as a model strategy particularly when taking into consideration the various interests, conflicting or not, of all parties when solving various moral dilemmas. In the following essay the author shall thus…

As argued, Kumagusu challenged the world view of modern science and pointed out the limitations of science through his thinking based on Buddhist ideology. Kumagusu’s main intention was not to argue that Buddhism implies a superior universal view. Instead, by utilizing the Buddhist cosmology, his intention was to better science itself and to point out the limitations embedded in the modern scientific view. By following Kumagusu’s thought concerning his ideal science, Kumagusu’s ethical…