Ancient philosophy

Ethics is the study of morality, judgment and their relations. Within Ethics there are many ethical theories including Kantianism and Utilitarianism. Immanuel Kant believes in Kantianism, which is where the name comes from and theorists like Bentham and Mill believe in Utilitarianism. Moral theorists use their ways of thinking to aid everyday actions and situations; they even use their theories to take their side on moral issues. Kantianism is the theory began by Immanuel Kant. According to…

Chapter one deals with intellectual courage. Dow explains this by saying “those who are intellectually courageous earnestly want to know the truth, and so they take risks in the pursuit and promotion of the truth” (Dow.28). These people who have intellectual courage are willing to reconsider their own beliefs but will come back to what is true to them and stick to it. Dow use Martin Luther as someone who stuck with his truth and did not let fear tump over him. The chapter ends by telling us that…

Socrates’ Nightmare Ignorance has been viewed as the enemy of wisdom and society frowns upon when they (who’s they? People?) simply “don’t know”. In Socrates’ “Apology” recorded by Plato, Socrates shows the audience and the jury that ignorance is not an enemy of wisdom, but it only becomes an enemy if they are not aware of what they do not know. Socrates makes the stunting--(stunning?) remark that “a good man cannot be harm in life or death,” and that killing him will do more harm. He…

How to ground one's ethical positions is an important question that often arises for anyone studying moral philosophy. Over the course of many centuries, philosophers from Aristotle to Kant have attempted to provide answers to this question. Among the most famous of the proposed solutions is utilitarianism. Coming in many forms and permutations, utilitarianism is an approach to ethics that emphasizes providing the most happiness to the greatest number. It is an approach perhaps most famously…

I.) Introduction: Ethics is a type of philosophy that studies ideal human behavior and ideal ways of being. This philosophy will aid in the understanding and distinguishing between right and wrong. Ethics implication isn’t always apparent and people have different opinions of what is right and wrong. Due to these different opinions of what is right and wrong one may find themselves in an ethical dilemma. In order to improve and solve ethical dilemmas one must have ethical relativism. Ethical…

modern era, the principle behind his ideas (that the world we see is different from the world that is) has been validated by scientific discoveries such as elements within the periodic table. Despite this being a fallacy by modern standards, Western Philosophy owes a great debt to Parmenides since he was…

According to Kant, an actions moral worth is based off of its motive and a means to the end. “If the action be good only as a means to something else, the imperative is hypothetical; if the action is thought of as good in itself and therefore as necessary for a will which of itself conforms to reason and its principal, then the imperative is categorical…” (Kant, 434). Essentially, what Kant is saying is that if an action is necessary and has good intentions, it is categorical. If the action is…

Kant came out with his theory in answer to the utilitarianist views that were being used at the same time. Those views were focused on the outcome of an action and how much happiness it caused. Kant however, with his moral theory took a more deontological approach. His approach is deontological because it focuses on what should be done regardless of the outcome. For example , if someone tries to do something nice for you, but messes up and causes more problems. According to Kant you cannot blame…

In this essay, I outline two similarities of Descartes and Spinoza—belief in apriori knowledge, and God as the infinite substance—as well as two differences—contrasting conceptions of God’s relation to the world, and mind-body relations. Both Spinoza and Descartes subscribe to the rationalist epistemology which claims that knowledge must be self-evident and derived from reasoning, rather than experience. As such, both philosophers believe in apriori knowledge, in which true knowledge is derived…

When entering a career such as Social Work which deals with the general public in times of distress, it is essential to have a solid standing on what is deemed acceptable in terms of providing assistance and support to a client both in a physical and emotional manner. Improper handling of situations can be detrimental to the wellbeing of the client as well as the career of the social worker. A social worker should have immense knowledge of the code of ethics that is provided by the NASW and be…