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3.4. Reasonableness/Arbitrariness/Discrimination The Tecmed Tribunal expressly accepted that arbitrariness and discrimination could not be reconciled with the FET standard. The Tribunal in Pope & Talbot frequently referred to the reasonableness of the conduct of a State or its organ to rule out a violation of the FET standard. Benedict and Schill are of the opinion that there is a link between the concepts of reasonableness and proportionality on one hand and the permissibility of States right…

The question of existence has been the topic of discussions, debates, and writings for many centuries. The eyes are driven to see what they want to believe, creating an illusion of things that sometimes is not truly there. It is often quoted that “perception is reality”, but perception is subjective. Individuals tend to see things differently, therefore isn’t their reality seen differently? Oftentimes, people are comfortable in their ignorance, and hostile to anyone who points it out. Within…

6.) For Kant, what is the one thing that can be taken as good without qualification? And what is a deontologist and what is important to them? The one thing that can be taken as good without qualification is “good will”. I completely agree with this, an action made solely for the right reason and that is freely made with no strings attached is good no matter how you look at it, it is pure and unselfish. Deontologists, are guided by rules and principles in life. It is important for them to…

other from Al-Farabi on the Perfect State, he writes about the difference between religion and philosophy as he sees it. He gives a definition of each term which he continues to work with through the rest of both excerpts. From those definitions, al-Farabi writes about the relationship between philosophy and religion, eventually stating that religion is an imitation of philosophy. The definitions of philosophy and religion that he provides are important to the rest of his writing, as his…

What if we could subject the human consciousness to analysis purely using reason? Transcendental idealism is a philosophy associated with Immanuel Kant and his Critique of Pure Reason. According to an article by Nicholas Stang in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy it is a rebuke of previous philosophies which were immaterial, doubting or outright denying the existence of matter. It postulates that things do in fact exist, but are separated from the human consciousness. Transcendental…

Utopia, the good nonexistent place. That’s what utopia means in the Greek language. Thomas More in this book describes to us what he believes and sees a perfect society would look like and how it would function and treat the individuals living on it. I agree with multiple of the features of the society, but there are also some doubts and disagreements I have with some things within the society. I am going to list two of the excellent features and two of the inappropriate features that happen in…

In his book, Critique of Pure Reason, Immanuel Kant makes several distinctions such as between a priori and a posteriori cognition, and between empirical reality and transcendental ideality. One of the main distinctions he makes is between matter of intuition and form of intuition. It was important to Kant to distinguish the difference between these two terms because they play a vital role in the first part of his book which is the ‘Transcendental Aesthetic.’ Kant’s book is significant because…

4) There is a broad range of ethical theories that have differing perspectives on what is considered morally correct and incorrect. To begin, Virtue Ethics is based on virtuous character. Moral standards arise due to virtuous characters and their actions and beliefs. Aristotle is the main philosopher in Virtue Ethics, and he believed that in order to reach Eudaimonia, also known as happiness, it was imperative to develop virtues. Next, Thomas Aquinas is the main philosopher for the Natural Law…

Mauliola Gonsalves Professor Liu Philosophy 201 22 October 2017 Determinism and Freedom: Hard Determinism, Libertarianism and Compatibilism As humans, we are constantly faced with judgement. Most conclusions drawn from judgement are based on our actions. Every decision made by an individual influences their reputation. Some would argue that this is not an accurate representation of an individual because humans are not free to make their own choices; therefore, they should not be held…

philosophers Alvin Plantinga and Daniel Dennett, share their opposing viewpoints on whether they believe the two are compatible. Plantinga is a Christian and he believes that the two are in fact, compatible. His arguments are based on rationality from a theistic view and how it is not present in a naturalist view. He says, (page 9) "As I argue in Warranted Christian Belief, if theistic belief is true, then very likely it has both rationality and warrant in the basic way, that is, not on the…