Contradiction

Kantianism is the normative moral theory of ethics which was proposed by the 18th century German philosopher Immanuel Kant. Immanuel Kant lived at the height of the European enlightenment and he believed that reason is as important in moral philosophy as it is in epistemology. Kant’s ethics are deontological in nature, which means he follows the understanding that the moral worth of an action is derived from something intrinsic to the act itself. This contrasts to the consequentialist theory of…

The Lack of Narrator Credibility in “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula LeGuin “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula LeGuin is narrated by an unreliable narrator, which results in storyworld contradictions, and both intentional and unintentional misdirection. The world of Omelas is presented as one that drastically shifts according to the narrators will. The lack of rules in the beginning of the text illustrates the characters as peaceful and content who have set morals. As…

Chernyshevsky considers that men are basically good and always search after their enlightened self-interest. He thinks that men will arrive incontrovertible truth through science and rationalism. In this section, Dostoevsky spins a web of “Proof by contradictions” to confront scientific rationalism and utilitarian beliefs.…

years after the book was originally published. One concept, created by Cherrie Moraga, is “theory in the flesh.” Moraga wanted to look at women’s real-life experiences, bring these women together to form a powerful group, and actively confront contradictions associated with women of color feminism. Bridge uses this concept by presenting women of color’s personal experiences, deep thoughts, and untouched feelings, even if they contradict…

providers to understand criminal justice system because of the following reasons. Understanding helps service providers avoid contradiction with the criminal justice system, victim’s service provider’s plays key role in offering social support among other services to the victims; a lot of information about the criminal justice system must be in their possession to avoid contradiction with the system (National center of victims of crime, 2008). With better understanding of the whole process…

Shea makes a compelling case as to why these myths should be dispelled, the Apocrypha are not inspired. While the Apocrypha have been undoubtedly alluded to in the New Testament, this does not correlate with inspiration. The Apocrypha also have contradictions…

During the years following the Patristic era, Christian theologians and philosophers began to move away from mysticism and Neo-Platonism in order to synthesize Christian doctrine with systematic Aristotelian philosophy. This movement would be come known as Scholasticism, and it would become the principle school of thought throughout the medieval period. During this period, the line between philosophy and theology was blurred, and the problems of, psychology, metaphysics, and ethics were admitted…

Defence of Socrates and Crito presents a contradiction in his reasoning with regard to civil disobedience. Socrates remains firm in Defence of Socrates that he would continue to practice philosophy despite the court’s judgement, whereas his stance in Crito emphasizes the importance of obeying the laws of the city no matter what. While Socrates changes his perspective on civil disobedience between the two texts, there is a much larger and important contradiction between the values of philosophy…

Also commonly desired by the new woman of this era is to become a “star.” Though most present in American culture at this time, this desire seems to be present worldwide. Portrayed mostly through movies, the new woman had many different images. The one that applies most directly to Doris is the one of a gold digger who uses her “sexuality for material gain” (Sharot 74). Analyzing the typical new woman movie plot of this decade, one comes to see it consists of a "girl who seeks out and…

J.J.C. Smart’s Explanation for an Accurate Account of Descriptive Intermediate Failure to Properly Distinguish Something between Determinism and Pure Chance. In the essay “Free Will, Praise and Blame” included in Free Will, J.J.C Smart presents the thesis that metaphysical freedom is self-contradictory. As part of this claim, Smart forwards the analogies of the aluminium and the china plates (Smart 67). Having the knowledge of physical properties, the likelihood of a plate made of aluminium…