Contradiction

to carry on in a specific circumstance. One such saying can be "we ought to stay faithful to our obligations when we make them." According to this, we must approve of a maxim if it is one that everyone can follow without resulting in a "formal contradiction." A perfect duty is one that must be followed to the fullest extent possible. By definition a promise is a declaration that one will do something, and break a promise when it is made is to contradict one's intention. If everyone did this,…

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the story follows the adolescent years of Scout Fincher in her small town of Maycomb, Alabama. Scout and her brother, Jem, learn of the affairs and intrigue that go on in their hometown as they become older. Simultaneously, they realize their town is not as innocuous as they grown up to believe. The story follows the children’s transition from a naïve and unworldly view of their environment, to a more realistic and candid view. They see many cruel and callous…

Philosophy Paper In this paper, I will first summarize the problem of evil, followed by both Leibniz’s and Russell’s view on this theodicy, respectively, in order to examine the whether presence of evil in the world alludes to God’s existence. The problem of evil focuses on how to reconcile the existence of a God with divine attributes - omniscience, omnipotence, and omnibenevolence - with the presence of evil in the world. Leibniz’s stance on the problem of evil relies heavily upon the…

abolishing it. Jesus’ actions prove him to be a reformer because he brought attention to hypocrisies in the Jewish law while maintaining the same foundational teachings as Judaism, and furthermore, promoted peace among his followers. Jesus found contradictions between his own beliefs and the practices…

welfare for its people, a stark contradiction to the European society where lords themselves cause the lower classes to endure hardship (More, p. 68). The government in Utopia also spends all of its excess money on providing goods and services for its citizens, rather than growing its wealth for the benefit of its leaders, and only keep a small treasury in case of emergency (More, p. 60). Many of the examples of Utopian life Hythloday speaks of come into direct contradiction to the life of…

such, they derived from one’s individual desires. In Kant’s First Formulation: The Universality of the Law of Nature, one must “act only according to that maxim which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law without contradiction.” The ability for one to pursue individual interests is a personal choice. If one desires to be smart, they can study hard and try to get into a good college to increase their intelligence. There is, however, no moral obligation to be smart.…

effect it has on the environment. After reading the chapters, “Becoming a Vegetarian” by Peter Singer, I almost immediately became a vegetarian. This chapter by Singer highlighted the key points of why eating meat is morally wrong and he listed the contradictions in which we allow ourselves to eat meat like it’s organic grass-fed and it didn’t suffer. Since I am allergic to milk, I’m basically vegan. Initially, I took…

How did Jefferson and Robespierre represent the contradictions in their respective revolutions? The main contradiction in both the American and French revolutions was that, at the end of everything, neither were particularly revolutionary. Where Thomas Jefferson claimed all men were created equal and meanwhile held slaves his entire…

There are other similarities and differences between the two theorists during their discussion, which are not closely linked to classification. Here I shortly summarize and share my thoughts on three of them: totem and image, language, and the contradictions. Except for the first one subtopic, other two are the features of Foucault, and I only can find a little of thoughts by Durkheim on these two subtopics. a. Totem and Image Totem and image are both a kind of graphs that represent certain…

While Socrates and Polemarchus wrap up their conversation, Thrasymachus continues to listen to them speak. Thrasymachus is engulfed with a great urgency to confront Socrates with his own definition of ‘justice’. In his critique of justice he believes it is the advantage of the powerful. Thus, Thrasymachus represents the moral and political views of a cynical sophist. As he defends his claim, he states that the strong are the rulers who establish the laws. He continues by implying that these…