Free body diagram

In the ”Impossibility of Moral Responsibility”, Galen Strawson argues that we cannot be held morally responsible for our actions, as well as stating that free will does not exist. Strawson says that if one is not responsible for anything about themselves, how could they possibly be responsible for something that they did? He also says that when we engage in S-procedures, intentional shaping procedures, we only do it because of certain features of the way that we already are. In the very…

According to Victor Frank the space that lies between Stimulus and Response is choice, or our freedom to choose (D. Ridley, personal communication, February 24, 2018). Regardless of the circumstance or the situation being out of one’s control, one still has the ability to remain in control of self, through conscious decision. According to Frankl’s philosophy, this choice is what makes us human. Frankl himself was dealt a very bad hand and spent his life enslaved and tortured, but he refused…

Fate is a topic that is suppose to explain what each individual will do in their lifetime. So, with that in mind, how do you know if you have control over your life or if you are subject to live your life directed by some force beyond your power? For the king of Thebes, forces beyond his control, have directed his life from the day he was born. His biological parents abandoned Oedipus, the king when he was a child. They did this in response to Apollo’s prophecy that Oedipus would grow to live a…

According to the dictionary, free choice is defined as the ability to choose, think, and act voluntarily. One would think we practice free choice in every embodiment of the tasks we perform. However, what if the choices we make every day were not as voluntary as we once thought? You would this to be impossible, would you not? I eat when I am hungry, I drink when I am thirsty, I wash myself when I am dirty, I sleep when I am tired. Are these not examples of free choice? Well, according to…

“Free Will” is a philosophical term of art for a particular sort of capacity of rational agents to choose a course of action from various alternatives. However, it is crucial to note that the action that we choose might not correspond to the outcome that we desire as free will is solely pertinent to the course of action, not the result. Throughout the millennia, a significant number of philosophers postulated that the concept of free will is in the vicinity of moral responsibility which in turn…

Ethics as an Introduction to Philosophy December 1, 2014 My thesis is that Cephalus is correct when he says that it is better to be free from bodily desires than to indulge them. The term free refers to acting as one chooses without being restrained by an authority figure. A bodily desire is defined as a want taking control of a person’s body. Indulge means to give into desires in an overly disproportionate way. Cephalus’ best argument for my thesis is that leaving bodily…

In Epstein’s writing, he mentions that sports are not ideal for a child’s growing body. Conversely, choosing a sport that provides an outlet for a child’s energy can greatly beneficial even for children as young as four. Sports like soccer and basketball provide an excellent aerobic workout by strengthening muscles and increasing heart…

her a small bowl of her favorite soup, and packed my stuff and headed out the door. Although we lived in the luxury rich part of london there were dead bodies everywhere. Everybody just got used to walking down the street and having dead bodies around the corner. There was no more room for graves so they ended up just taking the piled up bodies and tossed them in a giant hole and added a small layer of dirt over the top. There wasn't even priests to say prayers for the people, and even if…

In a small residential community of Jefferson, Mississippi, there is a woman resides in the community named of Miss Emily Grierson. Emily seems to be a very strange woman to people in that community. She lived there for many years and never let anyone enter her home. The people in the community knew something strange about her because she was not the only person that lived in that house. She never had any one to come see her in years but she wasn't the only one in the house, she had her hireling…

One Corpse Too Many is a mystery book by Ellis Peters and is the second book in the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael. The book is a murder mystery centered around an extra dead body amongst other dead bodies about to be buried. As there is no specific moral or theme highlighted in the book, I would say it’s not a great book for teaching a lesson. However, with the great characterization and way of immersing the reader into the setting, it is definitely a great book to read just for the sake of…