Hellenistic philosophy

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…

In Plato’s texts education is seen as something of great importance. This is first seen in the introduction. It was thought that Plato believed “… only education in it (philosophy) could rescue humankind from civil war and political upheaval and provide a sound foundation for ethics and politics.” (1) This shows the sheer magnitude that education had to Plato. However, education was not as crucially important to the rest of the Greek society at this time. It was a luxury few could afford. Often…

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…

boundaries of who could be a scientist by stating that women, in ancient times, were treated appropriately and now they are treated poorly. She talked about wanting to open a natural philosophy school, but she couldn’t because she was a woman: “Were it allowable for our sex, I might set up my own school of natural philosophy. … For thought the muses [and] Graces … are all of the female gender, yet they were more esteemed in the former ages, than they are now.” (doc. 9). During this time period…

materialist view believe that the universe just happened to exist and that humanity came into being by chance. The religious view states that there is a mind (not necessarily God) behind the universe that brought everything into existence. The Life-Force philosophy claims that life evolved due to the purposiveness of said Life-Force; however, Lewis simply debunks this view at the end of the chapter. Now that a higher power has come into play, Lewis begins to make the argument that this being…

Immanuel Kant is remembered as the eighteenth century German philosopher who founded critical philosophy. He defined categorical imperative as the absolute or unconditional law that applies to all agents, the claim that does not depend on ulterior motives. The categorical imperative is not a command on people on what they should do or not. Kant formulated it to provide a way in which people would be able to evaluate their actions, measuring their morality and ethics. It is a procedure which any…

The literature review article I researched examined the parallels between moral judgment and modal judgment. The article described the methodology of the experiment that was administered on freshman college students taking an entry-level psychology course. The experiment included a series of physically possible events and morally permissible actions, and the students were to judge on a yes/no scale of what they deemed to be either morally acceptable or unacceptable. At the conclusion of the…