Libertarianism

Since the introduction of cuneiform in acient Mesopotamia, writing has been used to spread information, document events, and to keep a history of important events within civilazations. However, text has also served the purpose of entertaining the imaginations of the masses with artistic compositions such as elaborate stories, thoughtful poems, and wimsical plays. The Romantic literary period of American literature is an example of a time in which innovation and originality aided in producing…

Women in society have been shaped into the ideal Barbie dolls, which has not only raised males expectations but has also mentally effected females self-esteems. Females have not only been targeted for their physique and social do’s and don’ts, but they have also been targeted towards their rights and freedom. Many riots have occurred in order for females and males to be treated equally and respectfully that resulted with the creation of the Feminist group. At first, Feminist consisted of only…

As students in this course we were exposed to Peter Wenzs’ thoughts on many political and moral theories. These theories provided us with different ideas on how to best run a society both morally and effectively. The problem some of these theories come across is that while they sound very appealing, they can prove to be dysfunctional when actually applied. Wenz provides the readers with comparisons between the different theories so the reader can form their own opinion. I believe that Rawls’s…

ethics. “If our liberty is to mean anything…it must encompass the right to take risks, including the right to shoot heroin, smoke crack cocaine, and take any other labeled drug, so as long as an individual freely chooses to do so. This approach to libertarianism ignores social consequences and focuses only on individual rights.”3 Arras emphasizes that as long as an individual has made a voluntary decision to do drugs, their action of doing drugs cannot be deemed immoral. Arras’ goes on to…

Karl Marx, John Rawls, and Robert Nozick are three prominent philosophers whose political theories have an important place in the modern political debate about the role of the state, how society should be structured and the concept of justice. Karl Marx was born 1818, his major work was The Communist Manifesto published in 1848. Marx advocated for a type of socialism called communism where the dominant goals are the abolition of private property and class antagonisms through a revolution of the…

The discussion of morals and moral responsibility is deep-seated in the classic philosophical repertoire. A closely related matter, and a frequent objection to moral responsibility, is determinism, the idea that given the initial state and laws of the universe, all future events and outcomes are completely determined. Over the course of this paper, I describe a particular theory for how moral responsibility can exist even in a deterministic universe. One prominent view in the realm of moral…

Many recreational activities present in modern society that stir controversy have either already been addressed by the state or are currently the focus for regulation by future laws. For example, regulatory legislation has been put in place for alcohol consumption already, while legislation regarding the legalization of marijuana use is currently in the works. An issue, however, is the lack of attention given to the debate on gambling. It is an activity that creates serious economic benefit and…

4. DEONTOLOGY Deontology is duty based ethics that places value on the intentions of the individual and focuses on obligations, rules and duties. Adherence to this obligations and rules is regarded as ethically right. TYPES OF DEONTOLOGICAL ETHICS Different types of deontological ethical theories are: • Duty theories: an action is considered morally right if it is in accordance with some list of duties and obligations • Contractarianism: an action is considered morally right if it in accordance…

USA (Drum, 2015). Non-addicts might also become interested in trying meth even once (Block, 1993; Housak, 2002) and a once that will be repeated. In fact, ignoring the presence of ourselves in a society in which people interact only shows how libertarianism views are selfish and impractical (Bayer,…

Before the theories of behavioral economics, economics was a generally straightforward field. Adding this new approach to consumer behavior makes us seem less like robots acting only as economics expects us to act and more like the more or less irrational beings we are. As Swiss economist, Bruno Frey put it, “The agent of economic theory is rational, selfish, and his tastes do not change.” The Homo Economicus, whom psychologist Daniel Kahneman refers to as “Econs” focuses on rationality to…