Marxist philosophy

Paperbacks, 2010.). Singer’s goals are "to challenge you to think about our obligations to those trapped in extreme poverty", and "to convince you to choose to give more of your income to help the poor". Singer's classic example illustrating his philosophy is: You are on your way to work and you notice a child drowning…

focuses on the consequences of an action to determine if the action is good or bad. Non-consequentialism looks at intrinsic qualities of the action to determine its moral value, not the results of the action. Ethical egoism is a consequential moral philosophy where the individual takes care of themselves first by putting their goals and interests ahead of everyone else. The ethical egoist is not concerned with the good intentions of their actions or following any preset moral or religious…

from some of greatest philosophers such as Descartes, Plato, Chuang Tzu, Thich Nhat Hanh, Wachowski Brothers the director of the Matrix and so forth, my mind is wondering with one big question that has been always rotating above my head during my philosophy and film class. That one big question is to define real, how do we define real? Is it merely real that we want to know about? How about the meaning of a true real? How do we know that we are really being in this world, sitting and reading my…

modern philosophers. Descartes used in his reason and method of doubt to most notably come to conclusions about the nature of the self, mind, and body in his Meditations on First Philosophy. Hume using his senses and experiences to come to views of these things in his work the, Treatise of Human Nature, Book 1. These two philosophy giants came to totally bipolar conclusions in answering the question "who am I?". Arguably, it can be said that David Hume's views reign supreme because modern…

When I think about the meaning of the quote by Mf. Arrupe, many thoughts and questions come to my mind. Firstly, am I the one who lives for others? Or am I the “other” for whom someone should live? At the same time, what can love of self or for god being farce mean? Alternatively, how can education affect love? Analyzing the quote turned out to be challenging, because the message the quote carries is extremely hard to express and even harder to deeply internalize. As one part of the sentence…

The obvious interpretation of ‘a neutral question’ is one where the questioner has no vested interest in the answer. I.e., the questioner will accept the answer which emerges, eschew confirmation bias and refrain from seeking to weight the outcome of an inquiry in favor of preconceived ideas, prejudices or predictions. So, a neutral question is a detached, impersonal, open question, and yes, some people are capable of asking them. Or least, they would be if there was any such thing as a neutral…

In the essay I am writing today I will be comparing utilitarianism; also called consequentialism, and Kantian ethical theories. The attitude towards what is right or wrong is what constitutes the basic difference between the two theories. Utilitarianism says an act is justified if the end result is happiness for all. The Kantian theory states that end does not justify means, and whatever we do inside our obligations is morally good. The dilemma I used for this essay was under the Paradigm #4…

INTRODUCTION The case study given is about Haniel’s company which is a closed corporation held by the family members. The company was founded in 1756 by Jan Willem Noot and was reinvented by Haniel. He developed the company from Duisburg based commodities trading corporation to a German industrial enterprise. The headquarters of this company is situated in Duisburg-Ruhror since 1756. About 260 years ago, customs inspector Jan Willem Noot intended a storing home for groceries in the Royal…

Socrates the Philosopher Long ago in Athens, Greece lived a man named Socrates. Socrates wasn’t just an average man though, he was very different compared to everyone else in Athens. Although while he was living many didn’t respect his ideas, after his death he later will be known as one of the greatest philosophers of all time. Since Socrates never wrote anything, there is no actual written evidence from him of his beliefs, thoughts of life and his trial, but there are pieces written by…

His theories are largely concerned with the relationship between power and knowledge. He was born in Poitiers in France where his father was a prominent surgeon. Foucault was well versed in French, Latin and Greek. He focussed much on the study of Philosophy and studied deeply Kant, Marx, Hegel, Nietzsche and most importantly, Heidegger and Althusser. He got his Doctorate degree on the History of Madness under the supervision of renowned philosopher George Cunningham. He had close relationship…