Marxist philosophy

The Fountain of Youth Have you ever wanted to know about the legend of the Fountain of Youth? Do you think it’s real? Do you think it’s fake? What if it was real? Would you use it? Who started it? Well they say that Juan Ponce de Leon was the one who discovered about the Fountain of Youth. They say that the Fountain of Youth is a magical fountain that it’s water has power to reverse ageing. So there for you wouldn’t die of old age. Who made up the legend of the Fountain of Youth? Well…

it came to making decisions, but that was it. Ethics is a lot deeper and more complex than I initially thought. Fortunately, throughout the classes and readings I have done this quarter I have greatly deepened my understanding of both ethics as a philosophy and my own personal beliefs. By fully…

1. INTRODUCTION The Rational Interaction and Moral Sensitivity model (RIMS), is a model which is used to help in making decisions between issues that may morally contradict each other particularly if the right choice is not so obvious. The aforementioned strategy has increasingly been used as a model strategy particularly when taking into consideration the various interests, conflicting or not, of all parties when solving various moral dilemmas. In the following essay the author shall thus…

As argued, Kumagusu challenged the world view of modern science and pointed out the limitations of science through his thinking based on Buddhist ideology. Kumagusu’s main intention was not to argue that Buddhism implies a superior universal view. Instead, by utilizing the Buddhist cosmology, his intention was to better science itself and to point out the limitations embedded in the modern scientific view. By following Kumagusu’s thought concerning his ideal science, Kumagusu’s ethical…

Humans are born to die and within their lifetime will form some sort of story that’s either happy, sad, evil or virtuous. It makes sense that a human beings are taught to be moral but it's mostly not taught to be immoral as if it were second nature. “What Makes Us Moral” by Jeffrey Kluger, Sula by Toni Morrison, The Help; director Tate Taylor are main sources based on the elements of morality. All of the elements of literature; shunning, moral entrepreneur, reciprocal altruism, empathy, ought,…

Dr. Magada-Ward Philosophy 1030 4 November 2017 Essay 2 Set forth and discuss the constituents of eudaimonia. Do you agree with Aristotle’s list and his weighting? Why or why not? Furthermore, do you believe that it is possible for us, now, to achieve eudaimonia? In the Ethics, Aristotle contemplates four primary topics-the definitions of virtues and vices, humanity's unique ability to deliberate and choose, how ethics relates to human action, and the point of human striving. Arguably, his…

Analyzing an Ethical Dilemma An ethical dilemma is when an individual is in a situation where it is hard to decide the right choice, whether it is because the right decision is not clear, or the choice has some negative consequences (Pollock, 2015, p.15). I have faced a couple of ethical dilemmas in my life. For this essay I will talk about my most recent ethical dilemma and my emotional and intellectual responses along with influential factors that affected my decision. Background I lived…

The introductory text is titled “Life Almost Straight” because generally the idea of something being straight is that it’s perfect. Like a perfectly straight line. However life is almost straight, not perfect, and will never be perfect. These texts are written in a way that explains this in a way where the real meaning is hidden you just have to find it. The three best texts that show this are “College Should be an Adventure”, “Peanuts” comic strip, and “Sorrow Teeming with Light”. These texts…

Inevitable death, it is the one thing an individual can expect to occur during their lifetime. Depending on the circumstances some might describe dying as unfortunate while others will classify it as a justified punishment. However, with the execution of Socrates, it seems as if this philosopher would describe his fate in some rather unconventional ways. Socrates acknowledges that there is an internal fear of dying that is planted in the minds of human beings, but why? How is it possible that we…

Descartes’s goal is to look for necessary truths by examining beliefs based off of our senses. To do this, he must prove that sense perception is not a trustworthy source of information, as well as anything that proves some uncertainty as well. For instance, Descartes states that, “if I am able to find in each one some reason to doubt, this will be enough to justify rejecting it”(Descartes 73). This shows Descartes’s belief that if there is some uncertainty in the conclusions which have been…