Medieval philosophy

When first reading the experiment in regards to rescue I and rescues II, I did not like or want to make a choice, and really, I do not have to make a choice. My job is to tell you what Stuart Mill would do and what Immanuel Kant would do based on their philosophical views of utilitarianism and categorical imperatives respectfully. In Rescue I & II Mill. Utilitarianism is the basic principle to look at what is right and wrong. Depending on the consequences or the outcomes you can select the…

Temperance and Transcendence Temperance is a terminology used to refer to character that manifests self-constraint and self-regulation in the control and management of one. Temperance is a virtue that is generally associated with protective traits. The virtue of transcendence is associated with strengths of meaning which allow one to connect to the larger universe. The meaning of life can be derived from virtue. Together, these transcendent virtues aid people in control of emotions and impulses…

Essay 4: Religion: Scourge or Refugee? I. Scourge In his book Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris analyzes the Abrahamic religions and makes an argument that these religious faiths are based on faulty mythological stories and that the very existence of these traditions is detrimental to society (Harris xi). Harris delves deep into the purpose of morality in these religions, as well as the correlational ties between religion and violence. He also takes the time to question God’s role in…

“Serious, as in the magic formula that defines realism. . . . [as] what is ‘in opposition to amusement or pleasure-seeking.’” (Moretti, 368). In Moretti’s paper “ Serious Century”, he explains that “seriousness” became the narrative style that reflected the culture of the 19th century. We comprehend this “seriousness ( Moretti, page 383)” through “fillers (Moretti, 370)” and through the moral values of the characters. “Upon hearing how long a walk the young people had engaged in, they kindly…

The purpose of the Theaetetus is to examine how the mind accounts for knowledge by seeking an answer to the question Socrates poses to Theaetetus, what is knowledge? (146A). After a few failed attempts at answering, Theaetetus posits that knowledge is true opinion (187B). Socrates responds that in order for one to know what true opinion is, he must also account for false opinion in the mind. Ultimately, while the dialogue produces no operative definition for knowledge, Plato employs this…

ideas to ultimately have them realize that they, in fact, do not know what they are talking about. It is sort of like a manipulation tactic but Socrates does it so cleverly that you may not even realize it as such. It could also just be that in Philosophy this is exactly what Philosophers do is question any and everything. But let us see how it plays out in the text. Socrates asks Euthyphro “...what is the pious and what the impious do you say” (Socrates, 5d). Following that Euthyphro gives his…

Using the ethical theories of utilitarianism and Kant’s categorical imperative, analyze the ethics of Abercrombie & Fitch in restricting hiring of sales personnel primarily to attractive white people. Fr discussion purposes, assume that they actually were practicing racial discrimination. In the video we watched pertaining to Abercrombie & Fitch there is a hiring process and which searchers for an All-American image in a way that can be seen for practicing racial discrimination. While…

First, it is essential to note that Plato did not fear death because he believed, “a man who has truly spent his life in philosophy is probably right to be of good cheer in the face of death and to be very hopeful that after death he will attain the greatest blessings yonder,” (Phaedo 63e-64a). However, Plato also stated that those who do not love wisdom, righteousness, courage…

The Allegory of The Cave is a story about a man who had spent his life chained to a cave only seeing shadows from a fire behind him. One day, he is released and goes to see the wonders of his new world. Eventually, he returns back to the cave to tell the other prisoners about the wonders of the world however they did not recognize his distorted voice or his shadowed body. It is from there that Plato begins his commentary of what the allegory was trying to say. Many topics were discussed in…

In this essay, I will be talking about where I fall on Kolhberg’s moral development, Cass’ model of identity development for LGBT community and Cross’ racial identity development. For Kolhberg’s model, I believe I’m at stage four, which is the compliance with the law and the authority, because I follow both legal and social norms, even though following the social norms sometimes conflict with my internal moral principles. I’m at Identity Synthesis in Cass’ model, because I only view my sexual…