Natural philosophy

whatever the position of any religion regarding the relationship between mankind and nature, is purely based on the prevailing natural physical features of the origin of that religion. For example, in the Bible, it is highly likely that the Red Sea will be mentioned because it was at the center of the origin of Christianity. Also, the Buddhism will feature the natural physical…

III. Negotiating opposing approaches with Gaian and Person Ethics Gaian ethics can be applicable to traditional, Cartesian philosophy with emphasis on a holistic perspective of the global environment. According to Rene Descartes, the fundamental base for Cartesian environmental ethics is all physical reality can be reduced to “minds” and “bodies” (Shrader-Frechette). The Cartesian body is purely a mechanical entity (Koch). In order to be an ethical individual, it must possess consciousness of…

The “Princess Mononoke” film describes the bad interaction between the nature and the human beings. These two sides are opposed to each other which is described by Ashitaka. This alienation has begun with the influence of man and his attitude towards the environment, mostly towards the forest and the beings inhabiting it. Humans cut down trees and destroy forest which ruins the living environment of many animals. There is a battle because these animals hate human beings for hunting them and…

Viktor Frankl’s Meaning Through Suffering For the duration of human existence, there have been shared characteristics that are innate to humans. These characteristics are centred around giving meaning to one’s life and questioning one’s existence. These questions of existence have been pondered by all of humanity, from some of the greatest thinkers to the average human being. In the preface to the 1992 edition of Viktor E. Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning (2006), he supports the idea that all…

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…

Social Darwinism was a philosophy created by Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin’s philosophy connected the theory of evolution within humanity. Many people were against Social Darwinism, simply because of the fact it veered from the Christian belief that god created everything on earth. There were people out there who believed in Social Darwinism and were intrigued to learn more. Both sides of the argument were able to justify their reasoning on why they either agreed or disagreed on Social…

The underlying goal of philosophy is to help humans seek the ultimate truth to the questions that orbit their knowledge for the meaning of existence. One question that many philosophers are challenging themselves to answer would be that of just how far individuals should go in order to provide relief for those who are suffering from poverty. After attaining a degree in bioethics, a professor by the name of Peter Singer recently ventured to provide the world with an answer to the question that…

A part of human nature is to be protective in a violent and aggressive way towards others who try and do harm to you or your family. Thus, since humans started to interact with one another, strong and powerful bonds have been forged between them forming societies that today make up a common color coded map of the world. Within each section of the map the society that resides there developed and implemented an ethical code for the betterment of the whole society. As a society grows larger, the…

Aldo Leopold is the author of the “The Land Ethic”. In this essay Aldo Leopold wrote his views about “the ethical sequence, substitutes for a Land Ethic, etc. First of all, Aldo defined the meaning of the ethics by how it is related to us and to our world. From the beginning to the end of his essay, I understood one most important point that he wants people to understand and see. He is telling us that we have to protect our world, we should treated our world as we would treat ourselves. Aldo…

moral or immoral based on either if they lead us towards telos, the “final goal at which all humans actions aim” (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) or cause us to stray from telos. Therefore, an action must be in compliance with our human nature, otherwise the action is immoral. A significant aspect of Aquinas’ philosophy, is natural law. The Theory of Natural Law is often misunderstood and is a great topic of dispute. To begin, we must examine both Aquinas’ definition of law and the…