Philosophical arguments

Creating a professional identity is a topic that sounds so far fetch and it sounds like it would take a person their entire career to establish it. Of course as humans we have trouble with the idea of needing to changes or to live up to people expectations of you. I’m glad to say that we don’t have to live up to anyone expectation; however, in order to make the final decision to establish the foundation of your professional identity we must look with ourselves to find that professional identity.…

Identity today is a complex subject. What is your identity? What specific traits determine who you are? It’s difficult to give an exact definition to such an abstract concept but many authors have expressed their perspective on it through their literature. Two works that share a common subject of identity and its meaning are The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber and Identity by Julio Noboa Polanco. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty tells the story of Walter, a man who fantasizes daily…

Ways to gain power have been seen throughout history. The three main ways to obtain power is through race, gender and social class. To have power is to control one's own life as well as the lives of others. The idea of power is discussed in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Mayella Ewell is a poor white woman who accuses a black man of raping and beating her. Mayella is powerful in regards to her race; however, she is not powerful in regards to gender and social class. Since…

set out Descartes’ main arguments of God. Firstly, I will briefly discuss a fundamental philosophical topic – how could I have been created if there were no God? Secondly, I will assess one of Descartes’ main arguments of the roots of knowledge and God’s role with this, and finally I will speak about Descartes’ ontological argument. I believe that his ontological argument is his weakest in his meditations, and so I will provide arguments against his, and then a counter argument which Descartes’…

wrong to think that without perfectionism we cannot avoid the repugnant conclusion. My first step in defending this thesis will be to review Parfit’s argument on the repugnant conclusion and the way perfectionism helps us avoid it. I will then try to undermine his view by showing it supports implausible claims. For example, the premise of Parfit’s argument is that perfectionism does provide a full means of avoiding the repugnant conclusion. However, what perfectionism values is the total sum of…

one way of formulating the “standard” brain-in-a vat skeptical argument: 1. If I know that I have…

In the past, present and future, it has always been about choices in society nothing different, but the same choices being made in society-no matter what the century, tradition and culture was. There is a choice that is involved in different situations in life- like what the person should do best. What is the individual options and how to proceed it the correct way in any situation they are in, what will him or her benefit from it. Choices can come from laws that the government functions, jobs…

The Good and Evil in Our Life People can identity the difference between good and evil based on their nature. According to Samuel Johnson, education gives us the power to discern or see the good from the bad, and to “prefer” the good. We can see that a good person would volunteer with nonprofit organizations, donate money to charity, stand up for others, and help people without expectations. While an evil person would murder people for their possessions, hurt people, tell lies, take…

The word limitation comes from the Latin word lymytacion which means a bounding. This word can be applied in a multitude of different ways but its meaning stays the same. Limitation can be a powerful word like its root word its meant to bind, and its definitions accentuate this fact. Limitation is a vestal word that can be used to describe many different situations. The detonated definition of limitation is “the act of controlling the size or content of something” (Merriam-webster.com). Even at…

The relation between human dignity and practical reason is the justification of practically rational viewpoint which argues for the rationality normative status of the concept of human dignity in the action. The stand of this relation argues for how all human agents must necessarily accept that they are committed and obligated to respecting the dignity of others and that this is a practically rational point of view without rejecting the substantive nature of human dignity as value and the prior…