Rational

become rational agents and conduct a cost-benefit analysis to determine the fate of people with disability. Since people with physical disability will have a hard time producing and specializing in craft, the rulers will conclude that the cost of keeping them in the republic exceeds the benefit, and people with physical disability will be sent to the unseen place. This is contradicting Socrates’s definition of justice in the individual because a just individual, after performing a rational…

In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle discusses human life and identifies happiness to be its ultimate goal. To achieve Eudaimonia, person has to be occupied by rational activity and at the same time, lead a virtuous life. Eudaimonia will be defined shortly and it should be noted that it will be used interchangeably with the word happiness. The ensuing paragraphs will explain Aristotle’s theory, followed by its discussion. The essay will identify ethical theory’s main strength and its weaknesses,…

Background Schimel v. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, will examine a Wisconsin law that requires all doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges in a hospital within 30 miles of where the abortions are performed. Wis. Stat. § 253.095(2) (2013). Doctors who fail to comply can be fined up to $10,000 and are exposed to liability from the women who had the abortion and her family. Wis. Stat. § 253.095(3-4). The plaintiffs filled a §1983 suit against state officials in Wisconsin arguing…

The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is about love, and reveals that people will do anything for the ones they love. No matter what the outcome may be. In the story of Romeo and Juliet many of the characters make very rational decisions. I think people can learn a lot from this story, words can hurt and not to make uneducated decisions. So, the play Romeo and Juliet, is about two young individuals who are apart of two different social classes the Capulets and Montagues. Juliet is a…

As we have seen, Plato believes that justice is in the interest of those who are just. We have also seen, however, that Plato does not think that justice is good solely for its consequences; it is also good in itself, an intrinsic good. He shows this by arguing that justice is a component of the happy life. If the virtues were only an instrumental means to happiness, then they might fail to lead to happiness in other circumstances, and one might be able to achieve happiness with simply the…

all believe that there must be something greater in order for human existence to occur. They all have different arguments, however, they all come to the same conclusion; that God must exist. It is possible to prove the existence of God solely by rational thinking because of the three common philosophical arguments; the cosmological argument, the ontological argument, and the teleological argument. The first argument is the cosmological argument, this is the argument that the universe could not…

part of their rational soul. Aristotle makes an objection to his thesis by claiming that if someone acts virtuously he or she must already be virtuous. However, he makes this objection to further his thesis, since he is actually reasoning that a person does not have to be virtuous to act virtuously, which he then proceeds to support by presenting two key arguments that undermine his objection. Aristotle presents his argument with an analogy of being…

PS4217F Major Political Thinkers: Hobbes Assignment 1: What are the main strengths and weaknesses of Hobbes’ theory of civil order? Name: Denise Cher Yan Wen Matriculation Number: A0127001A Word Count: 1887 Introduction Hobbes’ theory of civil order is based on the fundamental law of nature, which is to seek peace (Hobbes 2012, 200). According to Hobbes, to seek peace is necessarily to seek peace in the condition of war, and justice is therefore a legal compliance with the terms of the…

There is a stable, coherent, knowable self. This self is conscious, rational, autonomous, and universal. This self knows itself and the world through reason, or rationality as the highest form of mental functioning, and the only objective form. The mode of knowing produced by the objective rational self is “science,” which can provide universal truths about the world. The knowledge/truth produced by science by the rational objective knowing self will always lead toward progress and perfection…

Romeo and Juliet were two young people who fell in love at first sight. This famous love story was written by William Shakespeare. There were many rash, rational, and irrational decisions made by the feuding families that ended in a downfall of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet had a very passionate love for each other. They met at the Capulet’s party, where Romeo wanted to crash because he saw Rosaline’s name on the guest list. When Romeo and Juliet met, they immediately kissed rushing into…