Rational

which he famously formulated evidentialism. Here is the question he poses: Is it ever morally permissible to believe a proposition on insufficient evidence, or is it ever okay to let our opinion be influenced by something other than evidence and rational argumentation? He answers the question with a resounding no, and he specifies it as follows, “It is wrong, everywhere and for everyone, to believe anything on insufficient evidence.” Clifford makes his argument by presenting a succession of…

” is a paternalistic and rational physician who's methods of treatment lead to his wife’s lunacy. Being an extreme rationalist, John dismisses all of his wife’s traumas and horrors, and places fault on her “false and foolish fancies”(340). His wife even expresses discomfort in the fact that her husband, “John is a physician,” and states it as a reason I do not get well faster”(331). John is also incorrect in his diagnosis of his wife’s condition and because of his rational “he does not believe”…

Democracy, in which our Founding Fathers proudly introduced as the foundation of our government, is constantly protected and expanded (or at least attempted) by our Presidents. For example, during the Cold War when communism threatened democratic ideology, the U.S. responded with a “containment” policy to protect democratic peace. Recently, however, the same ideology that our generations of leaders sought to protect, is going through a slow but steady decline, with low voter turnouts and…

We are often told to think about our actions in rational terms. Because of this, when thinking about a situation, all emotions, opinions, and things that make us human are set aside for the sake of rationality and efficiency. The development of bureaucracies in order to deal with the large masses is a result of rational thought that is prominent in the Protestant ethic. According to Weber, this leads to a world in which the individual’s freedom is at threat, often trapping them in an iron cage.…

Deontological beliefs are for beings who possess the capability for rational thinking and believing. Anyone who cannot do so, are not able to participate in deontological beliefs. Taking this into consideration, only rational beings can understand Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative. His categorical imperatives were broken into three different formulations. The first formulation is the fact…

WEEK REFLECTION This week 's reflection has resumed the debate on participation and communication with a special focus on planning theory and practices. This discussion shed light on the rise of new ways of planning different to the traditional rational planning approach. In particular, this reflection expands on communicative planning (sometimes called collaborative planning), an approach based on the use of communication to help different interests in the process understand each other.…

phenomenon in his 1999 book, entitled Code of the streets: Decency, violence, and the moral life of the inner city. This dissertation stands as an analysis of Anderson’s work Code of the Streets in relation to the criminological theories of deterrence; rational choice; biological; psychological; control; social learning and labeling. As…

The Republic is Plato’s magnum opus and has become essential to political philosophy. For the greater part of Plato’s Republic, it is goal of Plato, using Socrates as his mouthpiece, to analyze justice by looking at the complex aspects of the just city in reference to the aspects of an individual’s psuché or soul. This is commonly known as the city-soul analogy. The analogy is used in order to define the nature of justice but also serve as justification. The Republic claims are built on the…

A2. To live a good life it is necessary to live a life that is full of meaning and of virtue; Aristotle’s belief in this is evident in his writings. He believed that a life lived in excess or in deprivation were not good lives, but one would have to keep a balance in order to live a life of worth. This is the mean according to Aristotle and for one to better understand his idea of the mean one must analyze certain themes and topics found in his texts. One must first comprehend his idea of how…

As a philosopher, Socrates’ views mainly focus on ethics and other rational behaviors in the society (Schultz and Paul 137). Based on his philosophical ideas and concepts, we can draw a lot of values including those dealing self-control and ones such as social justice and courage. Socrates wanted the society to adopt ethical behaviors that will promote ultimate happiness and good care of human soul (Schultz and Paul 138). He believed that the quality of our soul is more important than our…