Rationalism

Romanticism, as a movement of art and literature during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, was a reaction against the excessive rationalism of the Enlightenment era. It stressed strong emotion as the underlining source of aesthetic experience. Romanticism provided an escape from the rigidity of the Enlightenment period and its overemphasis on reason and disregard for emotion; a trait inherent and fundamental to human life. Likewise, the lasting appeal of emotion in contrast to the brevity…

although the Utilitarian theory is often recognized as the ‘Happiness Theory’, it in fact allows for the sacrifice of some peoples’ happiness for the sake of maximizing the aggregate happiness in a society. I also propose that the Kantian theory of rationalism considers all beings equally, thus allowing for the most fairness of the two moral laws. I. Utilitarian or Happiness Theory John Stuart Mill is well known for his Utilitarian ethics…

The Surrealist artists sought to conduct the unconscious as a means to unlock the power of our imagination. Disparaging rationalism and realism, the Surrealists believed the rational thought repressed the power of the human imagination, weighing it down with prohibitions and restrictions. Surrealism breaks the chains of our worldly mindset and lets us dwell in the vast stretch…

Teleological Argument According to the William Paley enlighten his essential Teleological Argument and deliver the significant confirmation about the existence of an immortal and it is under consideration in the exceptional cases that is known as the Design argument. In this way to know about the William Paley (1743-1805) previously composed a book that was the named as the NaturalTheology in which to provide the Evidences of the Existence of God further the Attributes of the Deity that is…

Research, Major #1 The History of Transcendentalism Through the leading power of Ralph Waldo Emerson, transcendentalism has made its way throughout history. Transcendentalism, the belief in knowledge that extends from the five senses, forces followers to become “spiritually” connected with the world and themselves. Known by many as the “king of transcendentalism,” the first enthusiast to set the stage for many others was Ralph Waldo Emerson. Centered in Concord, Massachusetts, Emerson led a…

The film “Miss Evers’ Boys explores ethical and social issues involved in the infamous Tuskegee Study. The study was about untreated black men diagnosed with syphilis. This study is an example of unethical medical research. Despite the availability of penicillin, these men were studied longitudinally and deceptively without treatment for decades, to discover the long term effects of untreated syphilis on their particular population. The film gives vivid and obvious examples to breaches in…

Its events pit the Right-wing individuals against the Left-wing thus causing deep divisions within society. Not only was it a political battle, the situation caused tension in many other areas as well. “Secularism against Catholicism, rationalism against obscurantism, and the Universalism of the French Revolutionary tradition was against an exclusive and aggressive nationalism.” Although the Dreyfus trial ended in favor of the Jewish military officer, it took a while to do so. It was not…

Inverness is a city situated in the north east of Scotland, on the edge of the Highlands and is considered the only administrative centre for the theatrical arts. The first theatre to be built in the city was completed in 1805; however, it burnt down during the war. Later in the 1960’s Inverness was housing a population of around 30,000 but the council expected this figure to increase due to new city developments. In the early 1960’s the city council decided to develop and expand the Inverness…

Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella the “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” is an interesting story set to originally be published around Christmas time as horror stories instead of Father Christmas was popular during the Victorian age. Stevenson’s story however was quite popular for exploring a topic that no other novelist had covered yet in a horror story. Stevenson wrote about the split personality of Dr. Jekyll, who encompassed both himself as the original and the worse qualities that he…

Given the rise in the investment of education and health care through conditional cash transfers, there is reason to believe this could possibly lead to the investment required for eventual human capital accumulation. CCTs are based in economic rationalism which correlates with the notion that people will always go for their best possible outcomes. Yet, critical analysis suggests that by attaching a condition of health care in poverty reduction inevitably conflates education and health as…