Social philosophy

throughout Book VII of The Republic that has become immensely popular throughout centuries. Unlike before where Socrates would simply discuss his reasoning, The Allegory of the Cave offers a clear visual representation that critically reflects on society’s social and political themes while also making the journey up the “Divided Line” more understandable. Each element discussed in this allegory is symbolic, making it imperative that the audience pays close attention in order to fully comprehend…

with other individuals one acquires significance. Moreover, each person is destined to be given a defined function which he or she should perform for the community to strive, ensuring that justice, as seen by the philosopher, is attained. Even though social mobility within the bounds of his state is limited, exceptions are possible if one demonstrates an extraordinary potential for intellectual or physical development or, on the contrary, inability to retain the higher status. Professional class…

There are many different types of beliefs or the way people choose to judge a statement but the main two that stood out in class was moral realism and moral relativism. It took me a couple times and different ways of reading about the two types to grasp a basic understanding. These are basically two different types of views but they do have similar ideas within them. Before someone can determine which viewpoint makes the most sense, you must grasp a basic understanding of the two. After getting…

the university facility. However, the study ended before the anticipated time because of complaints of brutal punishment from the guards while other participants backed out of the experiment. The experiment showed how people readily conformed to social roles in day-to-day life. The participants, in this case, were well informed of their responsibilities (Kraska & Neuman, 2012). In 1974, the U.S. Government changed its policy in the way human research was conducted mainly due to the Tuskegee…

Danielle Amar History 3005 Prof. Tunney October 24th Copernicus and Galileo Analysis Analyzing the Primary Sources Context of the Sources The chosen sources are considerably based on Copernicus and Galileo which further reflects the comparison and contrast between both the well-known personalities. However, the first selected source is "Integrated results from the COPERNICUS and GALILEO studies”, analyzed and constructed by Pielen, et al (2017). Whereas, the second source is a book Defending…

Paperbacks, 2010.). Singer’s goals are "to challenge you to think about our obligations to those trapped in extreme poverty", and "to convince you to choose to give more of your income to help the poor". Singer's classic example illustrating his philosophy is: You are on your way to work and you notice a child drowning…

Primary Principles (An Analysis of Plato’s Pedagogy in Republic) Plato was one of the founding fathers of western philosophy. To be a philosopher one must, “Have an interest in the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.” (Philosophy) Plato’s focus was education, this is not limited to mere schooling, but the exposure and sheltering of certain materials. Plato followed in the footsteps of his teacher, Socrates,…

History can be viewed as an utterance of one very long sentence. There is a famous philosophical argument concerning our history and our future; the argument states that if determinism is true, and the past and the laws of the universe determine the future, then individuals do not hold sway over what is to come. In the simpler words of Leucippus, "Nothing occurs at random, but everything for a reason and by necessity".There are two kinds of actions; those that depend on free will and those that…

INTRODUCTION John Finnis commences his analysis with a defence of naturalist jurisprudence and then offers new insights into what positivism is and what is its relationship with natural law theories. He convincingly and forcefully shows that positivists opposition to natural law is redundant because what positivsts see as realities to be affirmed are already affirmed by natural law theory, and what they describe as illusions to be affirmed are not part of natural law. John Finnis work is urging…

The book, structure of Scientific Revolutions, is one of the most famous books authored by Thomas Kuhn. He introduces a wide array of concepts within the essay that explains the course of scientific revolution in the world. However, the essay has received wide criticisms from other scholars especially for what they refer to as his ‘relativistic’ nature. To understand or take a position as to whether the arguments of his charges of relativism are valid, an understanding of the term is necessary,…