Social philosophy

Hurthouse’s analysis of emotions in ethics is quite intriguing. She seems to try and find the middle ground between two of the most influential philosophers of all time. David Hume and Kant. As a result, I will try to explain both their views, Hurthouse’s view, and an argumentative paragraph explain their differences and similarities. According to David Hume, morality is something that is unable to be created via reason alone. Primarily since because ideologies are incapable of…

Not much is known about Socrates other than he was Greek philosopher who is considered, by many, to be the father of Western philosophy. Many of Socrates writings, if he ever did write anything, were never discovered. As a result, everything we do know about Socrates is solely based on the information derived from the works of his student, Plato, and his contemporary, Aristophanes. When Aristophanes and Plato’s works are compared, it is evident that they show many inconsistencies and do not…

considered morally right if it is in accordance with some list of duties and obligations • Contractarianism: an action is considered morally right if it in accordance with the rules that rational moral agents would agree to observe when entering into a social relationship for mutual benefit. This is also known as contractualism. • Divine command: the common forms of deontological moral theories are those that comes…

another, and in doing so, he has no regard for anyone else but himself. This disregard for societal norms and boundaries is what brings the comparison full circle. Nietzsche argues that the “ordinary” will do whatever is necessary to move up that social ladder; only focused on self-gratification. This is much like Raskolnikov in how, refusing help from others, he makes the decision to advance on his own. This self-propulsion to get ahead; without regard to ethics, is ultimately the downfall of…

with a philosopher named David Hume during the Scottish Enlightenment around 1750 (Enlightenment PowerPoint, Slide 12). After a year passed, his accomplishments led him to a new position at the University of Glasgow. He became a professor of moral philosophy and wrote “Theory of Moral Sentiments” during this time. Smith also was known for another book he wrote called “The Wealth of Nations” which was mainly about Capitalism. Smith was also widely known for his interest in modern economics. Many…

This essay will critically analyse inclusive legal positivism and will provide with arguments why it is a positivistic theory of law in name only. To do so, it will explore the essence of what legal positivism is by discussing the issues concerning morality and authority. The main argument of soft positivism being a positivistic theory in name only will consist of the assertion that the presence of morality in it makes it contradict with the essence of positivism, namely, that a connection…

Socrates’ perception of the afterlife is where “all the dead are (pg. 16) therefore he will be able to meet with other famous philosophers and warriors and will continue to debate philosophy for eternity. Socrates asserts that the ruling is a blessing and does so to justify this claim through an association fallacy: death is either an afterlife or eternal rest. Since the afterlife is good and eternal rest is good, then therefore, death…

Jerzy Twarowski: Rhetorical analysis; Plato’s Allegory Of The Cave Plato’s allegory of the cave is an attempt to depict the idea that position of the man in the universe that he exists in is fatal. In a dialog Socrates is trying to convince Glaucon to his point of view of the physical and mythical world. Generally speaking the thought is that all we see, the world we exist in is just an illusion, just a shade of what is really true and our mission is to find this truth . Plato believed that to…

it had on Christian, Jewish, and Muslim thoughts. Maimonides known for being a philosopher and a biblical scholar. With his book The Guide for the Perplexed he tried to help people decipher through the confusing thoughts of religion and science/philosophy. While The Guide for the Perplexed helped answer many conflicts between science and religion back then, there has continually been new struggles between religion and science today. In this paper, we are going to look closely at gene therapy…

agreed with all those before him but took its value to a new level. While reason was seen as important to certain aspects of life, Hegel held it above everything else. He placed godlike features on the use of reason saying, “The only Thought which Philosophy brings with it to the contemplation of History, is the simple conception of Reason; that Reason is the Sovereign of the World; that the history of the world, therefore, presents us with a rational process” (Hegel 22). Comparing anything to…