Social philosophy

focuses on the morality of actions more so that the overall consequences of said action. Unlike the consequentialist thinking of utilitarianism which chooses the outcome with the overall greatest happiness, Kant’s nonconsequentialist approach to philosophy believes in the inherent “goodness” or “badness” of an action, regardless of people’s pain or pleasure. As such, Kantianism can be applied to the labeling of zero-emission vehicles; because these cars still emit pollutants, this deceptive and…

Ethics is a branch of philosophy and is considered a normative science as it is concerned with the norms of human conduct. It is the conception of right and wrong behavior, defining for us when our actions are moral or immoral. Business Ethics is the art and discipline of applying ethical principles to examine and solve complex moral dilemmas. A business is considered to be ethical only if it manages to reach a tradeoff between pursuing its economic objective and fulfilling its social…

Emmanuel Kant would likely argue that the social cost of some people suffering from adverse cognitive or emotional effects of the genetic enhancements is not the intention of genetic enhancement since there is no categorical imperative that one is obligated to undergo…

There are many formalistic expressions in the critique of practical reason, the most formalistic emptiness debate is around Kant’s interpretation of law-giving force of the moral law that must stem from its mere form, if its universalizability stemmed from the content, the law could only hold for that content and not universally. For example, ‘for which the mere lawgiving form of a maxim can alone serve as a law is a free will’, the law giving form of a maxim is ‘the only thing that can…

In his writing ‘An Essay on Beauty and Judgement’, Nehamas discusses beauty and it’s place in art, and it’s rejection in philosophy. Within the essay it is also queried how aesthetic judgements are used, and whether a universal agreement needs to be reached for something to hold beauty. When we say something is beautiful, or that it holds aesthetic value, Nehamas questions whether or not this is just personal opinion. Nehamas begins his discussion by introducing us to what an aesthetic…

authority, this occasionally made matters awkward for the young doctor. The Kraythonian's viewed Carl, as best any Earth language could translate, as a 'Lower-form'. To have any chance of ascending the social ladder you needed a nomination from a 'Higher-form', which basically meant anyone of a higher social standing. Which basically meant anyone else on the base. Carl had thought being a doctor would put him in better stead, but the Kraythonian's saw the young, fresh faced human rather than his…

Acacia Frempong-Manso 400013992 Philos 3N03 November 30th 2017 G.A Cohen’s criticisms of Rawls G.A. Cohen is best recognized in modern political philosophy for making the claim that the principles of justice are an essential reason behind the justification of an action-guiding principle, however, they are inappropriate to the conduct political practice. In Cohen's book, Rescuing Justice and Equality, he makes two criticisms of John Rawls. The first objection is that Rawl's is unable to…

What is right? What is wrong? Can the two even exist or are they just figments of some sort of lesser mentality? These are just a few of the many questions in the world that can not simply be answered by a single sentence as there are too many factors in context. Thus, we, as humans, are forced to reflect on the topic with our own philosophical ideas in hopes that we can piece our ideas with the ideas of others in order to solve this massive jigsaw puzzle dubbed “Life” In every person there is…

Ethics is a branch of philosophy that, at its core, seeks to understand and to determine how human actions can be judged as right or wrong. There are multiple variations and subclasses of ethical theories. These theories that help us with decision making can be challenged or critiqued. In particular Mill’s Utilitarianism, an ethical theory that promoted the greatest happiness for the greatest number, was criticized by Charles Taylor in his article The Diversity of Goods. The article written by…

and philosophers have different views it is hard to see the conversation aspect of it. And in order to understand the conversation happening we need to first understand moral and immoral matters. We also need to take a look at the contribution that social sciences can have on the…