Social philosophy

The common questions asked in this branch of philosophy they common questions asked are and my personal answers are: How is anything known? Everything is known by knowledge. It is either taught to us from prior knowledge of our elders and peers or learned by us from experience. What is the basis for…

the paradox that is defining law. The following arguemnts will be premised upon the concepts of an unjust law still technically existing as law and the weaknesses that Socrates identifies for law as social order and law as justice or right as less subjective and more likely to hold true when the philosophy is applied to real situations. II. STATE LAW Laws can be good or bad – they cannot retroactively be deemed unfit to be law in the past, only in the present by the offending…

Thomas Hobbes Political Philosophy: The Leviathan When you hear the name Thomas Hobbes what comes to mind? Actor, teacher, or Maybe, you’ve never heard the name before. How about a 17th century philosopher with Founding work in political philosophy. He was born in 1588, in Wiltshire, England and Became a highly gifted student who soon attended Oxford. Thomas Hobbes’s first Published work was a translation of the Greek historian Thucydides completed in 1629. He was then…

Ethics is one of the most major and important topics discussed in philosophy. All philosophers have their own ideas and theories on this subject along with every person as an individual. Ethics deals with questions concerning how people should act, and the search for a definition of right behaviors and wrong behaviors. There are three branches in the philosophy of ethics: Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics, and Applied Ethics. Meta- Ethics attempts to answer the fundamental philosophical questions…

The most effective school of philosophy is a Taoist vision. Taoists has an inclusive and natural view of progression. "When the best rulers acheive their purpose. Their subjects claim the acheivement as their own". This quote from Lao Tze, expresses the idea that great leaders are only able to make great achievements with the support of their people. The factor that sets Taoists apart from Confuscianists is the idea of rigorous rituals and a set social structure. "The difficult develops…

to see that we are programmed to study racial contents in limited terms through a narrow angle. Mills claims the “white privilege” has indirectly manipulate and discourage us from thinking outside of the box and that we were stuck in understating social aspects of our lives in a pre-fixed environment:…

unlike most people, deeply concerned for a better future with fewer political issues and societal issues. The English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, as many may argue, was best known for his extravagant ideas in political science, philosophy, academics, journalism, and social science. Throughout his lifespan, Thomas Hobbes had spent his life,…

significant concept which is at the core of Mill’s philosophy. In the third chapter of on liberty, Mill discusses the great importance of individuality as a component of well being. By individuality, Mill does not aim just people’s own benefit, but also considers society’s profit as a whole. This term has many relations with other important terms in Mill’s philosophy such as experiments in living, happiness and freedom. While looking Mill’s philosophy as a whole, it is obvious that individuality…

multiple issues with scientism and he gives a strong argument to why scientism cannot replace literature, art, philosophy and ethics. First, he explains how scientism is appealing by describing reductionism. “Reductionism is a basic and very successful approach common to the physical and biological science, articulated by Rene Descartes (1596-1650) in his Meditations on First Philosophy” (280). What Pigliucci is trying to say that reductionism analysis something that is complex, like an idea,…

Cosmopolitanism is a word meaning; being free from local, provincial or national ideas, prejudices or attachments, it is derived from the Greek word kosmopolites, translated to “citizens of the world”. This is the philosophy that all human individuals regardless of their political relationships, should all be citizens making up a single community. The idea or notion of living within a cosmopolitanism society can provide us humans with a new understanding, a new outlook and a new perspective on…