The philosophical heritage of the US from the side of African American authors is significant to evaluate on the prospects of freedom, religion, education, and social importance of Black population for the United States.
The following examples from the work by Stevenson and Haberman demonstrate the unacceptable and acceptable instances of paraphrasing and explain the reasons for their acceptability: "We have here two systems of belief that are total [...]
The past life in the Arab environment and the way of life of the people influenced the formation of Islam since the customary norms of the society in the Western Arabia was a basis for [...]
One of the founders of Greek ancient thought was Plato whose works became the handbooks of many modern philosophers and scientists.
Anne Bradstreet's role in the cultural literary movement was not more than a female poet, striving hard to achieve her identity in a male dominated Puritan society."The Prologue" is one of the attempts of Bradstreet [...]
The belief is that God is a being, who is not only the creator of everything in existence and is the central source of wisdom, love, and divine intervention in the universe.
One of these means, and the only one that Freud seems to feel provides any sense of satisfaction as to why happiness cannot be obtained, is found in the realm of religion.
In that regard, a definition that covers all the concepts of critical thinking might be considered as follows: Critical thinking is the use of those cognitive skills or strategies that increase the probability of a [...]
More than thirty years ago, one of the most interesting philosophers of the twentieth century, Hans Jonas, discussing the problems of the experiments on human, outlined the necessity to limit the appetites of "number-hungry research [...]
Despite the controversies about the relationship between the rational soul and its sensitive and nutritive faculties, however, the Aristotelians were still united in their belief that the soul is the form of the body and [...]
It is very difficult to assess the beauty in general. The perception of beauty is the perception of our minds through our tastes.
It is impossible to treat the world and human beings' activities and way of life on the basis of abstract notions and thoughts, as it was underlined in Hegel's philosophy.
It is the goal of the present paper to review such areas of ethical issues within the field of criminal justice as: pretexting during investigation and police misconduct, and their influence on the investigated case.
Accordingly, the essence of the aforesaid Socrates' argument in the court is the focus of the Apology written by the student of Socrates, Plato, sometime after the court decision was taken and Socrates was killed.
According to the author, the context of discovery is about the actual method and process that has allowed a new idea to come forth while the context of justification is about the manner in which [...]
The consequence of the sin implicated in Abel's murder is a judgment that is bound to follow generations Gen 25 records the second form of sibling rivalry in the Old Testament between Esau and his [...]
That which creates, sustains, and maintains life in harmony with the natural cycles of this planet, doing no harm to the ecology or people of the Earth- is right.
It can be assumed that Nietzsche is praising the moral values provided by religion, whereas knowing the fact that he rejected the religion as an institution, it can be stated that Nietzsche points out to [...]
The philosophy of Plato on the components of the soul and their role towards the development of character is also accepted by Aristotle.
Those theses might be listed as follows: the identification of reflective practice in the sphere of worship leading; the interrelationship of the already mentioned worship to doctrine, concerning such religious fields of it as "atonement", [...]
The author effectively states the futility of the numerous discussions and controversies of the educational content as the manner simply involves what the student should learn rather than what should be taken out of the [...]
He does so through VII:15, in saying that happiness is found in the acceptance of the conditions of one's environment, not in varying degrees of performance. Socrates, if trying to gain the sense of a [...]
In the field of individual rights, more or less for the purpose of protecting the rights of citizens in society critics have a shift from a philosophy of individualism to one of public welfare and [...]
If a person is certain of one thing more than of another, so the first thing he is certain of is considered to be absolute for him.
In other words, it tries to put of the problem to a later time which is not predictable. With this kind of ambiguity then it is never easy to to seek redress on failure of [...]
In addition, the prominent thinker estimated rhetoric in the context of logic, because logic, as well as rhetoric and dialectic, point out the studying of persuasion methods.
In reading about all the various theories of physicalism, also often called materialism, it presents a confusing array of philosophical stances, which all have one thing in common: the separation of the physical from the [...]
But the fact is that ethics would be completely shattered if the motive is not as logical and piercing in connection to the willpower of the majority of men.
The growth of the movement towards the formation of states is, however, a gradual one; it is continuous, from the sixteenth century to our day, and while, throughout this period, and in almost every country [...]
The enlightenment period also popularly referred to as the age of reason denotes an explosive era in human history stretching from around the year 1600 to the year 1800; a period in which the West [...]
It is on such a basis that this paper observes the various aspects of this very important principle in morality and its influence on the various systems and ecologies in the lives of humanity as [...]
The kingdom of God has thus come and is present in the Church despite the fact that the Church is to be purified, at the Final Judgment, of the tares that now grow within it.
Gandhi proposed some principles for the members of the Satyagraha and insisted that these principles must be followed to achieve the desired effect.
Ethics is not a theory of discipline since our inquiry as to what is good for human beings is not just gathering knowledge, but to be able to achieve a unique state of fulfillment in [...]
Sometimes it seems that if everything in this life was equal it would be easier to perform our main function in this world to live happily.
In understanding the rights to be a citizen to a given country of countries, there is a strong argument for and against its relation and relevance to the basic theories of justice.
The theory advocates for actions that bring a large amount of pleasure and little pain to the majority of the people or rather the course of actions that maximize happiness and minimize pain by considering [...]
However, the sense of malfunction that can result in a crisis in both political and scientific development is required as a precondition to a revolution.
Although God can annihilate in the twinkling of an eye, those who do not die will know that God is the creator of the world who has brought it into existence from nonexistence because, since [...]
The intention of many people is to act in a moral site of theirs. It is therefore the situational pressures that make the failure of moral people to act morally.
This sharper definition is essential to truly live the enlightened life of the faithful, as one must have a clear idea of one's beliefs and their basis if one is to live in harmony with [...]
One of the elements of pluralism that has served to confuse today's secular culture is the various approaches that have been taken to the 'true faith.' According to Carson, a great deal of the confusion [...]
The level of how weakness and sensibility to pain, adversity is discouraged is shown when the lord Krishna makes it a point to elaborate to Arjuna, that in his position as a warrior he has [...]
Propositions of relations of ideas are related only to the matter of thinking and logical observation, whereas the propositions of relations of facts are based on the relations of cause and effect, which can be [...]
To define philosophy is rather difficult, as like Popkin and Stroll claim, "philosophy is generally regarded as per haps the most abstruse and abstract of all subjects, far removed from the affairs of or dinary [...]
This plainly makes it a duty to love ourselves and regard our own happiness by the value of the scale. It is our desire only that induces within us the spirit to help others therefore [...]
Being among the first to question the dominant Aristotelian schools of thought that had so dominated academic thought throughout the ages and approaching the subject from the mathematical field rather than the traditional philosophical stance, [...]
While Mill does not use the complicated jargon that is put forth by Kant, nonetheless the notion of good and actions to which we should subscribe are relative points in this complex world.
Ethical relativism has to be based on the overall ideas of the individual and it has to be intrinsic such that all the necessary changes or the responsibilities can be adhered to.
The two classical works of "Saint Augustine confessions" and "The letters of Abelard and Heloise" can be effectively used in modern contemporary society to expound on the different world views and Christianity views held by [...]
Because of the responsibilities that lawyers have once they have committed themselves to their clients, there are times that their morality is put to test."A lawyer has to be with a client loyal, knowledgeable, skillful, [...]
Camus prefers a particular position that facilitates human freedom and 'external reality to interact in both ethics and the creation of art.
A citizen, for Aristotle, is an individual who has the capacity and the right to engage in the governance of a "polies".
To begin with, Plato believed that acquisition of knowledge was the way to being virtuous in life but he tended to differ with philosophers like Aristotle stating that education to be acquired from the natural [...]
The Scientific Revolution had a great impact on the life of the world and its further development, understanding of social and scientific values and principles, civilizations, and the world around us.
The Republic explains the plan of the Euthydemus: to reveal and clarify the matters of good. Understanding is, questionably, significant and adequate for the regulation of motive in the spirit.
In many ways, the extreme rationalism of Descartes, its traditional alternative and empiricist aspects and the debate between them, constitute the part of the Enlightenment which had the greatest influence in the nineteenth century.
With the advent of modern technology and modern means of living, along went along with it is the advancement of the human race.
In the Age of Enlightenment, the people fed up with the abuse of authority began to question the divine right of rulers to own land, together with all that it contains including people.
Another theory that Kant criticized is the view of Baumgarten wherein it states that God is the author and the legislator of all the natural obligations because HE was the one who made the world.
It tries to unravel the nature of truth and knowledge and to find out the basic values and importance of life.
The main topic of this very essay is the consideration of the three metamorphoses of the human spirit developed by Nietzsche in his book and their influence on the whole work and outlook of the [...]
It is also of the utmost importance to discuss the attitude of two authors towards the very notion of the overwhelming force.
The ethics of care recognizes that human beings are dependent for the most part of their lives and dependent people have a pressing moral claim to care in order to live and progress.
In other words, the ideal ruler is able to bring peace to the whole world. Confucius evaluated the justice of warfare applying more general ideals related to good government and leader."Even in the nonideal world [...]
According to Pojman, we should always strive to form a world in which the virtuous are rewarded and the vicious punished.
Boredom is a condition characterized by low levels of arousal as well as wandering attention and is normally a result of the regular performance of monotonous routines.
One of the first things that he perceived in this line of thought was that he had a basic idea of the existence of God.
The Socratic Method is a philosophical mode of questioning that involves the investigation of connotations of other situations that are related to the topic of inquiry itself.
Dating back to a time that is almost difficult to imagine, the Tao-te-ching brings into the spotlight, the need for a seamless coexistence between spiritual progress on the one hand and the development of technological [...]
The error - discrepancy between two groups of the objects, one of which is the standard, a right answer of a problem, the decision which would lead to the desirable result, and the second - [...]
Whenever any discussion comes to the issue of knowledge, the subject will definitely be addressed from the matter of the truth and the facts.
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals underlines that autonomy acts as the link between the analysis of morality and the moral will and free will.
When faced with the option of an apple of a muffin, a good person would choose the apple, because the part of the soul that desired the muffin would be controlled by self-control, the part [...]
He is examining the notion of autonomy and what truly constitutes an autonomous act and arrives at the understanding that what is important in the question of free will is the rationale behind the choice [...]
The thesis of the paper is "Sacrificing truth for friendship is a way to understand the shortcomings of progress". In this play, Lessing identifies a Jew as a champion of friendship and the enemy of [...]
Because of the discussion we have had regarding politics, the political system, the relationship of sociology and politics, and even the economics of politics, I realized that politics affects all individuals, the society, the country, [...]
Humans of all generations and historical periods seek to find the answer to the cause about the cause of life, the destiny and the role of each human in the life of others.
The human being was once considered of as the Great Amphibian, or the one who can exclusively live in the two worlds, a creature of the physical world and also an inhabitant of the spiritual, [...]
In The Apology, Socrates stands before a jury of his peers accused of "committing an injustice, in that he inquires into things below the earth and in the sky, and makes the weaker argument the [...]
This is evidenced within the text of the Apology as Socrates begins his defense of himself against the old enemies that have spoken falsely "telling of one Socrates, a wise man, who speculated about the [...]
The same applies to what is right and what is wrong that is what is right or wrong differs from individual to individual, group to group, society to society.
His studies point to the fact that only when a man begins to inquire about the meaning of Being [Dasien] and its presence in the beings of experience does he grasp his own essential reality [...]
Kierkegaard's writing is developed in the context of his approach to Christianity, while Nietzsche's thesis lies in the death of God.
In other words, his theory of utility is based on the principle of moral obligation: the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people who are involved or affected by the action performed by one [...]
The form of an object is the arrangement of the comprising components making up the object in focus. This is the counterpart of the subjects of predication in the Categories.
In Leviathan Hobbes has mentioned that how could a soul be a part of a man or a part of any of the man's bodily features?
He did his duties as a citizen, and stoically bore the privations of poverty and a shrewish wife.he did not expound his philosophies, but rather chose to converse with people and by the very act [...]
The principled nonviolence includes such diverse beliefs as pacifism, generally non-active form of resistance to violence, and the commitment of the Quakers, a religious group, to use their deeply held belief in a nonviolent way [...]
The Socratic legacy understand that the moral life is the best life for the agent thus has the central role of linking Socrates' intuitions of the pre-eminence of morality with the theory of uniform self-interested [...]
It is the practice of individuals or larger societal entities working in common with mutually agreed-upon goals and possibly methods, instead of working separately in competition, and in which the success of one is dependent [...]
Accomplishing the first claim of the assignment, it is necessary to emphasize, that Socrates as a historical person is viewed as the philosopher and sage who always lived in poverty, and Socrates is often regarded [...]
Following Descartes, the essence of the mind is thought, the essence of the body is the extension. The boundary between the mind and the body is grounded in the distinction between the intelligent and the [...]
These are fear of premature death, fear of the idea of death, fear of the dying process, fear of the death of significant others, fear of the unknown, fear of being destroyed, fear of the [...]
Hume's critique of theology is driven by and expressed as a suspicion that natural theology is for the most part an unconscious effort to rationalize and legitimate a preexisting and culturally acquired religious view of [...]
Bessie Stanley, the author of the poem, What is a success, described success as, "He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, [...]
Dressing style is one of the most confronting aspects of the Amish religion in the sense that they tend to be traditional in their dressing styles and their dressing styles are the most simple ones.
They are based on philosophies that so much influence the life of the people in these regions. Confucianism advocated for social responsibility and that is why it has influenced the people of china for a [...]
It is very clear that John Locke's theory about material things understanding and perceiving them is an attempt to contribute to the advancement of epistemology. Locke was mistaken in assuming that there is nothing certain [...]
This book can be understood as the first modern text of political theory in the West because it sets down a pattern of conduct and policy which a "wise" sovereign should follow if he desires [...]
The allegory of the cave illustrates the place of the form of the good at the top of Plato's hierarchy. It addresses the images of education and governance.
Although some of the concepts similar to the teachings Buddhism had spread to Paschke and Koguyo, the places inhabited by the Koryo people, the religion preached by Buddha could not be firmly established in two [...]
The stupa became a symbol of the Buddha, of his final release from the cycle of birth and rebirth - the Parinirvana or the "Final Dying," the monk explained. He explained that the main Buddha [...]
The central concepts of Marxist economics include the theory of labor value, the disposition of production, and the inevitable conflicts between the classes.
The idea that man is inherently selfish and is motivated only by his fundamental needs is not a new one. The idea is that any act of a human being requires some basic motivational factor.
The world outside the cave is the logical place; which is reachable to logic but not to insight; the voyage outside of the cave into daylight of the world is the soul's inclination to the [...]
The ethics in Kantianism are deontological in nature which is based on the duty of the person instead of the emotional feelings and the goals.
In this theory, Aristotle refers to a good life as being a happy life. Aristotle says that good life, since it is a final end, is explained in terms of human functions.
Knowing that some of the beliefs of philosophy are opposite to the beliefs of the Christian doctrine and ignoring it is just not acceptable.
Singer, the philosopher, and author of the article makes it clear that the extension of the basic principle of equality from one group to another does not imply that both groups are to be treated [...]
Knowledge of the bases of Muslim doctrine is rather variously at various layers of the population and in the different countries of traditional distribution of Islam.
In the chapter entitled "The concept of essence", Marcuse defines the philosophical construct of the essence as the abstraction and isolation of the one true form of existence from a multitude of changing appearances, and [...]
In that period, the epistles of Paul to the Ephesians and the Corinthians and his preaching to the Athenians were all aimed at a Greek audience.
In the role of representatives of the people, it is prudent that the legislators seek to act in the best interest of the majority of the people and to do so with its input.
The interpretation of good and bad is dependent upon the context in which it is perceived. The philosophers Bentham and Mill associated the concept of utilitarianism with the study of ethics.
Soon, Oedipus also understands that the prophecy has come true and that he is the source of the curse for the kingdom.
He is of the opinion that America political writers and the political class deliberately blocks public opinion to serve their own interests; "The existence of a force called public opinion is in the main taken [...]
The quest for absolute knowledge is fruitless because not a single person is able to claim with certainty that the specific idea or knowledge is absolute. Knowledge is the result of examination of ideas to [...]
For several times in the course of life I became convinced in the fact that the more a person knows the more he or she needs to know.
According to the frame of the course of miracles, the work of the Holy Spirit is to teach us forgiveness, which acts as a corrective measure of the ego.