Philosophy Essay Examples and Topics. Page 13

This paper assumes that it is the cognizance of the presence of choices for our actions that validates the existence of free will since, even if some extenuating circumstances and influences can impact what choice [...]

Berkley's criticism of realism is premised upon the fact that the theory is based on uncertainty. Idealism is a theory which argues that reality is reliant on the mind and does not exist externally to [...]

However, the natural universe is characterized by gigantic, complex, and fascinating features compared to those of the artificial world. This means that there is no conclusion to a single creator of the universe.

However, if the care is expensive, and it is clear that I will not make it, I do not want my family to spend their money to prolong my life by a few days or [...]

The implication of the consequentialism approach is that individuals should practice only those actions that give just, assertive, and ethical products, which do not compromise the lives of other organisms.

In the conclusion of the fourth part of Discourse on Method lies Descartes' paradoxical assertion that the whole process of systematic and rational deduction is based on our assured knowledge of God, however, in the [...]

Proteus, a god in Greek mythology, is referred to as the god of 'elusive sea change' and is known to change just as the seawater or water in any container is bound to change shape.

The philosophy of empowerment supports dignity and self-worth; as such, value to all people, regardless of their status or race is an important rule of empowerment.

The picture depicts a city of the future as seen in the middle of the 20th century. Slaughter claims that people of the 21st century tend to see the future society as dystopian.

As for one to be accorded the status of a professional he has to practice the skills required in that profession.

Inconsistencies in responses lead to a determination of truth of earlier statements; in short a question is broken down to a series of smaller questions in order to ultimately arrive at a more refined for [...]

The consequentialist ethic of Mohism gave the definite characterization of what was considered to be the benefits as opposed to the harms. According to Mohism, without the institution of the government, there was no such [...]

According to the author, moral and pragmatic failures of capitalism are vividly evident in the modern world. In order to comprehend these lessons, it is necessary to compare and contrast socialism both in the 20th [...]

One of the earliest ontological arguments, in defense of the de facto existence of God, is that of Anselm of Canterbury.

In the end, both Hobbes and Locke come to agree on a rather plan ground that, in the state of nature, human behaviors are supposed to be guided by the laws of nature.

First of all, the existential component of Fanon's philosophy was expressed in the attempt to analyze the essential aspects of existence from the perspective of human beings as not only thinking subjects but also subjects [...]

For example, the expected degradation of the environment in the Mackenzie delta was linked to the construction of a pipeline in the region.

An extended number of perspectives, therefore, is the basis for the concept of objectivity and it should not be based solely on the implications of one's view of the world.

At the height of the French revolution, there still stood some characters that dared to stand out and speak for the rights of the people.

These unchecked and unpredictable powers contributed to the amassing of wealth by this authority and the continual suffering of the Russian peasant class.

The teachings of the old and the wise seemed buried in the annals of yesteryears. This is courage in the truest sense of the word because it leads to many other virtues.

C: "An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law". C: "An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law".

The notion of a state should be treated in such a way that the physical condition of the world remains independent of logic.

Kant's notion on the possibility of knowledge of an objective realm reducing to the possibility of a priori synthetic judgment is explained by his interest in necessary truth, the theory of a priori, and necessity.

Consequently, the outcome of a course of action that is on the course of being undertaken or is to be undertaken lies in the value of the outcome.

In a society where they have a political system that favors political liberalism, it is not just a matter of obeying rules since the enactment of the political system is similar to the moral values [...]

In his book 'The Prince', Machiavelli evades the subject of legitimacy simply because of his rather cynical stand on the issue of legitimate governance.

Thus, referring to the cases provided in the paper written by Gettier, it is important to state that in spite of the fact that it is possible to speak about the justified true belief as [...]

At the end of the story, some mayhem begins, so it is the reader who is to decide where Dennett is.

Nowadays, people are more accustomed to the thought that it is possible, but it is still obvious that people had nothing to do with the creation of the world of animals.

As for the moral features of God, it is possible to assume that he is evil since he causes many evil events.

Remus and Romulus were twins, the children of Rhea and Mars. Romans argue that their republic developed based on a mythical story of the Romulus and Remus.

The philosophical utilitarianism view explains why morality is everybody's concern and elucidates the "nature of the reasons" behind any moral act.

Perhaps, because of the complicacy of the ratio of the long and the shorter, it could be demonstrated with the line best.

In doing this, he sets out on a planned course; to recall all he had believed as true, examine the reasons that made him doubt them, and to consider what to continue believing.

After scrutinizing the past of the public sphere, Herbamas establishes that there was no between the public and the private spheres, because of the class groupings by the feudal government. He views the liberal model [...]

More importantly, I would not want to know when I would die because that would be no kind of life to live.

This is because I would focus on positive things in my life; plan to do the things I would like to do before I leave, love people a little bit more, enjoy life, and not [...]

Descartes is of the opinion that "the concept of intellectual justification and its role in the concept of knowledge is problematic".

John Stuart Mill's view of sovereignty over the mind and the body focuses on the tendency of human beings to exercise liberalism to fulfill their self-interest.

Similarly, the sovereignty of a distinctive group expresses the wholeness of its free will, but not a part of the group.

In the context of Malcolm X's view, the American war for independence underpins the notion that American society awaits another fight for the liberation of the black community.

Heraclitus's argument on the non-existence of reality is a contradiction of anything that is perceived as permanent. Plato argues that people can now the Forms as a way of deriving absolute truth and becoming wise.

As it was mentioned in the Introduction, the belief that it is one's psyche, which 'fuels' the functioning of his or her body, used to be considered utterly appealing by many people, throughout the course [...]

One notable similarity between Heidegger's and Foucault's theories is the fact that both talk of a factor that makes things seem right and wrong in the eyes of different people.

These aspects are all related in the sense that ideology is used to execute power by means of the state apparatuses.

I admitted it was impossible to complete the coursework before the deadline, but I persisted and worked through the night to complete the assignment.

Chapter five of Kupperman's book "Theories of human nature" looks at great philosophers, namely Plato's and Aristotle's points of view in trying to define humanity. The writer tries to illustrate the complexity of defining a [...]

The death led to the development of potential domains in modern medicine. His closeness to the king would have contributed to the rapid development of science.

It is because of the prior experiences or truths that the passenger has already structured about the truth before knowing the truth. The third is the Critique of Judgement, and that is another important aspect [...]

He argues that human beings may not know the identity or the capability of the being that made the watch, but this does not negate the very existence of that being.

According to it, the individuals should act in such a way that the maxim of their action could be related to the universal law of morality.

Speaking of my own experience of meeting a kami, I must admit that in my life, the presence of kami could be spotted in the cases when I had to make complicated life choices.

From the standpoint of proactiveness and the willingness to change the world for the better, the specified approach toward managing complex issues might be seen as the sign of weakness.

As such, people should not be given more power in a society with the help of exercising legislative power, according to Locke, than they had in a natural state when they enjoyed no power.

The fight against religion is, therefore seen as a fight against the whole of humanity. The emancipation of Germans is the emancipation of man.

Thrasymachus argues that the moral values in the society are a complete reflection of the interests of the ruling group and not the society as a whole.

According to Plato, the functioning of every human being is closely linked to the entire society. Therefore, the major difference here is that for Plato, the function of every individual is to improve the entire [...]

Thus, with this form of surveillance, the public has to conform, which is to engage in simple and acceptable activities when online so as not to stand out.

Therefore, one's decision to end its life should be discussed within the context of how he or she strives to defy existence's absurdist essence: "The subject of this essay is precisely this relationship between absurd [...]

The advantage of this thinking is that it puts a person to the task to ensure that they have done all possible research before calling something as truth.

Nowadays, millions of people are interested in developing discussions about the role of the philosophy of mind in human behaviour, the quality of the relationships between mind and brain, and the way of how the [...]

Not many of the old philosophical schools had means to resist the progress and survive through the development of science. The period around 300 BC in Greece is characterized by the blossom and thriving of [...]

He says that he is not a sophist or physicalist, he is not irreverent, and he does not corrupt the youth.

As a rule, the process of reading used to be interpreted as interactive due to the unceasing process of drawing connections between a reader's perception of the represented ideas and the viewpoint conveyed in a [...]

The notion of being prepared for what is to come is naturally linked to self-realization in the sense that people consciously try to achieve as much as possible in the period of life before life [...]

In the creation hymn of the Rg Vega, Aditi is acknowledged to be the god of all gods because he is the creator and has equally been granted the status of five men.

In the quest to understand patterns, reason can be regarded as the capacity to mentally work out and solve a problem or understand things that are not easily discernible.

The Marxism philosophy is the brainchild of Karl Marx with the assistance of Friedrich Engels in the mid-nineteenth century. One of the core ideologies behind the concept of Marxism is that of social reality.

The principles of the highest good were designed to help people in achieving success in self-development as the right being and reaching the main goal of life to become closer to the highest good, which [...]

The introduction of the rule of law is an integral part of state-building. Their importance in state building is to ensure that the actions of both leaders and citizens are controlled.

The ideas of presentism can be called rather limited since it is probably not fully correct to look at the world system only from the standpoint of the present time.

The hanging scroll Death of the Historical Buddha is a perfect example of an idiosyncratic subgenre of the nirvana images, which permeated Japanese art in the sixth century after the adoption of Buddhism.[4] The composition [...]

The ideas of Thomas Hobbes concerning the organization of the society are based on the social contract theory and a set of arguments about human nature that majorly contradict the ideas of anarchism.

He determined that the existence of the declared principles on which the fundamental structure of equality is based, as well as the institutions that monitor their observance, is the critical prerequisite for social justice and [...]

Nevertheless, there appears to have been a phenomenological quality to the development in question, because during the initial phase of Buddhism's expansion into China this concept used to be commonly regarded contradictory to the religion's [...]

To comprehend the connection between Daoism and Buddhism and the possible influence of the former on the latter, it is expected to identify the main concepts of Taoism in Chinese philosophy and culture first.

In order to show how the deductive method based on Descartes' theory of human consciousness looks, it is possible to apply it on the example of a computer to prove that an inanimate organism has [...]

The reason for this is that one's very presence in the company of friends, establishes the objective preconditions for him/her to be willing to engage with these individuals verbally.

After that, it is argued that although Kant's philosophy is "better" in some respects, Mill's moral theory is preferable due to being practically applicable.

To understand the connection established by Aristotle between a good life and a rational one, it is first necessary to discuss the concept of good used in the Nicomachean Ethics.

The problem of searching for the meaning of life has always been the central topic for the vast majority of people.

This idea is applicable to both the spiritual and material strivings of a person. The goal setting is the primary aspect of success; it should comply with internal and external factors.

Such an assumption actually sounds reasonable if we reconsider the fact of our very existence and admit that an individual is only a container for the Will, which is the true representation of the human.

Aristotle's meaning of equality is a form of government that is democratically rooted and not aligned to the issue of state and class.

In particular, Muharjee notes that many local communities reacted to the development of globalization by perceiving it as a threat to their authenticity and individuality; in other words, the author pointed out that globalization can [...]

The picture that unfolds before the viewer shatters all conventional notions of nature and challenges the idea of the geological magnitude, offering a new meaning of it.

1 In the context of this essay, we present the concept of self-cultivation as the process of a human being acquiring new knowledge and using the same to inform his/her actions.

The central theme of the article is the idea that living by certain values might be conducive to having a happy and fulfilled life.

The optimal state is the state of acceptance of seemingly opposite things as one: life and death, beginning and end, right and wrong.

The power that ruled America suppressed the minority despite the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 that all slaves had the freedom to enjoy America's citizenship.

Therefore, it is necessary to consider the following questions in the class: What theory of truth should be used by educational researchers?

Thus, it can be argued that the process of dislodging a scientific paradigm by a new one is congruous with a nonrelativistic approach.

The common agreement among societies and individuals across the world is that death is not a pleasant thing. To begin with, Rogers acknowledges that death is painful and capable of affecting the lives of many [...]

However, even though the recognition of a researcher and an object of their inquiry as interdependent entities has helped to advance human understanding of a wide-range of social and natural phenomena, it is necessary to [...]

For example, in the scenario where a large group of people takes an action that puts a smaller group at a disadvantage in order to address the needs of the larger group, the action in [...]

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the writings of these three scholars and generate three questions that can be discussed in class.

The author goes further to indicate that the frequency of bad or good feelings will not be relevant to the concept of meaning.

Probably the main discursive aspect of Descartes' view on the nature of knowledge is that, according to the philosopher, it is indeed possible for a person to attain a thoroughly adequate understanding of the surrounding [...]

In this view, this research paper aims at understanding the Tibetan monks' practice of feeding the remains of one of their own to vultures, upon their demise, based on the Durkheim and Wittgensteinian's approaches to [...]

The political power is an attribute shared by the representatives of different branches of the government which, roughly speaking, gives them the influence on the representatives of the society who have a lower amount of [...]

However, can these theories explain the increasing number of state terrorism, use of torture to counter terrorism, and curtailing of liberty in the name of counterintelligence? The problem man faced in the state of nature, [...]

The following paper will discuss the relationship between Atman and Brahman in "The Upanishads", observe the tractate's perspective regarding pantheism or panentheism, and explain differences between both higher and lower selves to prove that the [...]

People are not entrusted with the regulation of the country's resources, and they willingly submit their freedom to the government to ensure that a sufficient amount of resources is provided for every person.

From this review, the fourth section of the paper outlines the more compelling view, which is that Kant's vision of a good life is more superior to Mill's vision of the same.

Hume proposes two main concepts in this book: the concept of impressions and the concept of ideas. Surprisingly, this concept of cause and effect closely resembles the modern scientific ideas of cause and effect.

I find it most interesting how human societies tend to come up with the idea of the temporal nature of death due to the cycles of seasons and the day and night that they witnessed [...]

It is important to look at some of the philosophical views and philosophers that supported the concept of faith, science or both.

Self-deception is the nature of moral judgments because relying on a set of rules that is universal for everyone, regardless of how limiting, presupposes the control over the people's actions and the security of the [...]

This feeling is generally communicated just in the name of Leo Strauss' book " Spinoza's Criticism of Creed" as though there was no protection of religion offered by Spinoza and as though it is the [...]

The primary objective of the project is to investigate the aspects of this philosophical approach applied to ethics and use it for analyzing real-life examples of actors operating in professional and business environments.

In my belief, the idea that there is no God because His existence means the absence of freedom is not right.

The philosopher says that every action having place under the influence of the external force is not a free will, which comes from the inner desire and motivation of an individual. Moreover, the movie is [...]

Kant's second formulation encourages people to treat each other with respect and not to make use of each other because a person is to be valued and not the things he or she can do [...]

The researcher concluded that hedonism is wrong in terms of stating that happiness should be viewed as the only valuable thing for people because, in the conducted experiment, people refused to experience pleasures associated with [...]

The Ethan Couch care is one of the most famous recent examples of the use of affluenza defense in criminal court.

This book is about the classical and the present political theories of national sovereignty, which are meant to understand the ways in which states power and their national identity persevere in conjunction with the declines.

In terms of the political philosophers, Locke, Hobbes, and More, they contributed greatly to the development of philosophical thought. He dwelt upon the domains of natural law and the contractual foundations of the state.

The doctrine of determinism explains that all events and person's deeds are regulated by the external agents and not the people's will.

Therefore, to conclusively draw his philosophical views, it is paramount that we take what the characters say to represent Plato's stance and view of the world.