1 Directed Studies: Philosophy Professor Gregory Ganssle By
... benefit from a best friend's lying to save my life. However, there may be a contradiction in possibility, since, if everyone lied to save a life, no one would believe you when you lied to save a life, and therefore it would be impossible to lie to the murderer in the first place. Kant latches onto t ...
... benefit from a best friend's lying to save my life. However, there may be a contradiction in possibility, since, if everyone lied to save a life, no one would believe you when you lied to save a life, and therefore it would be impossible to lie to the murderer in the first place. Kant latches onto t ...
PHI 110 Lecture 16 1 Hello and welcome to what will be the first of
... order to vindicate this, wants to show that all human beliefs can be rationally justified. That is, that a human being is essentially a rational thinking entity who is capable of going out and acquiring knowledge about the world, and that this is reflected in the process of justification in defining ...
... order to vindicate this, wants to show that all human beliefs can be rationally justified. That is, that a human being is essentially a rational thinking entity who is capable of going out and acquiring knowledge about the world, and that this is reflected in the process of justification in defining ...
- ANU Repository
... I.3.3). However, holistic theories are exempted from the anti-realist argument. Alternative characterisations of realism are also mentioned ...
... I.3.3). However, holistic theories are exempted from the anti-realist argument. Alternative characterisations of realism are also mentioned ...
Confucianism as Humanism - University of Central Arkansas
... relationships to the natural world, its inhabitants, and the universe. The main difference is the internal tension of whether to accept or reject the existence of the supernatural; Kongzi (Confucius) himself didn’t reject the supernatural, rather he chose to focus and emphasis the development of the ...
... relationships to the natural world, its inhabitants, and the universe. The main difference is the internal tension of whether to accept or reject the existence of the supernatural; Kongzi (Confucius) himself didn’t reject the supernatural, rather he chose to focus and emphasis the development of the ...
The Roots of Spinoza`s Metaphysics and
... expressed but who expresses in a manner that transcends will. Consistent with ultimacy, with ultimate power, God’s nature is to express all things in God’s intellect. And Spinoza adds that God must express all such things, for nothing else could be consistent with the principle of ultimacy, with the ...
... expressed but who expresses in a manner that transcends will. Consistent with ultimacy, with ultimate power, God’s nature is to express all things in God’s intellect. And Spinoza adds that God must express all such things, for nothing else could be consistent with the principle of ultimacy, with the ...
Lessons from Kant: On Knowledge, Morality, and Beauty
... theories include also “theories” regarding the trustworthiness of various sources. In both cases, we never perceive new data in isolation, we perceive it within a context (i.e., a conceptual framework), which determine its initial meaning. Indeed, it is crucial to bear in mind that things are always ...
... theories include also “theories” regarding the trustworthiness of various sources. In both cases, we never perceive new data in isolation, we perceive it within a context (i.e., a conceptual framework), which determine its initial meaning. Indeed, it is crucial to bear in mind that things are always ...
Spiritual madness and its many definitions
... healing and higher functioning. In traditional shamanic cultures, internal fragmentation, or what would be considered “madness” today, was an intentional process directing a practitioner to dismantle his or her ego structures as a way of learning to navigate different levels of realities with the go ...
... healing and higher functioning. In traditional shamanic cultures, internal fragmentation, or what would be considered “madness” today, was an intentional process directing a practitioner to dismantle his or her ego structures as a way of learning to navigate different levels of realities with the go ...
Renaissance Humanism: - Durham University Community
... binds loving relationships together. The Biblical command to love thus implies a metaphysical as well as moral imperative in terms of humans having concrete relationships with others - based on the pursuit of truth and desire of unity with God. Such relations are, in fact, a cosmic necessity. The im ...
... binds loving relationships together. The Biblical command to love thus implies a metaphysical as well as moral imperative in terms of humans having concrete relationships with others - based on the pursuit of truth and desire of unity with God. Such relations are, in fact, a cosmic necessity. The im ...
SSN Basic Facts Fleurbaey on the Pursuit of Happiness
... Our survey also revealed information about the other goals people pursue – and for which they are willing to sacrifice some degree of general satisfaction. The most prominent additional goals referred to their families and personal futures – with the latter especially important for younger responde ...
... Our survey also revealed information about the other goals people pursue – and for which they are willing to sacrifice some degree of general satisfaction. The most prominent additional goals referred to their families and personal futures – with the latter especially important for younger responde ...
The Ontological Meta-Argument
... Now you may want to reply that this argument (or, if you like, metaargument) is not only flawed, but sophistical. And of course it is both. But again, what matters is not what this ontological meta-argument shows, but what the best conceivable ontological meta-argument shows. And surely that argumen ...
... Now you may want to reply that this argument (or, if you like, metaargument) is not only flawed, but sophistical. And of course it is both. But again, what matters is not what this ontological meta-argument shows, but what the best conceivable ontological meta-argument shows. And surely that argumen ...
The Relationship between Religion and Moral Values
... It is wrong in theory to kill, but sometimes the situation demands it. It is wrong in theory to kill and so it is wrong to do it no matter what the situation. It is theoretically right to kill in certain situations and so right to actually do so. It is theoretically right to kill in certain situatio ...
... It is wrong in theory to kill, but sometimes the situation demands it. It is wrong in theory to kill and so it is wrong to do it no matter what the situation. It is theoretically right to kill in certain situations and so right to actually do so. It is theoretically right to kill in certain situatio ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... Instead, we are presented with competing goods between which we must choose7. Some goods provide immediate gratification but no long-term satisfaction. Other goods may precipitate hardship but eventually make us better people. Indeed, sometimes we must exercise considerable effort in ignoring superf ...
... Instead, we are presented with competing goods between which we must choose7. Some goods provide immediate gratification but no long-term satisfaction. Other goods may precipitate hardship but eventually make us better people. Indeed, sometimes we must exercise considerable effort in ignoring superf ...
PowerPoint No.9 -- The Moral Argument
... get his/her just desserts. – “If there is no immortality, then all things are permitted.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karmazov ...
... get his/her just desserts. – “If there is no immortality, then all things are permitted.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karmazov ...
Nietzsche study guide a) What is significant about the title On the
... morality for all of society. It is more realistic, Nietzsche points out, that the benefactors, the ones with the power in society, are the ones that wrote the history, who decided what would be called "good" and what would be called "bad," and that the only way "utility" came into the equation was i ...
... morality for all of society. It is more realistic, Nietzsche points out, that the benefactors, the ones with the power in society, are the ones that wrote the history, who decided what would be called "good" and what would be called "bad," and that the only way "utility" came into the equation was i ...
Alienation, Consequentialism, and the
... by them, and if by its nature a moral point of view must exclude considerations that lack universality, then any genuinely moral way of going about life would seem liableto produce the sorts of alienation mentioned above.4 Thus it would be a conceptual confusion to ask that we never be required by m ...
... by them, and if by its nature a moral point of view must exclude considerations that lack universality, then any genuinely moral way of going about life would seem liableto produce the sorts of alienation mentioned above.4 Thus it would be a conceptual confusion to ask that we never be required by m ...
Death On The Grand Scale
... work. In the Phenomenology of Spirit, the famous pages on "Self-consciousness" had argued that mutual recognition would never have arisen if there had not been, at a more primordial stage of history, and at a more primordial level of spiritual self-consciousness, a battle to the death betweeen two s ...
... work. In the Phenomenology of Spirit, the famous pages on "Self-consciousness" had argued that mutual recognition would never have arisen if there had not been, at a more primordial stage of history, and at a more primordial level of spiritual self-consciousness, a battle to the death betweeen two s ...
Going beyond good and evil
... 4. Does it make sense to talk about taking responsibility for human history? In his book, The Joyful Science (§337), Nietzsche says that if you could experience the history of humanity as your own history, and survive this amount of suffering and grief, you would experience a greater happiness than ...
... 4. Does it make sense to talk about taking responsibility for human history? In his book, The Joyful Science (§337), Nietzsche says that if you could experience the history of humanity as your own history, and survive this amount of suffering and grief, you would experience a greater happiness than ...
Problems Of Metaphysical Philosophy
... The word problem as used in this context is a noun and it could mean difficulty, puzzle or question to which answer or solution has to be given. When we therefore speak of the problems of metaphysical philosophy we have in mind those recurrent issues in metaphysics which border on human existence an ...
... The word problem as used in this context is a noun and it could mean difficulty, puzzle or question to which answer or solution has to be given. When we therefore speak of the problems of metaphysical philosophy we have in mind those recurrent issues in metaphysics which border on human existence an ...
Taking Social Constructionism Seriously
... anymore than the movements of a dance do. Indeed, “[t]he terms by which we understand our world and our self are neither required nor demanded by “what there is”” (ISC:47). Instead, all description is poetic and rhetorical, and we can never really refer to anything outside our language. As I argued ...
... anymore than the movements of a dance do. Indeed, “[t]he terms by which we understand our world and our self are neither required nor demanded by “what there is”” (ISC:47). Instead, all description is poetic and rhetorical, and we can never really refer to anything outside our language. As I argued ...
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... Utilitarianism offers a powerful vision of the moral life, one that promises to reduce or eliminate moral disagreement. – If we can agree that the purpose of morality is to make the world a better place; and – If we can scientifically assess various possible courses of action to determine which will ...
... Utilitarianism offers a powerful vision of the moral life, one that promises to reduce or eliminate moral disagreement. – If we can agree that the purpose of morality is to make the world a better place; and – If we can scientifically assess various possible courses of action to determine which will ...
The Value Question in Metaphysics
... are very different questions from (3). A world in which our reasons for action are dramatically different might also be a world that is neither better nor worse than the alternative. Practical implications can be driven by differences in value, and they can lead to differences in value, but they nee ...
... are very different questions from (3). A world in which our reasons for action are dramatically different might also be a world that is neither better nor worse than the alternative. Practical implications can be driven by differences in value, and they can lead to differences in value, but they nee ...
Religion and Environmental Ethics
... suffering. Though it does not directly deal with environmental ethics yet from the Buddhist writings concern for nature can be found. The natural world passes through alternating states of evolution and dissolution. Buddhists have a very soft corner for nature. They regard living things with great r ...
... suffering. Though it does not directly deal with environmental ethics yet from the Buddhist writings concern for nature can be found. The natural world passes through alternating states of evolution and dissolution. Buddhists have a very soft corner for nature. They regard living things with great r ...
actions. Virtue ethics
... we would have to ask what sort of human actions and social policies or laws would contribute to this goal. And we would have to look at what qualities of human character would also contribute to the goal of creating and maintaining a state of human welfare. If both human actions and human charac ...
... we would have to ask what sort of human actions and social policies or laws would contribute to this goal. And we would have to look at what qualities of human character would also contribute to the goal of creating and maintaining a state of human welfare. If both human actions and human charac ...
Some Aspects of Human Nature As Viewed by Cardinal
... order?” (GA 256). These deep-seated acknowledgements and perplexing questions, which stem from the predominantly harsh side of natural religion, already suggest and imply, Newman notices, a lighter, if not immediately consoling, side as well: visions of salvation, superstitions about the easy amelio ...
... order?” (GA 256). These deep-seated acknowledgements and perplexing questions, which stem from the predominantly harsh side of natural religion, already suggest and imply, Newman notices, a lighter, if not immediately consoling, side as well: visions of salvation, superstitions about the easy amelio ...
Epicurean and Stoic Views of Happiness
... terms of a state of mind was apatheia. This has been translated as “apathy”, but “tranquility” is probably a better translation, since apatheia is the absence of all types of pathos, or mental disturbance. The situation is further complicated by the fact that some Stoic writers admit the possibility ...
... terms of a state of mind was apatheia. This has been translated as “apathy”, but “tranquility” is probably a better translation, since apatheia is the absence of all types of pathos, or mental disturbance. The situation is further complicated by the fact that some Stoic writers admit the possibility ...
Meaning of life
The meaning of life, or the answer to the question ""What is the meaning of life?"", is a philosophical and spiritual conception of the significance of living or existence in general. The question seeking the meaning of life can also be expressed in different forms, such as ""What should I do?"", ""Why are we here?"", ""What is life all about?"", and ""What is the purpose of existence?"" or even ""Does life exist at all?"" There have been a large number of proposed answers to these questions from many different cultural and ideological backgrounds. The search for life's meaning has produced much philosophical, scientific, and theological speculation throughout history.The meaning of life as we perceive it is derived from our philosophical and religious contemplation of, and scientific inquiries about existence, social ties, consciousness, and happiness. Many other issues are also involved, such as symbolic meaning, ontology, value, purpose, ethics, good and evil, free will, the existence of one or multiple gods, conceptions of God, the soul, and the afterlife. Scientific contributions focus primarily on describing related empirical facts about the universe, exploring the context and parameters concerning the 'how' of life. Science also studies and can provide recommendations for the pursuit of well-being and a related conception of morality. An alternative, humanistic approach poses the question ""What is the meaning of my life?""