Engaging Socrates by Joel Alden Schlosser
... themselves, Socrates also stands at the beginning of the Western tradition of political thought,14 and his figure has elicited contestation about the very place and function of political thinking and political philosophy in the practice of politics and political life today. As Cicero writes in his T ...
... themselves, Socrates also stands at the beginning of the Western tradition of political thought,14 and his figure has elicited contestation about the very place and function of political thinking and political philosophy in the practice of politics and political life today. As Cicero writes in his T ...
aiming at virtue in plato
... It is well known that the ethics of Plato and Aristotle do not offer us determining principles.7 We look in vain in their writings for particular moral rules, containing only non-evaluative terms, that determine which actions are virtuous and which vicious. Indeed, for many contemporary scholars, it ...
... It is well known that the ethics of Plato and Aristotle do not offer us determining principles.7 We look in vain in their writings for particular moral rules, containing only non-evaluative terms, that determine which actions are virtuous and which vicious. Indeed, for many contemporary scholars, it ...
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Truth about Morality
... it? Presumably not. If, somehow, the whole community were to decide that torturing cats is okay, this activity would, by the lights of most people, still be wrong. In answering these questions in the negative, one expresses an implicit theory concerning the metaphysics of morals. Moral claims, some ...
... it? Presumably not. If, somehow, the whole community were to decide that torturing cats is okay, this activity would, by the lights of most people, still be wrong. In answering these questions in the negative, one expresses an implicit theory concerning the metaphysics of morals. Moral claims, some ...
Moral Beauty as An Overriding Imperative in
... conceptualization of Moral Righteousness as an espousal of both individual goodness and societal goodness debunks this tension. In chapter two, I start by arguing against Situationism before I propose a new way of defining Situationism based on Confucian texts. I then proceed to explicate Confucius’ ...
... conceptualization of Moral Righteousness as an espousal of both individual goodness and societal goodness debunks this tension. In chapter two, I start by arguing against Situationism before I propose a new way of defining Situationism based on Confucian texts. I then proceed to explicate Confucius’ ...
Enhancing Moral Conformity and Enhancing Moral Worth
... history’s greatest atrocities—ranging from the First World War to the Final Solution to the Cultural Revolution—were made possible by the ordinary moral failures of ordinary people [1–3]. It is plausible that we have reasons to correct our moral failures, bringing it about that we better conform to ...
... history’s greatest atrocities—ranging from the First World War to the Final Solution to the Cultural Revolution—were made possible by the ordinary moral failures of ordinary people [1–3]. It is plausible that we have reasons to correct our moral failures, bringing it about that we better conform to ...
Kierkegaard`s Ethic of Love: Divine Commands and Moral Obligations
... usually designated virtues. In due course I will consider the relation of moral obligations to some of the other dimensions of the ethical life, since there are important connections between obligations and such topics as the good, for example. Nonetheless, moral obligations are themselves a signifi ...
... usually designated virtues. In due course I will consider the relation of moral obligations to some of the other dimensions of the ethical life, since there are important connections between obligations and such topics as the good, for example. Nonetheless, moral obligations are themselves a signifi ...
European Philosophy and the Kabbalah
... (mode of Extension). Yet, we should be careful to distinguish the different sources for these two features of the mind-body parallelism. The overlapping of the two general doctrines of Ideas-Things Parallelism and Inter-Attributes Parallelism in the relation between minds and bodies explains the com ...
... (mode of Extension). Yet, we should be careful to distinguish the different sources for these two features of the mind-body parallelism. The overlapping of the two general doctrines of Ideas-Things Parallelism and Inter-Attributes Parallelism in the relation between minds and bodies explains the com ...
socrates the cosmopolitan
... Socratic virtue is the sort of expertise which the Athenian assembly rejects; it requires knowledge of what is good and bad (especially for the soul), not the skills that bring conventional power. This subtle rejection of ordinary politics in the Protagoras appears more bluntly in the Gorgias, where ...
... Socratic virtue is the sort of expertise which the Athenian assembly rejects; it requires knowledge of what is good and bad (especially for the soul), not the skills that bring conventional power. This subtle rejection of ordinary politics in the Protagoras appears more bluntly in the Gorgias, where ...
Rationalism, Sentimentalism, and Ralph Cudworth
... then—according to Cudworth’s TEIM—that mental item must originate in some non-rational part of our constitution. So for Cudworth’s TEIM, moral rationalism is the view that we grasp morality through our understanding of necessary propositions, and moral sentimentalism is the view that our grasp of mo ...
... then—according to Cudworth’s TEIM—that mental item must originate in some non-rational part of our constitution. So for Cudworth’s TEIM, moral rationalism is the view that we grasp morality through our understanding of necessary propositions, and moral sentimentalism is the view that our grasp of mo ...
Thesis edit2 - University of Tilburg
... (1983), the violation of wearing pajamas would be of conventional nature still. Those of us who have been to Japan might start feeling slightly uncomfortable. In the Japanese culture, respect plays a prominent role and business environments are formal. Wearing pajamas in such a setting may be deemed ...
... (1983), the violation of wearing pajamas would be of conventional nature still. Those of us who have been to Japan might start feeling slightly uncomfortable. In the Japanese culture, respect plays a prominent role and business environments are formal. Wearing pajamas in such a setting may be deemed ...
Why Emotivists Love Inconsistency
... person’s ethics. What I believe, though, is that the analysis of moral opinions can be the paradigm for the analyses of these other opinions. 2. The problem of reasoning An important fact about our moral thinking is that we give up moral opinions to avoid what we naturally think of as inconsistencie ...
... person’s ethics. What I believe, though, is that the analysis of moral opinions can be the paradigm for the analyses of these other opinions. 2. The problem of reasoning An important fact about our moral thinking is that we give up moral opinions to avoid what we naturally think of as inconsistencie ...
A Plea for Moral Deference
... I need not insist on this point, however, because the objection is also confused; and its confusion alone is adequate for my purposes. To see this, let us stipulate that every normal adult human being is equally capable (in principle) of working out the requirements of morality. Moral truths are the ...
... I need not insist on this point, however, because the objection is also confused; and its confusion alone is adequate for my purposes. To see this, let us stipulate that every normal adult human being is equally capable (in principle) of working out the requirements of morality. Moral truths are the ...
On Three Defenses of Sentimentalism
... Anyway, Hutcheson holds that having the moral sense alone does not guarantee that we identify appropriate morals. He points out some causes which produce mistakes in moral judgment. Deficient reason is one of them. He says, “We may perhaps commit Mistakes, in judging that Actions tend to the publick ...
... Anyway, Hutcheson holds that having the moral sense alone does not guarantee that we identify appropriate morals. He points out some causes which produce mistakes in moral judgment. Deficient reason is one of them. He says, “We may perhaps commit Mistakes, in judging that Actions tend to the publick ...
“I believe this will become the standard in the field of biblical ethics
... from religious imagination. In other words this book treats biblical ethics as truth authoritatively and reliably revealed by the one true God for all humanity regarding the only standards that will matter at the end of time when each individual stands before the judgment seat of God. An Introductio ...
... from religious imagination. In other words this book treats biblical ethics as truth authoritatively and reliably revealed by the one true God for all humanity regarding the only standards that will matter at the end of time when each individual stands before the judgment seat of God. An Introductio ...
Ph 205 Historical Introduction to Philosophy
... the beholder or is there an objective standard? Aquinas & Existence of God: Should nonCatholic sources of knowledge be used in theology? ...
... the beholder or is there an objective standard? Aquinas & Existence of God: Should nonCatholic sources of knowledge be used in theology? ...
The Theaetetus as a Superior Apology.
... the theories of others to support or counter those put forth by the interlocutors, then test the ideas with reason alone (157c; Giannopoulou 44). He proclaims, “I myself am barren of wisdom… I am in not any sense a wise man; I cannot claim as the child of my own soul any discovery worth the name of ...
... the theories of others to support or counter those put forth by the interlocutors, then test the ideas with reason alone (157c; Giannopoulou 44). He proclaims, “I myself am barren of wisdom… I am in not any sense a wise man; I cannot claim as the child of my own soul any discovery worth the name of ...
Rightness and Responsibility
... with moral requirements to the extent they are deliberating correctly and are otherwise practically rational. The condition of correct deliberation rules out cases in which an agent does not acknowledge the truth of moral judgments or does not acknowledge that such judgments have normative significa ...
... with moral requirements to the extent they are deliberating correctly and are otherwise practically rational. The condition of correct deliberation rules out cases in which an agent does not acknowledge the truth of moral judgments or does not acknowledge that such judgments have normative significa ...
Chapter 4 The Moral Conscience
... (a) Conscience does not keep silent, it praises and reprimands, exhorts and corrects, incites and represses (b) Conscience confronts each of us with the law, and thus becomes a witness of our own faithfulness and unfaithfulness with regard to the law, of our essential moral rectitude or iniquity. (c ...
... (a) Conscience does not keep silent, it praises and reprimands, exhorts and corrects, incites and represses (b) Conscience confronts each of us with the law, and thus becomes a witness of our own faithfulness and unfaithfulness with regard to the law, of our essential moral rectitude or iniquity. (c ...
Dieter Birnbacher - Kultura i Wartości
... teachers and other public figures are reminded of their duty of directly and indirectly supporting the authority of values in society and of living up to these values in their own public behavior. The values which are usually meant in these contexts are moral values. It is not values as such that ar ...
... teachers and other public figures are reminded of their duty of directly and indirectly supporting the authority of values in society and of living up to these values in their own public behavior. The values which are usually meant in these contexts are moral values. It is not values as such that ar ...
Is There Moral High Ground?
... we must relativize truth. The only other option is to accept both ours and the Taliban’s claims and conclude that there are true moral contradictions: it is both true and not true that it is good to educate women. Pace dialethism, we should assume that true moral contradictions are untenable. We may ...
... we must relativize truth. The only other option is to accept both ours and the Taliban’s claims and conclude that there are true moral contradictions: it is both true and not true that it is good to educate women. Pace dialethism, we should assume that true moral contradictions are untenable. We may ...
Moral Beauty`s Divine Center: Jonathan Edwards
... God has endued the soul with two principle faculties; The one that by which it is capable of perception and speculation, or by which it discerns and judges of things; which is called the understanding. The other, that by which the soul is in some way inclined with respect to the things it views or c ...
... God has endued the soul with two principle faculties; The one that by which it is capable of perception and speculation, or by which it discerns and judges of things; which is called the understanding. The other, that by which the soul is in some way inclined with respect to the things it views or c ...
Moral Leadership - Regent University
... denominator that each and any leadership style should have. As said earlier, our personal want sand desires support the premise that every single individual knows what morality is. This deduction also supports the assertion that it is the human failure to keep up with morality that determines all th ...
... denominator that each and any leadership style should have. As said earlier, our personal want sand desires support the premise that every single individual knows what morality is. This deduction also supports the assertion that it is the human failure to keep up with morality that determines all th ...
Gatta_Santina_2015_research paper
... We can ask “Why?” Aristotle writes in Politics “What is indispensable to the existence of a state is - that there must be care of religion which is commonly called worship.” (Rackham 573). Is Aristotle implying that the worship of the gods of his time will now make men temperate? Rather, the exact o ...
... We can ask “Why?” Aristotle writes in Politics “What is indispensable to the existence of a state is - that there must be care of religion which is commonly called worship.” (Rackham 573). Is Aristotle implying that the worship of the gods of his time will now make men temperate? Rather, the exact o ...
Peter Kreeft-The philosophy of Thomas Aquinas
... simplest and most natural form of reasoning—anyone can follow them—and Aquinas habitually puts everything into syllogisms. He comes right to the point. You always know the “bottom line.” A seventh feature is the profundity of his content. The nature of God, man, life, death, soul, body, mind, will, ...
... simplest and most natural form of reasoning—anyone can follow them—and Aquinas habitually puts everything into syllogisms. He comes right to the point. You always know the “bottom line.” A seventh feature is the profundity of his content. The nature of God, man, life, death, soul, body, mind, will, ...