Virtue Ethics and the Challenge of Relativity
... by all human beings. That which we all share in common are “spheres of experience” that are perfected by virtue. She selects eleven spheres from Aristotle and says that each of these spheres is essential for human living. Nussbuam thus argues that Aristotle’s account of the virtues actually transce ...
... by all human beings. That which we all share in common are “spheres of experience” that are perfected by virtue. She selects eleven spheres from Aristotle and says that each of these spheres is essential for human living. Nussbuam thus argues that Aristotle’s account of the virtues actually transce ...
Unavoidable Today? Is Protagoras' Moral Relativism
... Greece and 21 st century Western world. The relative more open attitude of democracy, not only led to critica I thinking and science and philosophy, but also had a negative impact on religious values. Belief in the gods was almost everywhere discredited. WT Stace (107) aftributes this to the worthle ...
... Greece and 21 st century Western world. The relative more open attitude of democracy, not only led to critica I thinking and science and philosophy, but also had a negative impact on religious values. Belief in the gods was almost everywhere discredited. WT Stace (107) aftributes this to the worthle ...
On the Theory and Practice of Intercultural Philosophy
... the country of the Nechrei, are mine to a man: they live according to my laws, and are respected by all their neighbours; and the manner of their death is truly wonderful.”12 In a later visit to the Greeks, Philosophy is “received [...] without enthusiasm”13 except among seven ...
... the country of the Nechrei, are mine to a man: they live according to my laws, and are respected by all their neighbours; and the manner of their death is truly wonderful.”12 In a later visit to the Greeks, Philosophy is “received [...] without enthusiasm”13 except among seven ...
Levine, Michael P., "Pantheism, Ethics and Ecology." Environmental
... God’s will and nature. And, for the pantheist the fact that ‘X is wrong’ will be explained, and partially analysed, in terms of (even if not reducible to) nonnatural facts about the divine Unity.11 Nonnaturalism is the position most congenial to pantheism, but a pantheist could make a case for being ...
... God’s will and nature. And, for the pantheist the fact that ‘X is wrong’ will be explained, and partially analysed, in terms of (even if not reducible to) nonnatural facts about the divine Unity.11 Nonnaturalism is the position most congenial to pantheism, but a pantheist could make a case for being ...
Neuroscience and Moral Reliability
... bad” are for instance easily amenable to evolutionary explanations. Human ancestors that shared these intuitions were likely to avoid pain and to rescue each other more than the members of human groups that did not believe so. If propositions like those are debunked by an evolutionary genealogy, con ...
... bad” are for instance easily amenable to evolutionary explanations. Human ancestors that shared these intuitions were likely to avoid pain and to rescue each other more than the members of human groups that did not believe so. If propositions like those are debunked by an evolutionary genealogy, con ...
B.A. PHILOSOPHY PR OGRAMME UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT (CUCBCSS -2014 admn.) (I SEMESTER)
... The word Philosophy is etymologically derived from the two Greek words philein means ‘to love’ sophia means ‘wisdom’. Thus, philosophy literally means ‘love of wisdom’. Philosophy stands for knowledge in general about man and the universe. It is the pursuit of wisdom about what it means to be a huma ...
... The word Philosophy is etymologically derived from the two Greek words philein means ‘to love’ sophia means ‘wisdom’. Thus, philosophy literally means ‘love of wisdom’. Philosophy stands for knowledge in general about man and the universe. It is the pursuit of wisdom about what it means to be a huma ...
philosophical anthropology: ernst cassirer, max
... The only valid view of human nature approved and adopted by Cassirer is a functional one. For Cassirer: Man’s outstanding characteristic, his distinguishing mark, is not his metaphysical or physical nature—but his work. It is this work, it is the system of human activities, which defines and determi ...
... The only valid view of human nature approved and adopted by Cassirer is a functional one. For Cassirer: Man’s outstanding characteristic, his distinguishing mark, is not his metaphysical or physical nature—but his work. It is this work, it is the system of human activities, which defines and determi ...
- Digital Commons @ Colby
... to count Bob Reuman as a colleague for the past two years makes this opportunity even more enjoyable. Students and faculty alike appreciate just how n1uch he has enriched Colby and how his retirement will leave the college with an enormous void. Serving the college community with unparalleled grace ...
... to count Bob Reuman as a colleague for the past two years makes this opportunity even more enjoyable. Students and faculty alike appreciate just how n1uch he has enriched Colby and how his retirement will leave the college with an enormous void. Serving the college community with unparalleled grace ...
Religion-Jaina philosophy
... truth is expressed by the word nirjarā. The final truth is that when the soul is freed from the influence of karma, it reaches the goal of Jaina teaching, which is liberation (mokṣa). It must be noted that the later tradition included two more categories after bondage (bandha), namely puṇya and pāp ...
... truth is expressed by the word nirjarā. The final truth is that when the soul is freed from the influence of karma, it reaches the goal of Jaina teaching, which is liberation (mokṣa). It must be noted that the later tradition included two more categories after bondage (bandha), namely puṇya and pāp ...
The Self
... “to explain is to strip reality of the appearances covering it like a veil, in order to see the bare reality itself.” This clearly is neither Sellars’ nor Quine’s conception of philosophy, and you can see why. They understand philosophy to be governed by the same rules as science. There is no metho ...
... “to explain is to strip reality of the appearances covering it like a veil, in order to see the bare reality itself.” This clearly is neither Sellars’ nor Quine’s conception of philosophy, and you can see why. They understand philosophy to be governed by the same rules as science. There is no metho ...
Chapter 23 Immanuel Kant`s Ethical Theory
... One important feature of Kant’s ethical theory in general and his idea of the good will is their affinity with our ordinary moral reasoning. We all are familiar with these ideas which Kant makes more explicit by exposing its structure with a profound philosophical analysis. He claims that he is only ...
... One important feature of Kant’s ethical theory in general and his idea of the good will is their affinity with our ordinary moral reasoning. We all are familiar with these ideas which Kant makes more explicit by exposing its structure with a profound philosophical analysis. He claims that he is only ...
Trying to keep philosophy honest
... often frowned upon in philosophical debates. The marginalization of Wittgenstein often takes the form of regarding philosophers whose work is inspired by his as forming their own enclave. In the leading journals of the field, one would rarely find a work, say, by Quine or Davidson, or a work written ...
... often frowned upon in philosophical debates. The marginalization of Wittgenstein often takes the form of regarding philosophers whose work is inspired by his as forming their own enclave. In the leading journals of the field, one would rarely find a work, say, by Quine or Davidson, or a work written ...
johannes bronkhorst trv murti`s reason
... order to understand Indian philosophy. In this form this observation is certainly incorrect, for countless Indian philosophers did not know any Western philosophy and yet understood very well what they were doing. It cannot however be denied that one needs to know at least some Western philosophy in ...
... order to understand Indian philosophy. In this form this observation is certainly incorrect, for countless Indian philosophers did not know any Western philosophy and yet understood very well what they were doing. It cannot however be denied that one needs to know at least some Western philosophy in ...
BL5-13 - Additional Information
... we must suppose the very same force, which constitutes the white ball, to constitute the red or black; or the idea of a circle to constitute the idea of a triangle; which is impossible. But it may be said, that by the sensations from the objects A and M, the nerves have acquired a disposition to the ...
... we must suppose the very same force, which constitutes the white ball, to constitute the red or black; or the idea of a circle to constitute the idea of a triangle; which is impossible. But it may be said, that by the sensations from the objects A and M, the nerves have acquired a disposition to the ...
Confucian Ethics in the Analects as Virtue Ethics
... That is, the best life is one in which we are free to use our reason for the sake of pondering deep philosophical issues and gaining greater wisdom and understanding. This might at first sound like a philosopher tooting his own horn, as though Aristotle was simply claiming his own lifestyle was the ...
... That is, the best life is one in which we are free to use our reason for the sake of pondering deep philosophical issues and gaining greater wisdom and understanding. This might at first sound like a philosopher tooting his own horn, as though Aristotle was simply claiming his own lifestyle was the ...
Socratic and Platonic Ethics
... Socrates: The Man of Virtue • The first ancient philosopher to undertake a comprehensive investigation of virtue was Socrates. • Socrates described his behavior as a response to a divine voice (daimon) within him and to an utterance by the Delphic Oracle. • His philosophical goal was to seek the tr ...
... Socrates: The Man of Virtue • The first ancient philosopher to undertake a comprehensive investigation of virtue was Socrates. • Socrates described his behavior as a response to a divine voice (daimon) within him and to an utterance by the Delphic Oracle. • His philosophical goal was to seek the tr ...
Bacon - American University of Beirut
... the same kind may yet be composed and in like artificial manner set forth; seeing that errors the most widely different have nevertheless causes for the most part alike. Neither again do I mean this only of entire systems, but also of many principles and axioms in science, which by tradition, credul ...
... the same kind may yet be composed and in like artificial manner set forth; seeing that errors the most widely different have nevertheless causes for the most part alike. Neither again do I mean this only of entire systems, but also of many principles and axioms in science, which by tradition, credul ...
Review of Kieran Setiya`s Knowing Right from Wrong
... be perplexed than quaking. Setiya premises his anti-skeptical argument on the proposition that when x falls under non-ethical concept N then, necessarily, it falls under ethical concept E. This, however, is exactly what a certain kind of skeptic doubts, globally and across the board. John Mackie can ...
... be perplexed than quaking. Setiya premises his anti-skeptical argument on the proposition that when x falls under non-ethical concept N then, necessarily, it falls under ethical concept E. This, however, is exactly what a certain kind of skeptic doubts, globally and across the board. John Mackie can ...
Communitarianism and Confucianism – In Search of
... life. But virtues - they are practical wisdom (phronesis), justice, courage, and prudence - are not just means to an end, the good life itself is nothing but the practice of virtues. ...
... life. But virtues - they are practical wisdom (phronesis), justice, courage, and prudence - are not just means to an end, the good life itself is nothing but the practice of virtues. ...
Fourteen pieces on eastern and western philosophy
... begin with belief in God and a doctrine on his being and the divine order, in order to subsequently apply that to spirituality and ethics. In the East, in Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, the idea was the reverse: that practice comes before theory; that disciplined sympathy would itself yield int ...
... begin with belief in God and a doctrine on his being and the divine order, in order to subsequently apply that to spirituality and ethics. In the East, in Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, the idea was the reverse: that practice comes before theory; that disciplined sympathy would itself yield int ...
Blaise Pascal. (1623-1662). His Religious Philosophy
... is the most luminous illustration;of "progress" that .can be given. Pascal's idea is a remarkable one, inasmuch as it emphasises the continuity of progress. We shall find it reviving in the eighteenth century, under various forms, until the natural sciences, and particularly biology, substituted for ...
... is the most luminous illustration;of "progress" that .can be given. Pascal's idea is a remarkable one, inasmuch as it emphasises the continuity of progress. We shall find it reviving in the eighteenth century, under various forms, until the natural sciences, and particularly biology, substituted for ...
Speaking of the Ineffable, East and West
... pre-date Buddhism. Note how the questioner just assumes this framework, and the Buddha accepts it. Now to continue the story. The Buddha, you will note, refused to assent to any of the possibilities. Why? In some of the sūtras he goes on to say that it is a waste of time worrying about such things. ...
... pre-date Buddhism. Note how the questioner just assumes this framework, and the Buddha accepts it. Now to continue the story. The Buddha, you will note, refused to assent to any of the possibilities. Why? In some of the sūtras he goes on to say that it is a waste of time worrying about such things. ...
The Double-Edged Sword of Reason The Scholar`s Predicament
... excludes the taking of such a point of view.4 This double-edgedness is amply illustrated in and by the papers that compose this symposium. From these varied contributions, it emerges that Méditations pascaliennes is not one but three books contained within each other in the manner of Russian dolls. ...
... excludes the taking of such a point of view.4 This double-edgedness is amply illustrated in and by the papers that compose this symposium. From these varied contributions, it emerges that Méditations pascaliennes is not one but three books contained within each other in the manner of Russian dolls. ...
ganz – some notes concerning aristotle
... Macedon] died and Alexander succeeded to the kingship, Aristotle return to Athens in 335 BCE [Aristotle now 50-years old] and founded his own school, the Lyceum. He taught until 323 BCE [the year Alexander the Great died of Malaria; Aristotle now 62-years old], when the death of Alexander cause a re ...
... Macedon] died and Alexander succeeded to the kingship, Aristotle return to Athens in 335 BCE [Aristotle now 50-years old] and founded his own school, the Lyceum. He taught until 323 BCE [the year Alexander the Great died of Malaria; Aristotle now 62-years old], when the death of Alexander cause a re ...
Philosophy as Therapy for Recovering (Unrestrained) Omnivores
... what they learn from philosophical arguments. We then propose that other modes of philosophical inquiry can serve as therapy for these malaises. In part II, we argue that philosophical hermeneutics (exemplified by Hans-Georg Gadamer) can treat the malaise of imagination by helping us to excavate an ...
... what they learn from philosophical arguments. We then propose that other modes of philosophical inquiry can serve as therapy for these malaises. In part II, we argue that philosophical hermeneutics (exemplified by Hans-Georg Gadamer) can treat the malaise of imagination by helping us to excavate an ...
Stoicism
Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC. The Stoics taught that destructive emotions resulted from errors in judgment, and the active relationship between cosmic determinism and human freedom, and the belief that it is virtuous to maintain a will (called prohairesis) that is in accord with nature. Because of this, the Stoics presented their philosophy as a way of life, and they thought that the best indication of an individual's philosophy was not what a person said but how that person behaved.Later Stoics—such as Seneca and Epictetus—emphasized that, because ""virtue is sufficient for happiness"", a sage was immune to misfortune. This belief is similar to the meaning of the phrase ""stoic calm"", though the phrase does not include the ""radical ethical"" Stoic views that only a sage can be considered truly free, and that all moral corruptions are equally vicious.From its founding, Stoic doctrine was popular with a following in Roman Greece and throughout the Roman Empire — including the Emperor Marcus Aurelius — until the closing of all pagan philosophy schools in 529 AD by order of the Emperor Justinian I, who perceived them as being at odds with Christian faith. Neostoicism was a syncretic philosophical movement, joining Stoicism and Christianity, influenced by Justus Lipsius.