John McDowell`s theory of moral sensibility
... their virtuous behaviour. While some kind of pleasure or, at least, the lack of suffering is regarded by Aristotle as a necessary component of a truly virtuous action,9 the natural view seems to be much more lenient and mild. The feelings of irritation or reluctance are regarded as natural emotions ...
... their virtuous behaviour. While some kind of pleasure or, at least, the lack of suffering is regarded by Aristotle as a necessary component of a truly virtuous action,9 the natural view seems to be much more lenient and mild. The feelings of irritation or reluctance are regarded as natural emotions ...
The History of the Free Will Problem
... the extensive Stoic writings are lost, probably because their doctrine of fate, which identified God with Nature, was considered anathema to the Christian church. The church agreed that the laws of God were the laws of Nature, but that God and Nature were two different entities. In either case stric ...
... the extensive Stoic writings are lost, probably because their doctrine of fate, which identified God with Nature, was considered anathema to the Christian church. The church agreed that the laws of God were the laws of Nature, but that God and Nature were two different entities. In either case stric ...
Philosophy as Dependable Analysis:
... between sciences, it explains the way reality itself guarantees that the results of these different scientific investigations will be interconnected. Philosophy identifies what is common to them all as they go about their special scientific work formulating theories, testing hypotheses, building con ...
... between sciences, it explains the way reality itself guarantees that the results of these different scientific investigations will be interconnected. Philosophy identifies what is common to them all as they go about their special scientific work formulating theories, testing hypotheses, building con ...
SOME MAIN PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY
... general sketch or outline of the whole subject, you point out how the different separate problems are connected with one another and can shall ...
... general sketch or outline of the whole subject, you point out how the different separate problems are connected with one another and can shall ...
The objective-subjective dichotomy and its use in - Philsci
... part differs from the whole.” Although he did not use “objective” or “subjective” to describe probability as such, his approach is generally in accord with the metaphysical distinction introduced above: that “objective” means independent of human cognition, whereas “subjective” refers to one’s state ...
... part differs from the whole.” Although he did not use “objective” or “subjective” to describe probability as such, his approach is generally in accord with the metaphysical distinction introduced above: that “objective” means independent of human cognition, whereas “subjective” refers to one’s state ...
As a Matter of Fact: Empirical Perspectives on Ethics
... spirit, ‘surrender of the ethical burden to psychology’. And so far as we know, neither is anyone else. Ethics must not—indeed cannot—be psychology, but it does not follow that ethics should ignore psychology. The most obvious, and most compelling, motivation for our perspective is simply this: It i ...
... spirit, ‘surrender of the ethical burden to psychology’. And so far as we know, neither is anyone else. Ethics must not—indeed cannot—be psychology, but it does not follow that ethics should ignore psychology. The most obvious, and most compelling, motivation for our perspective is simply this: It i ...
1 - Valpo Blogs
... However, I would not insist too strongly on this classification. My taxonomy, after all, was only supposed to help organize things. If it is more helpful to organize things in a different way, then I would be happy to do so; for instance, by dispensing with the distinction between “benighted” and “ ...
... However, I would not insist too strongly on this classification. My taxonomy, after all, was only supposed to help organize things. If it is more helpful to organize things in a different way, then I would be happy to do so; for instance, by dispensing with the distinction between “benighted” and “ ...
when supererogation is supererogatory. a case of medical ethics
... In this paper I analyze critically real cases of actions, often deemed “supererogatory” in the context of bioethics and medical ethics, in order to assess whether it is appropriate to classify them in this way. More specifically, I try to discuss the moral legitimacy of a consequence of In Vitro Fer ...
... In this paper I analyze critically real cases of actions, often deemed “supererogatory” in the context of bioethics and medical ethics, in order to assess whether it is appropriate to classify them in this way. More specifically, I try to discuss the moral legitimacy of a consequence of In Vitro Fer ...
Principles in moral judgment.
... We have sympathy with this account of judgment as a multi-dimensional cognitive ability, and we think that something along these lines should be elaborated again as one of the central philosophical engagements. Following the above hint, we propose a simpler intuitive rendering of judgment as a refle ...
... We have sympathy with this account of judgment as a multi-dimensional cognitive ability, and we think that something along these lines should be elaborated again as one of the central philosophical engagements. Following the above hint, we propose a simpler intuitive rendering of judgment as a refle ...
the machiavellian concept of civic virtues
... means of attaining the purpose of common good. The spirit of common good is victorious everywhere, it cancels any barrier imposed by the antiquity’s ethics. The common good is the reason which will also motivate the use of cruelty by the prince (Besides the reasons mentioned, the nature of the peopl ...
... means of attaining the purpose of common good. The spirit of common good is victorious everywhere, it cancels any barrier imposed by the antiquity’s ethics. The common good is the reason which will also motivate the use of cruelty by the prince (Besides the reasons mentioned, the nature of the peopl ...
PDF - UNT Digital Library
... unite and give rise to the concrete. Thus the multiplicity of things and human beings is produced. In their ceaseless successions the two elements of yin and yang constitute the great principle of the universe. 7 Because ch’i has inexhaustible power within it, it is always in an unceasing process of ...
... unite and give rise to the concrete. Thus the multiplicity of things and human beings is produced. In their ceaseless successions the two elements of yin and yang constitute the great principle of the universe. 7 Because ch’i has inexhaustible power within it, it is always in an unceasing process of ...
On Worldviews and Philosophy
... not a speculative contemplation but an active conviction. It is not just a framework for a set of beliefs. Rather, it is a fundamental awareness of the meaning of life, of our calling in the world, and of my own personal responsibility. It is important, it seems to me, to stress this active element. ...
... not a speculative contemplation but an active conviction. It is not just a framework for a set of beliefs. Rather, it is a fundamental awareness of the meaning of life, of our calling in the world, and of my own personal responsibility. It is important, it seems to me, to stress this active element. ...
Aspects of Visual Epistemology: On the “Logic” of the Iconic Dieter
... of relationships is revealed – together with their discursive connections – since thinking from now on means speaking, while knowledge manifests itself in propositions, which refer to the world and whose references are realized in true/ false distinctions. Otherwise, like transposed modes of speech, ...
... of relationships is revealed – together with their discursive connections – since thinking from now on means speaking, while knowledge manifests itself in propositions, which refer to the world and whose references are realized in true/ false distinctions. Otherwise, like transposed modes of speech, ...
References - University of Leeds
... to the word “empathy” the waters of terminological confusion run deep. First of all, different commentators in diverse fields use “empathy” to designate two analytically distinct psychological phenomena. The first is “empathy” understood as the faculty by which human beings form particular beliefs a ...
... to the word “empathy” the waters of terminological confusion run deep. First of all, different commentators in diverse fields use “empathy” to designate two analytically distinct psychological phenomena. The first is “empathy” understood as the faculty by which human beings form particular beliefs a ...
Kant on Irresistible Inclinations: Moral Worth, Happiness
... I have no intention of arguing that Kant held that we have irresistible inclinations. However, I do believe that it can be inferred from several of his discussions what Kant believed could constitute an irresistible inclination. In fact, such comments suggest that, while we may not have irresistible ...
... I have no intention of arguing that Kant held that we have irresistible inclinations. However, I do believe that it can be inferred from several of his discussions what Kant believed could constitute an irresistible inclination. In fact, such comments suggest that, while we may not have irresistible ...
Princeton University Press 2009. xv + 525 pages $99.95 (cloth ISBN
... Although he recognized the value of passions, Machiavelli also saw how easily they could be manipulated and how they could lead people to ruin if not allied with careful reflection and analysis. Two passions he saw as most dangerous, most liable to lead to conflict: “dispositions to dominate or comm ...
... Although he recognized the value of passions, Machiavelli also saw how easily they could be manipulated and how they could lead people to ruin if not allied with careful reflection and analysis. Two passions he saw as most dangerous, most liable to lead to conflict: “dispositions to dominate or comm ...
Public Reason Liberalism
... — with John Rawls’ political liberalism. Many, no doubt, believe that if there is such a creature as “public reason liberalism” it is a Rawlsian creation. This is an error. The social contract theories of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Kant all are based on conviction that the main aim of political phi ...
... — with John Rawls’ political liberalism. Many, no doubt, believe that if there is such a creature as “public reason liberalism” it is a Rawlsian creation. This is an error. The social contract theories of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Kant all are based on conviction that the main aim of political phi ...
Classical Western Philosophy BA Philosophy UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT Core Course
... ------stated that the best possible political system (state) will be ruled by philosophers. (a)Aristotle (b) Sophists (c) Socrates (d) Plato ...
... ------stated that the best possible political system (state) will be ruled by philosophers. (a)Aristotle (b) Sophists (c) Socrates (d) Plato ...
Chapter 5, Meaning
... analytic as the disposition to suckle their young is part of the definition of mammal. On the other hand ‘Jacques Chirac is President of France’ is synthetic, true when I first wrote this chapter, but false when I revise in in August 2011. Kant thought that only synthetic propositions convey genuine ...
... analytic as the disposition to suckle their young is part of the definition of mammal. On the other hand ‘Jacques Chirac is President of France’ is synthetic, true when I first wrote this chapter, but false when I revise in in August 2011. Kant thought that only synthetic propositions convey genuine ...
1 QUINE`S INTERPRETATION PROBLEM AND THE EARLY
... and logical consequence for classical extensional languages, the question arose whether the same methods could be applied to the languages of modal logic and related systems. One natural idea, that occurred to Carnap in the 1940’s, was to let Mϕ be true of precisely those formulas ϕ that are logical ...
... and logical consequence for classical extensional languages, the question arose whether the same methods could be applied to the languages of modal logic and related systems. One natural idea, that occurred to Carnap in the 1940’s, was to let Mϕ be true of precisely those formulas ϕ that are logical ...
Immanuel Kant-Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals
... one man doing everything, each confines himself to a certain kind of work distinct from others in the treatment it requires, so as to be able to perform it with greater facility and in the greatest perfection. Where the different kinds of work are not distinguished and divided, where everyone is a j ...
... one man doing everything, each confines himself to a certain kind of work distinct from others in the treatment it requires, so as to be able to perform it with greater facility and in the greatest perfection. Where the different kinds of work are not distinguished and divided, where everyone is a j ...
TAO of Manifestation - Village Design Institute
... years of training before one could be considered adept. The human body figures very prominently throughout all schools of Taoism. As the most immediate and direct experience of Nature a person has, there is much emphasis placed on cleansing and purification of the body, opening channels of vital ene ...
... years of training before one could be considered adept. The human body figures very prominently throughout all schools of Taoism. As the most immediate and direct experience of Nature a person has, there is much emphasis placed on cleansing and purification of the body, opening channels of vital ene ...
VIRTUE IS KNOWLEDGE, MCDOWELL AND ARISTOTLE
... discerned by comparison, then novel moral situations accordingly do not fit into the knowledge paradigm. In this way, the objection goes, there must be something else (perhaps an orectic state) besides knowledge determining the course of action. The last objection I raise is the case of the “no-brai ...
... discerned by comparison, then novel moral situations accordingly do not fit into the knowledge paradigm. In this way, the objection goes, there must be something else (perhaps an orectic state) besides knowledge determining the course of action. The last objection I raise is the case of the “no-brai ...
Tiffany Price Intro to Philosophy Mr. Izrailevsky http://tiffanyprice
... should be managed by instinct and conscience. The first and most important of Lao-tzu’s philosophy is the Tao. The idea of the Tao is that your head chooses a path to go forward on. In the book “Archetypes of Wisdom” for this class it explains that the Tao is “the One that is natural, eternal, spon ...
... should be managed by instinct and conscience. The first and most important of Lao-tzu’s philosophy is the Tao. The idea of the Tao is that your head chooses a path to go forward on. In the book “Archetypes of Wisdom” for this class it explains that the Tao is “the One that is natural, eternal, spon ...
Being and MacGuffin - Crisis and Critique
... nothing without the way leading up to it. One could say that the absolute knowledge is a crossroad, a partition. There are two ways that follow from it: having reached this point, having climbed to the top of this ladder, one can only revert to the experience, which was there all along – the way to ...
... nothing without the way leading up to it. One could say that the absolute knowledge is a crossroad, a partition. There are two ways that follow from it: having reached this point, having climbed to the top of this ladder, one can only revert to the experience, which was there all along – the way to ...
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.