Engaging Socrates by Joel Alden Schlosser
... the point of upsetting them and thus inciting his trial and execution. The uproar provoked by I.F. Stone’s The Trial of Socrates gives a sense of this Socrates’ political effects.12 On Stone’s polemical and impassioned account, Socrates deserved the hemlock for his antidemocratic teachings and inact ...
... the point of upsetting them and thus inciting his trial and execution. The uproar provoked by I.F. Stone’s The Trial of Socrates gives a sense of this Socrates’ political effects.12 On Stone’s polemical and impassioned account, Socrates deserved the hemlock for his antidemocratic teachings and inact ...
aiming at virtue in plato
... SV does not by itself rule in or out any non-evaluatively described actiontype, and it says nothing about how to determine what the virtuous action actually is, which is precisely Cleitophon’s complaint. I thus distinguish between establishing the supreme aim of an agent’s action (which is the funct ...
... SV does not by itself rule in or out any non-evaluatively described actiontype, and it says nothing about how to determine what the virtuous action actually is, which is precisely Cleitophon’s complaint. I thus distinguish between establishing the supreme aim of an agent’s action (which is the funct ...
WHEN IS EVIL? - San Diego State University
... Part of the problem for the problem of evil is the metaphysical/theological starting point that requires ontology of evil that seems to have no answers. Thus, the ontotheological approaches provide little understanding of a concept of evil. The starting point asks, What is evil? What is the source o ...
... Part of the problem for the problem of evil is the metaphysical/theological starting point that requires ontology of evil that seems to have no answers. Thus, the ontotheological approaches provide little understanding of a concept of evil. The starting point asks, What is evil? What is the source o ...
The Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory
... tax system. All of us who live in democratic societies need to make decisions about such issues if we intend to vote responsibly. Moral philosophy addresses the many abstract ethical and philosophical issues that arise when we attempt to make such decisions in a reflective and responsible way. Of cou ...
... tax system. All of us who live in democratic societies need to make decisions about such issues if we intend to vote responsibly. Moral philosophy addresses the many abstract ethical and philosophical issues that arise when we attempt to make such decisions in a reflective and responsible way. Of cou ...
Willful Ignorance and Self-Deception
... The issue has importance for a number of reasons. First, the task of distinguishing selfdeception from a kindred phenomenon such as willful ignorance can only help improve our understanding of each. Even if we already feel that the two phenomena are distinct, the exercise is of value in clarifying t ...
... The issue has importance for a number of reasons. First, the task of distinguishing selfdeception from a kindred phenomenon such as willful ignorance can only help improve our understanding of each. Even if we already feel that the two phenomena are distinct, the exercise is of value in clarifying t ...
Writing Duty: Religion, Obligation and Autonomy in George Eliot and
... Connections between George Eliot and Immanuel Kant have been, for the most part, neglected. However, we have good reason to believe that Eliot not only read Kant (as well as many who were directly influenced by Kant), but substantially agreed with him on critical and moral issues. This thesis invest ...
... Connections between George Eliot and Immanuel Kant have been, for the most part, neglected. However, we have good reason to believe that Eliot not only read Kant (as well as many who were directly influenced by Kant), but substantially agreed with him on critical and moral issues. This thesis invest ...
On Reasons to Live Justifiably: In Support of a Humean
... rightly because she has a reason to live with others on justifiable terms, I argue that this answer is unsatisfying according to Scanlon’s own criteria of success. However, by utilizing others of his arguments, I also am able to show that he could accept (and I think should accept) the ‘complex’ vie ...
... rightly because she has a reason to live with others on justifiable terms, I argue that this answer is unsatisfying according to Scanlon’s own criteria of success. However, by utilizing others of his arguments, I also am able to show that he could accept (and I think should accept) the ‘complex’ vie ...
Hegel, Nietzsche and the Beyond Within Life by Michael Harry
... Far from realising the inherently meaningful nature of the human world, the result of the Hegelian revolution is nihilism. The discussion of Nietzsche's notion of nihilism turns on his distinction between the 'other-worldly' nihilism inherent in the transcendent dualist world view, and the radical n ...
... Far from realising the inherently meaningful nature of the human world, the result of the Hegelian revolution is nihilism. The discussion of Nietzsche's notion of nihilism turns on his distinction between the 'other-worldly' nihilism inherent in the transcendent dualist world view, and the radical n ...
DAMIAN ILODIGWE OAKESHOTT`S CRITIQUE OF SOVEREIGNTY
... there are mysteries in life that are in excess of its possibilities, so that the bound of meaning and truth is not co-extensive with the bound of reason.9 In other words logic cannot impose itself on life but must allow itself to be guided by the inherent template of life.10 Thus it emerges that pre ...
... there are mysteries in life that are in excess of its possibilities, so that the bound of meaning and truth is not co-extensive with the bound of reason.9 In other words logic cannot impose itself on life but must allow itself to be guided by the inherent template of life.10 Thus it emerges that pre ...
Morally Permissible Moral Mistakes
... Finally, I argue that recognizing this category is useful in a number of ways. It helps us to see some features of supererogatory behavior that otherwise are ignored. It makes new moral views available to us. It makes new interpretations of our own and others’ commitments ...
... Finally, I argue that recognizing this category is useful in a number of ways. It helps us to see some features of supererogatory behavior that otherwise are ignored. It makes new moral views available to us. It makes new interpretations of our own and others’ commitments ...
Rationalism, Sentimentalism, and Ralph Cudworth
... to depend on the assistance of some external force. And with Cudworth’s goal of showing that morality originates in principles internal to each individual, both the rationalists and sentimentalists would agree. In section two of this paper, I will explain the conception of morality im plied by two ...
... to depend on the assistance of some external force. And with Cudworth’s goal of showing that morality originates in principles internal to each individual, both the rationalists and sentimentalists would agree. In section two of this paper, I will explain the conception of morality im plied by two ...
socrates the cosmopolitan
... rhetoricians merely serve to gratify the citizens; they do not do what politicians should: namely, make people as good as possible. 23 Socrates thus urges his interlocutors in the Gorgias to postpone engagement in ordinary politics until they have undergone further training in pursuit of virtue. 24 ...
... rhetoricians merely serve to gratify the citizens; they do not do what politicians should: namely, make people as good as possible. 23 Socrates thus urges his interlocutors in the Gorgias to postpone engagement in ordinary politics until they have undergone further training in pursuit of virtue. 24 ...
Angelaki Differential cruelty
... void whilst the indifferent void does not partake in such vitalistic secession. Life is a strict determination in being distinguished from the void at all costs, even if the cost is submission to the necessity of the void. For this reason, life is cruel in an absolute sense as it relentlessly acts u ...
... void whilst the indifferent void does not partake in such vitalistic secession. Life is a strict determination in being distinguished from the void at all costs, even if the cost is submission to the necessity of the void. For this reason, life is cruel in an absolute sense as it relentlessly acts u ...
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
... All that is from the gods is full of Providence. That which is from fortune is not separated from nature or without an interweaving and involution with the things which are ordered by Providence. From thence all things flow; and there is besides necessity, and that which is for the advantage of the ...
... All that is from the gods is full of Providence. That which is from fortune is not separated from nature or without an interweaving and involution with the things which are ordered by Providence. From thence all things flow; and there is besides necessity, and that which is for the advantage of the ...
can a consequentialist be a real friend? (who cares?)
... involved in such a relationship are). But these aspects, I believe, are not of relevance for the forthcoming discussion, as they do not frame any problems that could be found distinctively troublesome for a consequentialist. In other words, they are too much of relevance to any kind of agent, regard ...
... involved in such a relationship are). But these aspects, I believe, are not of relevance for the forthcoming discussion, as they do not frame any problems that could be found distinctively troublesome for a consequentialist. In other words, they are too much of relevance to any kind of agent, regard ...
Why did Hume call his Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals
... is basically seen as a series of more or less connected essays addressing various aspects of moral theory. This, however, is decidedly not Hume’s own opinion. III Interlude: Hume on the difference between theoretical and practical philosophy Although he was publishing all of his work, apart from th ...
... is basically seen as a series of more or less connected essays addressing various aspects of moral theory. This, however, is decidedly not Hume’s own opinion. III Interlude: Hume on the difference between theoretical and practical philosophy Although he was publishing all of his work, apart from th ...
The “Silence” of Wittgenstein and Kraus
... The most significant change in how he went about it is the replacement of analysis by context as the dominant crux of clarification, as elaborated in the opening sixty-five sections of the Philosophical Investigations.6 Analysis may still be a method of clarification where truth-claims are involved ...
... The most significant change in how he went about it is the replacement of analysis by context as the dominant crux of clarification, as elaborated in the opening sixty-five sections of the Philosophical Investigations.6 Analysis may still be a method of clarification where truth-claims are involved ...
Summer 2007 - Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy
... guide in the pursuit of wisdom. Commentary is a collective effort to read the plays, seeing what their author intends to show us, and through this to philosophize. We seem just now, in the present and past generation, to notice that Shakespeare is a philosopher as well as a poet, and somehow wise. H ...
... guide in the pursuit of wisdom. Commentary is a collective effort to read the plays, seeing what their author intends to show us, and through this to philosophize. We seem just now, in the present and past generation, to notice that Shakespeare is a philosopher as well as a poet, and somehow wise. H ...
Omniscience and the Rhetoric of Reason
... he great Buddhist scholars Śāntarakṣita (725–88 c.e.) and his disciple Kamalaśīla were among the most influential thinkers in classical India. ey debated ideas not only within the Buddhist tradition but also with exegetes of other Indian religions, and they both traveled to Tibet during Buddhism’s i ...
... he great Buddhist scholars Śāntarakṣita (725–88 c.e.) and his disciple Kamalaśīla were among the most influential thinkers in classical India. ey debated ideas not only within the Buddhist tradition but also with exegetes of other Indian religions, and they both traveled to Tibet during Buddhism’s i ...
Recovering Play: On the Relationship Between Leisure and
... was that new forms of technology, with machines replacing humans, would decrease work and increase leisure. Philosophers like John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx envisioned a leisure society where material abundance would reduce the need for busy workdays and free up time for more authentic—creative and ...
... was that new forms of technology, with machines replacing humans, would decrease work and increase leisure. Philosophers like John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx envisioned a leisure society where material abundance would reduce the need for busy workdays and free up time for more authentic—creative and ...
ΜΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ CONTEXTUALIZING LATE GREEK PHILOSOPHY
... acting out of rituals and prayers. In this way intellection and intuition are joined in symbolic action, making worship of the gods the most fully engaged behaviour of humankind. In order to be perfected in his conduct toward other individuals, the pupil must be trained to be reflective about his co ...
... acting out of rituals and prayers. In this way intellection and intuition are joined in symbolic action, making worship of the gods the most fully engaged behaviour of humankind. In order to be perfected in his conduct toward other individuals, the pupil must be trained to be reflective about his co ...
Scepticism with regard to Reason* David Owen, University of
... sceptical tradition of ancient times, rediscovered in the 16th and 17th centuries, and transformed beyond all recognition by Descartes.9 I know of no clear, unequivocal antecedents to either of Hume’s negative arguments, but there are some suggestive similarities. In the Principles, Descartes says “ ...
... sceptical tradition of ancient times, rediscovered in the 16th and 17th centuries, and transformed beyond all recognition by Descartes.9 I know of no clear, unequivocal antecedents to either of Hume’s negative arguments, but there are some suggestive similarities. In the Principles, Descartes says “ ...
Was Pyrrho the Founder of Skepticism?
... reading of the whole passage. It is meaningful (against Bett, 2003, p. 22) because if things are such that we cannot decide how they are, our perceptions and opinions have no established value (true or false). “On this conception, if one tells the truth, one gives a true account, an account of the n ...
... reading of the whole passage. It is meaningful (against Bett, 2003, p. 22) because if things are such that we cannot decide how they are, our perceptions and opinions have no established value (true or false). “On this conception, if one tells the truth, one gives a true account, an account of the n ...
CLEMENS, JUSTIN Title - Minerva Access
... plenitude but rather utterly void. Philosophy neither produces nor pronounces Truth; it deploys the category, but does not fill it with any content. As Badiou himself puts it: "who can cite a single philosophical statement of which it makes any sense to say that it is 'true,?,,9 But it is also becau ...
... plenitude but rather utterly void. Philosophy neither produces nor pronounces Truth; it deploys the category, but does not fill it with any content. As Badiou himself puts it: "who can cite a single philosophical statement of which it makes any sense to say that it is 'true,?,,9 But it is also becau ...
Platonic Meditations: The Work of Alain Badiou
... plenitude but rather utterly void. Philosophy neither produces nor pronounces Truth; it deploys the category, but does not fill it with any content. As Badiou himself puts it: "who can cite a single philosophical statement of which it makes any sense to say that it is 'true,?,,9 But it is also becau ...
... plenitude but rather utterly void. Philosophy neither produces nor pronounces Truth; it deploys the category, but does not fill it with any content. As Badiou himself puts it: "who can cite a single philosophical statement of which it makes any sense to say that it is 'true,?,,9 But it is also becau ...
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.