How can we be moral when we are so irrational - Philsci
... more profitably if the idea of unifying all ethical concerns into one theoretical account is abandoned. This disunity of ethical theorizing would then match the disunited and heuristic-oriented nature of our agency. ...
... more profitably if the idea of unifying all ethical concerns into one theoretical account is abandoned. This disunity of ethical theorizing would then match the disunited and heuristic-oriented nature of our agency. ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... deliberation of the reason‖13. In order for an act to count as a human act, it must be a product of the agent’s reasoned consideration about what is good. Second, it appears that Aquinas is mistaken when he says that the ends for the sake of which we act are good. Clearly, many things we pursue in l ...
... deliberation of the reason‖13. In order for an act to count as a human act, it must be a product of the agent’s reasoned consideration about what is good. Second, it appears that Aquinas is mistaken when he says that the ends for the sake of which we act are good. Clearly, many things we pursue in l ...
History of Philosophy2
... “events”? Who are the protagonists of this history? Hegel calls them “heroes of thought”. By the power of their reason, they have “penetrated into the being of things, of nature, of spirit, of God, providing treasures of thought”, for us, students of that history, who will come to recognize ourselve ...
... “events”? Who are the protagonists of this history? Hegel calls them “heroes of thought”. By the power of their reason, they have “penetrated into the being of things, of nature, of spirit, of God, providing treasures of thought”, for us, students of that history, who will come to recognize ourselve ...
Death On The Grand Scale
... is expressed even more fully in spiritual activity, in art, in political action, and in history. Here Hegel is at one not only with Plato and Heidegger, but with almost all authors in the great philosophical tradition. One thing that may be distinctive of Hegel, however, in view of his dialectical p ...
... is expressed even more fully in spiritual activity, in art, in political action, and in history. Here Hegel is at one not only with Plato and Heidegger, but with almost all authors in the great philosophical tradition. One thing that may be distinctive of Hegel, however, in view of his dialectical p ...
1 HUMAN ATOMS Eric T. Olson, University of Cambridge I
... that is designed, as it were, to eat only vegetables. I take it that there couldn't be naturally carnivorous goats.) But neither mammal nor vegetarian is subordinate to the other, as the Principle would seem to require: there exist both carnivorous mammals and vegetarian non-mammals. Thus, if we can ...
... that is designed, as it were, to eat only vegetables. I take it that there couldn't be naturally carnivorous goats.) But neither mammal nor vegetarian is subordinate to the other, as the Principle would seem to require: there exist both carnivorous mammals and vegetarian non-mammals. Thus, if we can ...
Spirituality in the structure of personality
... Skovoroda, P. Yurkevich. G. Skovoroda brings the concept of "spirituality" to category of "heart." He describes the human which consist from two natures invisible – spiritual, and visible - material. Spirituality is an invisible but important essence of human. P. Jurkiewicz, follower of N. Skovorod ...
... Skovoroda, P. Yurkevich. G. Skovoroda brings the concept of "spirituality" to category of "heart." He describes the human which consist from two natures invisible – spiritual, and visible - material. Spirituality is an invisible but important essence of human. P. Jurkiewicz, follower of N. Skovorod ...
Glossary - Oxford University Press
... that discloses the cause or causes. Causation is intuitively a relation of dependence between events. The event that is caused, the effect, depends for its occurrence on the cause. It wouldn’t have happened without it. The occurrence of the cause explains the effect. Once we see that the cause happe ...
... that discloses the cause or causes. Causation is intuitively a relation of dependence between events. The event that is caused, the effect, depends for its occurrence on the cause. It wouldn’t have happened without it. The occurrence of the cause explains the effect. Once we see that the cause happe ...
Aristotle and the Problem of Human Knowledge
... such that our desire to know is not satisfied when merely practical matters of survival are settled. These are what we first address; but philosophy in the proper sense begins only after the necessities of life are obtained (982b22-24).10 Then our thoughts turn to the highest questions, from useful to ...
... such that our desire to know is not satisfied when merely practical matters of survival are settled. These are what we first address; but philosophy in the proper sense begins only after the necessities of life are obtained (982b22-24).10 Then our thoughts turn to the highest questions, from useful to ...
Interspecies Etiquette: An Ethics of Paying Attention to Animals
... fairly recent development into both a philosophical approach and actual practice as a kind of interspecies etiquette. These latter developments are found in Val Plumwood's (1993, 2002) "intentional stance" and "dialogical interspecies ethics," and in Jim Cheney and Anthony Weston's (1999) "environme ...
... fairly recent development into both a philosophical approach and actual practice as a kind of interspecies etiquette. These latter developments are found in Val Plumwood's (1993, 2002) "intentional stance" and "dialogical interspecies ethics," and in Jim Cheney and Anthony Weston's (1999) "environme ...
Intersubjectivity, Subjectivism, Social Sciences
... views people hold about things.”5 To our mind, what Hayek was doing—we do not know whether in full intellectual awareness or not—was to place the subjective theory of money as a subclass of a phenomenon involving all social phenomena, that is, the subjectivity of such phenomena, their “entitative de ...
... views people hold about things.”5 To our mind, what Hayek was doing—we do not know whether in full intellectual awareness or not—was to place the subjective theory of money as a subclass of a phenomenon involving all social phenomena, that is, the subjectivity of such phenomena, their “entitative de ...
PHI 110 Lecture 16 1 Hello and welcome to what will be the first of
... comes after centuries of medieval civilization in which human beings lived both practically, politically and intellectually, spiritually, under external authorities. The whole idea of the Enlightenment was the idea of the individual standing on his or her own two feet and being able to rationally pu ...
... comes after centuries of medieval civilization in which human beings lived both practically, politically and intellectually, spiritually, under external authorities. The whole idea of the Enlightenment was the idea of the individual standing on his or her own two feet and being able to rationally pu ...
Being and Time Introduction Chapter One
... • It is undefinable, since there is no higher concept by which to define it • It is said to be self-evident, because we use it every day in predication: “The sky is blue.” ...
... • It is undefinable, since there is no higher concept by which to define it • It is said to be self-evident, because we use it every day in predication: “The sky is blue.” ...
which you can here
... Above all are they to be considered as retaining an ‘equal title to the free exercise of Religion according to the dictates of conscience.’ [Virginia Declaration of Rights, Art. 16] Whilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess and to observe the Religion which we believe to be of ...
... Above all are they to be considered as retaining an ‘equal title to the free exercise of Religion according to the dictates of conscience.’ [Virginia Declaration of Rights, Art. 16] Whilst we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess and to observe the Religion which we believe to be of ...
three logicians: aristotle, saccheri, frege
... is of course only contingently true, and —Saccheri observes— is not something "that can be proved, at least in logic", and consequently needs to be postulated. In fact, his Logica demonstrativa, in chapter 4, carefully states the appropriate postulate. Still, it is obvious to the reader that doing l ...
... is of course only contingently true, and —Saccheri observes— is not something "that can be proved, at least in logic", and consequently needs to be postulated. In fact, his Logica demonstrativa, in chapter 4, carefully states the appropriate postulate. Still, it is obvious to the reader that doing l ...
glossary of philosophical terms
... the a priori–a posteriori distinction; indeed, these three distinctions are often confused with one another. But they are not the same. The last one has to do with knowledge, the middle one with possibility, and the first one with meaning. Although some philosophers think that the three distinctions ...
... the a priori–a posteriori distinction; indeed, these three distinctions are often confused with one another. But they are not the same. The last one has to do with knowledge, the middle one with possibility, and the first one with meaning. Although some philosophers think that the three distinctions ...
Contingency of Language
... Kant and Hegel Went Only Half-Way to Repudiating “Truth is Out There” German idealism, however, was a short-lived and unsatisfactory compromise. For Kant and Hegel went only halfway in their repudiation of the idea that truth is "out there." They were willing to view the world of empirical science a ...
... Kant and Hegel Went Only Half-Way to Repudiating “Truth is Out There” German idealism, however, was a short-lived and unsatisfactory compromise. For Kant and Hegel went only halfway in their repudiation of the idea that truth is "out there." They were willing to view the world of empirical science a ...
The Good Life and the `Radical Contingency of the Ethical`
... time that has elapsed since those books were written (the 1950s), a host of social and cultural developments have eroded its attraction as an unquestionable model for the good life – or at the very least its appeal has ceased to be able to operate upon us in quite the way it did then. Humans are ing ...
... time that has elapsed since those books were written (the 1950s), a host of social and cultural developments have eroded its attraction as an unquestionable model for the good life – or at the very least its appeal has ceased to be able to operate upon us in quite the way it did then. Humans are ing ...
Problems Of Metaphysical Philosophy
... 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 and influence our daily existence. We say these problems are recurrent in the sense that they ...
... 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 and influence our daily existence. We say these problems are recurrent in the sense that they ...
Philosophy and concept formation in narrative therapy An
... her senses seeing possibilities and having a power to overcome the daily life and the order in the so-called cultural truths - he called it moral. Nietzsche invented the genealogical method: What is the origin? How was this or that social practice and idea produced? Or as we say in narrative therapy ...
... her senses seeing possibilities and having a power to overcome the daily life and the order in the so-called cultural truths - he called it moral. Nietzsche invented the genealogical method: What is the origin? How was this or that social practice and idea produced? Or as we say in narrative therapy ...
IDENTITY: ETHICS OF DIGNITY
... death on the cross, and his resurrection Christians are reminded of their faith in physical and spiritual death and rebirth. Human dignity is also a strong value of Christians. Jesus used to eat with the outcasts of society- and calls his people to be humble and act as servants to each other. Peter ...
... death on the cross, and his resurrection Christians are reminded of their faith in physical and spiritual death and rebirth. Human dignity is also a strong value of Christians. Jesus used to eat with the outcasts of society- and calls his people to be humble and act as servants to each other. Peter ...
Text - UT College of Liberal Arts - The University of Texas at Austin
... is of course only contingently true, and —Saccheri observes— is not something "that can be proved, at least in logic", and consequently needs to be postulated. In fact, his Logica demonstrativa, in chapter 4, carefully states the appropriate postulate. Still, it is obvious to the reader that doing l ...
... is of course only contingently true, and —Saccheri observes— is not something "that can be proved, at least in logic", and consequently needs to be postulated. In fact, his Logica demonstrativa, in chapter 4, carefully states the appropriate postulate. Still, it is obvious to the reader that doing l ...
Action-Oriented Research in Education: A Comparative
... inquiry developed within the long-standing traditions of these cultures. These two kinds of investigation could be termed as “problem-based” and “mystery-based” inquiries ‒ the former belonging to the Western culture and the latter to the Eastern. The recent Western civilization has mostly considere ...
... inquiry developed within the long-standing traditions of these cultures. These two kinds of investigation could be termed as “problem-based” and “mystery-based” inquiries ‒ the former belonging to the Western culture and the latter to the Eastern. The recent Western civilization has mostly considere ...
9/5/2006 - University of Pittsburgh
... echo, in the last part of the nineteenth century, of the British utilitarianism of the first part. What is echoed is a crass shopkeeper’s sensibility that sees everything through the reductive lenses of comparative profit and loss. Bentham and Mill had sought a secular basis for moral, political, an ...
... echo, in the last part of the nineteenth century, of the British utilitarianism of the first part. What is echoed is a crass shopkeeper’s sensibility that sees everything through the reductive lenses of comparative profit and loss. Bentham and Mill had sought a secular basis for moral, political, an ...
Dharma with Moksha during classical Indian philosophy: Its
... DHARMA------ It is referred as the initial goal. Dharma has diverse sense according to many people. Dharma is defined as a mandatory duty and this mandatory duty is prescribed by the Vedas. Dharma is also referred as the secret of bond. It is also defined as the obligatory force. It also defines our ...
... DHARMA------ It is referred as the initial goal. Dharma has diverse sense according to many people. Dharma is defined as a mandatory duty and this mandatory duty is prescribed by the Vedas. Dharma is also referred as the secret of bond. It is also defined as the obligatory force. It also defines our ...
SOVEREGNITY TODAY The historic
... what they do and to whom are they accountable to and with regard to answerability whom are they answerable to if at all they are answerable and are the same bodies to whom they are accountable to answerable to or are they both different. These are questions that have been insufficiently answered or ...
... what they do and to whom are they accountable to and with regard to answerability whom are they answerable to if at all they are answerable and are the same bodies to whom they are accountable to answerable to or are they both different. These are questions that have been insufficiently answered or ...
Zaid Orudzhev
Zaid Melikovich Orudzhev (Russian: Заи́д Ме́ликович Ору́джев; born on April 4, 1932) is an Azerbaijani-born Russian academic specialising in the history of philosophy, dialectical logic and sociological methodology. He is a doctor of philosophy and currently a professor at the Moscow State Academy for Business Administration.