Contemporary Moral Issues
... Cultural Ethical Realism : Morality is dependent on collective practice and preference Individual Ethical Relativism : Morality is dependent on a person’s own experiences and value systems Moral Isolationism : One cannot understand another culture’s moral system if one is not a member of that cultur ...
... Cultural Ethical Realism : Morality is dependent on collective practice and preference Individual Ethical Relativism : Morality is dependent on a person’s own experiences and value systems Moral Isolationism : One cannot understand another culture’s moral system if one is not a member of that cultur ...
What is Positive Law - Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository
... as distinguished from Christianity, Christlichkeit). As Nietzsche understands it, "Christendom is platonism for 'the people. " 18 It erects another world above and beyond the natural or sensible world, and counterposes the illusoriness of what appears to the senses in this "valley of tears" (rtd 6p= ...
... as distinguished from Christianity, Christlichkeit). As Nietzsche understands it, "Christendom is platonism for 'the people. " 18 It erects another world above and beyond the natural or sensible world, and counterposes the illusoriness of what appears to the senses in this "valley of tears" (rtd 6p= ...
Chapter 3: How Can I Know What is Right?
... Good will is the only thing that can be conceived as good without qualification Action of duty has moral worth not in the purpose to be attained, but by the principle of volition irrespective of desire Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the law ...
... Good will is the only thing that can be conceived as good without qualification Action of duty has moral worth not in the purpose to be attained, but by the principle of volition irrespective of desire Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the law ...
chapter 1: learning
... The only thing good without qualification or exception is a good will (other good things can be used for bad purposes or with bad results, but not a good will) A good will is one that operates entirely in accordance with the dictates of pure reason The categorical imperative is the universal command ...
... The only thing good without qualification or exception is a good will (other good things can be used for bad purposes or with bad results, but not a good will) A good will is one that operates entirely in accordance with the dictates of pure reason The categorical imperative is the universal command ...
Vocabulary for the Hans Jonas reading, Chapter 1 from The
... mendacity. Untruthfulness. Falsehood or lying. metaphysics. The branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the nature of reality, being, and the world. It addresses questions such as: What is the nature of reality? What is humankind’s place in the universe? Does the world exist outside the mind? ...
... mendacity. Untruthfulness. Falsehood or lying. metaphysics. The branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the nature of reality, being, and the world. It addresses questions such as: What is the nature of reality? What is humankind’s place in the universe? Does the world exist outside the mind? ...
"Nihilism" encyclopedia entry - Victoria University of Wellington
... and yet the images that tend to spring to mind upon hearing the word “nihilist” involve radical countercultural political affiliations or a kind of morbid anomie. These images have more to do with political nihilism and existential nihilism than with moral nihilism. Political nihilism was a radical ...
... and yet the images that tend to spring to mind upon hearing the word “nihilist” involve radical countercultural political affiliations or a kind of morbid anomie. These images have more to do with political nihilism and existential nihilism than with moral nihilism. Political nihilism was a radical ...
Philosophies in Grendel Chapter One Orphism: the teachings of an
... Old Testament (the basic values of good vs. evil, vengeful God) Chapter 5: Nihilism: Nihilism is the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. It is often associated with extreme pessimism and a radical skepticism that condemns existence. A true nihilist woul ...
... Old Testament (the basic values of good vs. evil, vengeful God) Chapter 5: Nihilism: Nihilism is the belief that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. It is often associated with extreme pessimism and a radical skepticism that condemns existence. A true nihilist woul ...
This project draws on the work of two thinkers, C.... Brave New World
... 279). When this belief falls, and no new system can take its place, European morality and identity will collapse with it. This is what Nietzsche calls nihilism: A nihilist believes in nothing, and feels his life to have no purpose. Although Lewis does not use the same term, he discusses essentially ...
... 279). When this belief falls, and no new system can take its place, European morality and identity will collapse with it. This is what Nietzsche calls nihilism: A nihilist believes in nothing, and feels his life to have no purpose. Although Lewis does not use the same term, he discusses essentially ...
