Lexical pragmatics and the weakness of belief
... open. Indeed, many philosophers explicitly argue that to believe something just is to have maximal credence in it. Others argue for slightly weaker ...
... open. Indeed, many philosophers explicitly argue that to believe something just is to have maximal credence in it. Others argue for slightly weaker ...
Doctrine of Forms
... idea or form. This is the universal, the common nature or quality, which is grasped in the concept (ex: beauty). There are many beautiful things, but we form one universal concept of beauty itself: and Plato assumed that these universal concepts are not merely subjective concepts, but that in them w ...
... idea or form. This is the universal, the common nature or quality, which is grasped in the concept (ex: beauty). There are many beautiful things, but we form one universal concept of beauty itself: and Plato assumed that these universal concepts are not merely subjective concepts, but that in them w ...
Civilization Sequence 201
... Aristotle and ancient virtue ethics Modern virtue ethicists often claim Aristotle as an ancestor. Aristotle, however, was himself working through an agenda laid down by Plato and Socrates. Socrates asked the question at the heart of Greek ethics: ‘How should one live?’ All three of these philosopher ...
... Aristotle and ancient virtue ethics Modern virtue ethicists often claim Aristotle as an ancestor. Aristotle, however, was himself working through an agenda laid down by Plato and Socrates. Socrates asked the question at the heart of Greek ethics: ‘How should one live?’ All three of these philosopher ...
Aristotle
... Aristotle and ancient virtue ethics Modern virtue ethicists often claim Aristotle as an ancestor. Aristotle, however, was himself working through an agenda laid down by Plato and Socrates. Socrates asked the question at the heart of Greek ethics: ‘How should one live?’ All three of these philosopher ...
... Aristotle and ancient virtue ethics Modern virtue ethicists often claim Aristotle as an ancestor. Aristotle, however, was himself working through an agenda laid down by Plato and Socrates. Socrates asked the question at the heart of Greek ethics: ‘How should one live?’ All three of these philosopher ...
IDENTITY: ETHICS OF DIGNITY
... Since the self is complex and evolutionary both in time and space, these concepts take upon different meanings depending on where he/she is on the evolutionary track and the individuals needs. This evolutionary self has diverse goals and hence differing value systems, for example: finding a mate, pr ...
... Since the self is complex and evolutionary both in time and space, these concepts take upon different meanings depending on where he/she is on the evolutionary track and the individuals needs. This evolutionary self has diverse goals and hence differing value systems, for example: finding a mate, pr ...
The Epistemological Objection to Divine Command
... moral obligations and prohibitions to be in force. It makes no claims at all about how we might come to know just what God has commanded. For all the theory says, it might be that we can come to know what God has commanded by first coming to know what is obligatory and forbidden. After all, it is a ...
... moral obligations and prohibitions to be in force. It makes no claims at all about how we might come to know just what God has commanded. For all the theory says, it might be that we can come to know what God has commanded by first coming to know what is obligatory and forbidden. After all, it is a ...
14 pages
... of individual goods in the society is always superior to the good of one individual only. Yet, he suggested the principle of subjectivity in Ethics by expressing the ethical principle of “relativity” which means that the laws of social morality are subject to variation- not indeed arbitrarily, but a ...
... of individual goods in the society is always superior to the good of one individual only. Yet, he suggested the principle of subjectivity in Ethics by expressing the ethical principle of “relativity” which means that the laws of social morality are subject to variation- not indeed arbitrarily, but a ...
introduction: the task of thinking reality
... However, knowledge is not of oneself, but of an object, a determinate something that can be apprehended by the intellect. It is this object that is taken up into the human mind with respect to its intelligible nature. For Maritain, following Aristotle and Thomas, the knower becomes the object in the ...
... However, knowledge is not of oneself, but of an object, a determinate something that can be apprehended by the intellect. It is this object that is taken up into the human mind with respect to its intelligible nature. For Maritain, following Aristotle and Thomas, the knower becomes the object in the ...
Resolving an Ethical Dilemma
... money from each robbery runs out; the thief must also live with the worry of being caught. Moreover, the robber' s happiness is outweighed by the victims' unhappiness. The negative feelings of the thief' s targets will be intense and, very possibly, long-term. Furthermore, more people experience pai ...
... money from each robbery runs out; the thief must also live with the worry of being caught. Moreover, the robber' s happiness is outweighed by the victims' unhappiness. The negative feelings of the thief' s targets will be intense and, very possibly, long-term. Furthermore, more people experience pai ...
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... From the e-Activity and Aristotle’s essay, analyze Aristotle’s claim that reason determines right action. Discuss how this process occurs and how it is related to the general principle that virtuous action is a “mean” between extremes. Then, discuss the prisoner’s views about isolation. Discuss your ...
... From the e-Activity and Aristotle’s essay, analyze Aristotle’s claim that reason determines right action. Discuss how this process occurs and how it is related to the general principle that virtuous action is a “mean” between extremes. Then, discuss the prisoner’s views about isolation. Discuss your ...
Proving God Exists
... and the world. In chapter five of his Proslogion, Anselm identifies God’s primary role as the creator of all things from nothing. God’s secondary role is to exemplify what is good and just. “Only what You will is just, and only what You do not will is not just” (Ch 11). Anselm explains, that God is ...
... and the world. In chapter five of his Proslogion, Anselm identifies God’s primary role as the creator of all things from nothing. God’s secondary role is to exemplify what is good and just. “Only what You will is just, and only what You do not will is not just” (Ch 11). Anselm explains, that God is ...
determinism_and_free..
... raised by this theory is whether we as human beings possess free will. If we do not possess free will then we cannot be held morally responsible for our actions. If this were the case then morality really would become meaningless. You will remember Kant’s famous words of ‘ought implies can’. A moral ...
... raised by this theory is whether we as human beings possess free will. If we do not possess free will then we cannot be held morally responsible for our actions. If this were the case then morality really would become meaningless. You will remember Kant’s famous words of ‘ought implies can’. A moral ...
A2 Ethics
... raised by this theory is whether we as human beings possess free will. If we do not possess free will then we cannot be held morally responsible for our actions. If this were the case then morality really would become meaningless. You will remember Kant’s famous words of ‘ought implies can’. A moral ...
... raised by this theory is whether we as human beings possess free will. If we do not possess free will then we cannot be held morally responsible for our actions. If this were the case then morality really would become meaningless. You will remember Kant’s famous words of ‘ought implies can’. A moral ...
J.N. Chubb, "Spinoza`s Arguments for the Existence of God,"
... explicitly used as the criterion of metaphysical thought arid as the.·on.ly possl.ble criterion of such thinking. <: Those>' critics of Spinoza who accuse him of setting up arbitrary definitions and then building up a system by drawing consequences from them have completely missed the intention unde ...
... explicitly used as the criterion of metaphysical thought arid as the.·on.ly possl.ble criterion of such thinking. <: Those>' critics of Spinoza who accuse him of setting up arbitrary definitions and then building up a system by drawing consequences from them have completely missed the intention unde ...
Human Nature and the Transcendent
... drawing on religious language (with Platonic overtones) we are all born ‘trailing clouds of glory … from God who is our home.’3 A nice poetic idea, perhaps; or possibly an irritating one, depending o ...
... drawing on religious language (with Platonic overtones) we are all born ‘trailing clouds of glory … from God who is our home.’3 A nice poetic idea, perhaps; or possibly an irritating one, depending o ...
What should we make of Wittgenstein`s paradoxical claim at the end
... meant to help us see that to ask “How can I justify such and such a belief?” is to ask the wrong question. In the previous example, Ian is trying to think of all the possible sources of worry and hopes not to find any but, through the paradoxical statement in (4), his friend points out that to do s ...
... meant to help us see that to ask “How can I justify such and such a belief?” is to ask the wrong question. In the previous example, Ian is trying to think of all the possible sources of worry and hopes not to find any but, through the paradoxical statement in (4), his friend points out that to do s ...
Normative Ethical Theories(W13)
... B. Smith judges that the chair will not break under his weight when he sits in it, C. Brown judges that every even positive integer greater than 2 is the sum of two primes. In each case, in making any one of these judgements, Jones, Smith and Brown decide, respectively, what each thinks is true. Of ...
... B. Smith judges that the chair will not break under his weight when he sits in it, C. Brown judges that every even positive integer greater than 2 is the sum of two primes. In each case, in making any one of these judgements, Jones, Smith and Brown decide, respectively, what each thinks is true. Of ...
Pantheism in Wordsworth: A Study from the Perspective of Islam
... resulting love for Allah (s.w.t.). The custom of Love is abandonment of all Abandon temple, mosque, and church also This is not business, this is, ibadat of God! O ignorant one, abandon the longing for reward also It is good to guard Intuition with Intellect But sometimes you should let it go alone ...
... resulting love for Allah (s.w.t.). The custom of Love is abandonment of all Abandon temple, mosque, and church also This is not business, this is, ibadat of God! O ignorant one, abandon the longing for reward also It is good to guard Intuition with Intellect But sometimes you should let it go alone ...
The different meanings of `being` according to Aristotle and
... essential hcing are those which are indicated by the figures of predication; for being has as n1any senses as there are ways of predication [ ... ]Again 'to be' and 'is' 1ncan that a thing is true, and 'not to be' that it is false. Similarly in affirmation and negation [ ... }Again 'to be' lneans th ...
... essential hcing are those which are indicated by the figures of predication; for being has as n1any senses as there are ways of predication [ ... ]Again 'to be' and 'is' 1ncan that a thing is true, and 'not to be' that it is false. Similarly in affirmation and negation [ ... }Again 'to be' lneans th ...
The tension between self governance and absolute inner worth in
... he concepts of autonomy and dignity play a central role in contemporary discussions on bioethics. According to one popular view, personal autonomy, understood as the freedom of individuals to do, choose, and be whatever they want is the paramount ethical consideration in medicine, health care, and t ...
... he concepts of autonomy and dignity play a central role in contemporary discussions on bioethics. According to one popular view, personal autonomy, understood as the freedom of individuals to do, choose, and be whatever they want is the paramount ethical consideration in medicine, health care, and t ...
Psychological Egoism - K
... Further, it is not clear that it really makes sense to think that all actions can be motivated simply by a desire for pleasure, without some prior concern with things other than one’s own pleasure, where the satisfaction of these other-regarding desires is what brings pleasure. The idea is simply t ...
... Further, it is not clear that it really makes sense to think that all actions can be motivated simply by a desire for pleasure, without some prior concern with things other than one’s own pleasure, where the satisfaction of these other-regarding desires is what brings pleasure. The idea is simply t ...
Boethius Dacus on the supreme good
... of the value of beings. This delight is greater than that of sense. Therefore, he despises sense pleasures. But many sins and vices consist in excessive sense pleasure. Thirdly, because there is no sin in understanding and theorizing. There is no possibility of excess and of sin in the order of supr ...
... of the value of beings. This delight is greater than that of sense. Therefore, he despises sense pleasures. But many sins and vices consist in excessive sense pleasure. Thirdly, because there is no sin in understanding and theorizing. There is no possibility of excess and of sin in the order of supr ...
Aristotle
... Aristotle and ancient virtue ethics Modern virtue ethicists often claim Aristotle as an ancestor. Aristotle, however, was himself working through an agenda laid down by Plato and Socrates. Socrates asked the question at the heart of Greek ethics: ‘How should one live?’ All three of these philosopher ...
... Aristotle and ancient virtue ethics Modern virtue ethicists often claim Aristotle as an ancestor. Aristotle, however, was himself working through an agenda laid down by Plato and Socrates. Socrates asked the question at the heart of Greek ethics: ‘How should one live?’ All three of these philosopher ...
Aquinas on Eternity, Tense, and Temporal Becoming
... distinction between them, yet only the present is actual. And yet, Aquinas also seems to endorse temporal becoming in quotes 1 and 4 above. For example, part of quote 1 reads “although contingent things become actual successively, nevertheless God knows contingent things not successively … but simul ...
... distinction between them, yet only the present is actual. And yet, Aquinas also seems to endorse temporal becoming in quotes 1 and 4 above. For example, part of quote 1 reads “although contingent things become actual successively, nevertheless God knows contingent things not successively … but simul ...
What is Hindu Spirituality
... ism, at least the sophisticated version of it we are dealing with here, does not deny the existence of consciousness. How can it? It is, after all, the existence of this very consciousness which enables one to even speak about matter. What is denied is not the phenomenological existence of spirit or ...
... ism, at least the sophisticated version of it we are dealing with here, does not deny the existence of consciousness. How can it? It is, after all, the existence of this very consciousness which enables one to even speak about matter. What is denied is not the phenomenological existence of spirit or ...
Meaning of life
The meaning of life, or the answer to the question ""What is the meaning of life?"", is a philosophical and spiritual conception of the significance of living or existence in general. The question seeking the meaning of life can also be expressed in different forms, such as ""What should I do?"", ""Why are we here?"", ""What is life all about?"", and ""What is the purpose of existence?"" or even ""Does life exist at all?"" There have been a large number of proposed answers to these questions from many different cultural and ideological backgrounds. The search for life's meaning has produced much philosophical, scientific, and theological speculation throughout history.The meaning of life as we perceive it is derived from our philosophical and religious contemplation of, and scientific inquiries about existence, social ties, consciousness, and happiness. Many other issues are also involved, such as symbolic meaning, ontology, value, purpose, ethics, good and evil, free will, the existence of one or multiple gods, conceptions of God, the soul, and the afterlife. Scientific contributions focus primarily on describing related empirical facts about the universe, exploring the context and parameters concerning the 'how' of life. Science also studies and can provide recommendations for the pursuit of well-being and a related conception of morality. An alternative, humanistic approach poses the question ""What is the meaning of my life?""