The Role of Happiness in Kant`s Ethics - Aporia
... he would not in fact share it with just anyone. For example, he would not “see to it that a drunkard is never short on wine,” because the drunkard is not worthy of happiness.55 Our reason instructs us what to do to be worthy of happiness—by means of the categorical imperative. For example, the categ ...
... he would not in fact share it with just anyone. For example, he would not “see to it that a drunkard is never short on wine,” because the drunkard is not worthy of happiness.55 Our reason instructs us what to do to be worthy of happiness—by means of the categorical imperative. For example, the categ ...
1929 Davos Disputation - The Dallas Philosophers Forum
... The encounter was brief: 10:00 AM until Noon. Unlike modern political “debates” with preformulated questions, this event was unscripted and unmoderated. Each philosopher made a statement then posed questions to the other who responded and raised his own questions. There were only four complete excha ...
... The encounter was brief: 10:00 AM until Noon. Unlike modern political “debates” with preformulated questions, this event was unscripted and unmoderated. Each philosopher made a statement then posed questions to the other who responded and raised his own questions. There were only four complete excha ...
Nietzschean Ethics: One`s Duty to Overcome
... certainty which he believes exists within all human beings. As a philosopher, Nietzsche is sympathetic to our propensity for knowledge, but he is also deeply concerned that the will to truth has taught us to pursue truth in a dangerous manner. “Knowledge for its own sake,” he argues, “is the last sn ...
... certainty which he believes exists within all human beings. As a philosopher, Nietzsche is sympathetic to our propensity for knowledge, but he is also deeply concerned that the will to truth has taught us to pursue truth in a dangerous manner. “Knowledge for its own sake,” he argues, “is the last sn ...
1 FROM FIRST EFFICIENT CAUSE TO GOD: SCOTUS ON THE
... In this paper, I examine some main threads of the identification stage of Scotus's project in the fourth chapter of De Primo, where he tries to show that a first efficient cause must have the attributes of simplicity, intellect, will, and infinity. Many philosophers are favorably disposed towards on ...
... In this paper, I examine some main threads of the identification stage of Scotus's project in the fourth chapter of De Primo, where he tries to show that a first efficient cause must have the attributes of simplicity, intellect, will, and infinity. Many philosophers are favorably disposed towards on ...
Two Conceptions of Human Dignity
... as it can coexist with the freedom of every other in accordance with a universal law, is the only original right belonging to every man by virtue of his humanity. – This principle of innate freedom already involves the following authorizations, which are not really distinct from it (as if they were ...
... as it can coexist with the freedom of every other in accordance with a universal law, is the only original right belonging to every man by virtue of his humanity. – This principle of innate freedom already involves the following authorizations, which are not really distinct from it (as if they were ...
Introducing Levinas to Undergraduate Philosophers
... the street, in the classroom, in the workplace, etc. To a philosopher, however, the question is not so easy: we in the tradition recognize the difficulties inherent in interpersonal contact. Does the other person have a mind? Is the other a creation of my imagination, as Descartes asks looking out o ...
... the street, in the classroom, in the workplace, etc. To a philosopher, however, the question is not so easy: we in the tradition recognize the difficulties inherent in interpersonal contact. Does the other person have a mind? Is the other a creation of my imagination, as Descartes asks looking out o ...
Three Meanings of Epistemic Rhetoric
... The key to this meaning of epistemic rhetoric is a bifurcation of reality into material and social realms. Rhetoric has limited or no action in the material realm; a rock is a rock, and observation of it need not be shaped by discourse. Knowledge of material reality is knowledge one can be absolutel ...
... The key to this meaning of epistemic rhetoric is a bifurcation of reality into material and social realms. Rhetoric has limited or no action in the material realm; a rock is a rock, and observation of it need not be shaped by discourse. Knowledge of material reality is knowledge one can be absolutel ...
William James - Pragmatism - Collin College Faculty Website Directory
... 'Heretics,' Mr. Chesterton writes these words: "There are some peopleand I am one of them- who think that the most practical and important thing about a man is still his view of the universe. We think that for a landlady considering a lodger it is important to know his income, but still more importa ...
... 'Heretics,' Mr. Chesterton writes these words: "There are some peopleand I am one of them- who think that the most practical and important thing about a man is still his view of the universe. We think that for a landlady considering a lodger it is important to know his income, but still more importa ...
‘Boghossian’s Blind Reasoning’, Conditionalization, and Thick Concepts. A Functional Model Olga Ramírez
... 1.2. Williams, Williamson and the problem of ratification Against the inferentialist position, Williamson (2003, 2009) has been claiming that one can understand a concept without actually being willing to infer according to the rules that the inferentialist sees the concept to be constituted by. He ...
... 1.2. Williams, Williamson and the problem of ratification Against the inferentialist position, Williamson (2003, 2009) has been claiming that one can understand a concept without actually being willing to infer according to the rules that the inferentialist sees the concept to be constituted by. He ...
Theistic Activism and the Euthyphro Dilemma
... ethics on a more solid footing not so susceptible to subjective visions and unverifiable claims of revelation. Not everyone, however, who is sickened and appalled at (what has simply come to be known as) "9/11- shares such skepticism toward religious ethics. A radically different sort of vision of G ...
... ethics on a more solid footing not so susceptible to subjective visions and unverifiable claims of revelation. Not everyone, however, who is sickened and appalled at (what has simply come to be known as) "9/11- shares such skepticism toward religious ethics. A radically different sort of vision of G ...
AN ESSAY ON DIVINE COMMAND ETHICS A Dissertation by
... provide continuity of thought among philosophers, we will present the history in a topical approach rather than a chronological one. For example, some philosophers justify a DC version of ethics from a “God as first cause” argument, whereas others approach it from a “laws entail a law- giver” approa ...
... provide continuity of thought among philosophers, we will present the history in a topical approach rather than a chronological one. For example, some philosophers justify a DC version of ethics from a “God as first cause” argument, whereas others approach it from a “laws entail a law- giver” approa ...
Socrates` Question
... good life. Impressed by the power of fortune to wreck what looked like the best-shaped life, some of them, Socrates one of the first, sought a rational design of life which would reduce the power of fortune and would be to the greatest possible extent luck-free. 3 This has been, in different forms, ...
... good life. Impressed by the power of fortune to wreck what looked like the best-shaped life, some of them, Socrates one of the first, sought a rational design of life which would reduce the power of fortune and would be to the greatest possible extent luck-free. 3 This has been, in different forms, ...
Agrippa - Of Occult Philosophy Book3
... It is a very excellent opinion of the Ancient Magicians (most Illustrious Prince) that we ought to labour in nothing more in this life, then that we degenerate not from the Excellency of the mind, by which we come neerest to God and put on the Divine nature: least at any time our mind waxing dull by ...
... It is a very excellent opinion of the Ancient Magicians (most Illustrious Prince) that we ought to labour in nothing more in this life, then that we degenerate not from the Excellency of the mind, by which we come neerest to God and put on the Divine nature: least at any time our mind waxing dull by ...
Plato: The Human as Soul a. Life and Works of a Philosopher The
... gave him to find his way in, slay the monster, and lead everyone out again. After Socrates' wife Xanthippe is unceremoniously led away, there are fourteen of Socrates' followers left in his cell, not counting Phaedo, who is like Ariadne in offering us the thread of the dialogue. If they must be resc ...
... gave him to find his way in, slay the monster, and lead everyone out again. After Socrates' wife Xanthippe is unceremoniously led away, there are fourteen of Socrates' followers left in his cell, not counting Phaedo, who is like Ariadne in offering us the thread of the dialogue. If they must be resc ...
The Relevance of Kant's Objection to Anselm's Ontological Argument
... well – the object simply fails to exist there. So the object would have no greatness there either. Then (2) could be true without it being possible that an object has some properties (such as omniscience and omnipotence) while lacking existence. I want instead to focus on (1), the assumption that Go ...
... well – the object simply fails to exist there. So the object would have no greatness there either. Then (2) could be true without it being possible that an object has some properties (such as omniscience and omnipotence) while lacking existence. I want instead to focus on (1), the assumption that Go ...
Bill - Kyoo Lee
... Many people believe death to be a terrible thing. After sentenced to death, Socrates did not beg or plead for his fellow Athenians to spare his life. Rather, he considered death as a blessing in disguise. “It is one of two things: either the dead are nothing and have no perception of anything, or it ...
... Many people believe death to be a terrible thing. After sentenced to death, Socrates did not beg or plead for his fellow Athenians to spare his life. Rather, he considered death as a blessing in disguise. “It is one of two things: either the dead are nothing and have no perception of anything, or it ...
Plato`s Apology of Socrates: Philosophy, Religion, and the Gods in
... to human affairs most forcefully in a scene in which two “speeches,” the “just” and the “unjust,” contend in a kind of political debate for the allegiance of Strepsiades’ son, Pheidippides (Clouds 888-1103.) The one speech champions the moderation of the old republican Athens, the other the daring ...
... to human affairs most forcefully in a scene in which two “speeches,” the “just” and the “unjust,” contend in a kind of political debate for the allegiance of Strepsiades’ son, Pheidippides (Clouds 888-1103.) The one speech champions the moderation of the old republican Athens, the other the daring ...
A Reasonable Response Answers to Tough
... For example, two people may ask about whether there are good arguments for God’s existence. Even if posed as the same question, it does not follow that an identical answer should be given. For two people could ask the same question out of different needs and desires, background, degrees of care, a ...
... For example, two people may ask about whether there are good arguments for God’s existence. Even if posed as the same question, it does not follow that an identical answer should be given. For two people could ask the same question out of different needs and desires, background, degrees of care, a ...
The Best of Best Paul Kurtz` philosophy of humanism
... a more viable strategy to strive for than outspoken atheistic humanism. In a secular society people can enjoy their personal delusions, as long as they don‟t harm others. The problem with Kurtz‟ term multisecularism could be that it has a ring of multiculturalism, and multiculturalism too often turn ...
... a more viable strategy to strive for than outspoken atheistic humanism. In a secular society people can enjoy their personal delusions, as long as they don‟t harm others. The problem with Kurtz‟ term multisecularism could be that it has a ring of multiculturalism, and multiculturalism too often turn ...
REASONS FOR THE MITZVOT (PART I)
... sees it as beginning with an encounter with the external world by way of the senses and the emotions. This encounter is followed by intellectual analysis; the conclusions drawn from this analysis are the ideas that man thinks. It turns out, then, that intellection results from an encounter that take ...
... sees it as beginning with an encounter with the external world by way of the senses and the emotions. This encounter is followed by intellectual analysis; the conclusions drawn from this analysis are the ideas that man thinks. It turns out, then, that intellection results from an encounter that take ...
Einstein on Religion and Science
... right, the only thing which matters in modern science is the consistency of the mathematical system and its adequacy for the description of physical facts; the world “outside” is supposed to be ontologically real, objective, however, its reality is not a matter of science, but of philosophy and/or t ...
... right, the only thing which matters in modern science is the consistency of the mathematical system and its adequacy for the description of physical facts; the world “outside” is supposed to be ontologically real, objective, however, its reality is not a matter of science, but of philosophy and/or t ...
Disagreement and the Ethics of Belief
... Dunn puts forward a number of related theses here that have considerable empirical support. I will only briefly lay them out here since my primary goal is not to evaluate the legitimacy of these findings, but rather what import they have on the epistemology of disagreement and questions concerning w ...
... Dunn puts forward a number of related theses here that have considerable empirical support. I will only briefly lay them out here since my primary goal is not to evaluate the legitimacy of these findings, but rather what import they have on the epistemology of disagreement and questions concerning w ...
All About Hinduism - The Divine Life Society
... possible only through its means and not through any other. It is only a means to an end and all means which will ultimately lead to the end are equally approved. Hinduism allows absolute freedom to the rational mind of man. Hinduism never demands any undue restraint upon the freedom of human reason, ...
... possible only through its means and not through any other. It is only a means to an end and all means which will ultimately lead to the end are equally approved. Hinduism allows absolute freedom to the rational mind of man. Hinduism never demands any undue restraint upon the freedom of human reason, ...
Peter Kreeft-The philosophy of Thomas Aquinas
... And he combined the one and the many, the “big picture” and many careful distinctions and definitions. A second reason for Aquinas’s greatness is that because of his habit of inclusivism and synthesis, he stood at the center of the history of philosophy up to his time, tying together ideas from Her ...
... And he combined the one and the many, the “big picture” and many careful distinctions and definitions. A second reason for Aquinas’s greatness is that because of his habit of inclusivism and synthesis, he stood at the center of the history of philosophy up to his time, tying together ideas from Her ...
TAO of Manifestation - Village Design Institute
... where Lao-tzu himself was deified. One branch of Taoism focused on attaining immortality, and another branch was dabbling in alchemy, mixing and firing metals in an attempt to produce gold, or concocting elixirs for ingesting. There was divinational Taoism, magical Taoism, ceremonial Taoism, and se ...
... where Lao-tzu himself was deified. One branch of Taoism focused on attaining immortality, and another branch was dabbling in alchemy, mixing and firing metals in an attempt to produce gold, or concocting elixirs for ingesting. There was divinational Taoism, magical Taoism, ceremonial Taoism, and se ...
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?""