Racism in the Philosophy of Hume and Kant During the Age of the Enlightenment in European history there was high emphasis on the ideals of reason and individualism. Scientists and philosophers pushed reason as an ultimate guideline to reforming society and challenging its old traditions and faith. This was the philosophers’ attempts to further advancing our knowledge through scientific method. Things like skepticism and intellectual interchange were highly promoted during this period. The true…
Philosophy Tuesday November 11 John Corvino – Homosexuality is morally acceptable * Why do people have sex? * Pleasure * Avenue for personal growth * Way to communicate * Lasting inter-personal fulfillment * Not usually engaged for procreation purposes * Not to say that it can’t be used for this * It’s not the only purpose behind sex * The book ‘Sex at Dawn; * Humans have sex roughly…
Philosophy of Knowledge Elements of knowledge Chapters 3 & 4 * Deductive reasoning * Syllogesim * Arostotle * theory * Humans are mammals * Mammals are warm blooded * So one can infer…. humans are warm blooded * If you take syllogeism into context you get modern computer * Mechanics * Deductive = absolute truth…
Positive liberty will be on exam, short question on it. Our culture is based on a negative liberty tradition. Liberalism means when used in a philosophy class usually is an ideology consists of two ideas, one is that liberty (neg. liberty) is a constraint on the state, set of notions that things the govt cant do to people. Plus idea of equality, so liberty constrains the other ideas of equality…
Philosophy 101-04 Professor Valadez March 7, 2013 4.2 1. The problem of evil is a big problem for the Triple-O God. If he is all-good wouldn’t he hate the existence of evil and if he was all-powerful he would have the power to get rid of it. Many people claim that we bring the evils upon our self, and that God is testing us. Which to me, makes no sense, why do we need to be tested? Why not just eliminate it, if he really is all-powerful. 2. I think the designer is fully responsible. It’s…
‘Both Hobbes’s & Kant’s theories of the state and its law are unsuitable in contemporary conditions of reasonable pluralism.’ Discuss. (Timed Essay in exam conditions – 1 hour) According to Rawls we currently live in a condition of reasonable pluralism, which means that there are many different comprehensive doctrines (those which explain the meaning of life, how life should be lived etc) subscribed to within the societies. Rawls argues that this means in order to have a theory of the state…
creativity or really skilled at something in general. While in philosophy, Kant defines genius as follow, ‘Genius is the talent (natural gift) that gives the rule to art [...] Genius is the inborn predisposition of the mind through which nature gives the rule to art’; ‘Beautiful art must necessarily be considered as art of genius’. (§46) To Kant, it is like beautiful art cannot live without genius, because beautiful art is the art of genius. As Kant mentioned, genius cannot be imitated, it is a special…
t Kant: Critique of Pure Reason There have been many philosophical perspectives and debates held throughout the centuries on the foundations of human knowledge. The stand points that both Descartes and Locke have differ and both of these philosophers’ perspectives have contributed to the rational and empirical debate about the foundations of human knowledge. Descartes’ understanding of the foundations of human knowledge takes on a rational viewpoint and has lead to Locke’s response of an empirical…
PHL 354: Philosophy of Law Philosophy Tutoring Monday- 6-8 134 Kedzie Week 02 Lecture 02 Philosophy and the Law (3-14) If there were no law would there be a society? Why have Laws? If we had no agreement in law we wouldn’t be a society, in a sense having some sort of rules makes us a society. We need a sense of rules and governance to have order and society to exist. Beneficial to US Prevent Fighting: Those of you who have read Thomas Hobbs, this idea of it would be a war of…
11/20 Why Abortion is Immoral – Don Marquis -Most abortions are seriously immoral What makes killing us (normal adult humans) wrong? 2 Incorrect Answers: 1. Is it the fact that killing causes pain to the victim? a. No, sometimes killing can be painless 2. Is it the fact that the loved ones will suffer grief? b. No, some people don’t have loved ones. c. Or loved ones could be glad someone died. Marquis’s Answer: -What makes killing us (normal adult humans) wrong…