Dos problemas e filósofos apresentados nesta apostila‚ optamos por realizar uma reflexão conceitual das idéias de Kant e Baumgarten relativas à Estética. Tal o fazemos‚ por considerarmos que neste período‚ se produz os elementos teóricos que vão instituir conceitualmente esta área de conhecimento dentro da esfera filosófica e‚ além disso‚ por esta temática ser um tema candente na Filosofia contemporânea‚ sobretudo em razão das produções de Nietzsche e Kierkegaard. Primeiramente buscaremos conceituar
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Typically‚ a six year old is not going to be viewing a film or show that is targeted for teenagers. Although that idea seems absurd‚ six year olds are indefinitely watching these programs. Classic Disney movies were produced starting around the 1930’s and went all the way until 1999. These movies include‚ The Little Mermaid‚ Cinderella‚ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs‚ Beauty and the Beast‚ Aladdin‚ The Lion King‚ Sleeping Beauty‚ Bambi‚ Alice in Wonderland‚ Peter Pan and many others. These are all
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Tatum Schneidmiller Justice Theory Assignment #1 Ward Churchill’s criticism of social contract theory clearly applies to classic social contract theories that we discussed. However‚ Rawls adds the veil of ignorance concept to his more modern social contract theory. A) Explain the basics of Rawls and Churchill’s arguments and how they each criticize classic social contract theories. B) Discuss whether or not Churchill’s argument applies to Rawls’ modification and explain how and why it does and/or
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advances over the many years man has populated the earth there would not be the democratic system that we call a society. Without the conveniences of modern luxuries we would have an entirely different stature of limitations than we perceive there to be. Kant claims in his second thesis that nature intended us to achieve great things; that man becomes powerful because nature pushed us to apply all of our capacity to rise above instinct and nature and begin to learn how to provide for ourselves. Rousseau
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Aquinas’s Argument During the medieval time period Christianity was practiced by over one-third of the European population. At that time‚ all European philosophers had three different types of arguments to prove the existence of God: the Ontological argument‚ which stated that God‚ by nature‚ must exist; the Teleological argument‚ which stated that the world we live in was made by intelligent design. Therefore‚ a designer must exist to be able to make such a perfect world. Lastly‚ there is the
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Kant starts‚ Groundings for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ by explaining the difference between things that are good‚ and things that are good only with qualification. When it comes to the first type of good there is only one thing that counts‚ good will. Good will is by itself the only thing in the universe that is unconditionally good‚ and incorruptible. Everything else that we perceive as good‚ is not really good on its own and is equally capable of being bad. Wit‚ intelligence‚ and talent are
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experience and it insisted on the freedom and the autonomy of the individual” (Wolf). The philosophy of existentialism‚ and one of its greatest philosophers Jean Paul Sartre‚ were the motivation and inspiration to the arts and humanities during the 1940’s and 1950’s. First allow me to elaborate on the definition of existentialism and France at the start of 1940. Existentialism is a philosophical movement oriented toward two major themes‚ the analysis of human existence and the centrality of human choice
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“Taylorism”: main features‚ criticisms and modern applications Introduction Taylor first develops the Taylorism in early 20th century‚ this system also known as “Scientific Management”. Taylor believes that the fundamental purpose of business management is to maximise labour productivity in both employee and employer side‚ for the purpose of improve economics efficiency. So according to Taylor himself in The Principles of Scientific Management‚ 1911‚ “The principal object of management should
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us to determine if something is right and wrong is deontology which is based on the writings of the philosopher Immanuel Kant. Through his ethical framework‚ we will uncover that suicide is a morally wrong action. First‚ I will lay out the foundations of deontology which states that right action is an action that is done from duty and accords with moral and rational law. Kant sees that the categorical imperative is the way to determine if an action is morally right or wrong. First‚ you must take
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