The foundation of the metaphysics of morals is a critical examination of a pure practical reason.…
Harvard university professor Dr. Michel Sandel introduces two lecture episodes that discuss a number of philosophy related issues. In the first episode “The Moral Principles” Dr. Sandel begins the lecture with a story of a trolley cart in a path that may lead kill one, or five people. The decision to kill the one person in oppose to five, is left to a show of hands by participating students. The hypothetical scenario he paints in the story is to introduce moral reasoning. The students then participate in a critical thinking discussion to conclude what would be morality correct, whether to kill the one person so that five should live or vise versa. His story quickly unfolds to introduce two moral principles, one being consequentialist moral reasoning and the second is categorical moral reasoning. In the second part of his first lecture, Dr. Sandel discusses a very popular nineteenth century law case involving an ocean stranded crew of four. Sandel proceeds to initiate the discussion of the principles of utilitarian philosopher, Jeremy Bentham. The inauguration of arguments of utilitarianism follows what is discussed in the second episode “Putting a Price Tag on Life/How to Measure Pleasure”. The lecture in episode two also includes discussions of critical thinking and arguments by the students to support their contrasting views. Part one of the second episode discusses the cost benefit analysis that companies follow to put a price on human life. The second part in episode two introduces British philosopher John Stuart Mill who argues that utilitarian, those who have experienced high pleasure and lower pleasures will desire the higher pleasure. Utilitarianism is further debated in the lectures of Dr. Sandel as he goes in to details showing how utilitarianism plays a large role in everyday life circumstances as well as in economic situations.…
It is possible to interpret Freud as being committed to hard determinism. It is also possible to interpret Freud as believing in freedom.…
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want…
Compare Browne and Nagel and give their arguments for why we should, or should not, be selfish. Give your own opinion and justify it.…
- understand that this is a debate regarding whether or not ethics is an objective or subjective discipline…
Course Description: The purpose of Philosophy 230 is to introduce you to the study of philosophical ethics. More specifically, our primary focus will involve a critical examination of some leading normative ethical theories – theories which attempt to determine what makes an action morally right or wrong; policies and laws just or unjust; states of affairs good or bad; and lives go well or badly. To that end, we will begin our course with the basic question of who should count in a moral theory; we will then critically examine leading accounts of intrinsic value; lastly, and for most of the course, we will focus on the question of what makes right acts right and wrong acts wrong. Here we will critically examine important works in Utilitarian, Kantian, Intuitionist, Social Contract, Contractualist, and Virtue Ethics traditions.…
Buchanan’s philosophy is that to enhance means to make better. Sandel agrees but, when talking about the human race, to play with the genetic makeup could very well exterminate the human race all together. If nothing else it would make the experience of life boring.…
Cite your sources and provide a Works Cited page. Failure to cite sources constitutes plagiarism. (If you are using websites, I recommend putting their URLs etc. in footnotes.)…
1. Jane Goodall is a noted humanitarian, environmentalist, and has spent many years observing the behaviour of Chimpanzees in their native habitat.…
Laughter is important for both human emotional and mental health and it can play a helpful and healing role in parenting and family life. Laughing is one of the healthiest things one can do when confronted with the major stresses and emotional pains in life. The human capacity to laugh is significant and to understand our laughter is to go a long way toward understanding our humanity. Laughter has not always received the positive coloring it regularly enjoys in today's free societies. Laughter is a malicious response to the ignorance of others, and a principled individual must avoid such a hateful response to the faults of others(Grunberg, 2011).…
In studying the nature of knowledge I find myself agreeing with empiricism. I find it to have valid points that make the most sense to me. Born without experiences, we go through life developing schemas, good and bad ones; however these schemas and ideas become a part of us, and helps us to see things as we have experienced them in past situations. The things we learn from these past encounters become empirical beliefs. As an empiricist, I need empirical evidence to justify believing in something. I find empiricism attractive for the simple reasoning behind it. I can know my mother is standing in front of me because my senses of seeing, feeling, and hearing are reliable forms of empirical evidence.…
- Taos analogy to water: water takes all shape, water doesn’t compete, it does nothing yet there’s nothing it can do, takes no form, all forms can be taken.…
An occurring social issue in North America is the representation of the body in the media. Media integrates itself everywhere due to the change in technology. Anything that associates with the media makes its way into almost every facet of our lives. There are very few places where people are not bombarded with advertisements of any sort. Everyone has some type of exposure to media in one way or another. One major fixation the media has is body image, especially in North America, where there are always advertisements pertaining to society’s perception of body image. Not only is it in advertisements, but in magazines, fashion, etc. It is obvious one can find it in any medium of the media such as: television, internet, and magazines/newspapers. The media tends to focus more on the appearance of beauty in body image, instead of the overall realistic view of people. There is a natural sense of egoism in media. It conveys that there is only one ideal way of how the body should look, and does not acknowledge the diverse human beings in the everyday. It is always changing along with society. As media depicts the image of the body, it starts to influence people which can make drastic measures in the personal image a person has of themselves. However, it depends on the person’s choice on whether they will let it influence them or not. By establishing unattainable standards of beauty and bodily perfection, the media compels dissatisfaction to ordinary people and their perception to their own body image. Body image in the media results in giving a negative effect on people today because of its over-powering influence. It raises unrealistic social expectations, as it is only for self interest, and violates the codes of human nature; however, people have to rationalize themselves if they want to be subjected to this perception.…
The word philosophy itself means “the love of wisdom.” Philosophy stands for doing the right thing or being a “just” person. Philosophy also means to see things for what they truly are and not what they may seem to be. A philosopher’s life is a lifelong quest to find the meaning of things beyond their physical appearance.…