Hinduism Hinduism is very different from other religions such as Christianity and other Western religions. What I mean by that is Christianity and other Western religions have a single founder, a specific theological system, a single system of morality, or a central religious organizing. It consists of thousands of different relgious groups that have evolved in India since 1500 BC. I thi

Hitlers View On Race, Culture, And Folkship Community Adolph Hitler had many ideas of democracy and overall politics. His philosophy is widely studied. He was a very intelligent and bright man. His concept of race, culture, and war are very interesting. He defends his ideas very strongly. Hitler did not agree with democracy and how it worked. Hitler felt that history proved that mere

Human Needs What makes a life a truly human one' Is it possible to make a sort of identification when a “life has been so impoverished that it is not worthy of the dignity of the human being'” (Women, Culture and Development, p.74). This is the very question Martha Nussbaum, leading female Aristotelian philosopher, addresses throughout various pieces of her work. What she has tried t

Abortion View Jane English The argument which I most concur with is Jane English’s “Abortion and the concept of a person.” Her argument highlights moral psychology by suggesting using the pregnant woman’s point of view. Allowing her to choose to preserve her life by terminating her pregnancy. The approach taken by English is a mostly rights oriented, allowing the woman to make the d

Human Rights Human rights are a product of a philosophical debate that has been argued since the beginning of mankind. Fueling this debate is the fact that many people have been unsatisfied with the notion that what is right or good is simply what a particular society or ruling elite feels is right or good at any given time. Great philosophers from the past such as Aristotle, Socrates

John Locke The idea of consent is a key element in the works of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In the “Second Treatise of Government,” Locke puts forth his conception of the ideal form of government based on a social contract. As Locke develops his theory of consent, he also incorporates theories of political obligation on the part of all citizens of his state as well as his theor

John Locke There were many philosophers throughout the Enlightenment period. Some of these great thinkers shared similar views on related ideas, others differed completely. I personally agreed most with John Locke’s philosophies. Locke was born in 1632 and died in 1704. His works concerned human nature, how the structure of a society should be set up, and other issues to that effect. Loc

Icons & Artifacts Icons & Artifacts Icons and artifacts are everywhere. They are rhetorically charged individuals and objects, who/which transfer symbolic meanings to the masses. They also tell a great deal about the cultures from which they originate. Christmas is an excellent example. On this alleged “birth-date” of Jesus Christ, three kings brought gifts to Bethlehem for t

Ideas Of Success Ideas of Success Is success a measure of how much wealth one obtains as a result of their career' Or is success a measure of one’s personal growth regardless of the material goods obtained' According to Michael Korda, success seems to be a materialistic definition. The true definition of success within the dictionary is: favorable outcome, accomplishment of what wa

Abraham Maslow Abraham Maslow Abraham Maslow is a well know theorist and psychologist know for his theory on Human Motivation, more specifically Maslow‘s needs Hierarchy theory. Abraham Maslow “noticed while he worked with monkeys early in his career, was that some needs take precedence over others” (Boeree, 1998). Maslow thought that people have certain tendencies and needs toward

Immanuel Kant KANT (1724-1804) LIFE Immanuel Kant was born in 1724 in the East Prussian town of Königsberg and lived there practically all his life. He came from a deeply pious Lutheran family, and his own religious convictions formed a significant background to his philosophy. Like Berkeley, he felt it was essential to preserve the foundations of Christian belief. Kant became Pr

Abrnormal The phenomenon of bipolar affective disorder has been a mystery since the 16th century. History has shown that this affliction can appear in almost anyone. Even the great painter Vincent Van Gogh is believed to have had bipolar disorder. It is clear that in our society many people live with bipolar disorder; however, despite the abundance of people suffering from the it, we

Implausibility Of Gennaro Implausibility of Gennaro’s 1st Objection to the argument of Dualism Gennaro makes a few major mistakes in an argument set forth in his book. This argument is supposed to somehow show an objection that dualism cannot exist according to Rene Descates’ argument for Dualism based on introspection. Gennaro sets before us an objection that the use of “mental ter

Instinct Or Free Will Free Will—A Matter of Perspective I want to argue that there is indeed free will. In order to defend the position that free will means that human beings can cause some of what they do on their own; in other words, what they do is not explainable solely by references to factors that have influenced them. My thesis then, is that human beings are able to cause their

Abuse From the day that we are born the everyday events that occur in our lives play an important role on the foundation of our memory as well as our physical, mental, and emotion development. Most of us are filled with memories of a good and happy childhood, but unfortunatly that is not the case in all children. Many children undergo much abuse during their childhood. From the physic

Internet The Internet is a method of communication and a source of information that is becoming more popular among those who are interested in, and have the time to surf the information superhighway. The problem with this much information being accessible to this many people is that some of it is deemed inappropriate for minors. The government wants censorship, but a segment of the popul

Is Utopia Really Perfect Throughout history many people have debated on the topic of creating the ultimate Utopia. Socrates is perhaps one of the most detailed in describing how his perfect city would function. The question one must ask though is would these ideas and goals for a perfect city apply to modern day society, or would the conclusions drawn from them show that his ideas are st

John Dewey Mind Answers Mind The Philosophies and Practices of John Dewey Many educators, professors and students alike consider John Dewey the father of progressive education. They praise him for his unparalleled advancement in the field of education along with his insight of the maturing and thirsty human brain. He changed the way the future of the world was being taught. Educ

Justice In The Republic, Plato attempts to demonstrate through the character and discourse of Socrates that justice is better than justice is the good which men must strive for, regardless of whether they could be unjust and still be rewarded. His method is to use dialectic, the asking and answering of questions which led the hearer from one point to another, supposedly with irrefutable

Just Say No Everyone wants young people to avoid the dangers of drugs and alcohol abuse. I strongly encourage this movement. If young people continue to use drugs their futures will be jeopardized as well as their appearance, and different forms of diseases can be diagnosed. Obviously, the consumption of drugs and alcohol can only lead to no good. First, drugs will affect one’s fu

Love Disaster Be in the Market without Being the Market At one time in Debra's life, she thought that all the odds of love were against her. She spent many nights thinking why she even tried to find a man. She thought about all the times she suspected that he might be "the one". He might have had the perfect smile or the perfect clothes. He might have taken her to the fanciest re

Knowledge And Understanding Epistemology Does all knowledge come from experience' Is learning truly experience or is learning just a reasoning process that approaches experience' What is the difference between knowing and understanding' Does one rely more on reason and the other on empiricism' With this in mind, can you know God or can you understand God and which is man’s goal'

Kant Galileo's Condemnation As anyone person reads the files from the condemnation of Galileo Galilei they are immediately flabbergasted by the continuity of the church’s corrupted files. Galileo was very different than men in his time; he looked further than the bible. Science has a legitimate of freedom in its own sphere…Galileo’s freedom was violated. Even though church was very

Kant Along with Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill developed the nineteenth century English philosophy known as Utilitarianism, which was the contention that man should judge everything in life based upon its ability to promote the greatest individual happiness (Titus and Smith 122). While Bentham is acknowledged as the philosophy’s founder, it was Johm Stuart Mill who further qualified it

Kant Propositions, according to Kant, can also be divided into two other types: empirical and a priori. Empirical propositions depend entirely on sense perception, but a priori propositions have a fundamental validity and are not based on such perception. The difference between these two types of proposition may be illustrated by the empirical “The house is black” and the a priori “Two p

Kant Freedom Of Will KANT & FREE WILL Cherian Koshy In Shakespeare’s famous play, Hamlet, Polonius utters the ironic phrase, “for brevity is the soul of wit.” The irony resides in Polonius’ inability to concisely describe Hamlet’s madness. While humorous in some settings, irony is disastrous when dealing with complex moral decisions. In the case of Immanuel Kant’s writings, se

KIerkegard In what would be characteristically seen as intrinsically manifested throughout the areas of existentialism, this idea of suffering, its components, as well as its distinctiveness on the part of the feebleness of human life becomes a common and usual conception for Kierkegaard, so as not to be considered. The philosopher who has sparked the notion of existentialism, as he had

King Vs. Socrates The relationship between Socrates and Martin Luther King The similarities between Martin Luther King and Socrates are so close that it’s hard to imagine that either could have come up with their ideas alone. I believe as King quoted Socrates with, “…it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half tru

Kingdom Of Ends Metaphysics is the study of pure concepts as they relate to moral or physical experience. The goal of the Grounding or the Metaphysics of Morals is to establish the “supreme principle of morality”. Kant’s purpose of this book is to develop a “pure” moral philosophy, a “metaphysics of morals” that relies on the priori concepts of reason, not empirical. Morality requires us

Knights What is a knight' What is the concept of knighthood all about' Knighthood exists in two places simultaneously--in the world and in our imagination. We can speak of ideals versus realities, probably the central problem with knighthood and the chivalric ideals. Swords, horses, jousts, armor, castles, fair maidens, kings, queens—these are the words that come to mind when people