Nietsche Nietzsche believes the origins of morals coincide with "how responsibility originated"(pg147) with the breeding of "an animal with the right to make promises" (pg 145) and progressed to the manipulation of one group of humanity by another in order to implement morals. It is an attempt to develop an explanation for the existence of ethics and morals. For him, morality and respons

Yoknapatawpha County Yoknapatawpha County Yoknapatawpha County is a fictional place after William Faulkner’s own Lafayette County. It is where many of his works are staged and carries a legendary reputation in the Deep South. The town of Jefferson is within Yoknapatawpha County and is the fictional equivalent of Oxford, Faulkner’s home town. In the short story “Barn Burning,” Faulk

Fear Of Flying How Lauren may have learned of her Fear of Flying' How Lauren learned she had a fear in flying' Using the Classical Conditioning theory the possibilities could be endless. Classical conditioning in simple terms is the method in which one determines why and the cause of a condition as well as what has brought it about. There are many stimulus both conditioned and unco

Till Death Do Us Part How would you characterize Micah and Rachel’s marriage' What factors can you recognize that may contribute to the quality of their relationship in later adulthood' Although it is quite difficult to characterize a marriage that spanned over 45yrs, based on a short synopsis, Micah and Rachel’s marriage could be characterized as a “Successful” one. In short, it showed

Existence Of God My argument falls under the issues of religion and faith because the main question asked is, to believe or not to believe' The problem I see concerning this issue is not whether we believe in God, but if He truly exists. The only example I can think of to illustrate this problem would be to say, “What if'” What if we believe and it turns out that there is nothing after d

My Life And Philosophy I truly believe that philosophy is constructed instead of being discovered. When I found out that I had to write an entire essay on the philosophy of my life, it was evident to me that it was going to be a challenge. There have been times when I wished that I was so much older, and everybody had always told me to slow down and take things one day at a time. I know

Ethics Ethics Ethics can be defined broadly as a set of moral principles or values. Each of us has such a set of values, although we may or may not have clearly expressed them. It is common for people to differ in their moral principles and values and the relative importance they attach to them. These differences reflect life experiences, successes and failures, as well as the infl

John Mill The struggle between liberty and authority in On Liberty can be categorized under two headings with the first demonstrating adverse force between liberty and authority and the second showing authoritative forms operating without a necessarily antagonistic manner alongside liberty. “ The struggle between liberty and authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of h

Is The Struggle For Gender Equality Comparable To The Struggle For Racial Equality' In The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir compares the position of women in the western world with that of black Americans. In her essay she states: “but there are deep similarities between the situation of woman and that of the Negro…the former class wishes to keep them in their place-that is the place chose

Overcoming And Becoming ‘Improvement’ In Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche uses the figure of Zarathustra to put forward his theory of how man can improve himself. Zarathustra teaches three metamorphosis of the spirit. The first is the camel, which is burdened by the established values of society. Next the spirit becomes the lion, which creates for itself the conditions necessary to c

Against The Evil Genius In Descartes¡¦ first meditation he spends the majority of his time in an attempt to disprove some fundamental beliefs. He argues that his senses are, at times, misguiding as they lead him to take some falsities for truths. He also states in his ¡§dream theory¡¨ that it is sometimes impossible to discern waking reality from dreaming reality. All of these instanc

American Dream The American Dream: The Declaration of Independence versus the Narrative Works of Frederick Douglass The American dream is imbued with the concept of the self-made individual regardless of race. America is the land of the free individual, who carved his life with his own two hands and suffers the consequences of his failures. This does not imply that America is a

Euthanasia And Utilitarianism: A Philosophical Approach Euthanasia and Utilitarianism: A Philosophical Approach With today’s advancements in medicine and technology, many unforeseen issues arise that we are forced to deal with. Euthanasia is ‘the act or practice of ending a person’s life in order to release the person from an incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified dea

The Golden Rule It’s hard for me to point out my good qualities because I may assume to have positive attributes, but people around me may have a negative judgment of them. Therefore, I believe my best quality is wanting for others what I want for myself and not wanting for others what I don’t want for myself. When I consider others’ wants as my own, I realize better what is humane, posi

Thought Paper Do Genetics, Society, Family Upbringing or We Ourselves Determine Who We Are' Genetics are responsible for a range of things from how we look to the amount of time we will spend on this earth, but they do not determine who we are. Our society plays a role in who we grow up to be because we are highly conditioned by it. Our family upbringing will give us the values and char

Chicken Or The Egg Which came first, Chicken' Or Egg' The answer is that this is the wrong question. The trouble here is the word ‘First’s. A human life contains many firsts, so the word comes easily to our lips. For example, a creationist could ask how the metamorphosis of a butterfly occurred for the ‘First time’. French is called a Romance language because it is descended from Roman,

Decartes Meditations In Descartes’ first meditation, he becomes skeptical of all knowledge he has acquired through his lifetime. The substantiality of the falsehoods he has accepted as true became unbearable and he found it necessary to demolish everything and start from scratch to find some foundation, if any, to then base his knowledge claims on. He realized that the majority of know

What Is Philosophy Of Education Philosophy of Education What is it' The field known as the Philosophy of Education is relatively self-explanatory - it deals with how children should be educated, what they should be educated in and what the ultimate purpose of education should be for society. This is an often neglected field of philosophy, and when it is addressed, it tends to only be

Socrates The main argument in The Apology by famous ancient Greek philosopher Plato is whether, notorious speaker and philosopher Socrates is corrupting the youth by preaching ungodly theories and teaching them unlawful ideas that do harm to individuals and society. In his words Socrates quoted the prosecution’s accusation against him: “Socrates is guilty of corrupting the minds of the y

The Meaning Of Life The Meaning of life What is the meaning of life. The meaning of our lives, the purpose, and the dreams both dashed and realized, and the expectations forced upon us by others. In other words how do you "translate" what life is' "Translation" means to explain in simple terms. What is it supposed to be about' There are different answers for different people at

Social Conservative Homosexuality has been a source of constant conflict among many organizations of today’s society. Perhaps the most prominent disputes of this issue exist within the disagreement of same sex relationships from the views of society, homosexuals, the Christian church, and scientist’s biological theories. Society’s view is that homosexuals influence others; therefore, it

Meep METAPHYSICS Whereas sciences deal with particular kinds of beings, metaphysics is concerned with beings as such. According to Aristotle, there is no such thing as mere being; to be is always to be a substance or object, a quantity, a quality, or a member of some other basic category. I. Substance and Accidents Substance is the primary mode of being according to Aristotle. The world

Descartes In the “Mediations of First Philosophy” Descartes tries to prove the existence of God in the third meditation. He does this by coming up with several premises that eventually add up to a solid argument. First, I will explain why Descartes ask the question, does god exist' And why does Descartes think he needs such and argument at this point in the text. Secondly, I will explai

Hobbes And Rousseau Hobbes And Rousseau Role of the Citizen For one to be a good citizen, there are certain expectations a person must follow to achieve this goal. While many people have their own ideas of what makes a good citizen, there is little consensus to exactly what this would be. Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in their books The Leviathan and Th

John Dewey John Dewey (1859-1952) John Dewey lived from 1859 to 1952, he was born and raised in Vermont. He graduated from the University of Vermont and received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University. He taught at the University of Chicago, ware his ideas of “Learning by doing” started to gather interest. Dewey’s work can be loosely identified as “Pragmatic”, and was influenced

Ontological And Teleological Arguments The Ontological Argument St. Anselm felt God exists so truly that we can’t even deceive that he doesn’t exist. He does not begin about the facts of the world but goes straight to the conclusion of his being. His reason is what we mean by God is that nothing greater can be conceived. Even the fool who says there is no God has an existence as an ob

Paradise Lost And Free Will It has been said many times over the history of religion that God’s greatest gift to man kind is that of free will. In Paradise Lost we hear the story of the beginning of man kind’s journey with free will. It can be said that all human beings have free will to choose what they want to. If there is free will yet no temptation, is that truley free will' In t

Philosophy Philosophy is an interesting subject in the fact that it is not based solely on science, mathematical formulas, and chemical equations, but more on the idea of ethics, morals, and values which in turn is based on perception, interpretation, education, and religion, just to mention a few. Different cultures appear to have different values compared to my own and at times I often

Arts And Science Of Teaching Teaching: Is it an art, or is it a science' I think that teaching requires both art and science. They both play a role on each other, because if a teacher only demonstrates one of these types of teaching, their classroom will most likely be very boring. Teaching as an art demonstrates ways in which the teacher may use creative ways to present the material so

Descartes First Meditations In Descartes work on “First Meditations” he raises many questions concerning his beliefs with respect to reality. Is Descartes existence real, or is he an illusion of his own imagination. Is his life tangible or he only exists because he thinks he exists. The starting point for Descartes philosophy is not using his senses to acquire information