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The Basis of Morality
The Basis of Morality
Discussing Kant's argument that the only thing good without qualification is the good will
Interest and goals and what makes one person happy does not necessarily make another happy. The desire of our own happiness cannot determine our will to do things. Our ...
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BEITZ'S HUMAN RIGHTS
Summery for Beitz's Idea of Human Rights
Summery for Beitz's Idea of Human Rights
Introduction
The rights to life and liberty, to freedom of expression and opinion, to participation in government and choice of employment, and to private property and general security in one's person—these are just some of the rights ...
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Stereotype Paper
Stereotype Paper
Introduction
A stereotype is a widespread preconception that arose from people ascribes certain attributes, characteristics, roles, because of its apparent membership in a particular social group. Although stereotype is a mental process necessary to organize and categorize the information received in order to simplify the understanding that cognitive function ...
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Daoism
Thesis Statement
Platonic dualism, in its commitment to metaphysical world of perfect forms is substantially different from Daoist Naturalism, which makes no such presupposition.
Introduction
Dualism in Metaphysics is the belief that there are two kinds of reality: material (physical) and immaterial (spiritual). In Philosophy of Mind, Dualism is the position that mind ...
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Philosophy - Free Will
Philosophy - Free Will
Introduction
The mind-body problem has been the center of attention in the philosophical world for a number of centuries. The problem exists due to the difficult inherent in the reconciliation of the knowledge that we have gathered from the scientific methods that explain how the ...
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Conversational Implicatures
Conversational Implicatures
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The conversational implicature is a term of linguistic pragmatics coined by the philosopher Paul Grice, which explains this concept with its maxims. It refers to what is suggested or meant by a speaker, implicitly. The implicature is not property semantics of the statement itself, unlike an assumption implicit ...
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Freedom and the Problem of Evil
Freedom and the Problem of Evil
Question 1: Freedom
A: The problem of freedom arises naturally when the reason human seeks to unify the various elements of its representation of the world. Indeed, if the explanation includes the philosophical reality in its entirety, at least ideally (and unlike the sciences that have only part of ...
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Personal Reflection
Personal Reflection
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The great yet, most misjudged philosopher of this century would undoubtedly be Robert Solomon, came into the world with a life threatening heart condition which he later on survived, was raised in the city of Detroit, USA. Robert's father & mother belonged to the professions of Prosecution & ...
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Philosophy
Introduction
The term “philosophy” refers to systems of beliefs or ideas about the universe and humankind's place in it. Philosophy as a discipline of thought addresses innumerable questions about the nature of knowledge, understanding, logic, language, reality, and causality. Philosophical thought attempts to formulate beliefs and claims of knowledge about ...
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Existentialism, Utilitarianism, Kantianism, Leopoldian Land-Ethic
Existentialism, Utilitarianism, Kantianism, Leopoldian Land-Ethic
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Ethical judgments are judgments by which an individual, who is facing an ethical dilemma, evaluates the ethical problems, consider alternatives and choose an alternative that best solves the problem to attain the most beneficial outcomes (Fang, 2006). In addition, the judgments ...