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agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aris...

wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves social needs. A number of philosophers have contributed to the debate which...

one is virtuous, and that their actions are virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right o...

his position by specifying that only a certain kind of agent can qualify as a moral agent, and thus subject to the ascriptions of...

of fate. In the process, our sympathy is aroused" (The tragic hero). Within this definition, tragedy also is included in that it ...

that is permanent and immutable. It is this world that is more real; the world of change is merely an imperfect image of this worl...

"...no man will benefit from his profession unless he is paid as well" (Plato, 2003, p.28). One can easily see that Plato does not...

they tend to see the world with blinders on. They may not be as sympathetic to another individual if they embrace a particular per...

what is not. Descartes method of systematic doubt is to "reject as if absolutely false anything as to which I could imagine t...

is a case for communism at least for the lower classes. The supporting premises for that conclusion have already been noted and ge...

were to consider what is most important in society, most would point to causation. One tries to get to the cause of ones drinking,...

not make up an ethical life. Rather, he based his ideas on his own ideas concerning reason, but he did so within the context of hi...

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

behind such behavior it simply cannot be condoned, inasmuch as society cannot be defined as a scientific expression when it routin...

unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct...

this sentiment and states that it is good when each individual realizes their talents and abilities to their fullest. Speaking in ...

interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...

He created man and should do whatever it takes to support his development and sustenance. To that end, he saw it necessary to main...

me to the airport as an appropriate use of your resources (your time and your car), given our relationship and the circumstances i...

when it is expressed as a love of virtue, and justice when it is considered as one of many virtues. For Hobbes, self-interest "ta...

Kamath (2007) goes through all the possible outcomes regarding this dilemma. He explains that if the operation goes forth, there a...

employee believes a child is abused, they must call the authorities. If a child has a fight in school, the latest trend is to file...

is not that everyone just does what they think is right or what society tells them is right, but they sense that something good co...

of science there are two branches which are epistemology and metaphysics (Honderich, 1995). Science makes up an important part of ...

Christ. The polytheistic society of ancient Greece was already moving toward belief in a single god by the time of Plato and his ...

who live with us and present themselves in abundance, as far as is possible. Wherefore we must keep them before us1." Here, it see...

like the male philosophers of the day. She was the exception. While by and large, the people saw women as having a subservient pla...

as an imitation of reality, "it holds a mirror up to nature" (Durant, 1961, p. 59). Aristotle notes that human beings find pleasur...

This itself is also likely to have been influenced by the long Peloponnesian war in which Plato himself was involved. Different me...

In fact, he suggests that work is done for the "sake of leisure" (267). More completely, Aristotle believed that it is important ...