Essays on Philosophical Movements

It is a movement that was based on the knowledge acquired from the Greeks and the Romans, This movement led to the rebirth of the previous works of ancient philosophers. This happened after the Renaissance era in late 18th century.During the medieval period, many scientists didn’t use accurate methods of experiment which led to many wrong assumptions. The dominance of the church was at its peak and many people blindly followed the teachings and instructions of the Pope. Therefore, the people ...

In book 1 of the Confucian Analects, Confucius is adamant in bolstering the Chinese philosophies of faithfulness, respect, and sincerity among all followers of the Confucian religion. According to him, listening and adhering to the advice of superiors who are knowledgeable of both the Chinese righteous ways of life and the religiousness of action are tantamount to leading a meaningful life of prosperity, respect, and virtue. In chapter 2 of the Dao De Jing, Lao Zi seeks to instill discipline ...

Watchmen is a philosophical movie that inherits multiple ethical theories that adhere to each member of the Watchmen who are all devoted heroes and vigilantes alike, They all epitomize these theories by the conveying of their convictions and stances to every situation they encounter throughout the movie. The movie is staged during the infamous Cold War, and the movie portrays the constituents of being in a world where power nations flaunt their prodigious strength and ability to tear countries ...

Kantianism and Utilitarianism, Kantianism is an action is only good as long as it doesn’t violate the rule logic. For example, what if people lied all the time then there would be no truth in this world. Utilitarianism is the belief that an action is good or not depend on if the result good or not? For example, if you had to take the life of a serial killer in order to save a bunch of people even though someone died, they are still happy based on the theory of utilitarianism it states that the ...

What world would you rather live in? A world where your happiness or life can be taken away from you for the sake of others or a world where you’re acknowledged as a rational being? According to Kant, we should look at our maxims, or intentions, of the particular action. Kantians believe “human life is valuable because humans are the bearers of rational life”. In other words, humans are free rational beings capable of rational behavior and should not be used purely for the enjoyment or ...

Utilitarianism and deontological are definitely two key hypotheses that try to stipulate and substantiate moral laws and standards (DeGeorge, 2010). There are a few kinds of utilitarianism. Regardless, the most major issue is that an utilitarian way to deal with profound quality recommends that there exist no single good act or guideline that is basically right or off-base. Or maybe, the degree of being off-base or right is exclusively subject to the entire non-moral great. Non-moral products ...

Marcus Aurelius Flores Period-5 AP English Summer Reading 2019 Into the Wild (Page 3) 'In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do East Coast family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later his decomposed body was found by a party of moose hunters. Shortly after the discovery of the corpse, I was asked by the editor of Outside magazine to report on the puzzling circumstances of the boy’s death. His name turned out to be Christopher ...

Nations as a concept run on ideologies. Capitalism vs Socialism, Communism vs Democracy and much more. One such unnoticed comparison is the Idealism vs Realism debate, which influences several policies, but is not given much importance. It may seem convenient to place idealism and realism in the context of international relations in a simple optimism v/s realism binary. However, doing so is reductionist as it is much more than that. To understand these ideologies we need to not look at them as ...

Subjective certainty is different in that it is based on the size of the inductive gap relative to all information gained by the system at a given point. Subjective certainty is sufficient for most pragmatic applications. Particular sense data are information, not truths, because they form no relations on their own. Rationalist philosophers believed that it is possible to uncover truths about the world by way of reason and reflection only. Descartes who thought he could arrive at philosophical ...

Do you know the difference between what is right and what is wrong? The ideas and differences between right and wrong are the studies of ethics. You are home in the evening with your family. You happen to hear the glass break from your front door while watching a movie with your family, the knob is turning and your front door is open. You run to your bedroom and grab your gun for protection. Do you shoot the intruder to protect yourself and your family? Or do you attack the intruder or shoot ...

Self-discovery is defined as “the act or process of achieving self-knowledge”(Merion Webster). Every story has a beginning and an end, but in between, the characters all have different types of experiences. From an experience, a character often comes to a realization/revelation about their journey/ life. These revelations can influence the characters thoughts, actions, and beliefs or in other words, they can change the character into a completely different person. In the book’s The Great ...

Ethics is one of those things that is up for one's own judgment or meaning, it does not matter whether it is used for your personal life or professional life. If you believe in something then ethically you can sale something, even if it is faulty so to speak. As long as you believe in it you can do it. But being able to convert a person's point of view is common in all aspects of life. People tend to promote ethical behaviors so they can persuade someone else's ethics, beliefs and morals. ...

"Our life is frittered away by detail." As individuals, we center much of our consciousness on the materialistic aspects of life which renders us blind to its more salient features. We need to live in a simplified manner in order to perceive all that living has to offer. Thoreau contemplated the theory that we require nature and being near it within his works. The essays from Walden reflect the ideas of Transcendentalism in the way that they put emphasis on spiritual development and ...

The 2020 presidential candidates have heavily impacted our history. One of the many historical events that affected American politics was the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment was a European cultural and philosophical movement that originated in England and spread throughout Europe like wildfire. The Enlightenment took place in the 1700's . The Enlightenment occurred because the Europeans began to question things such as how to improve their government. The enlightenment produced many ...

Texts are cultural snapshots representing their era - they reflect and develop the values, ideas and attitudes of their context. Two texts, Elizabeth Barrett-Browning’s (EBB) suite of Petrarchan form sonnet’s “Sonnets from the Portuguese” and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s modernist novel “The Great Gatsby” explore the transformative nature of love and also the desire of an individual for a transcendental love. Both authors draw on their own interpretations of love and infuse the context of their time ...