Essays on Philosophy

To get started with answering question one, yes I do believe Socrates is an admirable character, however I do not think he is worthy of being an influencer due to many factors that I will talk about are inspiration and pleasure vs happiness which I…

To assess how Functionalism contributes to society’s view on families and households, I will compare the Functionalist perspective to the Marxist perspective as both have extremely strong influences on sociology’s understanding and allows us, as a society to pick and choose what aspects we agree…

In the readings of this week about nationalism, I interpreted that nationalism is seen as a social problem, which eliminates human reasoning and leads to actions that are counter-productive, as can be seen in case of war where generate losses in all aspects of a…

Lao Tzu’s way of living consists of people having a more peaceful life if the country is governed wisely. With this being said his philosophy would be a great asset to have in our current situation with gun violence. Gun violence has been rising in…

Foundationalism is the approach of structuralizing knowledge as a binary tree in which the lowest nodes constitute a basis that reinforce all other nodes. In this respect, knowledge, often referred to as true-justified-beliefs, assumes a dichotomous property in the sense that it must be classified…

The discourse of morals and ethics in media morals is basically based on the over issues. For media freedom and its social responsibility, Chen Chao Nan and other researchers accept that freedom of discourse and communication is the correct meaning of freedom as a symbol…

Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher known for his work in mathematical logic. He had a life that was highly controversial to the British government he lived with, and faced many hardships brought on by his beliefs. Russell spent the 97 years of his life…

All-perfect being means God has to exist This is the classic ontological argument. It was first articulated in 1070 by St. Anselm, who argued that because we have a conception of an all-perfect being which he defined as “that than which nothing greater can be…

One of the most challenging dilemmas for humankind to overcome is the concept of liberty. The boundaries as to the extent of a given person’s thoughts, expressions and actions before being halted has been debated for millennia. When it comes to viewpoints and actions, how…

In a crowded room, take a look around. What do you see? What do you notice about the individuals standing beside you? Perhaps you notice their “gender,” their skin color, their hair color, what they are wearing, or even how wealthy they appear. If you…