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Theory of Ethics
... greater good of the majority over that of the individual. Although Mill upheld the Utilitarian belief that the welfare of an individual was ... an action. The backbone of Kant's philosophy is the belief in the fundamental freedom of the individual. Kant did not ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Do Good, Avoid Evil
... need for laws, police or rules. There is a common belief that everything God put on this Earth; trees, water, rocks, and ... signifies control. Contrary to my previous statement sometimes in societies that have not yet been touched by the plague of jealousy, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Aristotle's Golden Mean and Some Filipino Values
... -confidence to proceed with an unsound action in the belief that somehow one will manage to get by. Bahala na ... also consist of the moral, intellectual, and spiritual principles and beliefs being held dear and significant by the people themselves. (Timbreza, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
My study notes for final. Brief overview of Hume, Kant, and Mill.
... convictions are practical providing an immediate motivation to action; 2) beliefs that come from reason are inert in themselves having no ... free they define their essence throughout their existence. That means that we have the choice in everything we do. We ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Marx and Freud, comparing their views of human nature
... does not believe that a 'transformation' of humans to communist men and women will be possible. Marx's belief that the current ... Its Discontents , presents a conception of human nature that differs greatly from that of Marx. His view of human nature is ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
How is something true and real?
... no ideas without prior sense impressions, that there is a no rational justification for the belief that anything has a continued existence outside ... offer. You ask, "How do you KNOW that something is true and real". Well that would depend on how you perceive ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Benefits of the Teleological theory of morality
... taken as a universal law. This is the simple Christian belief that if you do something, then everybody else should be ... Teleology uses the Principle of Utility or Utilitarianism. This theory states that one does the greatest good for the greatest number. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
In Truth I Trust : A Philosophical Reflection Tracing Individual Belief System
... one of the things I value greatly is recognizing truths. Recognizing that I know so little about life and myself and other men. ... warning, a bullet left the gun and went into the ceiling. That plus all the other violence I witnessed made extremely furious ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
The patiently waiting patient
... this is easy. For instance, part of my worldview consists of the belief that human life is special, more so than any other life Earth. ... that I face in the game; that they will support me in the decision to lay down my king; that they will help me see that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics
Nietzsche vs. Christianity
... , Nietzsche confirms his belief that we have absolute free will and that we create our ... that he believes the Christian religion makes people sacrifice their "nature". On page 74 of Nietzsche's book Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche confirms his belief that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics