Comparative Philosophy & Ethics Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (264) essays
Comparative Philosophy & Ethics essays:
Krishnamurti & Milgram, should Authority ever be Obeyed?
... Milgram also believed, and proved, that we are able to be manipulated by someone in authority to commit up to and even including the most atrocious act, murder. Milgram showed in some respects, how something like the atrocities of the Third Reich ...
Good, Evil, and Conscience
... exists as a relative entity to the concept of its opposing force: benevolence. Without evil there can be no good, and without good, no evil. Solely there to balance the scales of judgment, good can be defined only as the opposite of evil (just as evil, the opposite of ...
The Euthyphro Dilemma Vs. The Divine Command Theory Two theories explaining moral behavior explored.
... existence of God to start down the divine command theory path. Wondering about what a supreme creator decrees would be pointless if you don't believe in the supreme creator initially. In the Euthyphro dialogue, the dilemma concerns Socrates' discussion with Euthyphro ...
POLITICS OF SOCRATES, PLATO AND ARISTOTLE By Walubo Jude Tadeo
... Socrates , Plato and Aristotle's political views of the State are similar, Plato 's view is more rational than Socrates and Aristotle's in the sense that he created an ideal State. Socrates , Plato and Aristotle were three philosophers in ancient Greece ...
Reason and God
... forms may work together, we must not forget that their relations have also been marked by serious tensions Philosophy, on the other hand, is not free from complacency. Without the goad of religion and its focus on the ultimate problems of human existence, philosophers ...
A Black Cloud - thoughts about hatred
... of hatred which exists throughout the world. In the same way that prejudices of large groups of people are expressed, hate crimes are committed to demonstrate acts of hatred. Most recent are the burning of black churches across the South. A crime of ...
The Natural Law Theory
... of the Greeks and great thinkers like Plato and Aristotle. Defined as the law which states that human are inborn with certain laws preordained into them which let them determine what is right and what is wrong.(Bainton 174) This theory was them adapted by religious philosophers ...
Personal Code of Ethics. "I believe" Personal essay
... of losing a husband and father, justice must be served. It is through this kind of meshing of the four rules that ethical quandaries can be answered. Noticeably, the rules of the code, while existing to serve the cause of good and avoid evil ...
Pierre Bourdieu and Plato: Both proclaim the truth is the right approach to life.
... of such a dilemma. At the end of this series of events, the speakers do not know of the original truth. This idea of the speakers knowing the truth about the topic of speech comes from Plato ...
Kierkegaard vs Sartre: An Existentialist Approach.
... view on life itself, and what life means. The meaning of life is determined by its own liver, and this idea encompasses much of the philosophy of existentialism. Jean-Paul Sartre and Soren Kierkegaard both partake in this approach. Significant differences exist in many of ...