Contemporary Philosophy Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (132) essays
Contemporary Philosophy essays:
A look at plato and why he was a classical writer.
... general. He would not have looked at one person, studied that person, and derived his conclusion. He would have instead looked at society, it's interactions and problems, and only then make a conclusion. Plato embraces society as important, which one of the characteristics that defines Classical ...
Simonodes (via Polemarchus) argues in the first book of "The Republic" that justice is paying back what is due. Defend or argue against this position.
... justice focuses on a more vindictive aspect of justice. Justice is not meant to serve as revenge, but rather should be implemented as a means to prevent wrong doings and to uphold a civil society. By resorting to the idea of 'eye for an eye' the notion ...
It is 300BC, you are a Platonist. Your friend, also a student, has been condemned to death by the Athenian court. Write him a letter preparing him for his last hours.
... PLATO, The Trial and Death of Socrates , Four Dialogues (Unabridged), Jowett B (Trans), 1992, Dover Publications Inc, New York. PLATO, Republic, Lee D (Trans), 2003, Penguin Classics, Penguin Books Ltd, London. PLATO, Symposium, Waterfield R (Trans), 2000, Oxford World Classics ...
Why does Plato argue that divine commands can never be genuinely moral commands? Do you agree?
... Plato argues that divine commands can never be genuinely moral. The divine commands are those belonging or coming from God. This argument stems from the idea that because God is omnipotent, omniscient that he will punish us when he detects any failures. Thus suggesting that the fear that motivates ...
PLATONIC COMMUNISM IN THE REPUBLIC
... Socrates ' frequent, disparaging remarks about women and "womanish" attitudes, and to the illiberal reasons Socrates offers for educating and empowering women. The broad claim that Plato or the Republic is feminist cannot be sustained, and the label 'feminist' is an especially contested one ...
The Importance of God in Descartes' Philosophy
... conclusion, God is a very important aspect in Descartes' philosophy ... states this in his Meditations IV And there would remain no doubt on this head, did it not seem to follow from this, that I can never therefore be deceived; for ...
Crito by Plato, why Socrates should escape, why Socrates shouldnt escape.
... Plato?s conception of the state actually leads to the conclusion that Socrates did notenter into a just agreement with Athens. Therefore, Socrates is under no obligation to keep his tacit agreement with the state. Finally, I argue that the notion of retaliation is notapplicable to Socrates ...
Being a Vigilante, what does justice mean in Plato's Terms
... philosophy of "an eye for an eye" would be adopted by my vigilante mindset in that it would be the code by which I led my destruction of the idea of a confirmative justice. In turn establishing my own form of justice. My justice ...
Discuss: Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, BK III, Part 1, section 1.
... an act as bad purely because, through reflection we see how it would affect us. This is not too dissimilar to Hume's statement, we state an act as vicious not because it is vicious to the person ...
Recollection: Fact or Fiction?
... Socrates. Even if the soul is immortal, it must be able to develop these things during one's lifetime. In conclusion, I found this argument to be weak. While it does support the idea that a person ... Plato states ... an equal amount of liquid and pour the contents of one ...