Then we should define a framework on concepts to use. For example, in the Middle Ages, it would be totally useless to mention the scientific methods. People at that time equate truth with a word of authority (church). If the church said that this woman is a witch, then this is a tru...
A flag is supposed to represent everything that a country does. It doesn't only represent the good things. If you burn the flag, you're burning the flag for what you perceive to be the bad things the country has done. it's only a symbol. It's only a piece of cloth. — George ...
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or Andrews [2,3,4]), scientists have sought to better define quality of life and to derive methods to measure it. However, quality of life is a complex and multidisciplinary topic, and there is no consensus on a definition [4,5]. The diversity of directions the research has taken is ...
And how did theydefine the virtues? “Prudence [practical wisdom] is the knowledge of things which are good, or bad, or neither good nor bad. … Justice is a habit of the mind which attributes its proper dignity to everything, preserving a due regard to the general welfare. … Fortitude...
Pragmatism has a certain intuitive appeal. Truth which is abstracted from how things operate in the real world often makes very little sense. The idea of a world “out there” beyond our minds — a world which is unseen, unknown, and unimaginable — is also unintelligible (as Kant pointed ...
What does "to eliminate the meddling middlemen of public accountability and free will" mean? Egotistical numbers Did Kant actually read Aristotle or did he just become aware of it indirectly through commentators? How does the Push weapon mastery interact with occupied spaces? Connecting Wall ...
The problem, Asma contends, is not just that this sort of caring for everyone equally is humanly impossible (though that would be enough, see Kant above), it’s that it’s not actually moral. For Asma it is not true that everyone is entitled to my concern equally. As he puts it: ...
Briefly discuss the following ethical theories: a) Kant and Deontology b) First Formula of the Categorical Imperative c) Second Formula of the Categorical Imperative What is critical thinking and what does it mean to say that critical thinking is don...
within you (making it subjective), you assume that others will agree when you say “that rose is beautiful” (making the subjective experience universally valid). For Kant, this universality of beauty—or the universality of good taste—presumes that we, as humans, share a “common sense.”...