However, not all of the concerns of philosophy points to defend man in his external and internal dimensions. In Karol Wojtylas philosophy of the Human Person, he interprets man as not being solely as a rational animal. He offers instead an understanding of man viewing his innerness as a ...
the indulgence of a vein of senti ment, which, though common enough to all very young minds in the ir fi rst b itte r experie n ce of the disappointm en t of the world, had ce rtainly ce ase d to b e new in its expre ssion, an d h ad never been true in its philosophy....
These values act as guiding principles for consider- ing and developing ever-evolving indigenous knowl- edge, or mātauranga Māori. Mātauranga Māori refers to Māori knowledge, worldviews, philosophy, values, eth- ics, and quantitative observations (Harmsworth and Awa- tere 2013; Hikuroa 2017)....
Concerning man’s moral endowment, the classical world had no doctrine of “original sin” as such; Plato suggested (Laws, 792e) that man may possess a “fount of reason that is as yet uncurbed,” but it is still assumed that man, as a rational being, would ultimately perceive and seek...
Aristotle’s philosophy expressed the view, characteristic of classical philosophy, that man was a living being endowed with spirit and reason (a “rational soul” as opposed to a sensitive or vegetative soul) and with the capacity for social life. In Christianity, the biblical concept of man ...
The paper takes up the conflict between expressed preferences for collective goods, such as environmental quality, and actual behaviour in society. In discussing possible reasons for this attitude-behaviour inconsistency found in empirical studies, a distinction is made between preferences and choices. ...
Irrational Man: Directed by Woody Allen. With Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Joe Stapleton, Nancy Carroll. A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live when he commits an existential act.
I wish to offer to your consideration some thoughts on the particular and general relations of man as a reformer. I shall assume that the aim of each young man in this association is the very highest that belongs to a rational mind. Let it be granted, that our life, as we lead it, ...
The result was a new search for the "criminal man," with emphasis given to action being determined instead of being the result of free will. The advocates of this new way of thinking created what came to be known as the positivist school of criminology. The Positivist School: Criminal as ...
[By 'the schools' Hobbes refers to universities that teach philosophy in a manner heavily influenced by Aristotle. The term 'schoolmen' refers to teachers in such universities.] When a body is once in motion, it moves for ever unless something else stops it; and whatever stops it does so...