Essays on Philosophy

The Act of Altruism vs. Psychological Egoism The seemingly altruistic act by the firefighters and police officers who gallantly walked into the burning World Trade Centre was not an altruistic act, it was instead an act of psychological egoism. Psychological egoism is the assumption that our actions as human beings are...

The Suggestion of Virtue-based Criteria The suggestion provided by the criterion based on virtues is that the outcome of the activities we take part in is well provided that reason remains the basis through which moral decisions are made. Such criteria are in support of the idea that people live virtuously....

Professional Environments and Ethical Decision-Making Professional environments require individuals to practice ethical decision-making but the foundations upon which to base these decisions vary depending on the ethical theory used to analyze a particular situation. An analysis of ethical dilemma 4, namely the sick patients’ scenario, highlights that the use of deontological...

The concept of the ethics of care has developed over the last decades as a general moral approach guiding both the political and social systems. The idea encompasses many spheres of ethical theories, and as a result, the society has developed new strategies for dealing with moral problems and changes....

Evil has been posed too many mysterious thoughts by many philosophers, and this has not gone well to have a precise definition, but somewhat better examples are typically used to define it. That entire human associate with can lead either to evil or good. Regardless of what the benefit of...

Human beings are seen as living organisms whose structure consists of two legs, a pair of arms, one head, a pair of eyes, ears, on such features. From this definition, human beings are identical. These features make one person similar to another. However, according to my definition, a human being...

Nozick's Theory of Justice Nozick’s theory of justice claims that, by examining its history, one can determine if goods have been distributed in a just way or not. Unlike, John Rawls theory of justice based on original agreements and structure of the society (Feibleman, 207), Nozick’s argument is historically based. The...

Critical thinking involves making judgments that are well-thought out, reasonable and logical. Critical thinking whenever one is involved in an argument or discussion that may lead to decision making. A critical think does not accept arguments and make conclusions anyhow, but instead, they will have to access the situation, consult...

Pacing footsteps, hooting cars and, anxiety has become a part of our lives because we are always running late to do something giving weight to the view that time is one scarce and precious commodity that no one should waste. Unfortunately, such a view is only right to a certain...

A nation according to Plato is structured in a way that it strengthens and supports the need for a philosopher-king. Because through a philosopher king, the Kallipolis is brought to life and the society achieves genuine happiness. In this case, Plato understood the utopia just as a concept but not...

Kant’s Formulation of Categorical Imperative Kant formulated three principal formulas in categorical imperative. The second formula of humanity has gained a lot of critics and commentaries and will be used in this study. Kant highlights that a good will is the only thing without qualification. Goodwill is governed by a reason...

1. Methodological skepticism effectively subjects all knowledge claims to scientific scrutiny to separate the truth from false. Moreover, an individual systematically doubts his or her beliefs not to be true. On the other hand, radical skepticism refers to a body of science that holds that not every belief’s truth can...