Essays on Philosophy

Here are the Contrasts of Blaise Pascal "The Wager "nonevidentialism position and Wk. Clifford “The Ethics of Belief” (Helm, 2016). First evidentialism is the belief that for which one has the evidence while nonevidalism depends on personal evidence to justify one's belief. The argument is based on our faith the...

Existentialism and stoicism are both philosophies that were developed long ago but we still follow them. Both of them look at life from different perspectives and try to enhance and consequently improve life. Existentialism suggests that the philosophical thought starts with the human as the subject (Kaufmann 2). This tradition of...

Some few years ago, the United States was dumbfounded by a report that came from New York whereby a young lady known as Kitty Genovese was inhumanly assassinated in her neighbourhood. The incident took place late in the night with the victim being stubbed several times in three different attacks....

The two parties involved in this case study The two parties involved in this case study are the slum dwellers and the sociologist. There are ethical concerns which are portrayed by both parties. First, the researcher is dishonest. After learning that some members of the slum are involved in car theft,...

The moral agent in the ethical case The moral agent in the ethical case is the employee who published something on social media, which although not prohibited, could be construed as damaging to the company's reputation. As a moral agent, the employee is expected to distinguish right from wrong and to...

Since time immemorial, human beings have existed in various cultural subgroups with different beliefs and customs. What one cultural group beliefs in may differ from what another cultural group believes in. As such, notions of good and bad or right and wrong stop to have any evaluative meaning beyond the...

Rousseau argues that people are born with a predisposition to be good and that people only choose to do evil things when social conditions are unjust. Explain what he means, making sure to address the notions of “right by fact” and “cause for effect”. Rousseau explained the human tendencies in the...

Although Epicurus advocates pursuing pleasure for the good life, discuss a few reasons why he does not advocate a life completely filled with immediate gratification. Epicurus supports the idea of pursuit for pleasure, especially at the basic level of food, drink and shelter. He, however, disagrees with the idea of excessive...

Empiricism is a conceivable and instinctual methodology of knowledge. The most renowned empiricists included John Locke, George Berkeley and David Hume (it does not mean that these philosophers agreed with each other, in some cases they had divergent opinions). Empiricist maintains that people can only know something if they can...

Egoism, psychological or ethical, is the thesis that our self-interests motivate our actions. Egoists hold that the good should seek to aim at his wellbeing and maximize possible advantages from any available resource. Ethical egoism can approve behavior that benefits other people,...

Dualism is a belief by the physiologists which proclaim that there are two kinds of realities existing concerning mind and body. They argue that there are material or mind and immaterial (spiritual) substances. So the mind and the body are seen as two separate entities from each. They disagree that...

Free Will and Decision Making Free will is the natural ability of a person to choose between varieties of actions that are unimpeded. It is a widespread belief to assume that everyone has a free will and can make a decision regarding the outcome of his or her own life. The...