Essays on Philosophy

According to Plato, there exists two worlds, our immanent world of dynamic impermanence and a fantastic realm of defining forms that hold together the flux of former world. Using this epistemological sector of Plato s philosophy (the theory of forms), the subjects of this Hydria (water vessel) by a Medias...

The main focus of this paper includes the viewpoints of Friedrich Nietzsche, which were opposing all of the viewpoints containing total ideas, or sharp ideas that claim to determine something as certain without any hard evidence. Nietzsche, although not completely a relativist, relativized many viewpoints by philosophers who...

The mind-brain identity theory is termed as a physicalism type hypothesis, which assumes that a person’s mental occurrences and events are categorized into types that are then correlated with similar varieties of physical activities in one’s brain. Brie Gertler’s conceivability argument is put forth as borrowed from Descartes, who asserts...

Martin Luther and Erasmus were both scholars whose work touched on Christianity and Biblical teaching. The two theologists had controversial and contrasting accounts on free will. Their works were highly controversial and drew widespread criticism from the church. Martin Luther maintained that there is nothing like free will by man,...

The trolley problem is a thought experiment involving ethical conflict and moral paradox. It was first proposed by Phillipa Foot in 1967 and later analyzed extensively by Judith Jarvis Thompson. The trolley problem poses a decision making challenge wherein one has to decide between two tracks in the way of...

The theory of ethical egoism maintains that the only task a person has is to make him or herself happy. The individual only has a moral duty towards him or herself and the interests that benefits him or her. In such a scenario, the happenings to the other people do...

Theory of Ethical Egoism According to the theory of ethical egoism, a person is only tasked with a duty of ensuring that he or she gets to satisfy his or her feelings and interest. Under this category, it is maintained that as long as a person achieves his or her self-interests,...

A moral action is right or wrong depending on the consequence the act has on a large number of people. An action could produce good or bad effects. According to Act utilitarianism ethical theory and deontological view, I should reveal that the grade school teacher has been prescribed for antipsychotic...

The Responsibility of the Media: Ethical Theories and Perspectives The media is defined as the way of communication to the mass. Many ethical theories including deontology and virtue ethics apply to the responsibilities of the media. Additionally, the theories can explain different perspectives such as ethical egoism and relativism in relation...

Modern science has its attributes t the period or ranging between 17thC and 18th Centuries where specialization in the field of science became increasingly important, as theories which were being developed defined scientific developments. Copernicanism during the period was revived as it marked a better platform for advancing (Porter and...

Various arguments about the existence of a supreme being have existed since time immemorial. Philosophers have contradicting opinions about God. While some claim that a supreme being does exist, others refute this assertion because there is no evidence of the existence of God. Anselm of Canterbury, a philosopher who was...

Dreams differ from other physiological experiences primarily due to their occurrence during sleep. According to Dunlop, dreams occur as true and realistic experiences despite the fact that they occur during sleep[1]. Therefore, when an individual sleeps, he or she is believes a dream to be true, more so due to...