Category: Philosophy

How Corporations Behave Alfred North Whitehead’s controversial statement, “What is morality in any given time and place?

Use the following 2 starting points to develop your essay on morality and ethics:
How Corporations Behave Alfred North Whitehead’s controversial statement, “What is morality in any given time and place?

Discuss the article and Whitehead’s statement in the introduction, body, and conclusion of the essay.

Businesses can have ethical standards, but businesses are not moral agents. Do you agree or disagree?

Is it true that the “bottom line” of a business is profit and profit alone?
In business, are there other, less tangible goals that are intrinsic to—and just as important as—making money?

In a business environment, why should people be moral as individuals?
Why should a corporation or organization be moral?
Could you apply the first formulation of Kant’s categorical imperative to a business environment?

Consider morality and ethics from the perspective of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy and Immanuel Kant’s universal categorical imperative. After conducting your research and writing your essay, could you conclude that businesses can have ethical standards, despite the fact that businesses are not moral agents? Explain why or why not. Sum up your argument based on the evidence presented in the paper

How does Aristotle reconcile Platonic dualism in his view of the unification of essences within material reality? (Use primary source quotations from both philosophers.)

Nature of Reality
Compare and contrast Plato and Aristotle on the nature of form and matter. How does Aristotle reconcile Platonic dualism in his view of the unification of essences within material reality? (Use primary source quotations from both philosophers.)

Explain Descartes method in his Meditations on First Philosophy. How does does his doubt lead to the certainty of “cogito ergo sum.” How did this realization lead to the mind-body problem in modern philosophy? (Use primary source quotations in your response in addition to secondary sources.)

Compare and contrast Plato and Aristotle on the nature of form and matter. How does Aristotle reconcile Platonic dualism in his view of the unification of essences within material reality? (Use primary source quotations from both philosophers.)

Explain Descartes method in his Meditations on First Philosophy. How does does his doubt lead to the certainty of “cogito ergo sum.” How did this realization lead to the mind-body problem in modern philosophy? (Use primary source quotations in your response in addition to secondary sources.)

Compare and contrast Plato and Aristotle on the nature of form and matter.

How does Aristotle reconcile Platonic dualism in his view of the unification of essences within material reality? (Use primary source quotations from both philosophers.)

Explain Descartes method in his Meditations on First Philosophy. How does does his doubt lead to the certainty of “cogito ergo sum.” How did this realization lead to the mind-body problem in modern philosophy? (Use primary source quotations in your response in addition to secondary sources.)


http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-metaphysics/#1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes
https://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csIW4W_DYX4www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgZlScrWhuE

Explain Descartes method in his Meditations on First Philosophy. How does does his doubt lead to the certainty of “cogito ergo sum.” How did this realization lead to the mind-body problem in modern philosophy?

ANSWER ONLY ONE: USE SOURCES LISTED BELOW:

Compare and contrast Plato and Aristotle on the nature of form and matter. How does Aristotle reconcile Platonic dualism in his view of the unification of essences within material reality? (Use primary source quotations from both philosophers.)

Explain Descartes method in his Meditations on First Philosophy. How does does his doubt lead to the certainty of “cogito ergo sum.” How did this realization lead to the mind-body problem in modern philosophy? (Use primary source quotations in your response in addition to secondary sources.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_causes
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/METAPHI.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/EPISTEMI.html
https://mycourses.spcollege.edu/d2l/le/content/307704/viewContent/12559871/View

How does this person inspire you and encourage you to be the person you most want to be? How has this person helped you deepen your self-awareness?

In what ways has this person impacted your life? What key insights have you gained from this person? How has this person helped you develop and strengthen the character traits you have just written about in Part I?

How does this person inspire you and encourage you to be the person you most want to be? How has this person helped you deepen your self-awareness?

How has this person helped you identify meaningful goals and inspired you to work toward their realization?

Focus on Where Nietzsche finds morality. If “God is dead” does morality exist?Discuss

Focus on Where Nietzsche finds morality. If “God is dead” does morality exist?Discuss

Research Paper on Nietzsche Works:
Truth and the Lie in an Extra Moral Sense
The Gay Science
Genealogy of Morals
Human, All Too Human
Beyond Good and Evil

Try to limit quotations, my professor does not like them

If all jobs had roughly equal salaries, you could attend college for free to qualify for these jobs, and everyone had good health insurance, would people work hard and be happier or would there be more laziness and crime than we have now?

Original Opinion Paper question:
If all jobs had roughly equal salaries, you could attend college for free to qualify for these jobs, and everyone had good health insurance, would people work hard and be happier or would there be more laziness and crime than we have now?

 

 

Discuss Plato and touch on Aristotle. Mention Plato’s Allegory of the Chariot (1000 words).Are human beings composed of body and soul equally, like ‘two horses harnessed together’?

A Short History of Dualism in Western Civilisation

Discuss Plato and touch on Aristotle. Mention Plato’s Allegory of the Chariot (1000 words).

Discuss Alexander the Great. (500 words).

Discuss the ideas of Thomas Aquinas, St Augustine + Irenaeus (800 words).

Are human beings composed of body and soul equally, like ‘two horses harnessed together’?

Is the body more principal, as when we call the vessel alone a ‘lamp’ on account of the flame it supports? Or is the soul
more principal, as we say that a horse rider is not the horse and the rider, but the rider
alone in virtue of guiding the horse?

What do you think about McRaven’s advice? Though few of us have had Navy SEAL training, McRaven intends to offer us insights from which we can benefit, whether or not we have served in the military. Did you find any part of the speech to be especially striking? What aspects of the speech made the strongest impression?

McRaven’s Advice on Living a Good Life and Making the World Better

This discussion assignment relates to Admiral McRaven’s Commencement Speech delivered at the University of Texas. In his speech, McRaven gives ten pieces of advice based on lessons he learned during Navy SEAL training. His hope is that his advice will help us both lead more fulfilling lives and change the world for the better. If you would like to review the speech and/or transcript, here is a link:

https://news.utexas.edu/2014/05/16/mcraven-urges-graduates-to-find-courage-to-change-the-world/

Begin the assignment by reflecting on the speech. What do you think about McRaven’s advice? Though few of us have had Navy SEAL training, McRaven intends to offer us insights from which we can benefit, whether or not we have served in the military. Did you find any part of the speech to be especially striking? What aspects of the speech made the strongest impression?

In your view, what are the most insightful points that McRaven makes? Why do you view these points as especially insightful?

Is there anything you would add to the remarks that McRaven makes in relation to these points?

Do you regard any parts of McRaven’s speech as puzzling, dubious, or false? If so, which parts do you find problematic, and why?

McRaven makes many comments related to the virtue of resilience. In your view, what are some key characteristics that resilient people tend to possess?

Suppose that you were to make integrity and resilience central goals within your own life (indeed, perhaps they are already central aims for you!). What would be the most significant steps you would take in developing such character traits?

Identify historical beginnings of philosophy and contemporary positions concerning the nature of knowledge and reality.

Identify historical beginnings of philosophy and contemporary positions concerning the nature of knowledge and reality.

Distinguish the basic concepts of moral and political philosophy

Evaluate arguments for and against the existence of God

Evaluate various approaches to the mind-body problem.

Why according to Socrates, must one NOT heed popular opinion about moral matters? Does Socrates accept the fairness of the laws under which he was tried and convicted? Would Socrates have been wrong to escape? Finally, how does the notion of a social contract apply to Socrates’ reasoning? (CO3)?

[You must use and cite the Crito in completing this paper.]Socrates asks Euthyphro, “Are morally good acts willed by God because they are morally good, or are they morally good because they are willed by God?”

(1) How does this question relate to the Divine Command Theory of morality? (2) What are the philosophical implications associated with each option here? Finally, (3) which position do you feel is correct and why?

Explain (1) the process by which Descartes uses skepticism to refute skepticism, and (2) how he concluded that whatever is clearly and distinctly perceived cannot be doubted. (3) Explain why this project was important for Descartes to accomplish in light of Mediation VI. Finally, (4) discuss at least one problem his conclusion presents. (CO1, CO5)

Using several theories from weeks three and four justify the claim that it is or is not possible to have objective knowledge of the world in which we live.

Discuss the different conceptions and identify any differences between the theories. Then defend the notion that America is or is not currently operating under some form of a social contract. (CO 3)