The distinction between internalism and externalism about moral motivation. Does Smith's argument against externalism work?
Essay - 5 pages - Philosophy
Moral motivation and the way it functions have raised many theories, still debated today. There are two main theories under discussion; internalism and externalism about ethical motivation, both of them being central in the explanation of the mechanism that lies between moral judgements of an...
Moral and Overman - Study based on: Twilight of the Idols, or How to Philosophize with a Hammer By Friedrich Nietzsche
Essay - 8 pages - Philosophy
“There are more idols than realities in the world. […] This time it is not contemporary idols but eternal idols that are being touched here with the hammer as if with a turning fork”. This “revaluation of all values”, an expression that Nietzsche would use numerous times...
The log cabin: from the pioneers' hardship of life to the fulfilment of the American dream. A brief sketch of the history of the American people through one symbol: the log cabin.
Essay - 4 pages - Philosophy
It may be the Appalachian icon which is a log cabin on a hillside with wood-smoke rising from a stone chimney. This is part of American culture associated with President Abraham Lincoln and the frontiersman Davy Crockett. Many questions arise with regard to the log cabin such as what is so...
Democratic equality. Are Rawls's principles of economic justice too egalitarian or not egalitarian enough?
Essay - 5 pages - Philosophy
The question is, therefore, whether Rawls's egalitarianism is not enough egalitarian or too egalitarian. After having exposed the main points of Rawls's view of economic justice, the analysis of its major criticisms, both from the left and the right sides, is necessary to bring out the...
Democratic equality. Are Rawls's principles of economic justice too egalitarian or not egalitarian enough? - published: 24/02/2005
Thesis - 5 pages - Philosophy
The question is, therefore, whether Rawls's egalitarianism is not enough egalitarian or too egalitarian. After having exposed the main points of Rawls's view of economic justice, the analysis of its major criticisms, both from the left and the right sides, is necessary to bring out the...
The Waco Tragedy: to what extent a better approach of FBI could have changed the catastrophic ending?
Essay - 4 pages - Philosophy
It is very difficult to give an opinion about the Waco tragedy: all news reports are subject to a dual interpretation, and each party defends its version with strong arguments. As an outsider, it's impossible to verify which report is false and which one is true. That's the reason why my...
What is civil disobedience ? Can it be justified against the arguments for a prima facie duty to obey the law in a democracy?
Essay - 5 pages - Philosophy
But neither does everyone openly advocate disobedience (Smith) Disobedience, that is defined by convention as an illegal non-violent action undertaken on grounds of moral principles (Singer), seems to be only justified when there is no independent moral reason to obey or when the weight of...
Are protestants better capitalists ?
Essay - 6 pages - Philosophy
First, we will see that if protestant theology has undoubtedly influenced the early expansion of capitalism in America, it is probably no longer the main factor explaining the important commitment of Protestants to modern capitalism. As an illustration of this fact, we will show that even among...
Death penalty in Texas
Essay - 12 pages - Philosophy
Gary Graham, Delma Banks, Odell Barnes, Napoleon Beazley, Darlie Lynn Routier... these are the names of people who have been executed by the state of Texas. I was surprised to realize that on the total number of cases that we were presented, Texas was often the "killing state? at stake. It became...
The Black Muslims as antagonists of the American Society
Essay - 11 pages - Philosophy
To build an impression on the cultural and religious background of the Black Muslim movement, which is also called "The Nation of Islam", we will analyze the relationship of the United States' with Islam and at the history of the Afro-Americans in the USA. The conflict between the United...
The Jewish community and the US
Essay - 12 pages - Philosophy
In 2000-01, a National Jewish Population Survey was conducted. This survey is realized once every ten years. The survey declared that the population of Jews in the U.S. amounted to nearly 5.2 million (it was 5.5 million in 1990). The Herculean task of defining ?Who is a Jew' was the main...
What is subjectivism ? Is it a threat to morality ?
Essay - 5 pages - Philosophy
Today, more and more people pretend to be subjectivist. That is why it is necessary to consider in detail subjectivism, studying its meanings and justifications; and then study its impacts on morality.
Can an atheist be moral ?
Essay - 5 pages - Philosophy
In our modern society, in which “God is dead” and where religion appears to decline, are we moving towards an immoral society -if as we have seen above- morality is so tied to religion ? Or can an atheist, who doesn't believe that God exists, can be moral, i.e. be able to conduct...
« The counter-revolution will be the contrary of the revolution ». Explain and Discuss
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
De Maistre's conservative monarchism and fervent criticism of the revolution reasons on a theocratic basis and on a historicist perspective; but he also admits the faults of absolutism and stresses how revolutionary violence is a punishment for the evil and corruption of Christian France,...
Euthanasia
Essay - 7 pages - Philosophy
In recent years, Euthanasia has become a very heated debate. Whether the issue is refusing prolonged life mechanically, assisting suicide, or active euthanasia, we eventually confront our society's fears toward death itself. It is not easy for most of the western world to see death as an...
Death penalty
Essay - 6 pages - Philosophy
Electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection, firing squad, hanging, guillotine and garroting - when you hear these words what do you think of? Do you get scared? When some hear these words they tend to say, " Oh they deserve it". In the court system that is not always the case. The question you...
Life, Death, and Politics : A Run-Down Of The Abortion Debate
Worksheets - 5 pages - Philosophy
Few issues have fostered such controversy as has the topic of abortion. The participants in the abortion debate not only have firmly-fixed beliefs, but each group has a self-designated appellation that clearly reflects what they believe to be the essential issues. On one side, the pro-choice...
Life, death and politics : A run-down of the abortion debate - published: 28/04/2002
Thesis - 5 pages - Philosophy
Few issues have fostered such controversy as has the topic of abortion. The participants in the abortion debate not only have firmly-fixed beliefs, but each group has a self-designated appellation that clearly reflects what they believe to be the essential issues. On one side, the pro-choice...
The Impressionist movement
Essay - 14 pages - Philosophy
In 1912, the painter Fernand Léger, stigmatised in an acute and modern way the revolutionary dimension of Impressionism, opening the way for modern criticism : “Les Impressionnistes, les premiers ont rejeté la valeur absolue du sujet, pour ne plus en considerer que la valeur relative. Là est...
Adaptation of Henry V
Essay - 5 pages - Philosophy
By analyzing and studying the main themes (war, leadership, relationships between human being) developed in both the films (and the interpretation made by the two directors), we will see that, although adapted from the same play, the potrayal of Henry is quite different. In both versions of the...
John Rawls' Theory of Justice
Book review - 5 pages - Philosophy
In the Theory of Justice (1971), Rawls offered an alternative to utilitarianism that led to different conclusions about justice. He asserted that if people had to choose principles of justice from behind a "veil of ignorance" that restricted their understanding of their own position in the...
