Sextus Emricus, Outlines Of Pyrrhonism

Instead, he advocated for the use of philosophical thinking to decipher God’s meaning. I commend Spinoza’s idea of worshipping beyond the biblical text, but my main criticism is purely subjective. I am not a heavily religious person. Therefore, when faced with a ethical dilemma, I choose to look for

Williams has an issue with the need to look at actions’ consequences to find any value in them. He believes that some actions have innate value regardless of their consequences. He compares the consequentialist’s position to that of a traveler who focuses only on the destination he is seeking to arrive at. Williams states that travelers don’t travel to arrive somewhere, they travel because they find value in the journey itself. There is something in this idea that can be applied to morality.

Polus believes doing whatever is good for oneself is what matters. He does not understand or really accept this claim that it is better to suffer injustice than to commit injustice because he believes justice is relative. Polus claims that he believes justice depends on the individual person and what is beneficial for oneself. However, Socrates denounces this idea that only good matters this in his scene of brutal murder when Socrates says “and if it seems good to me that one of them must have his head smashed, it shall straightway be smashed” (469d5). Polus denounces this instance, saying it is different.

The last way Orwell works to prove his argument to the reader is by using an anaphora in his article. Anaphoras work to add emphasis to a specific element in a writing. Adding emphasis to something makes it stick with the reader and helps them better understand the author 's point. Orwell uses an anaphor towards the end of the article when he writes, “The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection, that one is sometimes willing to commit sins for the sake of loyalty, that one does not push asceticism to the point where it makes friendly intercourse impossible, and that one is prepared in the end to be defeated and broken up by life”. Here Orwell is repeating the phrase, “that one” at the beginning of each clause.

they lead their country by a short route to chaos” (Bolt, 1990:6). By analysing this quote, one can certainly identify that Thomas More relies on his conscience to be a guide to him. His conscience is the part of him that shapes his morals and inspires him to be a man of integrity. Merrigan (2017:25) states that “to be faithful to conscience means to act responsibly in the light of one’s knowledge of one’s duty.” Sir Thomas More has the knowledge and insight to know that it was unethical to involve others into his decisions before and during his trial. He deliberately decides to keep quiet and also not involve his family in his predicament even though they were also suffering the consequences of his

Instead of thinking about the other side and considering the opinions of Drummond, Hornbeck irrationally responds by wanting to write a story that degrades Drummond. Hornbeck’s inability to consider any other viewpoint or opinion that does not agree with his teaches the reader the consequences of having a one-dimensional

I. Introduction Understanding philosophy capacitates man to be inquisitive regarding with the relevant arguments about his surroundings. Other than wonder, doubt can also drive man to generate fundamental questions that seek for the truth about himself and the reality. In Rene Descartes’s methodic doubt, he claimed that in order to reveal the truth about everything, we must first doubt everything that we know. On further studies, Peter Abelard supports his claim with a statement, ‘doubt is the road to inquiry, and by inquiry we perceive the truth."

The combination of the morals of the novels provide the grounds for which the statement ‘philosophy and literature should be learned from, but with reason, adapted into our lives’. This is idea is stated by Wilde in which he says ‘There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book’, thus implying that the immoral influence comes from our interpretation, not the art itself. Faber similar idea adds onto this as he says that one needs quality information and the leisure to interpret it before he should let such knowledge influence his

What does it mean to accept a norm? In Wise Choices, Apt Feelings, Allan Gibbard wants to find what does it mean to be “rational” in terms of accepting norms. The idea is that, to call an action rational is, to express one 's acceptance of a system of norms which allows it. To call an action irrational is to express one 's acceptance of a system of norms which forbids it. For Gibbard, a norm is a significant kind of a psychological state of the mind, which is not fully understandable for us.

Even though you could say they knew about the consequences (as evidenced by Macbeth’s considering why it is wrong and wondering what would happen if they fail), so they weren’t blinded by their ambition, this is untrue because they were blind in the sense that they could not judge well the pros and cons of killing Duncan and could perceive correctly. This proves that whenever given the opportunity to do well, we should always think about the consequences on what could happen if we go too far. We need to look at it from every angle and ask ourselves “Is it really ok to cheat or am I overzealous? How is this going to end? Am I really doing what is right?” It’s important to aspire and be determined, but we need to make sure we are not blinded by our ambition, because even if we think we are seeing clearly now, hindsight is 20-20.

Research from Conley indicated that Gorgias rhetoric was evil and unethical. The research done by Vailvaitcharka suggested that previous researchers are wrong to combine evil with the way in which Gorgias uses his rhetoric in the encomium. I think that both researchers have valid points. For the purpose of evaluating whether or not I agree with using rhetoric in this what, I would respond yes in regard to circumstance. Whenever an individual is educated on the subject matter at hand speech is a useful tool to guide people in making the right decisions.

Therefore, people may see going against an unjust law as something to avoid because of the aftereffect they will be having to face. Furthermore, It is right to oppose something that is unjust. Individuals should do what they best believe is right in their opinions but laws shouldn’t be fully subjected by the people only or else it may lead to future conflicts and misleading mistakes. Overall, by desired changes, it causes destructive tension for

There are two ways of interpreting his job; it can be perceived as evil, being in control of distorting and manipulating history. In contradiction to this point, he is simply doing what is required of him, his environment being what is compelling him to carry out this action. Another example of the moral ambiguity he lives in was whether or not he should of kept the article or was right to have disposed of it. Winston initially was tempted to keep the document, having it be the morally correct thing to do so, yet would be imposing punishment upon himself. Therefore, for this reason he decided that the states definition of morality was more important than his