Ethical Theories: Happiness and Justice in Society
Utopia as a Philosophical Proposition
Utopia as a philosophical proposition. The use of the world as a social instrument, the more artificial and less rooted in reason it is, if you have power, the more repressive it is.
Ethical Challenges to Current Society: Happiness and Justice
Introduction:
- Ethics is divided into several classifications.
- Well-being, happiness, and justice: It is unethical for one to be happy in a situation so unjust.
Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) – Student of Plato – Greece
Plato had
Read MoreNietzsche and the Revaluation of All Values
Nietzsche’s Critique of Western Philosophy
Nietzsche makes a critical review of the history of Western philosophy, calling it a mistake, influenced by Socrates and Plato. Special mention must be made of Heraclitus, from whom Nietzsche takes the concept of *becoming*. For both, reality is change, mutation, difference, and plurality. Although Heraclitus arrived at this through reason and by denying the senses (something Nietzsche criticizes), Nietzsche defends faith in sensibilities and our physical
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What Is to Know?
Saber (to know) is a term related to taste, understanding, trying, and finding things. Knowledge is a direct contact with reality in a manner that seeks to distinguish and understand it. Knowing involves elements, such as being aware of what one knows, giving reasons to others, and having a critical attitude. Knowledge is an apprehension of reality; reality is fixed in a subject, expressed, and transmitted to other subjects and incorporated into a tradition.
Sources of Knowledge
There
Read MoreUniverse’s Nature and Time: From Big Bang to Black Holes
Abstract
Chapter 1: Our Picture of the Universe
A summary of the different models of the universe over time, through the image that the Earth was flat, held up by a giant turtle shell, until the description of current scientific theories of the universe by two fundamental partial theories: The theory of general relativity and quantum mechanics, and the efforts of modern physics in searching for a theory that adds to the previous two: A quantum theory of gravity.
Chapter 2: Space and Time
It deals with
Hominization and Humanization: Evolution of Humankind
Hominization and Humanization: Understanding Human Evolution
Hominization (Natural Environment)
Living in the tall grass savanna, hominids needed to explore and monitor their surroundings. Thus, the need for survival favored an upright posture. This led to a change in foot structure, allowing hominids to walk normally and remain bipedal. In this position, the hands were freed, which, over time, facilitated the manufacture and handling of tools. The large jaws became smaller while the skull increased
Read MorePhilosophical Concepts: Matter, Soul, and Christian Trisubstantialism
Berkeley’s View on the Existence of Matter
According to Berkeley, matter is endowed with “primary” qualities (quantity) and secondary qualities (color). These qualities exist only within our senses and vary from person to person.
Therefore, for Berkeley, matter is merely a collection of subjective impressions existing solely in the mind. The physical world exists only as a subjective idea. In modern terms, reality is simply information within the subject’s mind.
Pythagorean Dualism
Pythagoras of Samos
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