Occupier’s Liability: Duty of Care to Entrants
**Occupier’s Liability**
Occupiers of premises owe a duty of care to people (known as ‘entrants’) who come onto those premises.
Hackshaw v Shaw [1984] High Court of Australia
A farmer, Shaw, caught a thief stealing gasoline from his property. He fired two warning shots at the car. Unfortunately, he shot the thief’s girlfriend (Hackshaw), who was crouching in the front seat below the level of the dashboard. It was accepted that Shaw hadn’t known that Hackshaw was in the car.
Did Shaw owe a
Read MoreRousseau’s Social Contract: Freedom and Equality in Society
Rousseau’s Philosophy: Freedom and Equality
Author: Rousseau participated in the cultural atmosphere of the Enlightenment and can be considered one of its most prominent representatives. However, his philosophy has important differences with the other Enlightenment philosophers. Enlightened society’s ideal result of rational progress to their peers who aspire. Rousseau was seen as a setback when setting up life in society. Social life is for man to develop their negative qualities against the natural
Read MoreUnderstanding Morality: Principles, Actions, and Human Nature
The Moral
Erich Fromm stated, “In the art of living, man is both the artist and the subject of his art.”
The Man Responsible for His Acts
A man who thinks in a given situation, makes a decision, and acts in accordance with it is the author of that action and has to answer for it.
Freedom
Freedom means the ability to decide and choose among several possible options so that concrete actions, carried out or not, conform to the customs and norms of their community.
The Human Being is Essentially and Inevitably
Read MoreNietzsche’s Theory of Morality: Noble vs. Slave Morality
Main Idea of Nietzsche’s Text
Friedrich Nietzsche’s (1844-1900) text summarizes his theory on the origin of moral values. According to Nietzsche, moral values, as we know them, arise from resentment. This is a reactive movement by the weak, those who are incapable of creating their own true moral values and a “triumphant yes to oneself.” Instead, they are confined to denying the values of others (those with a noble morality). Resentment, the “no,” the inability to create authentic values, would be
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Three Problems of the Origin of Knowledge
The problem of the origin of knowledge (POK) was initially raised as the question of whether there are innate ideas or thoughts in the human mind. Some argue that all our ideas come from experience, while others believe in the existence of innate ideas. Those who support the latter are called Genetic Rationalists (or Nativists). Those who defend the opposing view, that all knowledge comes from experience, are called Empiricists.
Genetic Rationalism
Genetic
Read MoreRationalism: A Deep Dive into its Core Concepts
What is Rationalism?
Rationalism is a philosophical movement that emerged in the 17th century in continental Europe, most notably epitomized by René Descartes. Although features of metaphysical rationalism can be traced back to Parmenides, who affirmed the full rationality of the world and deduced the non-existence of movement, and Plato’s epistemological rationalism, it was during the 17th century that the movement truly flourished.
Prominent figures like Leibniz, Spinoza, and Pascal made significant
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