of its benefits, Prometheus’ actions can have vastly different moral interpretations based on the ethical philosophy applied. Christian…
Existential Nihilism Defined Existential nihilism is the philosophy that existence is devoid of purpose. I subscribe to this philosophy because of my past disagreements with religious authorities and because it helps me to cope with personal struggles and emotions. Although nihilism appears depressing at face value, an understanding of its true virtues opens endless possibilities. The Oxford English Dictionary sums up nihilism as ‘the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in…
teach. From teacher to teacher there is different views on how tings should be done. This is what a philosophy of education is used for. A philosophy will show the ideas, rules, and guidelines that a teacher will use and follow in their classroom. A philosophy often gives unity to the classroom structure, lectures, lesson plans, and disciplinary views. It is important for a teacher to have a philosophy of education to keep their class organized, and to be sure they are teaching the way they…
My philosophy of education is still is a state of flux, it is still evolving. The one constant that remains after careful review of what I have learned in this course, is for instructors and administrators to keep learning to teach. Teachers, administrators, and parents need to keep learning new skills to be successful advisors to children. A teacher who stops learning can grow complacent. Teachers who show up but are not clued in to what is happening lose the ability to get information to…
Moral philosophy is the study of moral judgments or value placed on decision about what is right or wrong, good or bad, just or on just. Business philosophy is the standard, principle or policy placed on who may behave outside the norms of organizational culture, emphasis upon ethical behavior enables employees to know how they should react when faced with ethical dilemmas and the consequences of their actions. MY PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY. As an individual, I believe that keeping a low profile…
writings are actually Socrates thoughts, Socrates was the main philosopher behind Plato’s philosophies. The philosophies were structured around, thinking your own mind/obtaining knowledge, living the good life, and the immortal soul. Kant’s philosophies can be looked at as branches from Plato’s knowledge and thought because of the gap in their lifetimes though they are independent and unrelated. Kant’s philosophies are centred around our reality of what ‘reality’ is, the categorial imperative, a…
Regardless of whether educators understand it or not, educational philosophies govern the way education takes place. Today, many educators develop a set of these philosophies that they believe govern their classrooms, and it is truly up to the individual to develop his or her own educational philosophies according to their own influences and understandings. In my personal experiences, I found that the educational philosophies that I would like to adopt are genuinely starting to evolve; and as a…
Philosophy ("love of wisdom") is the study of general and fundamental problems regarding matters such as existence, values, reason, mind, knowledge, and language. Natural philosophy was the philosophic study of nature and the physical universe that was most influential before the growth of modern science. It is thought to be the pioneer of natural sciences. Nature has two inter-related meanings in philosophy. On the one side, it means that all natural objects, or subject to the normal working…
systems of thought in Indian Philosophy are that of Sankara and Ramanuja. Sankara who proposed a monistic philosophy claimed that the one and only ultimate reality is the “Brahman”. Ramanuja too proposed a monistic philosophy and claimed that the highest reality is “Ishwara”. We find a definite critique given on the philosophy of Sankara by Ramanuja, which shows that he was very well aware of the ultimate reality that Sankara had proposed. Both proposed a monistic philosophy with two different…
Moral Philosophy has many questions about what it is and what type of theories are involved when figuring out what the concept of this branch of philosophy are. There are many theories that have been examined when coming upon this branch and yet some have always been questioned on what are the basics of moral philosophy comes from or what it is necessary to prove it or rebuttal it. Theories such as Ethics, Moral Theory, Autonomy, and The Principia Ethica are all traced to be implausible and…