Introduction To have a political obligation is to have a moral duty to obey the laws of one’s state. On that point there is almost complete agreement among political philosophers but how does one acquire such an obligation? To this question many answers have been given and none till now commands reasonable assent. Several political theorists believe this obligation is grounded in consent. ‘Consent’ the dialectical apparatus that can distinguish hiking from trespass‚ love making from rape and boxing
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censorship of the Church was the Renaissance chief concern‚ and the quest for objective knowledge owed its fertile ground precisly because of a belief that individuals are born of inalienable rights for intellectual pursuits (e.g. Locke‚ Berkeley‚ and Hume). Compared to the Renaissance “tender” rebellion towards an imagined‚ and at times Saturnine‚ tyrannical Church‚ via the arts‚ literature‚ and music‚ the Enlightenment thinkers often took on the Church with acute blows of scientific criticism. If
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Bundle theory‚ as explained by David Hume states that an object is solely and entirely comprised of a collection or “bundle” of properties. Hence‚ there can not be an object that does not possess such properties. Furthermore‚ it is unfathomable to even conceive of such an object as the mere conception of an object simultaneously brings to mind the object’s inherent properties. In The Unimportance of Identity‚ Derek Parfit thoroughly examines Hume’s bundle theory‚ testing it with various imaginary
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Although I disagree with his opinion‚ Hume exhibits a very sensible argument. David Hume explains four essential circumstances. First of which‚ Hume believes that God should dispose of all pain. Because both pain and pleasure stimulate humans equally‚ why should we be able to experience pain? For example‚ as regular humans we experience feelings
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psychology as a discipline and explore the development of the science of psychology during the 19th century. There were several philosophers that historically relate to the beginnings psychology as a formal discipline. John Locke‚ George Berkeley‚ David Hume and John Stuart Mill are just a few to mention. John Locke made a distinction between simple and complex. “Simple ideas resulted from experiencing basic sensory qualities such as yellow‚ white‚ heat and so on‚ and from making simple reflections such
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discovery of the Americas in 1492 until the end of the French Revolution in 1799. We will be investigating two streams of thought in this period. First‚ we will look at Early Modern metaphysics and epistemology‚ focusing on Descartes‚ Locke‚ Berkeley‚ and Hume. And second‚ we will examine the political theory emerging at the time‚ particularly in the writings of Hobbes‚ Locke‚ and Rousseau. TEXTS The following editions are recommended‚ though public domain editions can be found online: Descartes‚ Meditations
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‘A Belief in Miracles Leads to the Concept of a God Who Favours Some but Not All of His Creation’ – Discuss The word miracles can be defined in a variety of ways. Some may consider it to be a sign of God’s presence within the world and his dynamic power‚ with other believing that a miracle is an event that lacks an explanation‚ whilst others can believe a miracle simply breaks the laws of nature. This therefore leads onto the constant questioning of if God does perform miracles and they are not a
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The Teleological Argument‚ God’s Attributes‚ and Miracles: A Compounded Contradiction Introduction Some theists of the Abrahamic persuasion claim that the harmony of the universe is proof of an intelligent designer. This argument is known as the teleological argument and has evolved from classical philosophy to modern theology. In addition‚ subscribers of the Abrahamic religions also hold that God has attributes that include omniscience‚ omnipotence‚ and benevolence. Fundamentally‚ God is all knowing
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If‚ on the other hand‚ a judgment carries with it strict and absolute universality‚ that is‚ admits of no possible exception” it is not derived from experience‚ but is valid absolutely a priori”. David Hume’s Skeptical Doubts: Humes’ philosophy was quite interesting he doubts all that we have been taught his states “The contrary of every matter of fact is still possible‚ because it can never imply a contradiction and is conceived by the mind with the same facility and distinctness
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race has a mother. In saying this he means that just because things in the universe have causes does not signify that the universe itself has a cause. “I should say that the universe is just there‚ and that’s all” he commented. More over‚ David Hume questioned the fact that we have no experience of the universe being made so we therefore cannot come to the assumption that everything we observe has a cause. He believed this was a too big a leap in logic. Even though many people seem to criticise
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