101 Ethical Dilemmas ‘101 Ethical Dilemmas is witty‚ clever‚ imaginative‚ pithy‚ and sweeping in scope. It explores many different questions concerning philosophy‚ ethics‚ religion and politics‚ and leaves a great deal of room for further debate and discussion.’ David Resnik‚ East Carolina University‚ USA From overcrowded lifeboats to the censor’s pen‚ Martin Cohen’s stimulating and amusing dilemmas reveal the subtleties‚ complexities and downright contradictions that make up the rich tapestry
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written essays that addressed the idea of the differential entity from the totemic/exogamy systems and taboos. The names of the essays that address the concepts are: "The Horror of Incest"‚ "Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence"‚ "Animism‚ Magic and the Omnipotence of Thoughts"‚ and "The return of Totemism in Childhood". In each essay includes the teachings and beliefs of which Sigmund Freud hypothesized. Totem is a rule of an animal (or human) and more unlikely a plant which is related to the whole clan.
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Scientific reasoning has brought humanity to incredibly high levels of sophistication in all realms of knowledge. For Saint Thomas Aquinas‚ his passion involved the scientific reasoning of God. The existence‚ simplicity and will of God are simply a few topics which Aquinas explores in the Summa Theologica. Through arguments entailing these particular topics‚ Aquinas forms an argument that God has the ability of knowing and willing this particular world of contingent beings. The contrasting nature
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Abstract and Referential Ontology: Descartes Versus Spinoza on the Existence of God. The concept of God is central to the development of Cartesian and Spinozan philosophy. Although both philosophers employ an ontological argument for the existence and necessity of God the specific nature of God differs greatly with each account. While Descartes suggests a Judeo-Christian concept of God‚ Spinoza argues a more monistic deity similar to that of the Hindu tradition. The most significant difference
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John Winthrop “A Model of Christian Charity” (1630) Daisha A. Powell South University John Winthrop “A Model of Christian Charity” (1630) The Puritans had different beliefs from the Pilgrims in which they jilted separatism postulating the Anglican Church could be saved. They wanted to build churches to function as models for the English Church. John Winthrop on the eve of the puritans’ settlement of Massachusetts Bay wanted to have a structure of government and social order already established
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"Several years have now passed since I first realized how numerous were the false opinions that in my youth I had taken to be true‚ and thus how doubtful were all those I had subsequently built upon them." (pp.1) The First Meditation opens with Renee Descartes reflecting on all the things that he has been mistaken about‚ and all his beliefs that were built on those false ones. As a result‚ he somehow feels the need to reexamine everything he has believed in the past‚ and has set aside some time
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The existence of God. The question that millions of people ask themselves each day is does God exist? What is God? Who is God? Throughout my life I have never questioned the existence of God; God just IS. However‚ there exists beings who need an explanation to how God can possibly exist as an eternal‚ all-powerful and all-knowing being. Through three different arguments‚ this paper examines some rational arguments for the existence of and eternal being‚ God. The first argument states that
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Descartes and God In his groundbreaking work‚ Meditations on First Philosophy‚ the French philosopher Rene Descartes lays the groundwork for many philosophical principles by attempting to “establish a bold and lasting knowledge” (171)1. The foundations for knowledge Descartes established would go on to influence a plethora of other philosophers and philosophical works. Descartes argues in his meditations first from the point of view of complete skepticism‚ using skepticism as a tool in order to
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Descartes’s Argument for Uncertainty 1. All previously held conceptions must be regarded as uncertain. a. Some previous conceptions were built on false opinions‚ or potentially false opinions and are therefore uncertain. b. All previous conceptions have been obtained from or through the senses‚ which guarantees their uncertainty. I. The senses have deceived in the past in cases of a small or distant thing‚ and could therefore do so again. II. The senses often deceive those who
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→ ╙> ∴ Test 3: Monday following reading week Read Part 1 and 2‚ 10 and 11. Outline – God Religious Language: seeking meaningfulness (Existence of God is discussed later) Three Possible Ways for Speaking About God 1. Anthropomorphism (in the form of a person) mental (Is God anything like us‚ has a mind?) intelligence/moral qualities Anthropomorphic/Anthropomorphite “God is intelligent” understood literally‚ univocally (it has the same meaning whether applied to us or God)
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