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5. Mai 2024 · Plato (born 428/427 bce, Athens, Greece—died 348/347, Athens) was an ancient Greek philosopher, student of Socrates (c. 470–399 bce ), teacher of Aristotle (384–322 bce ), and founder of the Academy. He is best known as the author of philosophical works of unparalleled influence and is one of the major figures of Classical antiquity.
1. Mai 2024 · justice, In philosophy, the concept of a proper proportion between a person’s deserts (what is merited) and the good and bad things that befall or are allotted to him or her. Aristotle ’s discussion of the virtue of justice has been the starting point for almost all Western accounts. For him, the key element of justice is treating like ...
9. Mai 2024 · Daoism and Confucianism present contrasting, though not incompatible, understandings of human flourishing or well-being. Whereas Daoism seeks harmony between the individual (or human) way and the natural order and tends to dismiss human society as artificial and constrained, Confucianism emphasizes the achievement of a kind of moral excellence (ren, or “humaneness”) that is cultivated and ...
30. Apr. 2024 · John Rawls (born February 21, 1921, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—died November 24, 2002, Lexington, Massachusetts) was an American political and ethical philosopher, best known for his defense of egalitarian liberalism in his major work, A Theory of Justice (1971). He is widely considered the most important political philosopher of the 20th century.
7. Mai 2024 · Course Description. A survey of the major positions and figures in philosophy and the cultural worldviews and practical applications that derive from them, focusing specifically on theism ...
15. Mai 2024 · egalitarianism, the belief in human equality, especially political, social, and economic equality. Egalitarianism has been a driving principle of many modern social movements, including the Enlightenment, feminism, civil rights efforts, and the establishment of international human rights. Given that there are many ways in which people can ...
30. Apr. 2024 · George Orwell has suffered something of the same fate: thanks to a kind of secular beatification, everyone wants to claim him. He is, so to speak, the voice of unvarnished truth in a world of prevailing untruth. Like George Washington, he could not tell a lie. The problem with such beatification is that it easily provokes an equal and opposite ...
