As human beings, we are action-oriented . Our actions originate from choices and generate consequences in turn. There is a certain human demand for a morality that minimizes the negative consequences of our actions, since no one likes to suffer, while also maximizing the benefits. This usually means that we humans need to learn toContinuar lendo “Acts and habits.”
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Ethics.
One day, the subway watchman asked me what philosophy is. This type of question tends to embarrass everyone, including philosophers. Fortunately, I have an answer ready to satisfy the uninitiated: philosophy is the rational study of things that science does not study. I say this because both philosophy and science are means of rationally seekingContinuar lendo “Ethics.”
Notes on Kant’s “Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals”.
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals was written by Kant. Here are some notes I made about his text. Greek philosophy could be divided between logic, ethics and physics. Knowledge can be formal or material. Logic is a formal science. Material science is divided into ethics (laws of freedom) and physics (laws of nature). Ethics isContinuar lendo “Notes on Kant’s “Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals”.”
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