Philosophy Essay Examples

“The Story of Ying-ying” was written during or after the Zhenyuan period which was between 785 to 804 (LUO, 2005). The story is about a young scholar named Chang, who meets the lovely Cui Yingying, who is a maiden that comes from a good family and Chang tries to save Yingying’s family from marauding soldiers […]

Confucian and Daoist views were important for the shaping and development of mankind in the past. They were views that existed among the eastern Asian countries. They had both similarities and differences in the way they shaped out self-knowledge and self-cultivation. Also there was other outside forces that played a major role in their theories. […]

Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club delves into the idea of heart fasting, in connection with matrilineal customs and sanctified frameworks. A Chuangtze citation underlines the importance of focusing one’s resolve and being open to outside influences for Tao to remain. This kind of openness is known as heart fasting. It also brings up an […]

When we started this class, we started learning the history of psychology, its theories, and its development. I couldn’t help but notice that the course curriculum is focused on European and American psychologists and their theories, which gives us a very westernized view of psychology and the nature of humans and their humanity. Studying psychology […]

1 paragragh China experienced the fall, absence, and eventually the re-establishment of imperial authority while Confucianism prevailed through all levels of society from the period of 100-600 C. E. The history of China has often been a history of periods of political unity interrupted by periods of political division. During the classical period from 100 […]

During the Ancient times, China and India both had their own set of beliefs; Han Wudi excerised Confucianism in China and Ashoka promoted Buddhism in India but Han Wudi was not a lover of Confucian where Ashoka himself practiced Buddhism. However both ruled with a centralized bureaucracy and policed the provinces to maintain order and […]

According to Edward Tylor, culture is defined as ‘a complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and other capabilities acquired by man as a member of society’ (Dowling et al. , 2009). Indeed, culture is defined by norms, values, social interactions, language and others personal components shared by groups of people across […]

Confucianism is a time enduring philosophy that has stood up to invading clans, war, resentment, enforcement and infringement of new philosophies, and eventually, revival. For almost 80years, up until the late 1970s, Confucianism and its ideas and values have been all but wiped away from China.Though effort was made to remove Confucianism for good from […]

Introduction Confucianism and Daoism are two very diverse religious traditions of primeval China. As religious as well as social beliefs, they have coexisted for hundreds of years in China and have extended to other Asian countries such as Japan and Hong Kong. Even though both religions are founded on Eastern culture, their particular proposition to […]

With the widely differing theoretical environmental ethic philosophical frameworks that are currently espoused, it is clear that a single unified theory has not yet emanated from this discipline. This has frustrated “monists” within the discipline.Monists contend that there must be a single environmental ethic framework that is the only true framework. Underpinning this standpoint is […]

In the long raging battle of metaethics, exists the debate between cultural relativism and a more absolutist approach towards morals. In this rapidly changing and globalized world, a better understanding of ethics is more crucial than ever. It is clear that there are many diverse cultures all around the world with differences ranging from how […]

The selected moral topic that I chose for this semester is Euthanasia. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, Euthanasia can be defined as “the act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable condition, as by lethal injection or the suspension of extraordinary medical treatment. (Mifflin, […]

The claim “There are no absolute distinctions between what is true and what is false,” has been discussed for many years, and despite this fact people still haven’t agreed on a concrete answer. Some people deny the existence of “absolute truth” and believe that all points of view are equally valuable: this belief is called […]

As we examine the case of “Cop Gets 15 Years in Torture Case”, we evaluate from four different perspectives the different ethical theories; ethical relativism, ethical egoism, deontological ethics and ontological ethics to determine how the different perspectives support or condemn the conduct in this case study. The case involves the brutal sodomizing of a […]

People have different beliefs on what is considered “right” and “wrong. ” The idea that the truth is relative simply means that “what is true for me is true for me, and what is true for you is true for you. ” There have been problems with this view however, because there is not a […]

Protagoras from Abdera was among the group called Older Sophists, who were intellectuals and travelling tutors of fifth-century Greece, specializing in rhetoric (the art of effective or persuasive speaking) and its associated fields. His noteworthy phrase is: “Man is the measure of all things: of those that exist, because they do exist, and of those […]

The textbook breaks down seven philosophies used in business decisions; they are Teleology, Egoism, Utilitarianism, Deontology, Relativist, Virtue ethics, and Justice. In this paper I will define each of the seven listed and compare and contrast so that it is clear to decipher each one from the other. Also I will provide an example of […]

Child Labor The use of child labor In developing nations Is not a moral Issue, It Is a cultural one. International corporations should not let the moral argument or current legislation such as the Child Labor Deterrence Act (CLAD) influence how and where they conduct operations. Grounded In what appears as legitimate concern for children, […]

Gender Norms and Recognition Butler argues that recognition and intelligibility serve as methods to undermine an individual’s recognition by negating their ideas. The effectiveness of this approach is enhanced by societal norms that place importance on human distinctiveness. The text is concerned with the interconnection between questions of power, recognition, and human rights in relation […]

The Painted Door JennExner Q#1 In the story, “The Painted Door,” Sinclair Ross creates a mood of bitter cold, extreme isolation and loneliness. For the environmental means, the story is set in winter and there is a large snowstorm coming. The isolation of the farmland is made abundantly clear when we learn the closest neighbouring […]

“Ulysses” by Lord Alfred Tennyson Lord Alfred Tennyson presents to us in the poem “Ulysses” an old sailor, a warrior and a king who is in retrospection on his experiences of a lifetime of travel. Ulysses old age and strong will causes him to be restless and unable to be comfortable at home. He chooses […]

“Disobedience as a Physiological and Moral Problem,” ,” is written by Erich Fromm and in his 1963 essay Fromm argues that obedience is the virtue and disobedience the vice. (Fromm 403). Fromm sees disobedience as a vital to our society and that blind obedience is bad, and he uses many examples to try to convince […]