Arguments for and Against the Existence of God
The great monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam profoundly influenced Western philosophy. In all of these religions, the existence of God is a central claim. For nearly a millennium from 500 S.D to about 1500 A.D., Western philosophy was the handmaiden of Christian theology. (Jordan, 567) During this period, the issue of existence of God seemed to be of paramount importance. Proofs were needed to convince infidels and beretics and to retain the faithful. In the more secular world since the Renaissance, these arguments for the existence of God have been severely challenged.
Presidential Systems, Democracy, and Nation-Building
Although it is not perfect, the presidential system of government, as typified by the United States (U.S.) is the best system of government ever conceived. By creating a system where the public can remove…
Aristotle, Hume, and Kant on Reason, Desire, and Morality
Abstract
Moral philosophy refers to the sphere of philosophy concerned with ethic theories together with how human beings should live their own lives. Moral philosophy holds three major divisions, which include normative ethics, applied ethics and metaethics. Metaethics refers to the theoretical sphere of moral philosophy and handles issues regarding morality; normative ethics treat the most theoretical concerns of moral philosophy, while applied ethics tries to apply normative ethical premises to certain cases to allow people understand what is wrong and right. Moral philosophy handles both arguments concerning morality content and meta-ethical temperament of moral language, value, argument, and judgment discussion. This paper outlines key points concerning moral philosophy with respect Kant, Mill, Aristotle, Bentham and Hume concepts.