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Há 5 dias · Philosophers. v. t. e. In metaphysics, ontology is the philosophical study of being. It investigates what types of entities exist, how they are grouped into categories, and how they are related to one another on the most fundamental level (and whether there even is a fundamental level). [1] Ontologists often try to determine what the categories ...
Há 1 dia · Ethics, also referred to as moral philosophy, is the study of moral phenomena. It is one of the main branches of philosophy and investigates the nature of morality and the principles that govern the moral evaluation of conduct, character traits, and institutions. It examines what obligations people have, what behavior is right and wrong, and ...
25 de mai. de 2024 · Aristotle was born on the Chalcidic peninsula of Macedonia, in northern Greece. His father, Nicomachus, was the physician of Amyntas III (reigned c. 393–c. 370 bce ), king of Macedonia and grandfather of Alexander the Great (reigned 336–323 bce ). After his father’s death in 367, Aristotle migrated to Athens, where he joined the Academy ...
10 de mai. de 2024 · In this paper, taking Aristotle’s notion of phronesis (commonly translated as “prudence” or “practical wisdom”) and Hans Morgenthau’s formulation of prudence as points of departure, 1 I lay out such an ethics, which takes the form of an ethical practice or mode of reasoning rather than a set of universal rules to follow.
12 de mai. de 2024 · May 12, 2024. “Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican monk and theologian of the 13th century, profoundly impacted Western philosophy and theology through his integration of Aristotelian philosophy with Christian doctrine.”. “His seminal work, Summa Theologica, articulates a comprehensive system of natural law, ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology ...
9 de mai. de 2024 · Aristotelian. Aristotelian ethics were debated in our philosophy class. 9. Participial Adjectives. Participial adjectives are the multitaskers of the adjective world, pulling double duty as both verbs and adjectives. These adjectives are formed from present and past participles of verbs, so they often end in “-ing” or “-ed.”
8 de mai. de 2024 · Ethics matters because (1) it is part of how many groups define themselves and thus part of the identity of their individual members, (2) other-regarding values in most ethical systems both reflect and foster close human relationships and mutual respect and trust, and (3) it could be “rational” for a self-interested person to be moral, because his or her self-interest is arguably best ...
