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Há 1 dia · Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches include normative ethics, applied ethics, and metaethics.
Há 1 dia · Following Locke's philosophy, the American Declaration of Independence founded human rights partially on the biblical belief in creation. Locke's doctrine that governments need the consent of the governed is also central to the Declaration of Independence.
Há 1 dia · Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its own methods and assumptions.
25 de ago. de 2024 · Additionally, because they were conceived in essentially absolutist terms, natural rights were increasingly considered to conflict with one another. Most importantly, the doctrine of natural rights came under powerful philosophical and political attack from both the right and the left.
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25 de ago. de 2024 · John Locke’s philosophy inspired and reflected Enlightenment values in its recognition of the rights and equality of individuals, its criticism of arbitrary authority (e.g., the divine right of kings), its advocacy of religious toleration, and its general empirical and scientific temperament.
- John Locke was an English philosopher and political theorist who was born in 1632 in Wrington, Somerset, England, and died in 1704 in High Laver, E...
- John Locke’s most famous works are An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), in which he developed his theory of ideas and his account of the...
- In epistemology (the philosophical theory of knowledge), John Locke argued against the existence of innate ideas (ideas present in the mind natural...
- In political theory, or political philosophy, John Locke refuted the theory of the divine right of kings and argued that all persons are endowed wi...
- John Locke’s political theory directly influenced the U.S. Declaration of Independence in its assertion of natural individual rights and its ground...
25 de ago. de 2024 · Human rights, rights that belong to an individual or group of individuals simply for being human, or as a consequence of inherent human vulnerability, or because they are requisite to the possibility of a just society. Whatever their theoretical justification, human rights refer to a wide continuum.
26 de ago. de 2024 · For more than a century, Harvard University has been home to pathbreaking work at the intersection of law and philosophy. Today, a robust and growing community of Harvard faculty, fellows, and students are teaching, writing, and learning about issues that implicate these two fields.
