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Leilani Merrill John Rawls1921-2002 John Rawls was an extremely prominent 20th century moral and political philosopher from Baltimore, Maryland. He was exposed to injustice his whole life which led him to pursue the Academic world. His major work was his book ‘ The Theory of Justice’ Recognizing the unfairness in society. He drafted the essentialContinue reading “John Rawls-The Veil of Ignorance”

Leilani Merrill                                                 Thomas Hobbes 1588-1679 Leviathan was published in 1660 and it’s influence expands throughout society.  It’s important to know the historical time during Hobbes’s writing. The English Civil War happened 1642-1648. To Hobbes, social order will be better accomplished through a Commonwealth through a social contract.  The state of nature exists inContinue reading “Thomas Hobbes- Leviathan”

Leilani Merrill                                                 IMMANUEL KANT “Act only in accordance with that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it become universal law” Immanuel Kant Code of conduct may be universizable. Act only in a way that you will that it become Universal Law.  If everyone does your like conduct, willContinue reading “Categorical Imperative”

Leilani Merrill Karl Marx’ theory proclaims that the alienation of labor manifests itself through various aspect of man’s existence.   He divides alienation into four segments: estrangement from 1. product 2. productive activity 3. species being 4. other human beings.             The worker is alienated from the product, since he exercises his energy into a foreignContinue reading “Karl Marx- Alienation”

Leilani Merrill METAMORPHOSES Transformations between the worlds that need to be experienced before true freedom. CAMEL LION CHILD Zarathustra- Nietzsche’s fiction protagonist- presents the will to power to human nature.  He believes that peoples determine how they will live their life. Zarathustra was at the mountaintop contemplating the meaning of life.  He wants to shareContinue reading “Fredrich Nietzsche-Metamorphoses”

Existentialism Is a Humanism (French: L’existentialisme est un humanisme) is a 1946 work by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, based on a lecture by the same name given at Club Maintenant in Paris, on 29 October 1945. “Thus, the first effect of existentialism is that it puts every man in possession of himself as he is, and placesContinue reading “Existentialism is a Humanism-Jean-Paul Sartre”

Leilani Merrill October 2020 HEGEL-Concepts we have form the way we perceive the world.Social character of thought-Learned concepts from the people around us.-What one group sees as universal another group thinks of as variable.-What is the nature of human knowledge and human history?Thesis- Antithesis. Synthesis-Advocates historical relativism-Absolute meta level laws-Thoughts develop in certain ways. DOSTOYEVSKY-OrderContinue reading “Relativism”

  Leilani Merrill   l.INTRODUCTION After presenting multiple accounts of human psychology that will help explain the reasons for violence and thereafter, war would occur in the 17th century, philosopher Jean Hampton, at the conclusion of her essay “Hobbes’s State of War,” discounts all the reasons for war from which Hobbes’s political conclusion to institute a sovereignContinue reading “The State of Nature-Thomas Hobbes”

Leilani Merrill EXISTENTIALISM DEFINED– This philosophy must concentrate on the individual and his or her confrontation with this world. The world is fundamentally irrational. Traditional philosophy is remote from the real concerns of daily life. We live in an inexplicable and absurd world, because no explanations are provided for why things are the way theyContinue reading “Existence outline”

Leilani Merrill Nietzsche                       A Plea for A New World Order In his work, “The Genealogy of Morals”, Friedrich Nietzsche conveys that the conflict between good and evil has been a historical conflict for thousands of years.  The good Nietzsche associates with the nobleman, and the bad he considers the herd animal, lowerContinue reading “Nietzsche, A New World Order”