Essays on Philosophy

Beauty pageants fall under a type of competition that hopes to define femininity and self-love, but end up doing the opposite. This essay explores the ethical concerns of beauty pageants, like the objectification of women, reinstatement of eurocentric beauty standards, and the promotion of harmful...

There are many reasons as to why we need government, such as it creates rules that are necessary and/or desirable, responsibilities to the economy, public service and to provide social programmes to its citizens, and many more. However, this essay will focus on why we...

In his work, “Meno”, Plato discusses human virtue and whether or not it is taught to us. Structured as a dialogue between Socrates and Meno, Plato defines virtue, what it means to be virtuous, and how virtuosity is determined, through these characters. As Meno and...

In today’s world, individuals can make a single decision that can have a positive or negative effect on their family, their employer, coworkers, and even on the entire world. The life we lead reflects the strength of a single trait: our personal character. Also, if...

The world as we know it is an overflowing plethora of information. The Greek philosopher Aristotle used the term tabula rasa to describe the human process of collecting information; meaning, we derive all information from our senses. With input from our senses, we form preconceptions...

Socrates is known as one of the first philosophers in Western philosophy to dedicate his life to the study of human nature. Furthermore, he believes that human beings are rational, and that pursuing the truth is the most rational thing humans can do to truly...

What is nursing? I always thought at the beginning it was just about helping people, which is one of the main reasons why I wanted to become a nurse. But as I went through the nursing program and attending clinical rotations, I saw it went...

Introduction In 1651, philosopher Thomas Hobbes wrote the book Leviathan. In the book, Hobbes uses a monster from the Bible, the Leviathan to describe the government. Hobbes then gives his outline for the political monster and the political machine inside the government and states that...

In “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor” I do find the counterclaim to be unreasonable. The counterclaim of the argument is that the government should not help the poor due to its limited resources. It is not reasonable. I feel the government should...

In his article, “Living on a Lifeboat,” population biologist Garrett Hardin made an influential, albeit controversial, argument regarding the process of wealth and resource distribution (Hardin 1974). This paper will explore his main arguments, that providing aid to poor countries would result in unchecked population...

Everyday, people make decisions on what they believe is the best choice that will produce the best outcome. However, too many people do not image of the consequences nor do they think about the principles of morals when carrying out those actions. In the Trolley...

Case Study A man by the name of John was a technician at a nuclear power plant in the state of Ohio in the USA. During his time working at this power plant, a catastrophic freak accident occurred. During this accident John was present at...

At what point does it become ethically sanctioned to take an innocent person’s life? To what extent do people’s moral institutions compose their apprehension of what is right or wrong? This paper will evaluate how the “trolley problem” is assessed by utilitarian and deontological philosophical...

The knowledge about morality that we possess today is a culmination of years of philosophical debate and the development of rigorous theoretical concepts that help us delve further into the different aspects of the same. Such theoretical concepts include utilitarianism and Kantian deontology, which explore...

Introduction Ryan is a twelve-month-old, brown-haired, brown-eyed, White toddler. He is caucasion with almond-shaped eyes. I met him at a friend’s suburban residence, on 10^(th) February, 2020, where he and she live. I was there between 12 pm. and 6 p.m. at her place. I...

Peter Abelard had been a well known French teacher and philosopher who was punished to live as a monk in his life. This was due to him impregnating his student, Heloise. During his life as a monk, he practiced Scholasticism, which is questioning religious questions...

Bertrand Russell (born on 18 May 1872) was a well-known British philosopher who won noble prize in 1950 because of his writings on social, moral and political subjects. One such writing is “In praise of Idleness”, which was published in 1935. During the period from...

Many scientific studies have clearly shown that each human being has a brain of their own, but theories differ when it comes to the existence of the mind – the immaterial element that enables a person to subjectively experience the world. In “Analogy of Other...

Introduction Peter Frederick Strawson, in his essay “On Referring” presents arguments for why Bertrand Russell’s essay “On Denoting’ is problematic. Strawson and Russell conflict regarding forming a language that is accurate and can accurately relate the truth value of philosophical statement. Strawson basically wants to...