Type of Book: Philosophical Treatise Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, written in the 4th century BCE, is one of the foundational texts of Western moral philosophy. Named…
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Let’s talk Aristotle. The guy was doing some serious philosophizing back in Ancient Greece, trying to figure out what makes humans… well, human. And let’s…
In the realm of philosophy, virtues are often divided into two distinct categories: moral virtues and intellectual virtues. Understanding the difference between the two can…
When it comes to ethics, two popular schools of thought are ethical subjectivism and moral realism. Each offers a different view on how we approach…
Projectivism is a concept within ethics stating that when a person makes a moral judgement they are projecting their own feelings, attitudes or values, they…
Imagine you are standing near a railroad track, and you see a runaway car barreling down the track. Ahead, there are five people tied to…
Ethics is the study of morality, the question of what is “right” and what is “wrong;” what is “good” and what is “bad.” Ethics is…
Existentialism is a philosophy that studies individual freedom and the idea that each person is responsible for their own choices and actions. It suggests that…
Imagine you’re standing in a bakery, gazing at a tray of freshly baked cookies. No one is in sight and you are hungry. You think…
Philosophers of the past were, in their time, people having regular conversation. Some people wrote about the conversations, some didn’t. Some people studied the art…