Philosophy Essays

Rational – Natural Law uses practical reason, it is a common-sense approach. Too simplistic – Humans do not have a single ‘fixed’ human nature. God – Doesn’t require belief in God, as it is based on empirical observations of our nature. God – Requires belief in God, as it relies …

Plato’s theory of the soul and the Homunculus theory of human cognition are two distinct theories that both allude to the concept of a mind having smaller parts within it that are assigned to certain tasks and each responsible for the function of a certain cognitive capacity which, together, explain …

Virtue ethics is a broad term for theories that emphasize the role of character and virtue in moral philosophy rather than either doing one’s duty or acting in order to bring about good consequences. A virtue ethicist is likely to give you this kind of moral advice: “Act as a …

Attendance is Troubling You, Please Raise Your HandStudent attendance is a growing concern in many cities. Modern schools are faced with growing classroom sizes and find it increasingly difficult to ensure that students are arriving at the school or to particular classes on time. Most schools rely on handwritten attendance …

It has been said,” Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today”. Yet there are many people who have the habit of postponing things. Such people do not realize the dangers of delaying. Work does not disappear if we postpone it. One day or the other it has …

Accountability – Is a formal relationship governed by a process. As a relationship, it involves a person or body in a position of authority assigning or negotiating with others the performance of certain responsibilities, ideally based on agreed-upon expectations and standards. -Paul G. Thomas To the Public, accountability is… A …

In the book, Plato Republic, Socrates had a discussion with Thrasymachus and Glaucon about justice and unjustice. In this essay, I shall argue that Plato’s solution of the temptation of the ring is successful in a few ways. I will describe Thrasymachus and Glaucon’s idea about justice, and how Socrates …

In our modern day world where the government is the leading actor for their respective countries, the citizens would say that most of the leaders are incompetent because they are dissatisfied with what they are doing. Most leaders who achieve fame and recognition are not always the ones who had …

For a long time it was thought that there are only two approaches in economics, Communism, which was driven from economic theories of Karl Marx (Gans et al., 2012), and Capitalism, which mostly comes from theories of Adam smith (Gans et al., 2012). This disagreement led to biggest and most …

Venture Capital funding, is a method to regulate cutting-edge entrepreneurship. Venture Capital helps ventures, which may not fall within the norms of traditional financing. VC financing indicates the investment in high-risk projects ready to share in the project risk, with the expectation of adequate returns. Venture Capital savings in any …