Philosophy Essays

Insists that lying is wrong in every circumstance. But despite Kant’s fervent belief, it is not hard to see how lying can be a beneficial, mutually advantageous, and in fact moral act that still consistently complies with Kant’s own moral imperatives. Because Kant’s philosophy does not specifically define what a …

People lie. It happens. Why people lie? Well, that’s something that there is no definite answer to. Whether they don´t want to admit the truth to themselves, hurt others with the truth, or do both, people quickly magnetize to lying. Most don’t take into account the effects that their actions …

Bullshit abounds in culture and in society as a whole. There is plenty of it today but not necessarily more than in the past. The understanding and function of bullshit is fuzzy within society, even though it is so ubiquitous. The word is used by individuals in many different situations, …

From a young age, our parents have always told us to never lie. We are taught to tell the truth and avoid bad habits of lying. Lying breaks trust between people and can ruin relationships with friends and loved ones. Many believe that telling white lies, or lies with the …

A person’s values and morals often shape who people are, and affects how they grow up and mature. In Horikoshi’s anime and manga series, My Hero Academia (MHA), the values of each character drastically affect the kinds of decisions they make on their way to becoming professional heroes. These values …

Famous held a proverbial belief about competition, “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.” His belief has become adopted into a countless number of young minds, instilling a fallacious idea that success is the purpose of life, and a failure to succeed is a failure to live. Personally, I disagree …

At my school, I have this one girl in one of my classes named Ani who always raises her hand and thinks her answers are right and never wrong. She turns down the fact that she could possibly answer any sort of question wrong. To her, it’s either her way …

“Resilience”, is a word cultivated on the basis of persevering through a journey of life pursuits, no matter the obstacles that we face. A word that up until last fall I never saw in myself. Throughout my childhood, I witnessed my father demonstrate the power of resilience through simple gestures …

Cults are often viewed as a spectacle within society, associated with bizzare rituals, insane leaders, and brainwashed followers. However, besides the very few cult organizations which have been highly publicized, this is often not the case for most cults. Many who view cults from afar may think that they may …

In the novel The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, O’Brien narrates his and his soldiers experience in the Vietnam War. Throughout the novel, O’Brien and his men suffer traumas and delusions that are difficult to recover from. To ease the mental anguish, he uses storytelling to bring back life …