The three components that make up my worldview are Ethnics, Knowledge and Human Nature, because they shaped my thoughts, experience, education and life decision. My personal worldviews are similar to certain aspects of different groups instead on just one. Similar to Naturalist and Secular Humanist, I believe in Modern Science and the Theory of Evolution. I also believe that most of the problems in the world are the cause of ignorance, mistakes and lack of understanding. And that people are capable of solving their own problems through self-improvement and experience.
By being strict and simple with their daily lives it helped ensure their survival in the harsh New World. The Transcendentalists weren’t concerned with their survival but rather spiritual purity and connection with nature. Practicing a broader perspective of the “self” allowed Alcott and his follower to introduce social reforms that sparked in the minds of people across the nation. The Transcendentalists sought to secede from the institutionalized society and ended up with their ideas setting the foundation for social reform
‘We see examples of design throughout the natural world and conclude that an intelligent designer is clearly demonstrated.’- Assess whether this argument succeeds. Because of the complex nature of the world and the ability of things to fill such a specific purpose, we can conclude that this cannot be merely coincidence. We can infer that an intelligent designer such as God has created the universes and everything in them because of this. I will seek to prove that this argument does not succeed and that there are in fact alternative explanations for what a theist would see as ‘intelligent design’. The design argument was formulated by Paley.
‘Natural Law has no serious weaknesses.’ Discuss. The natural law theory is approach from an absolutist point of view which expresses that morality is set from birth. What is right and wrong, good or evil can be perceived almost instantly by everyone because morality is universal it is not a relativist thing that can change with situation. Also, natural law does not adjust to public opinion; it is an invisible measure which never changes. It can be seen as a good approach to morality as it does not allow people from different denominations such as cultures or where you are born or in different situation they may find themselves to build their own moral rules and framework to life, it is personal but is guided by these innate rules.
The Problems Humans Encountered After They Lost Their Innocence Including extracts from Genesis, Georgics, Metamorphoses, and The Consolation of Philosophy It is natural for people to ask questions about the origins of humankind and the events that led to the current state of society. Thus, many written examples appeared to give answers to those questions. The Holy Bible, Virgil’s Georgics, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses are all vivid illustrations of how life started and what our role was back then. All of these aetiological texts have both similarities and differences, especially on the accounts of Earth’s creation, the following age of innocence or Golden Age, and the progress people made after the “Fall.” The
Each decision made says some things about the person that has made it. Decisions reveal, test, and shape the ideas we have of our self and our morals. Their consequences have far-reaching implications and the book indicates when they are made in haste, with only individual interpretation or emotion, they can be devastating to the owner. The author of Defining Moments, Joseph Badaracco, Jr., relies heavily on what history has taught us through great intellectual interpretations of the most prominent philosophers: Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sophocles, Niccolo Machiavelli, William James, and Marcus Aurelius. Badaracco draws examples from other writers on ethics and philosophy to reinforce how, which, and when to apply the teachings of such forward thinkers to everyday situations, with which we are faced.
Hence why, natural laws such as gravity and motion assist in forming the basis for the cause and effect that fills the discussion of hard determinism. However, James Lovelock argued that according to GAIA theory the world changes, adapts and amends itself in order to survive and the human race is of little significance. Humans do not control nature, nature is in control. Philosophical determinism, like all forms of hard determinism, is based on the theory of Universal Causation. This is the belief that everything in the universe including all human actions and choices has a cause.
In simple terms , a law describes what nature does under certain conditions, and will predict what will happen as long as those conditions are met. Can not be changed. Theories have a few similarities to a scientific law, but is the opposite when it comes to the rest. Theories are a body of knowledge and explanatory concepts that seek to increase our understanding a major phenomena in nature (Moore, 1984). A scientifically accepted general principle supported by a substantial body of evidence offered to provide an explanation of observed facts and as a basis for future discussion or investigation (Lincoln et al.,1990).
Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding ‘Nature, by an absolute and uncontrollable necessity has determined us to judge as well as to breathe and feel’ Although many modern commentators have demurred from Hume's views, some have notably concurred with it, seeing his analysis of our epistemic predicament as a major contribution to the theory of knowledge. In ‘An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Hume tries to explain the problem of induction by humans. Hume distinguishes between impressions and ideas; he says that impressions are sensory impressions, emotions, and other vivid mental phenomena. Ideas are thoughts or beliefs or memories related to these impressions. According to Hume we build up all our ideas from simple impressions by means of three laws of association: Resemblance, Contiguity, & Cause and Effect.
Behavior being the objective displays of behavior that we can see and measure from the outside. What cannot be measured from the outside, but is vital to our understanding of human behavior, is the human experience. In the science of persons, behavior is a "function of experience". Alienation from experience is a result of society's attempts to normalize the human experience. Our intentions, feelings, and imaginations are stripped down and mystified to being products of our upbringing, no longer coming from within, but controlled from the outside.