Essays on Philosophers

Introduction Immanuel Kant argued that morality is rationality known as Categorical Imperative. Kant characterized the CI as an objective that we have to constantly observe in spite of any herbal needs or inclinations we may have to the contrary. All precise ethical requirements, in accordance to Kant, are justified by using this principle, which capacity...

To begin More was clearly criticizing the European society in which he lived in at the time. The prefatory poem contrasts the “unreasonable polity of Christian Europe, divided by self-interest and greed for power and riches” to a city govern by equality in which “communism is the only cure against egoism in private and public...

Even though Chaucer, More and, Shakespeare live in different eras, the social, economic and political events haven’t changed. Even in our era things still haven’t changed, it’s still the same as it was back when Chaucer, More and, Shakespeare were alive. In this essay, I will be discussing how the works of Chaucer, Moore, and...

Philosophers have tried to decipher what the root of human aggression is and possible solutions. Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud both have discussed their theories in their works. The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx, in an attempt to outline his theories on the ideal civilization including abolishing private property and publicizing everything. In...

In the Second Treatise of Government by John Locke, he writes about property. Property is, in Locke’s thought, the foundation of justice, and the line between order and chaos. According to him, property is founded on one common fact, that every man has property on his own person. For example if man takes something from...

Introduction In the 17th and 18th century Britain had a diverse number of philosophers especially the Platonist kind. However, as scientific innovation became advanced modern philosophy began to encounter a shift. This was a paradigm shift that acknowledged that knowledge was gained primarily through the five senses. The foundation for obtaining knowledge was anchored in...

John Locke, an English philosopher, is regarded highly as an influential thinker. His works have laid the foundation to what now is known as political liberalism and modern philosophical empiricism. An inspirer of both the Constitution of the United States and European Enlightenment, his works have been considered to be highly significant in the political...

John Locke (1632-1704) was known as a significant philosopher that had the opinion that all humans were born with natural rights and that they could not be restricted from any government or individual things that were known to be as; life, property and liberty. For example, John Locke often debated about the fact that liberty...

John Locke’s views on property and private ownership have produced a justification, and even an obligation, for Euro-Westerners to take possession of seemingly unused or uncultivated land. In chapter five (“Of Property”) of his book “Second Treatise of Government”, Locke uses his reasoning for the acquisition of property to claim that Indigenous peoples are not...

John Locke had a lot of important ideas that have permanently shaped the world today such as the state of nature and equality of man, his views on private property, social contract and the consent of the majority, and sovereign power. His two major pieces of writing were Two Treatises of Government and Essay Concerning...