Essays on Philosophy

Reality television shows impose fake moral standards that are detrimental to human beings. Most people tend to watch television at night before they go to bed. More than likely, they are watching a reality TV show because nine out of ten shows that are produced are in the category of reality. Even though most people...

When one observes a specific observation in the world, this can be boiled down to a scientific law. These scientific laws do not supply explanations for why these phenomena happens or why it even occurs in our world, they just state the event that is, in fact, occurring. For instance, Newton’s Law of Universal Gravity...

I. Introduction Martin Luther King and Niccolò Machiavelli could not be further apart in their ideologies on political violence. King is historically lauded as a nonviolent champion, while Machiavelli is known for his ruthless advocacy for violence if it means achieving political success. While King had large, seemingly-unattainable goals for the future of race relations,...

While watching Casablanca I was intrigued by the moral dilemmas the characters faced throughout the movie and how they solved them. Throughout the film I was able to connect what was occuring in the movie to two moral theories; utilitarianism and kantism. Along with the connection of the moral theories something that was very relevant...

Introduction I will discuss in this paper how Virtue Ethics and Duty Ethics are the two theories that we should live by in order to be morally successful. We will also explore the “behind the scenes” of what both of these theories mean. Ethics alone refers to what is morally right and what is morally...

The Truman Show (1998) is a film directed by Peter Weir. The story focuses on a unaware reality tv star Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) and the unravelling of the world that surrounds him. The film addresses many different themes through many different cinematographic means. In this analysis paper we will be looking at the photography...

Released June 5, 1998 The Truman Show directed by Peter Weir and written by Andrew Niccol dives into the story line of Truman Burbank, a middle-class male who is clueless that every second of his life from his birth is being filmed on a reality TV show called The Truman Show. This show is a...

I wanted to talk about a different aspect to animals, different from the presentation we did. Certain animals are picked to be loved and not to be harmed and kind of why certain animals are chosen this way even though all animals feel pain just like us humans. . Like when comes to family, many...

Exactly what is happiness? To many, happiness is a way of engaging in various activities as an aid to total life satisfaction. Aristotle believed happiness allows people to live the ‘good life’, so is such a life achieved through sole emotion? The following will be examining the ethics behind Aristotle (384-322 BCE) and Plato (428-347...

Descartes was recommended by M. Pollot to Elisabeth assuring her of his goodwill toward everyone and in particularly her. So Elisabeth writes to Descartes in a letter petitioning him to answer something she cannot understand, she asks how the soul of man can determine the spirits of the body to produce voluntary actions. She wants...