Philosophy

Prior to the infamous Bakke case, affirmative action policies were perceived as compensatory justice initiatives designed to offset the negative impact of slavery, first ...

Aristotle follows his teacher Plato and Plato’s spokesman Socrates by viewing virtue as a requirement of the good life.  Aristotle’s virtues are justice, courage, ...

Plato’s Apology records the speech Socrates made to the jury in defense against the charges of failing to acknowledge the city’s gods, introducing new ...

Monsanto demonstrates his morals in the most fundamental aspects as he behaves in a number of “moral ways”. On the one hand, he has ...

The word beauty often conjures images of meticulously toned bodies of lingerie supermodels or the serene power of natural wonders like Niagara Falls—but such ...

Utilitarianism is the notion that all human activity is to be assessed according to how human happiness is impacted by it. In other words, ...

Conversations concerning morality rarely elicit casual responses among thoughtful citizens or concerned minds. The implications of it, if embraced, call the global community to ...

Aristotle presents a conception of the soul that is fundamentally materialist. Unlike Plato, who understands the worth of a soul in terms of its ...

Values are attributed to us the moment we exit the womb. Over time, this inculcation of values serves to humanize us into our sociocultural ...

Written in 1848, The Communist Manifesto is a foundational document of Communist ideology.  The document describes the rise of the bourgeoisie as elite actors ...