Category: Education
Defining Instrumental value. What is instrumental value? Philosophical aspect.
“Preserving an endangered species or ecosystems poses no special conceptual problem when the instrumental value of that species or ecosystem is known.” This idea is very problematic. If it is so, there is no need to discuss the justification of environmentalist movements. We have to decide which individual, species, ecosystem in what degree possesses the [...]
Defining value. What is value? Philosophical aspect.
Defining “Value” According to Harman “A normative theory of value might include an account of when something’s being the case would or would not be a ‘good thing’, a ‘worthwhile thing’, or a ‘desirable thing’”. Although this is one of the definitions of value theory− a normative one− it is sufficient for us to understand [...]
Defining intrinsic. What does intrinsic mean? Philosophical aspect
Defining “Intrinsic” Intrinsic as cited in princeton.edu webpage, It is “belonging to a thing by its very nature; ‘form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing’ according to John Dewey” . This definition is not so different from our definitions, what we can consider at first glance. However, the term [...]
What is good? Definition of Good. Philosophical aspect.
Then, what is good? Good is good. However there must be relative estimation that we can say this is intrinsically good and has some greater value than something else in question. As Moore states: It was necessary for Ethics to enumerate all true universal judgments, asserting that such and such a thing was good, whenever [...]
What is Ethics? Defining Ethics
“I am by no means a great admirer of Nietzsche; and I do not at all admit the truth of his view that “Christian morality is a morality of slaves, and that we have to advance to a new morality which shall be that of masters.” According to Bernard Williams, theory of ethics can be [...]
Environmental Ethics
It is necessary to understand environmental ethics. According to Holland, environmental ethics “debates how to balance the claims of present and future, human and non-human, sentient and non-sentient, individuals and wholes. It investigates the prospects for a sustainable relationship between economic and ecological systems, and pursues the implications of this relationship with respect to social [...]
How to write a Statement of Purpose
In this article, we are going to describe how to write an efficient, good statement of purpose (SOP). Statement of purpose is important because It can make your application be accepted or not. Either you state it good or not, its so influential on your application. This letter is optimum 1 page length. Most universities [...]
School kills creativity
Here you can watch video about “School kills creativity” It is an interesting, some parts funny, easy to follow good talk. Enjoy. I think he is right. Don’t you?
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