Philosophers

Philosopher Adam Smith claimed that, unlike the agrarian systems of the past where society was stagnant, the goal of capitalism and modernization was to accumulate wealth would be beneficial to societ…

To simply answer the first question of will studying ethics make you a better person, no. I do not feel that studying ethics will make you a better person because there is a difference between learnin…

Rortys assertion of an antifoundational liberal democracy is justified on a liberal democracy held together by a "social glue". Owen suggests that this form of liberalism based on exclusion of faith i…

In Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, we are presented with the idea of happiness and how it is in correlation to one's virtues as well as how virtuous they're throughout their life. Aristotle believes …

Descartes begins his First Meditation, reflecting on his reasons for doubt, revealing that ultimately, he calls into doubt everything that he has perceived to be false throughout his life so that he i…

Over multiple of his works, Karl Marx explains how history is a class struggle because the bourgeoisie have controlled society at the expense of the proletariats' labor and suffering. Instead of looki…

The Cosmological argument is one of many arguments that try to explain the existence of the universe coming from God. Unlike the teleological and ontological arguments, the cosmological argument is mo…

In this paper I seek to illustrate the points of commonality and separation between the politico- philosophical views of Karl Marx and Antonio Gramsci. I analyze their ontology, epistemology, metaphys…

Friedrich Nietzsche was a 19th Century European philosopher known for his critiques of traditional morality at the time. Nietzsche was born on October 15, 1844 to a Christian family in Rocken Germany,…

Dr. Marc Cortez is the current Professor of Theology, Director of the Ph.D. program as well as Director of M.A in Biblical and Theological Studies at Wheaton College in Wheaton Illinois. He holds at l…