Moral Philosophy & Ethics: Definitions
The importance of moral philosophy in philosophy Moral Philosophy is one of the major schools of philosophy. Moral philosophy relates to practical philosophy, while…
The importance of moral philosophy in philosophy Moral Philosophy is one of the major schools of philosophy. Moral philosophy relates to practical philosophy, while…
No Exit and the question of other people This quote by Jean-Paul Sartre is one of his most famous. It exemplifies his stance as an existentialist philosopher, and…
Kant and Hume: A philosophical controversy In this article, the positions of Kant and Hume will be presented regarding the relationship between reason and…
Can we lie to ourselves? Bad Faith and Freedom in Sartre’s thought Commonly, one say that the bad faith consists to maintain against all…
The consumer society by Baudrillard : A sociological approach to capitalism Consumer society, by Jean Baudrillard, is a major contribution to contemporary sociology and…
Plato vs Aristotle: Compared Philosophies Undeniably, Plato and Aristotle are the two rock stars of Greek Philosophy. Plato created idealism and Aristotle, later recuperated by Thomas Aquinas, became the official doctrine…
Let us then begin by dismissing all the facts, because they do not touch the question.Without going as far as Rousseau in this famous…
Requiem for a Dream and the addiction problem Requiem for a Dream, directed by Darren Aronofsky, is a generational film and a philosophical one,…
Elements of definitions In the current language, to give one’s opinion is to give one’s “way of thinking”, in other words, assume the very…
Italy, from antiquity to modern times, passing through the Renaissance, produced influential thinkers. Of course, everyone can quote Machiavelli or Thomas Aquinas, but did…
Spain is often accused of having produced only mediocre thinkers, unlike its painters. This article lists the great philosophers, tending to show, on the…
Introduction No Exit (Huis Clos in french) is one of the most beautiful play of Sartre. It is also the most played of Sartre’s Works. Sartre…
From the Ancients to the Renaissance: an identity dominated by God Indeed, according to the Moderns, man lived under the hand of God, his…
General definition The cause, according to many philosophers, means a force that produces an effect. The search for causes is natural to the human mind,…
Short Biography Jean-Paul Sartre was born in 1905 in Paris. After a childhood marked by the untimely death of his father, the important role…
It is often said that philosophy is too complex. That is true. But it is essentially linked to the technical language that philosophers deploy…
To shine at dinner parties, we deliver you the 20 quotes that impress everyobe aroud you, those who still believe to be right. Of…
We are often asked which book to start with. Some books are more complex than others, some philosophers are more obscure than others. And…
Philosophy has fairly treated jealousy as such, but rather literature and psychoanalysis has themed it as a subject of analysis. The concept of jealousy may refer…
Utilitarianism has been founded by Jeremy Bentham. Very popular today and probably dominant, this moral philosophy is trying to make happiness the more accessible. It…