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Existentialism is a family of philosophical views and inquiry that prioritize the existence of the human individual, study existence from the individual's perspective, and conclude that, despite the absurdity or incomprehensibility of the universe, individuals must still embrace responsibility for their actions and strive to lead authentic lives.
Immanuel Kant [a] (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Western philosophy.
All we then need to add, to get to the fundamental principle of developed communism, is to assume that non-satisfaction of a need is a disadvantage. The corresponding principle of solidarity in respect of need says: if any member of society has an unsatisfied need, each member has a duty to produce its object (if they can).
"The world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point," he said. "It is indubitable that the impact of climate change will increasingly prejudice the lives and families ...
Richard Jacob Bernstein (May 14, 1932 – July 4, 2022) was an American philosopher who taught for many years at Haverford College and then at The New School for Social Research, where he was Vera List Professor of Philosophy.
Hands and eyes, like ears and legs, play a part in so many operations that a man could only be said not to need them if he had no wants at all. [ 23 ] Foot argues that the virtues, like hands and eyes in the analogy, play so large a part in so many operations that it is implausible to suppose that a committal in a non-naturalist dimension is ...
I already know it’s unwise to state this on the internet, but what the hell – I’m angry with Jordan Peterson.I’m angry because he inflicted a virtually unreadable 505-page book about God ...
He took the view that nothing can be said about the ever-changing world and "ended by thinking that one need not say anything, and only moved his finger". [141] To explain both characterizations by Plato and Aristotle, Cratylus may have thought continuous change warrants skepticism because one cannot define a thing that does not have a ...