Foire aux questions sur le temps Ce supplément fournit des informations générales sur de nombreux sujets abordés à la fois dans l'article principal sur le temps et dans son article complémentaire What Else Science Requires of Time. Il n'est pas prévu que cet article soit lu dans l'ordre par numéro de section. Table des matières Que sont les durées, Instantanés, Des moments, et points de temps? Qu'est-ce qu'un événement? What Is a

Empathy and Sympathy in Ethics The distinction between “empathy” and “sympathy” in the context of ethics is a dynamic and challenging one. The eighteenth century texts of David Hume and Adam Smith used the word “sympathy,” but not “empathy,” although the conceptual distinction marked by empathy was doing essential work in their writings. After discussing the early uses of these terms, this article is organized

Medieval Theories of Free Will Why do human beings perform the actions they perform? What moves them to act? Why do we blame a human being for knocking over the vase and not the family dog? What gives us the idea that we are free to choose as we wish, that we have free will? These and other questions about human action have fascinated philosophers

René Descartes: Ethics This article describes the main topics of Descartes’ ethics through discussion of key primary texts and corresponding interpretations in the secondary literature. Although Descartes never wrote a treatise dedicated solely to ethics, commentators have uncovered an array of texts that demonstrate a rich analysis of virtue, the good, bonheur, moral judgment, les passions, and the systematic relationship between ethics and the rest

Surrogate Parenting Surrogate parenting is an arrangement in which one or more persons, typically a married infertile couple (the intended rearing parents), contract with a woman to gestate a child for them and then to relinquish it to them after birth. Surrogate parenting is also sometimes referred to as “contract pregnancy,” in part, so as not to beg the question about who is the child’s

Science et idéologie Cet article illustre certaines des relations entre la science et les idéologies.. Il explique comment la science a été mobilisée pour soutenir des idéologies particulières et comment les idéologies ont influencé les processus et les interprétations de la recherche scientifique.. Un exemple issu des sciences biologiques illustre cela. Au début du 20ème siècle, la théorie évolutionniste a été utilisée pour soutenir le socialisme et le capitalisme de laissez-faire. Ces deux idéologies concurrentes étaient